France pens resolution urging ceasefire in Georgia

[maddezmom]

Source: Reuters

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 11 (Reuters) - France was planning to present a resolution to the U.N. Security Council on Monday that would call for an immediate ceasefire in Georgia, which Tbilisi says is on the verge of a Russian invasion.

Council diplomats said the French delegation had completed a draft resolution that would demand an immediate ceasefire and withdrawal of all troops from Georgia's two breakaway enclaves, South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

The United States had wanted to condemn what it says was Russia's unwarranted "military assault" on Georgia, but one diplomat said the French and other Europeans tried to avoid language that was certain to provoke a Russian veto.

As a permanent member of the Security Council, Russia has the power to prevent any resolution from passing.

Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N11319821.htm

[alstephenson]

1. I'm sure Condi and Georgie have it all under control.

Yeah, right.

[dipsydoodle]

2. Just been watching this live on CNN

"the French delegation had completed a draft resolution " The only problem is that they seem to have missed out discussing it with Russians who, to say the least , did not seem too impressed.

[slackmaster]

3. In before "How the f*** does France have the moral authority to tell Russia what to do?"

Doesn't anyone care about the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre, the Algerian War, or Vietnam any more?

[Robbien]

4. Why doesn't the UN issue a resolution to have all combatants leave Iraq, Afghanistan?

Why are they butting into one conflict and not all the others around the globe?

[amandabeech]

5. Would it matter?

As much as I despised the invasion of Iraq, I did agree that Saddam was an absolutely hideous dictator. He didn't have many friends around the world, and not everyone may have been so upset initially when it looked like we were going to take him out. I think that the really, really bad part is what we have done since we threw him out.

On the other hand, it seems that only the Russians, the Ossetians and the Abkhasians are really upset with Georgia and its government, and the latter two don't have a vote in the U.N. Except for the problems with the break-away provinces, which many countries have, the Georgians weren't gassing their own people.

I don't expect much action or much less, effective action from the U.N.

Besides, it's August, who cares?

[Dead_Parrot]

6. Because the US would veto it before the ink dried

Look at http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/membship/veto/vetosubj.htm
Anything the Us doesn't like the look at gets trashed: Flick down to the 80's for the section where the USSR did the same.

That's why the French are trying to find something the Russians won't veto. Good luck with that...

[maddezmom]

7. Russia hits U.N. cease-fire draft

Russia hits U.N. cease-fire draft
Posted: 08:19 PM ET
UNITED NATIONS (CNN) — Russia will not sign off on a draft resolution calling for a cease-fire in Georgia that has been discussed by the U.N. Security Council, Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said Monday.

Churkin said the proposed resolution, drafted by French officials, was lacking in a “serious number” of areas.

“I can’t see us accepting this French draft of this resolution,” he said after consultations among Security Council members Monday evening. “We will look at the draft and try to bring it to a standard were it can play a role in this.”

more:http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/11/russia-hits-un-cease-fire-draft-2/

[fascisthunter]

8. damn....