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The Mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in South Ossetia plans to open a summer school on the International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in Tskhinval. As the correspondent of IA "Res" has been informed at the ICRC office in Tskhinval, the school program is designed for four days - June 1-4.
"The opening of the school is dedicated to the International Day of the Child and is designed for schoolchildren of South Ossetia aged 12-16. February 15 it was held a writing competition, by the results of which were selected 26 schoolchildren out of 32 ones, "- explained the head of the ICRC press service Marina Tedety.
During the classes the schoolchildren will become familiar with the basic concepts of the international humanitarian law, the history of the International Committee of the Red Cross. They will learn about the ICRC activities to clarify the fate of the missing citizens of South Ossetia and other programs.

Flash poll: 21 years ago the Supreme Council of South Ossetia adopted the Act of Independence of South Ossetia. How relevant is this step in the modern history of South Ossetia?

Boris Chochiev, head of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of South Ossetia:

The proclamation of the state independence of the Republic of South Ossetia, May 29, 1992 was the only right step on the way to build a sovereign state, the logical conclusion of a coherent system of basic laws and regulations, on which is based the legal viability of the position of our people.

May 29, the Republic of South Ossetia will be marking the 21st anniversary of the Act of Independence of the Republic of South Ossetia, adopted at the height of the Georgian military aggression against South Ossetia.

The statement of a head of the South Ossetian delegation in the format of MPRI Khokh Gagloyty with regard to the border incident occurred May 27, 2013

May 27, 2013 in the area of the river Ditsura to the south-eastern outskirts of Tskhinval, the engineering units of the border services of the Republic of South Ossetia were carrying out the planned work on the equipment of the border area of South Ossetia by constructing the barrier.

Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria is the first signatory to the 2003 full-scale cooperation agreement with the unrecognized at that time Republic of South Ossetia, said today the South Ossetian Parliament Speaker Stanisłav Kochiev at a briefing in Tskhinval.

The signing of the historically significant document - Memorandum on cooperation between the parliaments of the Republic of South Ossetia and the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria - has confirmed the readiness of the two republics to mutually beneficial cooperation in all fields, was said by the Speaker of Kabardino-Balkaria Anuar Chechenov at the briefing in Tskhinval. He has expressed the hope that in the near future a similar agreement will be signed between the heads of Kabardino-Balkaria and South Ossetia Arsen Kanokov and Leonid Tibilov.

A memorandum of cooperation between the parliaments of the Republic of South Ossetia and Kabardino-Balkaria has been signed in the capital of South Ossetia.
For the South Ossetian part the document was signed by Speaker Stanislav Kochiev, for the part of the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria - by Speaker Anuar Chechenov.

South Ossetian President Leonid Tibilov has received the parliamentary delegation of the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, led by Speaker Anuar Chechenov. The meeting was attended by Speaker of the Parliament of South Ossetia Stanislav Kochiev, the first Vice-Speaker of the RSO Parliament Jury Dzitstsoity, members of the legislative body of Kabardino-Balkaria.

On May 28, South Ossetia will be marking the Day of the South Ossetian diplomacy - 21 years ago it was established the Foreign Ministry of the Republic. May 28-29, 1992 at the session of the Supreme Council was formed the first Council of Ministers of the Republic of South Ossetia. It was also established the Ministry of External Relations of the RSO (now the Ministry of Foreign Affairs).