PROTOCOL # 9 OF THE MEETING OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON FACILITATION OF VOLUNTEER RETURN OF REFUGEES AND IDPS AS A RESULT OF THE GEORGIAN-OSSETIAN CONFLICT TO THE PLACES OF THEIR FORMER RESIDENCE

May 14-15, 2002, city of Borjomi.

Chairman:

Gambashidze A.G. – Head of the joint staff of the commission on the settlement of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict of the State Chancellery of Georgia, secretary of the Georgian side of the JCC.

Agenda of the meeting:

1. Information of the sides on the conducted work.

2. On the draft Program, submitted by the Georgian side, on return, settlement, integration and re-integration of refugees, IDPs and others, as a result of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict.

3. On appeal to the UNHCR.

4. On draft law of Georgia “On restoration and protection of residential and property rights of refugees and IDPs”.

5. On place and date of the next meeting of ad hoc committee.

The floor was taken by:

Lacombe, Nozadze, Gambashidze, Machabeli, Kochiev, Kulumbegov, Korchmar, Bertran, Nikolaev, Roshianu, Tsoneva.

It was decided:

1. To take note of the information of the sides on the conducted work. The sides expressed satisfaction on the decision of the UNHCR in response to the appeal of the plenary session of the JCC in the city of Vladikavkaz, of April of 2001 to speed up the assignment of the head of mission of the UNHCR to Georgia (it was formerly missing during a year) and hope that this decision will facilitate the activation of the work of Chairmanship and IDPs in the frame of his mandate.

2. To take note of the draft Program, submitted by the Georgian side,” on return, settlement, integration and re-integration of refugees, IDPs and others, as a result of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict”. The program envisages the participation of the Georgian side in the future realization of the program, the working draft was agreed at the plenary session of the JCC in the city of Vladikavkaz.

The sides shall discuss in two weeks all the submitted proposals on the final elaboration of the working draft Program.

3. To recommend to the co-chairmen of the JCC to appeal to the UNHCR with appeal on restoration of activities of mobile group of the UNHCR in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone. (ad hoc).

4. To underline that the speedy adoption of the Law of Georgia “On restoration and protection of residential and property rights of refugees and IDPs” would help the solution of the problems of refuges, IDPs and others, as a result of the Georgian-Osetian conflict as an important dimension of peace settlement.

5. Place and date of the next meeting of the ad hoc committee shall be decided in the working order on agreement of the sides.

Chairman of the meeting,

Secretary of the Georgian side of the JCC A. G. Gambashidze.

(Archive of the staff of the State Minister of Georgia on Conflict Settlement).