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2008-08-20 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

UN Security Council to discuss Georgia Tuesday

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Posted by Steve White 2008-08-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 Watched on C-SPAN...
UK and Costa Rican statements were pretty good.
Russian Amb is trying to make Gromyko look like a nice guy.
Refused to answer Georgian question if Russia considered the war over.
Georgian guy had a few tears near the end.

Posted by 3dc 2008-08-20 00:36|| 2008-08-20 00:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Oh, I forgot, no votes on anything.

Posted by 3dc 2008-08-20 00:36|| 2008-08-20 00:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Russia has rejected a draft UN Security Council resolution on Georgia, saying it contradicted the terms of last week's ceasefire deal.

Posted by 3dc 2008-08-20 01:06|| 2008-08-20 01:06|| Front Page Top

#4 So the French may veto the substitution, for example, just out of ~~spite~~ being French ...

The scorpion is not the only creature that can only be what it is.

Posted by Excalibur 2008-08-20 08:59|| 2008-08-20 08:59|| Front Page Top

#5 So the French may veto the substitution, for example, just out of spite ...

Nope. The old res was standard UNSC business, to make a ceasefire deal part of international law, authorize UN tangible support for it, etc. Its hanging fire now, cause the Sov - er Russians, are not withdrawing with any deliberate speed. Its ALREADY embarassing to the French. They sure as hell arent going to veto a res to push the Sov - er Russians, to get out.

If they do, I promise to post on here - "George W Bush is the best president of all time" and to do it ten times (in one post)

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-08-20 09:15|| 2008-08-20 09:15|| Front Page Top

#6 The 15-nation Security Council is now faced with two conflicting drafts, both with little immediate chance of success since each is opposed by at least one veto-holding member. The United States, Russia, Britain, France and China have vetoes in the council.

The Russian draft says the Security Council endorses the six-point plan, which it then details. In conclusion it "calls upon the parties concerned to implement the above-mentioned plan in good faith."

Tuesday's draft, written by France and backed by other Western members, had called for an immediate Russian withdrawal to pre-conflict lines, the return of Georgian forces to their bases and full compliance with an already agreed cease-fire.

"STEP SIDEWAYS"

Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said on Tuesday Russia could not support the French draft and there has been no vote on it. On Wednesday he called the text an "inexplicable effort to make the Security Council step sideways."

He said he hoped for positive reaction to the Russian draft by other council members.

"No one can object to the Security Council endorsing the six principles of the Russian and French presidents, which form the foundation of all current efforts to normalize the situation," he told reporters.

France originally had been negotiating with Russia a resolution similar to the one now drafted by Moscow but shelved it amid Western concerns that Russia was not making good on promises to pull back its troops in Georgia.

What I said. France is on our side on this, pique or no.

This isn't 2002 anymore folks.

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-08-20 16:24|| 2008-08-20 16:24|| Front Page Top

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