Russia sends the UN mission packing from Georgia-Abkhazia
posted by circassiankama on July, 2009 as Abkhazia
Russia sends the UN mission packing from Georgia-Abkhazia
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Tuesday, 16 June 2009 08:03
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JUNE 2009 - Moscow has vetoed a Western-backed resolution to extend the
UN mission to Georgia. Russia voted against the measure at a meeting of
the UN Security Council in New York.
Russia’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, gave his reaction.
“Many
colleagues talked about the territorial integrity, it's a very
important principle. But one interesting thing: I don't remember how
many meetings of the council we have held after the August 2008 events,
have those who support the territorial integrity condemn the aggression
of Georgia against South Ossetia. Nobody mentioned even once. That is
an oversight that became one of the reasons why our work on the
resolution ended,” Churkin said, stressing that Moscow regretted the outcome.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon also expressed his regrets.
New geopolitical realities
Earlier,
Russia received the text of the draft resolution from its partners on
the Security Council, but later said it could not accept it in its
current form. The reason was that the draft, which is likely to be put
to the vote on Monday, still refers to the region as “Georgia,” and
does not recognize that Abkhazia has become a sovereign state.
Another
reason is that the resolution referred to a resolution that was adopted
long before August 2008, the month Georgia began a military offensive
in South Ossetia. After the violence, both Abkhazia and South Ossetia
declared independence. Both were soon recognized by Russia as
independent states.
Russia is insisting that
unless these new geopolitical realities are recognized by the Security
Council and reflected in the new resolution, the document will not be
passed.
“I was quite surprised by one
comment, which was made by one colleague at today’s consultations, when
he was arguing in favor of retaining this reference to the resolution
1801. He said, ‘The only saying which changed since April 15 was
Russia’s recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.’ The thing which
changed since then was not our recognition. It was Georgian aggression
against South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which made their living together
impossible and which brought all this sequence of events,” Churkin said earlier.
“So,
we cannot keep inserting those resolutions that date back to before the
birth of Christ into the new resolutions. This is not acceptable,” he added.
Still, Western members of the Security Council look set to put the controversial resolution to the vote.
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