Republic of Moldova

I visited the Republic of Moldova on 4 November 1994 to discuss rehabilitation efforts in the aftermath of the severe droughts, hurricanes and floods that hit the country in mid-1994. At its forty-eighth session, the General Assembly, upon appeal by President Mircea Ion Snegur, adopted a resolution on 14 September calling upon the Secretary-General, in cooperation with the relevant organs and organizations of the United Nations system, to assist in the rehabilitation efforts of the Government.

On 21 October 1994, the Republic of Moldova and the Russian Federation signed the agreement on the withdrawal of the Russian Federation's 14th army from the Trans-Dnestr region. Both countries have agreed that the withdrawal should be synchronized with a political settlement of the Dnestr conflict. The withdrawal is anticipated to take place within three years.

Following an earlier parliamentary decision, a large majority of ethnically-mixed districts taking part in the referendum held on 5 March 1995 decided to join the Gagauz autonomous region within the Republic of Moldova.

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has been taking the leading role on issues concerning the Republic of Moldova since the OSCE mission was established in that country on 27 April 1993.

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