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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 ...
Alertnet (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
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 ...
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | yesterday
UNITED 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 th...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
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...
UN Dispatch (Free subscription) | yesterday
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...
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | yesterday
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'...
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
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.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
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.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
The Security Council this morning renewed its authorization of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) for a further period of six months.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
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.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
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 for the provision of humanitarian assistance....
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
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...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
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: 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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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 by French President Nicolas Sarkozy...
