SC+2009+Issue+3

=SC Topic 3: Situation in Georgia= 

__**Draft Resolution**__

At the Chair's permission, the delegate of Vietnam has attached his draft resolution on this topic. This delegate would appreciate hearing other delegate's responses and would like to make the resolution acceptable to all states involved. Therefore, any ammendments/feedback would be greatly appreciated. This delegate realizes that his resolution is only a first draft and will be working at revising it himself. However, this delegate was wondering what others would think about using this as a starting base. You can contact me at my email at cjkaile@gmail.com or add a comment on the discussion page. Looking forward to meeting you all in a couple days!

CJ Pine, Delegate of Vietnam



Background Information:

Situation in Georgia is one of the serious issues that are looming at hand. Basically, the topic of situation in Georgia is referring to the 2008 South Ossetia War between Georgia and Russia. In the July of 2008, Russia and Georgia accuses each other for military buildup. Then, after increasing Georgia-Ossetian clashes, both sides agree to ceasefire. However, on August 7, Georgia launches a surprise attack, bombing Tskhinvali, South Ossetia’s capital, and began to push into South Ossetia with their artillery and multiple rocket launcher fire in order to retake the region who has declared independence from them in 1990. In the process of attacking South Ossetia, Georgia killed several Russian peacekeepers that were stationed in Tskhinvali. In less than a day, on August 8, Russia, with its forces of army troops leading, entered South Ossetia through the Roki tunnel, and its air force launched series of coordinated air strikes against Georgia, and fighting erupts between them in and around Tskhinvali. There were uncountable reports about the number of casualties on both sides, and on August 9, Russian jets, declaring that it is the act of “liberating” Tskhinvali, bombs the centural Georgian town of Gori. By August 11, Russia executed another invasion and took additional land in Western Georgia, and on August 12, the president of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, announced his intent to stop Russian troops in Georgia. This situation stimulated most countries and organizations and influenced hugely around the world. Lots of residents in South Ossetia became refugees after moving in to neighboring regions such as Russia. These refugees quickly leaved their places to avoid further conflicts and damages. Loss of life of residents and military troops, economical damage, and loss of trust between countries were also serious consequences of the war. Individual’s position in the situation is very diverse. United States (President: George W. Bush), United Kingdom, Sweden, Baltic states and Poland condemned Russia’s military actions. On the other hand, most countries such as Italy, United States (President: Barack Obama), Belarus, France, Germany didn’t criticize Russia, in order to have good relationship with one of the strongest countries in the world. United Nations as a whole are fully alarmed with situation in Georgia. There were lots of resolutions from United Nations in order to solve the issue, such as resolution 1393, 1494, and 1462. According to UN Security Council resolution 1781, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and United Nations Observer Mission In Georgia (UNOMIG) cooperated each other in order to stabilize the conflict zone between the region. International organizations also took actions about this issue. In Carl Bildt’s proposal, Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe strongly deplores the military actions taken by the Russian Federation towards Georgia, and the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Georgia must be respected.

= EU Presidency Declaration on the situation in Georgia = Summary: Basically this article is talking about what the European Union has been thinking. This is another report by the EU. It talks about the European Union monitoring Mission patrols on the ground in Georgia found no evidence so far to confirm mutual accusations of shellings.The European Union basically is trying to persuade Georgia and Russia into Ceasefire.