Chapaev
17th September 2008, 17:34
http://www.kommersant.com/p-13231/Russia_Georgia_South_Ossetia_conflict_UN/
Georgia committed an act of aggression and violated the UN Charter when it invaded South Ossetia, Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann stated on September 16 at his first press conference as chairman of the UN General Assembly, reports Inner City Press. The 63rd General Assembly of the United Nations began today at it New York headquarters. Brockmann spoke about the need to reform the UN Security Council at a closed session, saying that some of the members of the Security Council are a threat to world peace because of their inability to overcome their passion for war.
Brockmann is a former foreign minister of Nicaragua, a Catholic priest and a winner of the Lenin Prize. He was elected chairman of the General Assembly for one year as a representative of Latin America and the Caribbean Basin, whose turn it is to chair this assembly.
http://voanews.com/english/2008-09-17-voa7.cfm
D'Escoto says it is "undeniable" that some members of the Security Council have "an addiction to war," and he says they are threatening international peace and security. In a scarcely veiled reference to President George W. Bush's administration, d'Escoto also said no nation has the right "to decide on its own which states are sponsors of terrorism, and which are not."
"By now, over 1.2 million people have died as a direct consequence of that aggression and occupation," d'Escoto said about the U.S.-led war in Iraq.
Georgia committed an act of aggression and violated the UN Charter when it invaded South Ossetia, Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann stated on September 16 at his first press conference as chairman of the UN General Assembly, reports Inner City Press. The 63rd General Assembly of the United Nations began today at it New York headquarters. Brockmann spoke about the need to reform the UN Security Council at a closed session, saying that some of the members of the Security Council are a threat to world peace because of their inability to overcome their passion for war.
Brockmann is a former foreign minister of Nicaragua, a Catholic priest and a winner of the Lenin Prize. He was elected chairman of the General Assembly for one year as a representative of Latin America and the Caribbean Basin, whose turn it is to chair this assembly.
http://voanews.com/english/2008-09-17-voa7.cfm
D'Escoto says it is "undeniable" that some members of the Security Council have "an addiction to war," and he says they are threatening international peace and security. In a scarcely veiled reference to President George W. Bush's administration, d'Escoto also said no nation has the right "to decide on its own which states are sponsors of terrorism, and which are not."
"By now, over 1.2 million people have died as a direct consequence of that aggression and occupation," d'Escoto said about the U.S.-led war in Iraq.