07.06.2007 - Source: International Crisis Group

Report on current situation (competing governments, stalled negotiations, security, economic rehabilitation) ("Georgia's South Ossetia Conflict: Make Haste Slowly") [ID 20292]

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10.01.2007 - Source: Minorities at Risk

Chronology of events concerning Ossetians (South) in Georgia (501 - August 1999) ("Chronology for Ossetians (South) in Georgia") [#37950],  [ID 5752]

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18.07.2006 - Source: BBC News

Text of the resolution of the Georgian parliament on peacekeeping forces stationed in the conflict zones ("Full Text: Resolution on Peacekeepers") [ID 15722]

Resolution of Georgian parliament to suspend the peacekeeping forces of Russian Federation and to deploy international forces

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10.2005 - Source: UK Home Office

Brief overview of the South-Ossetian conflict ("Operation Guidance Note: Georgia") [#39388],  [ID 5750]

"2.6 In September 1990 the South Ossetians proclaimed their independence from Georgia in response to moves being made by Georgian nationalists to loosen Moscow's control. They declared the formation of the autonomous Soviet Democratic Republic of South Ossetia and sought to unite with the Autonomous Republic of North Ossetia (in Russia), an old aspiration. The declaration and the previous autonomous status were immediately annulled by the Georgian parliament. In late November 1990 tension between Georgians and South Ossetians led to clashes and intervention by Soviet Interior troops. In December 1991 the South Ossetian parliament declared independence and appealed to former republics of the USSR for support and recognition.
2.7 At a meeting in Dagomys on 24 June 1992 an outline agreement on settling the conflict was signed. The agreement included a cease-fire, the withdrawal of armed formations, a demilitarised zone, military observers, Joint Peacekeeping Forces, and a quadripartite Joint Control Commission, conditions for the return of refugees, and the resumption of gas supplies to Georgia.
2.8 The Joint Control Commission (JCC) - made up of representatives from Russia, Georgia, North and South Ossetia, works to facilitate negotiations on a settlement to the conflict. A meeting of the Joint Control Commission (JCC) was held in Tskhinvali on 15 April 2004. Another JCC was held in Moscow on 14-15 July 2004 following an upsurge in tensions and fighting. Despite numerous agreements on the demilitarisation of the zone of conflict, tensions remain high. A Georgian request to the OSCE to expand its activities in South Ossetia on 29 July is still under consideration."

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26.11.2004 - Source: International Crisis Group

South-Ossetia: Report focused on causes of the conflict (historical, political, geopolitical, political-economic) and options for conflict preventing ("Georgia: Avoiding war in South Ossetia") [#27368],  [ID 5751]

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