Draft Resolution to End the Conflict
Security Council Consideration
Most speakers inthe Security Council today expressed support for a French-sponsored draftresolution to put an end to the conflict in Georgia, but Russia’srepresentative rejected the text, saying it separated individual elements ofthe six-point “Moscow peace plan and re-interpreted them for propagandapurposes. Brokered by France on behalf of the European Union, the planwas announced in Moscowon August 12. The agreement includes the renunciation of the use of force,immediate cessation of hostilities, free access to humanitarian aid, andwithdrawal of forces to pre-conflict positions, while allowing Russia to implement “additional securitymeasures, and the convening of an international discussion on securityarrangements for Abkhazia…
