DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH OSSETIA

Proceeding from the fatal threat over the South Ossetia and due to the murderous acts, genocide and violations from the side of the Republic of Georgia that brought to the edge of extinction the people and culture of the South Ossetia in time of disintegration of the USSR in 1989-1992,

Based on the right of self-determination defined by the Statutes of the UNO and other international-legal acts,

Taking into consideration the results of the elections to the Supreme Council of the Republic of South Ossetia of 9 December 1990 and the will of the people expressed at the referendum of 19 January 1992,

Implementing the Declaration on State Sovereignty of the Republic of South Ossetia,

The Supreme council solemnly declares

the independence of the South Ossetia and establishment of the independent state of South Ossetia.

From now and then the territory of the South Ossetia is indivisible and only the Constitution and the laws of the Republic of South Ossetia are in effect on its territory.

This act comes into effect from the moment of its adoption.

Supreme Council of the Republic of South Ossetia

Tskhinval, 29 May 1992

(The South Ossetia. Chronicle of Events of the Aggression of Georgia 1988-1992, by B. Chochyev and M. Jioev, Tskhinval, 1996, p.1/in Russian)