Georgia
Ambassador Irakli Alasania
Georgia joined the United Nations on July 31, 1992. It was invited to appear before the UN Security Council to present its side in the South Ossetia dispute. Irakli Alasania has served as Georgia’s permanent representative to the UN since September 11, 2006. The following is excerpted from Ambassador Alasania’s statement during UN Security Council debate on August 10, 2008. For the past12 hours, the inhuman and indiscriminate aerial bombardment of Georgianterritory has continued. The scale of the devastating destruction and loss ofinnocent life has yet to be assessed. An armed invasion by Russian groundtroops has already been transformed into…
