3 HD Mikheil Saakashvili President Georgia Addresses UN 09232008 Part 3 of 3 Truth

UN speech sep 24 2009 - see:
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32239&Cr=general+assembly&am...




http://www.un.org/ga/63/generaldebate/pdf/georgia_en.pdf
MIKHEIL SAAKASHVILI, President of Georgia, said that sometimes the most extreme tests of the United Nations lofty ideals arose in small, even obscure places, such as his own country, which, with fewer than 5 million people, had last month been invaded by its neighbour. However, despite Georgias small size, the legal, moral, political and security implications raised by that invasion could not be larger in their consequence, as those issues lay at the very heart of the Organizations founding Charter.
He said the invasion of his country not only violated its internationally recognized borders, but the subsequent recognition of the so-called independence of its two regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia challenged its territorial integrity, while the ethnic cleansing of hundreds of thousands of its people did violence to the very idea of human rights. Asserting that developments in Georgia presented the General Assembly with a general challenge, the Georgian leader asked if, in the face of such a challenge, the Assembly would stand up for its founding principles, or allow those principles to be crushed under what he called the treads of invading tanks.
He urged the Assembly to refuse to stand silent in the face of armed aggression and assault on human rights, and instead stand united and immediately adopt a non-recognition policy towards Georgias two breakaway provinces. The Assembly -- and Georgia -- had both a moral and legal obligation to protect international law and world order. All parties had to comply with the full terms of the existing ceasefire agreement and resolve to create a meaningful United Nations conflict resolution process that would peacefully reunify his country.
He told the Assembly that, while the crisis posed grave challenges for the international community, it created specific obligations on his country, to its own people, as well as to the international community. To that end, he reiterated his call for an exhaustive, independent investigation into the origins and causes of the war, urging investigators to have unimpeded access to all officials, documents and intelligence. Georgia welcomed such an investigation and the Government stood ready to share all evidence in its possession and provide access to all witnesses sought by investigators. He called on the other party to the conflict to similarly cooperate fully with such an investigation, and not obstruct it in any way.
Continuing, he said he believed Georgia had been attacked because it was a successful democracy in his part of the world, and as such, his Governments second initiative of openness involved making its democracy even more robust. To that end, he announced four categories of expanded democratic initiatives: strengthening the checks and balances of Georgias democratic institutions; provision of additional resources and protections to foster greater political pluralism; strengthening of the rule of law by introducing enhanced due process trials by jury and lifetime judicial appointments; and expanding and deepening the protection of private property.
He thanked the international communitys response to his countrys reconstruction needs, adding that reconstruction would also ensure that Europe continued to benefit from true energy security that came from diversification, and pledged: And everything we do will be done peacefully.

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[cyberfalcon2]

I did not know much about him before Russia invaded Georgia, but in the weeks that followed he's earned my respect and that of many more.

He gave Georgia a human face and a voice that could not be ignored by the rest of the world.

Undoubtfully it's one of the biggest reasons why Moscow wants him 'silenced' - too many people are listening to waht he has to say, and won't allow Russia to crush a young democracy.

he deserves all the support and respect he's getting.

[girl4GEO]

haha.. we Georgian youth are not as illeterace as ur stupid kids in Skin-head associations, we study foreign languages, and I am glad that my youth are not as degraded as ur bro's from skin-heads!

And u are angry because Georgia has always been the one, doung everything as it desired, we are the ones starting protests against Soviet Union, which lead tyo independence of all countries, we are the ones who are not gonna let u occupy Caucasia!

Go kill urselfs Russian alcoholic subhumanes!

[patiosani3]

ბეყლეს გაუმარჯოს !!

[KOMPANI1]

დავით აღმაშენებელი ხარ.შენს გამზრდელს გაუმარჯოს

[Gogyross]

I think 99% Georgians understand that there was no "revolution" in Georgia. The White Fox was always fooling westerners, easterners and first of all his own people. He gave power to his bellowed student after his reputation was finally devaluated to the point 0.The "New Fox" is doing his best, unlike his predecessor he is not a "country boy" but western trained lawyer, and knows how to suck money from the international monetary funds:))

[Gogyross]

I'm not a Putin's advocate; save me God...

I'm talking about the man who gambles with the destiny of his own nation.

Saakashvili has strong KGB ties trough his uncle, naive Georgians not always understand rules of the "big game". No question he is a talanted salesman he deals well with both East & West.

May God bless Georgian people (not saakashvili;)))) now and ever...

[ThePranke]

@lpanskil

vaax, gaumarjos xD