(draft)
PROTOCOL on
Georgian-Abkhaz conflict settlement
Representatives of Georgian and Abkhaz sides,
under the mediation of representatives of Russian Federation, held negotiations
on implementation of basic provisions of "Statement on measures aimed at
political settlement of the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict, dated 4 April, 1994"
and
Desiring to put an end to the dividing conflict
and restore state-legal relations, to reestablish peaceful coexistence, mutual
respect that dates back for centuries,
Convinced that it is high time to put an end to
the heave legacy of the past and to embark upon the road leading to peace and
prosperity, believing that it is high time to treat one another with dignity
and mutual tolerance and start building our common future in the spirit of
compromise and reconciliation.
Taking care of establishment of civil peace,
inter-ethnic concord and security of nations, realizing fundamental human
rights and freedoms of citizens, irrespective of their nationality, religion,
place of residence and other differences,
Believing that only through pooling together
our efforts it will be possible to solve difficult economic problems and embark
on the road leading to prosperity,
Committing themselves not to allow resumption
of violence, which had brought immense sufferings and human
casualties,
have agreed upon the
following:
1. The Parties take commitments not to resort
to arms and under no circumstances allow resumption of hostilities and
bloodshed. Any differences shall be resolved exclusively by peaceful means of
negotiations and consultations with the support and under the mediation of the
2. The Parties declare about their consent to
live in an unitary federative state within the borders
of the former Georgian SSR. Relations between the Parties shall be regulated by
a constitutional law.
3. Foreign policy and foreign economic links,
determination and implementation of defense policy, protection of state border,
federal budget, energy sector, transport, custom service, protection of human
rights and civil freedoms, ethnic minorities rights; ecology and liquidation of
consequences of natural disasters; prevention of epidemics and liquidation of
their consequences; meteorology service; standards, etalons, metric system and time standards
shall be under the competence of federal authorities.
Competence of federal authorities can be
expanded upon agreement between the Parties.
4. Within the
framework of agreed upon competence, an federative body (parliament) shall be
created, decision of which shall be legally binding on the whole territory of
the federative state. The Abkhaz side shall have in advance agreed upon number
of seats in the federative legislative body.
Decisions of the federative legislative body on
issues directly relating to Abkhazia shall be of legal force if there are
adopted by simple or qualified majority of deputies from Abkhazia, depending on
whether these decisions are adopted by simple or qualified majority of the
federative legislative body.
Procedure of making decisions on moot questions
whether this or that issue is directly related to Abkhazia,
shall be a subject of future negotiations.
5. The federal state shall be presented as a
unified entity in international relations, including membership in
international organizations. International treaties, concluded by the unitary
federative state within its competence, shall be mandatory for Abkhazia.
Within the framework of its exclusive
competence, Abkhazia shall be entitled to conclude international agreements,
about which it shall inform relevant federative bodies.
6. The process of organized return of refugees
and internally displaced persons shall be resumed in accordance with the quart
partite agreement of
For organization of works aimed at return of
refugees, a special working group composed of representatives of the Parties
and the
The working group shall start its activities
beginning from …August 1995 and within two weeks aftermath, and in accordance
with a action plan adopted by the working group, the
process of organized return of refugees to places of their permanent residence,
first of all to the Gali region, shall start.
The Abkhaz side, alongside the working group
and the UNHCR shall register those refugees who have already returned in a
chaotic manner.
The Abkhaz sides reiterates
its responsibility to guarantee security of returning refugees and internally
displaced persons.
Tangible measures aimed at guaranteeing equal
rights for all people residing in Abkhazia irrespective of their nationality,
religion and other affiliations.
The
The Parties reconfirm, that the operation aimed
at maintaining peace and carried out by the CIS collective peace-keeping forces
in the conflict
zone, must contribute to the speedy and safely return of refugees and
internally displaced persons to the regions of their previous residence.
On behalf of the Georgian Side
…
On behalf of the Abkhaz Side…
In the presence of
the
the United Nations
the Organization for
Security and Cooperation in
" …" 1995
On the same day of signature of the
protocol by the parties, Abkhazian side disavowal its signature.
(1995.07.24)
(Personal Archive of Academician Levan
Aleksidze/in Russian)