A round table discussion on the topic "Prospects for the revival of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in South Ossetia as a condition for democratic development of the Republic" was held in Tskhinval; it was attended by representatives of the South Ossetian NGOs.
The possibility of adopting a new Constitution of South Ossetia and the implications of the amendments to the Constitution of the Republic in 2001 have been discussed by the participants of the conference, "The Constitution of South Ossetia: the Past, the Present, the Prospects". The event is timed to the Constitution Day being celebrated today in South Ossetia.
Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Rashid Nurgaliev, head of Rospotrebnadzor, chief sanitary doctor Gennady Onishchenko have arrived today in the Republic of South Ossetia on a working visit.
South Ossetia is celebrating today the Constitution Day. The Basic Law of the State adopted by referendum on April 8, 2001, includes the constitutional system, rights, freedoms and duties of the citizens, as well as a system of power structures.
The press conference of the head of the recently established State Committee of Information and Press of South Ossetia Vyacheslav Gobozov has been held today in Tskhinval. He told reporters about his vision of the internal and external information policy of the Republic and outlined the main priorities of the State Committee for future work.
South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov has received the delegation of the Federal Service of the State Statistical Department of Russia, who arrived in South Ossetia on a working visit. The delegation is led by the head of the RF Statistics Office Alexander Surinov. As reported to IA "Res" by the press-secretary of the RSO President Ghana Yanovskaya, the meeting had focused on the issues of improving the legislation of the RSO in official statistical service and the state statistics system, the work on the statistics of demography and population and others.
The President has stressed that the arrival of the delegation in South Ossetia indicates further strengthening cooperation between the relevant authorities of South Ossetia and the Russian Federation.
Schoolchildren from Dzau and Leningor districts of South Ossetia have visited a photo exhibition dedicated to the International Day of Mine Safety Education and Assistance in Mine Clearing, organized by the Mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in South Ossetia.
Participants of the rally "Relay of Memory", organized within the framework of the international public project "Our great victory" have arrived in the capital of South Ossetia. The action is dedicated to the 68th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
At the entrance to the Republic, in the village of the Upper Ruck, a several dozen motorcade was met with the traditional three Ossetian pies and beer.
Official communication of the South Ossetian delegation on the 23 Round of Geneva Discussions on Security and Stability in Transcaucasia
March 26-27, 2013 a regular meeting of the international discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia was held in Geneva. It was attended by delegations of the Republic of South Ossetia, the Republic of Abkhazia, the Russian Federation, Georgia, the United States, as well as the EU, the UN and the OSCE. South Ossetian delegation was headed by Presidential Envoy for post-conflict settlement Murat Dzhioev.
Due to unavailability of the Georgian party to the expert review of the draft statement of all the participants of the format on non-use of force, developed by the Co-Chairs of the Geneva discussions, it was decided to postpone it to the next round. This is stated in a communiqué of the Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation, following the 23 round of the Geneva discussions on security in Transcaucasia.
