PROTOCOL OF THE WORKING GROUP 2 OF THE COORDINATING COUNCIL OF THE GEORGIAN AND
ABKHAZ SIDES
Chuburkhindji,
The meeting of the Working Group 2 of the
Coordinating Council of the Georgian and Abkhaz Sides was held in Chuburkhindji on 20 July 2002 under the aucpices
of the UN and chaired by the representative of the UNHCR Ms. K. Bertrant, with participation of the deputy to the Special
Envoy of the UN Ms. R. Otunbaeva, representatives of
the UNOMIG, PKF of the CIS and the Coordinating Office of the UN on
Humanitarian Issues.
The Georgian side was represented by delegation
led by Mr. M. Kakabadze
The Abkhaz side was represented by delegation
led by Mr. S. Shamba
The following items was
included in the Agenda:
1. Realization of recommendations of the Joint
Mission on assessment of the situation in Gali
District (November, 2000), namely the security issues.
The report by the Commander of
Gali Sector of the UNOMIG the colonel Hagman and Commander of the North Operating Group of the
CIS PKF the colonel Matsko.
2.
Implementation of the project of the UNHCR on rehabilitation of schools.
Report by the representative of the
UNJCR Ms. K. Bertrant.
3. Registration
issues.
4. Miscellaneous.
When opening the meeting, the representative of
the UNHCR Ms. K. Bertrant expressed her satisfaction
with regard of resumption of the work of Working Group 2 that was so important
for peace process. She positively
assessed this initiative and expressed her hope to the constructive dialogue
within the mandate of this group aimed at resolving the problems. The representatives of both sides made the
statements. The following
representatives took part in the discussion: representatives of the sides, the
Deputy to the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General Ms. R. Otunbaeva, representatives of the CIS PKF and military observers of the UNOMIG.
Decision:
1.
Expressing the understanding and decisiveness to establish the relevant
security conditions in Gali District, noting that the
security conditions have been improved in Gali over
recent times, the participants if the Working Group 2 reached the agreement
that the further gradual realization of the stability in the district and
improvement of the work of law-enforcement agencies, constitute the priority
task of current days.
The sides decided to ask the UNOMIG for
immediate invitation of international experts to assess the situation in the
security sphere and elaborate the recommendations for its improvement.
For further intensification of works on
learning the problems of returned populations, the sides decided to include in
the delegations of Georgia and Abkhazia at the Quadripartite Meeting one member
from each, or entrust the acting members with the relevant task.
The sides reaffirm their intention towards the
peaceful ways of
regulating the disputable issues and condemn the acts aimed at
solving them by forcible means.
2. The
sides received the information of the UNHCR on implementation of the project of
school rehabilitation.
3. The
Sides agreed to start discussing the issue of registration after the work of
international group of experts has been completed.
4. The
Sides decides to hold the meetings of the Working Group 2 on the regular basis.
For the Georgian Side M. Kakabadze
(Signed)
For the Abkhaz Side S. Shamba
(Signed)
For the UNHCR K. Bertrant
(Signed)
(Archive of the Staff of the State Minister of