Agreement on the Principles for a Peaceful Settlement of the Armed Conflict in the Dniester Region of the Republic of Moldova

• Country/entity

  Moldova
  Russia
  Transdniestria
  
• Region

  Europe and Eurasia
  Europe and Eurasia
  Europe and Eurasia
  
• Agreement name

  Agreement on the Principles for a Peaceful Settlement of the Armed Conflict in the Dniester Region of the Republic of Moldova
• Date

  21 Jul 1992
• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed
• Interim arrangement

  Yes
• Agreement/conflict level

  Interstate/intrastate conflict(s) ( Transdniestria War (1992) )
• Stage

  Ceasefire/related
• Conflict nature

  Government/territory
• Peace process

  Moldova Transdniestria process
• Parties

  For the Republic of Moldova
  For the Russian Federation
• Third parties

  -
• Description

  Short cease-fire agreement providing provisions for setting up a joint monitoring commission to enforce the ceasefire, among other provisions.

• Agreement document

  MD RU_920000_AgreementPrinciplesPpeacefulSettlementDniestrConflict.pdf | Download PDF

Groups

Gender

State definition

Governance

Power sharing

Human rights and equality

Rights related issues

Rights institutions

Justice sector reform

Socio-economic reconstruction

Land, property and environment

Security sector

Transitional justice

Implementation

Agreement on the principles for a peaceful settlement of the armed conflict in the Dniester region of the Republic of Moldoya

The Republic of Moldova and the Russian Federation,

Desiring a speedy and total cease-fire and a peaceful settlement of the armed conflict in the Dniester region,

Reaffirming their commitrnent to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Welcoming the mutual understanding in principle of 3 July 1992 between the President of the Republic of Moldova and the President of the Russian Federation,

Have agreed as follows:

Article 1

1. From the moment of the signing of this Agreement, the parties to the conflict pledge to take all the necessary measures to ensure a total cease-fire and to halt all armed actions against each other.

2. Once a cease-fire has been declared, the parties to the conflict shall proceed to withdraw units of their armed forces and other formations, and military equipment and arms;

they shall complete this process within seven days.

The aim of this disengagement is to create a security zone between the parties to the conflict.

The exact coordinates of the zone will be established in a special protocol between the sides taking part in the implementation of this Agreement.

Article 2

1. in order to ensure the implementation of the measures stipulated in article 1 and to guarantee security in the aforementioned zone, a joint Control Comrnittee consisting of representatives of the three sides taking part in the settlement, shall be established.

in its work, the Committee shall make use of the military observer groups established under all the previous agreements, including the quadripartite agreements.

The Control Committee shall proceed to carry out its tasks as stipulated in this Agreement within seven days after the signing of the Agreement.

2. Each side taking part in the work of the Committee shall appoint its representatives to it.

The Control Committee shall be based in the city of Bendery.

3. In order to carry out the aforementioned measures, the Control Committee shall have under its authority military continqents which shall be formed on a voluntary basis and shall represent the sides takinq part in the implementation of this Aqreement.

The deployment of these continqents and their use in quaranteeinq the cease-fire and security in the zone of conflict shall be in accordance with the decisions of the Control Committee, which shall be taken on the basis of consensus.

The numerical strenqth and status of the military continqents, and the conditions for their deployment in the zone of conflict and their withdrawal from it, shall be established in a separate protocol.

4. If the provisions of this Aqreement are violated, the Control Committee shall investiqate the circumstances of the violation and shall take urqent and appropriate measures to restore peace and law and order and prevent the recurrence of such violations.

5. The financinq of the activities of the Control Committee and of the forces under its authority shall be shared by all the sides.

Article 3

The city of Bendery, as the headquarters of the Control Committee, and in the liqht of the particular complexity of the situation, shall be declared a zone of heiqhtened security, which will be quaranteed by the military continqents of the sides takinq part in the implementation of this Aqreement.

Article 4

The units of the 14th Army of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, stationed in the Republic of Moldova, shall observe strict neutrality.

The two parties to the conflict pledqe to respect that neutrality and to refrain from any unlawful acts involvinq the military property and servicemen of that Army, and members of their families.

Matters relatinq to the status of the Army and the procedure and schedule for its qradual withdrawal shall be settled throuqh neqotiations between the Republic of Moldova and the Russian Federation.

Article 5

1. The parties to the conflict consider the application of any sanctions or blockades unacceptable.

In this context, obstacles to the provısıon of qoods and services and the movement of individuals shall be eliminated immediately, and appropriate steps shall be taken to lift the state of emerqency in the territory of the Republic of Moldova.

2. The parties to the conflict shall immediately beqin neqotiations to settle matters relatinq to the return of refuqees to their homes, assistance to the populations of reqions that have suffered from the conflict and the reconstruction of economic units and housinq.

The Russian Federation shall provide the necessary assistance in this endeavour.

3. The parties to the conflict shall take all the necessary measures to ensure the free flow of international humanitarian aid to the area covered by the settlement.

Article 6

In order to disseminate objective information about the situation in the area covered by the settlement, the parties shall establish a joint press centre which will be under the authority of the Control Committee.

Article 7

The parties consider that the measures contained in this Aqreement are an important component in the settlement of the conflict throuqh peaceful political means.

Article 8

This Aqreement shall enter into force at the time of its siqnature.

The Aqreement shall be terminated by mutual consent or when one of the Contractinq Parties renounces it, which would result in the cessation of the activities of the Control Committee and the military continqents under its authority.

DONE at Moscow on 21 July 1992, in duplicate in the Moldavian and Russian

lanquaqes, both texts beinq equally authentic.

For the Republic of Moldova For the Russian Federation