RESOLUTION OF THE PARLIAMENT OF GEORGIA on the remedies of ensuring the implementation of Chapter VII of the UN Charter

The Parliament of Georgia is confirming its commitment to the Decrees adopted in 1996, 1997, 2001 and 2002 regarding the Abkhazian issue and is expressing a serious concern that the executive government of Georgia has not yet implemented the remedies envisaged by the above mentioned Decrees.

The Parliament of Georgia is stating one more time, that:

The decision of the CIS leaders dated January 19, 1996 has not been fulfilled so far. In compliance with the said Decision, the CIS member countries took the responsibility upon themselves not to undertake any trade, economic, financial, transportation or other operations with the separatist government of Abkhazia, as well as not to establish any official relations with the regime there;

The peacekeeping forces of the Russian Federation acting under the CIS mandate are not fulfilling the liabilities envisaged by the mandate, which implies full support to settling the Abkhazian conflict, along with guarantees of creating all necessary conditions for the return of the IDPs and the refugees in safety and dignity.

The Decision of April 2, 1999, made by the Council of the CIS Leaders has not yet been fulfilled; according to this Decision, on the basis of the provisions of the UN Charter, in case of any delay in the process of return of the IDPs and the refugees, the question of changing the format of the peacekeeping operations currently undergoing in Abkhazia should be reconsidered;

The separatist government of Abkhazia is ignoring the efforts of the international community directed to settling conflicts; in particular, they are objecting to accept or discuss the document prepared by the special representative of the UN Secretary General on “Separating Competences between Tbilisi and Sokhumi”; they are also refraining from cooperation with the representatives of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.

Despite the fact that ethnic cleansing perpetrated against the Georgians in Abkhazia had been recognized and endorsed by the decisions taken on Budapest, Lisbon and Istanbul summits (and this issue is also endorsed in the resolutions drafted by the UN on Abkhazian issue), it is up to this very day, that persecution of the Georgian population living in Abkhazia, as well as devastation and selling out of the property of the IDPs and the refugees is still continuing; Learning and teaching in Georgian language is strictly banned and the number of the facts of destroying the Georgian monuments of culture are growing day by day.

On the basis of the statement of the Russian party on closing the Gudauta military base, the Parliament of Georgia is calling the Russian Federation to give consent on the inspection of the said base and assist to implementation of the procedures recognized by various international legal norms.

The Parliament of Georgia reiterates the priority of settling the Abkhazian issue through political ways and aspires to employing all possible political resources for its peaceful resolution. In addition to this, the Parliament is supporting the decisions taken by the Security Council of Georgia concerning resolution of the Abkhazian conflict.

The Parliament of Georgia decrees:

To give orders to the executive government of Georgia:

a) To appeal to the UN Security Council with the request of enacting Chapter VII of the UN Charter;

b) To continue cooperation with the international organizations in Abkhazia with the purpose of making them react further on ethnic cleansing perpetrated in Abkhazia and the materials containing facts of devastation of Georgian monuments of culture;

c) To undertake further steps regarding change of the format of peacekeeping operations in the conflict zone and prepare the proposals on transformation and internationalization of their efforts, including readiness of various countries for taking part in the peacekeeping mission;

d) In compliance with the Decree of the Parliament of Georgia dated March 20, 2002, to provide the legal expertise of the international agreements and normative acts adopted on the Abkhazian issue for the purpose of further reaction on them.

e) To undertake relevant actions regarding the Abkhazian issue in order to fulfill those decisions of the Parliament of Georgia that had been taken before.

c) Information on the fulfillment of the given Decree will be heard at the session of the Parliament of Georgia in the first session week of the autumn session of 2003.

Nino Burjanadze Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia

Tbilisi, July 16, 2003

(Archive of the Parliament of Georgia)