with the guidelines of the President of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Agreement -Russian Federation- on the peaceful regulation of the situation in the 4. The Chairman of the delegation of the Government of the Russian Federation Chechen Republic (on a set of military issues) should appoint experts in order to have consultations and prepare the neeessÿ Signed in Grozny on 30 July 1995 documents. 5. Organization and technical support for the delegation of the Government of Russian Federation shall be provided by the Territorial Administration of the The plenipotentiary delegations of the Government of the Russian Federation anÿ the Government of the Chechen Republic ofIchkeriai on the peaceful regulation of the Executive Authorities in the Chechen Republic. situation in the Chechen Republic, guided by the sincere desire to cease military activities and achieve peace, rejecting the use of force or the threat of force in the resolution of disputed issues, and striving to create conditions for the conducting of free democratic Prime Minister W. elections, came to the following agreement: of the Russian Federation a) The cessation of military activities is secured by the following measures: the simultaneous issuance of orders to cease fire, signed by the Commander of the Joint group of Russian troops in the Chechen Republic and the Chief of the main staff of the armed forces of the Cheehen Republic; the creation of a Special Observation Commission (SNK), upon which is laid the task of the organization of the work and control over the fulfillment of the understandings and agreements on the whole set of military issues. Within the SNK, by mutual agreement, are included the military representatives of the sides, the Committee of national accord, the council of elders, the clergy, and the Territorial Administration of federal organs of executive power in the Chechen Republic. Representatives of the OSCE are invited as observers; a mutual exchange of maps of the location and deployment of military formations and maps of minefields, and the handing over of these maps to the SNK. b) The freeing of forcibly detained people entails the conducting of the following mutually agreed actions: a mutual exchange of lists of forcibly detained persons, including the submission of lists of persons confined in filtration points in Mozdok, Grozny and other areas of their confinement; a mutual exchange of lists of persons disappearing without a trace; a mutual freeing of forcibly detained persons on the principle of"all for all" within a Period of a week from the day of the signing of this Agreement; c) Disarmament and a gradual withdrawal of troops are the most important issues of this Under their examination, the sides have agreed that complete disarmament entails iÿthe disarmament of illegal armed formations (i.e. formations not covered by the Law "On 170 171 ,.ÿ'ÿ"ÿ-,ÿ. ÿ .• J h The plenipotentiary of the Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Chechen Republic, and also the SNK, the co-presidents of which are the Commander Defense") andÿiladividual citizens illegally possessing arms. Disarmament is conducted . L',ÿ of the Unified group of Russian troops in the Chechen Republic and the Chief of the in three stages• The first stage involves the disarmament of illegal armed formations, Main Staff of the Armed Forces of the Chechen Republic A. Maskhadov, act as the subdivisions and other organizations under the command of field commanders. In the guarantors of the implementation of the present Agreement. second stage, subject to disarmament are citizens belonging to militias defending villages and populated points. In the third stage, individual persons are disarmed. The sides have agreed on the continuation of negotiations on the political and economic sets of issues. The sides have also agreed that: , • nducted under the control of the SNK; The agreement goes into force from the moment of its signing. _- disarmament is co ......... ÷ is aoreed in every concrete instance with the council of the mechanism ot atsarmmÿ,ÿ • ÿ- eiders of the village, with the participation of the SNK; From the government of From the government of the the Russian Federation: Chechen Republic of Ichkefia: __ weapons are handed over to the SNK according to the procedure established by law: by the decision of the council of eiders of populated points and with the agreement of the Mikhailov, V.A. Imaev, U.K. SNK in populated points, detachments of 15 to 25 persons are formed for their defense Volsky, A.N. Zakaev, A.Kh. until the formation of law-enforcement organs. Arms given over to them are registered and stored according to established procedure; Krasnov, M.A. Idigov, A.D. • " "vidual cases entails the buyback of weapons; Kulikov, A.S. Maskhadov, A.A. __ dis .arm .aInent 1.n lndÿ disarmament, there takes place the withdrawal of r@'littoarYsecure Semenov, I.I. Yarikhanov, Kh.A. 7 durin, g ÿepen?g,lÿnes of contact to a distance of 2-4 kilometers m oraer w iormanons ttuxu LLÿ safety and the impermissibility of unprovoked incidents; __ simultaneously with disarmament, there takes place a gradual withdrawal of troops. Signed in the presence of the OSCE Support Group in the Chechen Republic: S. Mesarosh The sides have agreed also, that on the territory of the Chechen Republic there will be O.M. Pelen deployed the Internal Troops of the Interior Ministry (MVD) of Russia in numbers up to one brigade. Among the tasks of this brigade will be included the provision of aid to law- enforcement organs in support of social order and the securing of the safety of citizens. 'The delegation of the government of the Russian Federation states that the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria From the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation there will be one machine-gun Federation. (motostreIkovaya) brigade. The plan of deployment for the aforementioned hrigedes in the following is agreed with the organs of state power of the Cheehen Republic. d) The cessation of terrorist acts and sabotage entails a declaration of the military command of the sides on the full condemnation and impemaissibilitY of any and sabotage. The delegation of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria has condemned any terrorist acts and has obligated itself to provide the Russian side with aid in the search and detention of Shamil Basaev and his group accused of undertaking a terrorist act m the city of Budyennovsk. For the period of the decision of the set of military issues until the holding of elections ÷here are created the following structures with the exc[us.ive right of control over the implementation of the Agreement that laas neen reacneu: The plenipotentiary of the Representative of the President of the Russian the Chechen Republic; " with the r A Special Observation Commission, created on an agreed basis the OSCE;