(iv) Meeting of the Quadripartite Commission

Background and suggested action plan for the quadripartite group

In mid December 2004, the quadripartite meetings and the joint fact finding group resumed.

It also requires the implementation of the decisions taken at the quadripartite meeting held in Geneva.

The next meeting of the Quadripartite Committee for Coordination on Chernobyl is to be held in September 1994.

A meeting of the Quadripartite Commission was to be convened to evaluate the progress made on the withdrawal of the heavy weapons.

It also continued to provide input into the quadripartite meetings and investigations of the joint fact finding group, including by providing forensic assistance.

Physical monitoring of nuclear activities, as mandated under the NPT, is conducted both by IAEA and ABACC (under the terms of the Quadripartite Agreement).

With the signing of a Quadripartite Agreement on the return of refugees to Abkhazia, a UNHCR presence was established in Sukhumi, Abkhazia, in April 1994.

The weekly quadripartite meetings and the joint fact finding group remained suspended owing to the absence of the Abkhaz side until 16 December 2004 (see para.

The impartial forces were to lead quadripartite commissions that would undertake control missions in each zone from 25 to 28 April 2005 and on 30 April 2005.

All parties agreed that DDR should now be started and carried out in the context of the Agreement reached earlier in Yamoussoukro among the military Quadripartite Commission.

We favour the resumption of the quadripartite mechanism of meetings between the Ministers of Foreign Affairs from the Republic of Moldova, Romania, the Russian Federation and Ukraine.

It maintained good cooperation with local law enforcement agencies, and contributed to the weekly quadripartite meetings and investigations of the Joint Fact Finding Group, including providing forensic assistance.

The measures adopted by the quadripartite meeting of 6 October 2005, organized at Geneva by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, complete this picture.

Furthermore, the Quadripartite security cell in Bangolo dismantled last year when the Forces Nouvelles pulled out of the Government of National Reconciliation, has left a huge security void.

8 and 9). Subsequently, on 16 December, the Abkhaz side, as a first encouraging sign, resumed its participation in the weekly quadripartite meetings and the joint fact finding group.

On 19 April 2005, the Quadripartite Commission convened in Daoukro to discuss the modalities for the withdrawal of heavy weapons along the frontline scheduled to start on 21 April 2005.

We look forward to the early entry into force of the quadripartite safeguards agreement involving the IAEA, Argentina, Brazil and the Brazilian Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials.

14. This Quadripartite Agreement contains the framework for planning a voluntary repatriation, and places particular emphasis on the deployment of peace keeping forces at the start of the organized voluntary return programme.

We are promoting the progressive strengthening of cooperation between the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Brazilian Argentine Agency to ensure effective and more efficient implementation of the safeguards of the Quadripartite Agreement.

Negotiations in the Quadripartite Commission, which was established by the agreement and is comprised of both parties to the conflict, the Russian Federation and UNHCR, have proven difficult and progress has been slow.

This Agreement was supplemented by a quadripartite safeguards agreement which was signed in Vienna in December 1991 between Argentina, Brazil, the Brazilian Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials and the IAEA.

A quadripartite agreement for the repatriation of the displaced persons from Mali is due to be signed between the Governments of Algeria and Mali, the International Fund for Agriculture and Development (IFAD) and UNHCR.

Both countries participate in a nuclear materials control and accountability system, having established a Brazilian Argentine agency for the purpose, and having also signed a quadripartite safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

In this context, of particular note is the coming into force of the quadripartite safeguards agreement concluded among Argentina, Brazil, the Brazilian Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (ABACC) and the IAEA.

UNOMIG and the CIS peacekeeping force continued their close cooperation at all levels, including in their efforts to get the Abkhaz side to resume its participation in the quadripartite meetings and the joint fact finding group.

There has also been a lack of progress in the refugee situation. On 4 April 1994, both sides signed a quadripartite agreement worked out by UNHCR on voluntary return of refugees and displaced persons to Abkhazia.

15. After several consultative meetings in 1993 and 1994, held jointly with the Governments of Mali and Algeria and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and UNHCR, a quadripartite agreement was signed between all four parties.

(c) To create a quadripartite committee (with the participation of the Ministers of the three States responsible for Chernobyl relief and of the United Nations Coordinator) for coordination of activities aimed at addressing the consequences of the Chernobyl accident

The European Community and its member States hope that the process of ratification of the quadripartite agreement signed by Argentina, Brazil, the Brazilian Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Material and the IAEA will soon be completed.

As a result, there was an agreement on the establishment of a quadripartite commission composed of Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and the Russian Federation to review and consider the situation in search of a just and lasting solution to the problems.

This included preparing analytical and background papers and identifying issues for review. Furthermore, the Department provided substantive servicing to two meetings each of the Inter Agency Task Force on Chernobyl and the Quadripartite Committee for Coordination on Chernobyl in 1993.

At the beginning of the current year the Brazilian Government ratified the quadripartite agreement signed with Argentina, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials to place all nuclear facilities in both countries under IAEA safeguards.

The second mission focused on the key sector of support for justice and judicial system reform it will be followed up through a programme to be implemented with quadripartite cooperation among the Haitian Ministry of Justice, the Canadian International Development Agency, the European Union and the International Organization of la Francophonie.

quot The Council reaffirms its support for the return of all refugees and displaced persons to their homes in secure conditions, in accordance with international law, and as set out in the Quadripartite Agreement apos s provisions, and calls upon the parties to honour the commitments they have already made in this regard.

13. Under the auspices of the United Nations, facilitated by the Russian Federation and observed by the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), a Quadripartite Agreement on the Voluntary Return of Refugees and Displaced Persons was signed on 4 April 1994, as a result of negotiations between Georgia and Abkhazia.

However, needs will have to be reassessed in coordination with the concerned authorities upon the transfer of the refugees. It is foreseen that after the signature of the quadripartite agreement, a pilot repatriation operation for some 1,200 Malian refugees will be initiated before the end of 1994, conditions in northern Mali permitting.

Letter dated 5 April (S 1994 397) from the representative of Georgia addressed to the President of the Security Council, transmitting the text of a declaration on measures for a political settlement of the Georgian Abkhaz conflict and of the quadripartite agreement on voluntary return of refugees and displaced persons, both signed in Moscow on 4 April 1994.

In his report to the Security Council, 3 the Secretary General apprised the Council of the situation on the ground in the context of the 14 May 1994 Agreement on a Cease fire and Separation of Forces 4 and the Quadripartite agreement on voluntary return of refugees and displaced persons, signed in Moscow on 14 April 1994. 5