UN General Assembly
2008

subscribe to the words pronounced by Sergey Lavrov here earlier today: “We cannot tolerate any attempts to resolve conflict situations by violating international agreements or by the unlawful use of force. If we allow that to occur once, then we run the risk of unleashing it in the future” (). However, how can one think of redesigning new Euro-Atlantic security structures without renewing the trust that has vanished over the past few months? After the Czech Republic sent substantial humanitarian aid, it initiated an international support conference for Georgia, to be held next month in Brussels. We call upon the international community to help alleviate the suffering of the tens of thousands of people displaced by the conflict, as well as to help the country with post-conflict reconstruction. We insist that all internally displaced persons return home. The immediate task is to ensure that all military forces are withdrawn to pre-war positions. There is urgent need for the deployment of an international and impartial mission in Georgia to oversee the military withdrawals and ceasefire implementation. Let me stress once