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UN Security Council to convene on Georgia conflict (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:55:42 GMT

New York - The UN Security Council was to meet later Thursday to discuss the situation on the ground in Georgia, where Russia's armed forces continued their slow withdrawal. The 15-nation council has two draft resolutions on the situation, from Franc...

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Russia Rejects UN Security Council Resolution (Global Security)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:27:48 GMT

Russia Rejects UN Security Council ResolutionAugust 20, 2008By Nikola KrastevUNITED NATIONS -- The UN Security Council has failed for the second time this week to agree on a draft resolution on the crisis in Georgia.The draft of the resolution circulated by France calls for the return of the Georgian military to their bases and demands full compliance...

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U.N. council still divided on Georgia resolution (Alertnet)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:16:03 GMT

Source: Reuters By Patrick Worsnip UNITED NATIONS, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Russia pressed on Thursday for speedy adoption by the U.N. Security Council of its resolution endorsing a peace plan for Georgia but Western ...

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Russia Introduces Draft Resolution on Georgia at UN Security Council (Democratic Underground)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:43:05 GMT

Source: [b]VOA[/b] Russia has introduced a new draft resolution on the situation in Georgia at the U.N. Security Council. The move follows less than a day after France circulated a revised text on the subject that Moscow said it could not support. From United Nation's headquarters in New York, VOA'...

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Russian UN Ambassador Rails Against the French at the Security Council (UN Dispatch)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:01:40 GMT

As you can see from the video below, Russian UN Ambassador Vitaly I. Churkin is none too pleased with his French counterparts. Here's the backstory: The presidents of France and Russia negotiated a ceasefire agreement last week which is known as the the "six point plan." The French prepared to circulate a draft resolution at the Security Council to formalize the plan, but scraped...

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TEXT-Russian draft Security Council resolution on Georgia (Alertnet)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:42:15 GMT

Source: Reuters UNITED NATIONS, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Following is the full text of a draft U.N. Security Council resolution on Georgia circulated by Russia to council members on Wednesday. The Security Council ...

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Russia vetoes security council action on Georgia (ireland.com)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:03:58 GMT

Russia blocked UN Security Council action on the Georgian crisis, refusing to support a Western-backed draft resolution calling for an immediate Russian military withdrawal.

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Russia blocks draft Security Council resolution on Georgia crisis (CBC.ca)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:57:32 GMT

Russia has rejected a draft resolution circulated at the UN Security Council calling for an immediate withdrawal of its forces from Georgia, which Moscow said goes against the terms of a previous ceasefire agreement.

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Somalia: UN Security Council Extends Amisom Troops Mandate (All Africa)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:00:34 GMT

In a crucial meeting they held in New York the United Nations security council members have approved to extend the mandate of African Union peacekeeping troops AMISOM in Somalia for six months.

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Security Council Renews Authorization of African Union Mission (All Africa)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:26:10 GMT

The Security Council this morning renewed its authorization of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) for a further period of six months.

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UN Security Council renews mandate of AU mission in Somalia (People Daily)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:32:54 GMT

The UN Security Council renewed on Tuesday the mandate of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) for a further period of six months. Unanimously adopting resolution 1831, the council authorized the mission to "take all necessary measures as appropriate" to provide security for key infrastructure and to contribute to the creation of security conditions...

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Russia blocks U.N. Security Council draft on Georgia (Russia News Net)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:58:31 GMT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Veto-holding Russia blocked U.N. Security Council action on the Georgian crisis on Tuesday, refusing to support a Western-backed draft resolution calling for an immediate Ru...

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Russia tables its own draft UN resolution on Georgia (Global Security)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:59:15 GMT

Russia tables its own draft UN resolution on Georgia21/08/2008 11:37 UNITED NATIONS, August 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russia has proposed a draft United Nations Security Council resolution on ensuring peace in Georgia as an alternative to a Western-backed version it rejected on August 19.The new text, put forward on Wednesday, reiterates the six-point peace plan brokered...

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Russia pushes for own peace plan in Georgia, US opposes - Summary (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:11:30 GMT

New York - Russia late Thursday submitted a formal text to the UN Security Council aimed at ending the conflict in Georgia, but the United States and Britain said they were not ready to vote for it. The 15-nation council also had a second draft resol...

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Moscow may recognise breakaway republics (Hindu)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:43:34 GMT

MOSCOW: Russia may recognise the independence of Georgia’s breakaway territories as early as next week, when Parliament resumes after the summer recess, said Russian MPs. “The Federation Council [Upper House] and the State ...

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Europe's Catalogue of Failures in Georgia (The Heritage Foundation Papers)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:04:55 GMT

When Russia invaded Georgia on August 8, Europe's frozen conflicts were quickly brought out of the deep freeze. In an immense demonstration of Russia's military and political power, Moscow crushed Georgian defenses in South Ossetia and moved quickly into Georgia proper. As the European Union's (EU) biggest political figure and current President of the European Council, French President Nicholas...

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Russia Affirms Compliance With Medvedev-sarkozy Plan (Russia News Net)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:11:45 GMT

MOSCOW, AUG 21 (BNA) -- RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEI LAVROV SAID HIS COUNTRY WAS FULLY ABIDING TO THE SIX-POINT MEDVEDEV-SARKOZY PLAN FOR SOUTH OSSETIA AND SAID EVERYBODY ELSE SHOULD DO THE SAME. HOWEVER LAVORV SPOKE ABOUT HOW THE DOCUMENT WAS MODIFIED BY GEORGIAN PRESIDENT MIKHEIL SAAKASHVILI AND THEN AT THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL IN A WAY LIFTING ALL OBLIGATIONS FROM GEORGIA, RUSSIAN...

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Côte d'Ivoire: Another UN Resolution, Another Controversy (All Africa)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:38:22 GMT

For Siméon Konan of the non-governmental organisation Initiative for Peace (Initiative pour la paix), based in Côte d'Ivoire's financial centre of Abidjan, efforts to bring peace to the West African country leave something to be desired -- a recent United Nations Security Council resolution on Côte d'Ivoire notwithstanding.

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Jordan urges world to press Israel to halt Jerusalem excavations (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:35:41 GMT

Amman - The Jordanian government on Thursday urged the world's major powers to put pressure on Israel to halt its excavations at the Magharebah Gate in East Jerusalem, which the Jewish state captured from Jordan in the 1967 war. Foreign Minister Salah Bashir met at his office for this purpose with ambassadors of the UN Security Council's five permanent member states, European Union countries...

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US-Russia Tensions Give Iran, Syria Room to Maneuver (Russia News Net)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:12:06 GMT

... is a gap between this understanding and the translation [into action] especially when it comes to United Nations Security Council resolutions,” Livni told foreign journalists in Jerusalem on Thursday. “Time is of the essence,” Livni said. “[It is] my belief that Russia has the best understanding about the situation about its own interest. I do hope that not only...

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