On May 21, the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus ratified two international agreements - on the financial, technical and rear services support of the personnel of the CIS Collective Peacekeeping Forces, and the guarantees to these personnel. According to Belarusian Defense Minister Leonid Maltsev, these documents were signed in Dushanbe (Tajikistan) in October 2007. These agreements were signed by Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan. Their objective is to set up a legal base for taking coordinated steps in order to provide legal and social protection to the personnel of the CIS Collective Peacekeeping Forces when being on duty and the members of their families. In particular, the list of guarantees includes the preservation of allowances during their participation in the military operations, additional paid holidays for 15 days. In case of death on duty of one of the staff of the CIS Collective Peacekeeping Forces, the members of his/her family have the right for an additional immediate compensation equal to 30 basic units which will be equally distributed among family members. According to the agreements, the peacekeeping activities of the CIS Collective Forces will be financed from the funds that are annually allocated for this purpose from the national budgets.