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Appendix 2

Appendix 2

Memorandum of September 19 , 2014 outlining the parameters for the implementation of commitments of the Minsk Protocol of September 5 , 2014
( 1 ) Minsk Memorandum , September 19 , 2014 ( Original ) – ( 2 ) Link to OSCE Document Repository
MEMORANDUM
with respect to the performance of the provisions of the Protocol of the results of consultations of the Trilateral Contact Group 
 with respect to the steps aimed at 
 the implementation of the Peace Plan of the President of Ukraine , P . Poroshenko and the initiatives of the President of Russia , V . Putin
In accordance with Paragraph 1 of the Protocol of the results of consultations of the Trilateral Contact Group 
 with respect to the joint steps aimed at 
 the implementation of the Peace Plan of the President of Ukraine , P . Poroshenko and the initiatives of the President of Russia , V . Putin ([ executed in ] the city of Minsk , Republic of Belarus , [ on ] September 5 , 2014 ) the participants of the Trilateral Contact Group , consisting of the representatives of Ukraine , the Russian Federation and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europea [“ OSCE ”], and the representatives of the certain areas of the Donetsk and the Lugansk regions have reached an understanding with respect to the following measures , aimed at securing the agreement regarding the bilateral cessation of the use of weapons .
1 . The cessation of the use of weapons shall be considered to be common [ for both parties ].
2 . The stopping of the units and military formations of the sides at the line of their contact as of September 19 , 2014 .
3 . The prohibition on the use of all types of weapons and the conduct of offensive operations .