RESOLUTION ISSUED BY THE EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE NORTH OSSETIAN SSR

Having discussed the tragic events in the South Ossetia, the Extraordinary Session of the Supreme Council of the North Ossetian SSR notes that despite all measures taken by the leadership of the South Ossetian SSR in the course of the three-year war provoked by Georgian national-extremists that resulted in casualties of many hundreds of Ossetian people, disasters and suffering of the population, and also despite the promises of the new leadership of Georgia on peaceful developments, a new act of genocide against the Ossetian people has been committed recently.  Georgian armed formations traitorously assaulted the column of refugees: helpless children, women and elders and fired them point-blank on 20 May 1992.  Reportedly  36 people have been killed…

Realizing the responsibility towards the people of Ossetia and expressing its will, the extraordinary session of the Supreme council of the North Ossetian SSR resolves:

1.  To condemn the act of Genocide committed by the Georgian national-extremists against the Ossetian people.

2.  To announce public mourning on the territory of the North Ossetian SSR from 21 to 24 of May of 1992.

3.  To lodge the emphatic protest to the State Council of Georgia due to the committed act of vandalism and continued war against the Ossetian people.

5. To bring up to strength the Republican Guard, including the detachments of Cossack and carry out the enrolment of volunteers in order to be sent for defending the Republic of South Ossetia.

6. To block the Georgian Military High-way; to cut-off the gas supply to Georgia

7.  To address to the leadership of the Russian Federation with request of providing the necessary amount of arms, ammunitions, techniques and properties for the Republican Guard of the North Ossetia.  In case of objection from the side of the Russian Federation, the North Ossetian SSR retains the right to nationalize aforementioned properties.

8.  To entrust the Republican Defence Committee with a task of producing the weapons at the enterprises of the City Vladikavkaz.

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Chairman of the Supreme council of the South Ossetian SSR A. Galazov

Vladikavkaz, 21 May 1992

(Newspaper “Severnaia Ossetia”, # 97, 22 May 1992)