PROTOCOL # 31 OF THE CO-CHAIRMEN MEETING OF THE JOINT CONTROL COMMISSION (JCC) ON GEORGIAN-OSSETIAN CONFLICT RESOLUTION

Tbilisi, 14 May 2004

Chairman:

M. Mayorov, Ambassador for Special Assignments of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Russian Co-Chairman of the JCC

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Agenda:

1. The JCC newsletter

2. The Special Coordination Center (SCC)

3. Meetings of JCC Authorized Co-Chairmen

4. Implementation of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Georgia on Cooperation in Economic Reconstruction and Rehabilitation in the Zone of Georgian-Ossetian Conflict and on Refugee Return

5. Date and venue of the JCC plenary meeting

6. Miscellaneous

Resolution:

1. The JCC newsletter

(Mayorov, Khaindrava, Chochiev, Kusov, Reeve, Vantomme)

1.1. The Georgian and South Ossetian sides to conduct a meeting of JCC newsletter co-editors in Tskhinvali within a week, with participation of the OSCE Mission, European Commission and UNHCR in Georgia.

1.2. To take note of the information of OSCE and EC representatives on their readiness to fund the JCC newletter.

2. The Special Coordination Center

(Mayorov, Khaindrava, Chochiev, Kusov, Reeve)

2.1. To take note of the information provided by the North Ossetian side about approval of the representative of RNO-Alania law-enforcement bodies in the SCC.

2.2. The Georgian and South Ossetian sides to identify co-chairmen of the SCC before the plenary meeting.

2.3. The sides to complete their draft Proposals for SCC structural units within the period of one week, and as the work proceeds, to agree consultations for re-starting SCC activities with an OSCE expert on police issues.

3. Meetings of JCC authorized Co-chairmen

(Mayorov, Khaindrava, Chochiev, Kusov, Reeve)

3.1. The sides to complete their draft Proposals for meetings of the JCC authorized Co-chairmen within the period of one week and to agree them as the work proceeds.

4. Implementation of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Georgia of December 23 2000, on interaction in the restoration of economy in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone and on the return of refugees

(Mayorov, Khaindrava, Chochiev, Kusov)

4.1. To confirm the earlier adopted address to the governments of the Russian Federation and Georgia.

4.2. JCC Co-chairman from the Georgian side to ask the Georgian Government to address participants of the first Russian Business Conference in Georgia with a call to participate in implementing the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Georgia of December 23 200, on Cooperation in Economic Reconstruction and Rehabilitation in the Zone of Georgian-Ossetian Conflict and on Refugee Return.

5. Date and venue of the JCC plenary meeting.

(Mayorov, Khaindrava, Chochiev, Kusov, Reeve, Vantom)

5.1. To conduct the JCC Plenary meeting in Tbilisi on June 1-3 2004.

6. Miscellaneous

(Mayorov, Khaindrava, Chochiev, Kusov, Reeve, Vantom)

6.1. With regard to the South-Ossetian side’s statement about the residents of village Artsevi Badri Bagratovich Dudaev and Nodar Vladimirovich Dudaev detained by Georgian law-enforcers,

to take note of the assurances of the Georgian side to take necessary measures for objective consideration of the case and provision of their rights.

6.2. To adopt a statement of the meeting results for mass media (enclosed)

M. Mayorov

Meeting Chairman,Russian Co-Chairman of the JCC

(Archive of the OSCE Mission to Georgia)