Archive - 7/4/2016

April 7, 2016 Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev received the head of the Protection Department of the Mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Republic of South Ossetia Ikumi Okivari, who has completed her work in this office.

Mrs. Ikumi Okivari introduced her successor in the office Mr Raphael Jost.

Murat Dzhioev expressed gratitude to Mrs. Ikumi Okivari for cooperation, emphasized the joint with the ICRC's efforts to search for missing persons and stressed the need to strengthen joint efforts in this direction. He wished Mr. Rafael Jost success in his future humanitarian activities. They also discussed other humanitarian issues.

In Tskhinval was held a round table dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of South Ossetia. The event was organized by the State Committee for Information and Press of the Republic. The round table was attended by members of various convocations of the South Ossetian Parliament, experts, government officials, representatives of the media.

Acting Chairman of the State Committee for Information and Press Nelly Dzhussoeva welcomed those present, noting the role of the Constitution in the life of the state.

"It is difficult to overestimate the role and importance of this basic document of our country, - Dzhussoeva said. - The Constitution is the fundamental law of the state, which defines our further development. "

At the beginning of the event, Acting Chairman of Information and Press State Committee congratulated the deputy of the I, III, IV, V convocations, the ex-Speaker of the Parliament of South Ossetia Stanislav Kochiev on his birthday and wished him health, prosperity, long life in the service of his native Ossetia.

Nelly Dzhussoyeva presented to the participants of the round table a new edition of the Constitution.

Dzhussoyeva noted - "the constitutional amendments are periodically proposed to the Constitution. - The last amendment was proposed in 2014. Arbitrary changes to the Constitution are impermissible. The amendments to the Constitution should be proposed as a result of the referendum."

Participants of the round table, in turn, noted the importance of the Basic Law, shared their memories of the events, taking place 15 years ago, when was adopted the Constitution of the Republic.

Constitution Day of South Ossetia - April 8, is a milestone in the modern history of South Ossetia, said the news agency "Res" the State Adviser to the President of South Ossetia, a member of the commission for drafting the Constitution of the Republic Zhanna Zasseeva, commenting on the importance of the Basic Law for the state.

"A special commission was set up to develop the Basic Law of South Ossetia by the Decree of the then president Ludwig Chibirov, which included experienced lawyers and public figures - Zasseeva said. - The commission included eleven people. "

According to Zasseeva, the Commission had the task to prepare the basic document, which should have been focused on legal, political and ideological features of the young state.

"We assumed as a basis we took, the first Constitution and the Constitution of North Ossetia, as it was spiritually close to us, - noted Zasseeva.- But we also have considered the Constitution of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Spain, etc. Constitution of South Ossetia was to clearly define the main priorities of the state development, the rights and freedom of a man. "

Zasseeva has noted that in the course of the work the Committee members consulted with many leading experts outside of South Ossetia, dealing with the Constitution.

"The final version of our draft Constitution was sent for examination to Russia and received a positive assessment, - explained Zasseeva. - The Basic Law of the state, in my opinion, had covered all the aspects of our life. The Constitution is amended, as it should be, but you can not negate the positive work done. "

She added that over the Constitution had been working Merab Chigoev, Peter Gatikoev, Stanislav Kochiev, Konstantin Kochiev, Alan Parastaev and young lawyers Ilona Khubaeva and many others.

"I was happy to work with such luminaries and I am grateful to every moment we spent with them at the meetings of the Constitutional Commission," - said Zasseeva.

It should be reminded that on April 8 in South Ossetia is celebrated the Constitution Day. The Basic Law of the Republic was adopted on 8 April 2001 while holding a national referendum.

April 6 took place a telephone conversation between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Kazbulat Tskhovrebov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Karen Mirzoyan. .

During the conversation Kazbulat Tskhovrebov expressed serious concern about the events in the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The Minister has assured his colleague that South Ossetia is closely monitoring the situation, and expressed his support to the people of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. The ministers have also noted the need to show responsibility and restraint in order to avoid slipping the situation to an uncontrollable escalation of the conflict that could destabilize the entire region.

Tskhovrebov expressed deep condolences to the families of the victims and asked to convey wishes for a speedy recovery to the injured in the recent events.

For his part, Karen Mirzoyan expressed his gratitude for the words of support and noted that the leadership of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic was making every effort to find a peaceful solution to the situation.