ANNEX TO THE
DECISION ADOPTED ON 26 MAY 1995 BY
THE COUNCIL OF THE HEADS OF THE
Mandate of the Collective Force on maintaining the
peace in the conflict zone in Abkhazia,
Pursuant to
the decisions issued by the Council of the heads of States of the Commonwealth
of independent States on usage of Collective Force the operation on maintaining
of peace in the conflict zone in Abkhazia, the
The tasks
aimed at maintaining the peace, separation of forces and observing the
cease-fire regime on land, in the Sea and in the air have been fulfilled.
The
peacekeeping military contingents of the CIS have been deployed in the conflict
zone, as well as the military observers of the UN Mission in
The security
zone, restricted-weapons zone and control zone have been established in
compliance with the Cease-fire Agreement and Separation of Forces of 14 May
1994 that specifies and determines the level of armament and personnel.
The Collective
force will carry out its tasks to facilitate comprehensive settlement of the
conflict in
1. In
compliance with the Decision of the Council of the Heads of States of the
Commonwealth of Independent States on specification of the Mandate of the
Collective Peacekeeping Force in the conflict zone of 26 May 1995 the term of
operation is extended up to 31 December 1995.The term of Mandate shall be
prolonged upon the decision of the Council of the Heads of States of the
Commonwealth of Independent States.
2. The
manpower and adequate means shall be determined to realize the Decision issued
by the Council of the Heads of States of the Commonwealth of Independent States
on Approve of the Mandate for carrying out the peace operations in the
Georgian-Abkhaz conflict zone of 21 October 1994.
3. The Group of Military observers shall be set
up to observe the commitments under the Agreement on Cease-fire and Separation
of Forces of 14 May 1994.
4. After the
adoption of the Decision the countries, sending the contingents to the
Collective Force shall secure the preparation of the personnel, their
material-technical supply and financial means, including expenses for
transportation at the expense of their respective states.
5. The
Collective peacekeeping Force and the Group of military observers are entrusted
with the tasks … in particular:
a) observance of a cease-fire regime, establishment of peace and
prevention from the resumption of military operations in the conflict zone
through separation of military formations of the conflicting sides;
b)
establishment of adequate conditions for safe return of refugees and displaced
persons that left the conflict zone to the places of their permanent residence,
as well as observance of other provisions set up in the Quadripartite Agreement
on Voluntary Return of Refugees and Displaces Persons of 4 April 1994,
including the operation of the Quadripartite Commission established pursuant to
the aforementioned Agreement;
c) observance
of agreements concluded between the sides, in particular, Memorandum of
Understanding of 1 December 1993, Communiquéé on the Second Round of Talk of 13 January of
1994, Declaration on the measures for political settlement of the
Georgian-Abkhaz Conflict of 4 April 1994 and the Agreement on Cease-fire and
Separation of Forces of 14 May 1994, as well as the other possible agreements
that the sides may reach in the process of the comprehensive political
settlement of the conflict;
d)
facilitation to the process of the rehabilitation of the regions affected in
conflict time, including the humanitarian aid, de-mining and restoration of
systems of vital importance of the population;
e) assuring the security of the key systems of life, as Inguri
Power Plant and others;
f) securing the norms of international humanitarian and human
rights;
g) close cooperation with the staff of the UNOMIG and other
employees of the UNO in the region;
e) carrying out the control on disbanding and withdrawal of all
volunteer military formations made up of persons outside of the frontiers of
Abkhazia;
h) carrying out the control on the process of withdrawal of
heavy military equipment in cooperation with the UN Observers Mission in
The Collective
peacekeeping Force and the Group of Military observers, under the decision of
the Command reconciled with the conflicting sides may decide other issues in
due course of operations in the conflict zone guiding with the principles of
securing and maintaining the peace between the conflicting sides.
6. Commander
of the Peacekeeping Force in the conflict zone (hereinafter - Commander) is
subordinated to the Council of the Heads of States of the commonwealth of
Independent States. The issues, related
to the urgent operative decisions he shall to agree with the Chairman of the
Council of Ministers of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the CIS
member-states and with the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Defense of
the CIS member-states and carries out direct command of the operations on
maintaining the peace and acts in a capacity of a direct commander to all
personnel of the Collective Force.
7. Military
contingents of the CIS member-states, designated to the Collective Force and
the Group of observers are entering under the subordination of the Commander
since their detachment to the region of operation reporting their commanders
(heads) on deployment.
8. To manage the collective forces and the group
of the military observers at the Commander is created the joint staff with the
subunits of security, communication and services, assigned by the armed forces
of the countries, participating in the operation.
Structure of the joint staff and
subunits of the supply is defined by the Commander. He is entitled to introduce
the respective changes to the structure of the Staff in the framework of the
assigned numbers.
9. In the functions of the Commander
of the Peacekeeping Collective Forces are the following;
realization of the decisions of the Council of
the heads of states of the commonwealth on conducting operation on maintenance
of peace in the conflict zone;
Submitting of reports to the heads of states,
ministers of the foreign affairs and ministers of defense on the implementation
of tasks, facing the collective forces on peacekeeping and observing the
agreements on operation from the conflicting sides;
leadership of the collective forces on
maintaining peace and group of military observers on preparation and conducting
of operation on peacekeeping in the conflict zone;
Organization and management of the
subordinated units and subunits of the collective forces on peacekeeping and
the Group of the military observers;
Organization and support to
cooperation with the host-country, conflicting sides, ministers of defense of
the member-states and staff on coordination of cooperation in military field of
the member states and bodies of local authority, with the UNOMIG, the OSCE
mission and other international organizations in the conflict zone;
conducting of negotiations with
representatives of the conflicting sides;
providing fro relations with regard to
official meetings between the representatives of the conflicting sides and
their security;
Management of financial and material
and technical resources, allocated for the supply of collective forces on
peacekeeping and group of military observers.
10. During the term of conducting of
the operation on peacekeeping in the conflict zone, the states, assigning
military personnel to the conflict zone and provide for privileges and
compensation of subsistence allowance, defined by the acting legislation of
these countries.
11. military personnel, assigned to
the composition of the collective forces on peacekeeping in the conflict zone
and the groups of the military observers will respect and observe the
provisions of the agreement “On groups of observers and collective forces on
peacekeeping in the Commonwealth of Independent States” of March 20, 1994,
protocols of May 15, 1992 “ On status of groups of observers and collective
forces on peacekeeping in the Commonwealth of Independent States”, “On
staffing, structure, material and technical and financial supply to the groups
of observers and collective forces on peacekeeping in the Commonwealth of
Independent States” and “On temporary procedure of forming of actions of groups
of observers and collective forces on peacekeeping in the Commonwealth of
Independent States” and will also observe and respect additional protocols of
June 8, 1977 and Conventions on protection of cultural heritage in case of the
armed conflict of May 14, 1954.
(www.un.org/russian; Collection of documents on the issue
of settlement of the conflict in Abkhazia, Georgia, adopted in the period of
1992 till 1999., author G. Uridia, Tb., 1999, pages 54-57)