United States of America
Ambassador Alejandro Wolff
The United States joined the United Nations on October 24, 1945. It is a permanent member of the UN Security Council. Alejandro Wolff is the United States’ deputy permanent representative to UN. The following is excerpted from Ambassador Wolff’s statement during the UN Security Council debate on August 18, 2008. The United Statesremains deeply concerned by the situation in Georgia. We deplore the loss oflife, civilian casualties, and extensive damage to civilian facilitiesthroughout the country. We support the call for anemergency meeting today because of continuing Russian military operationsagainst Georgia despiteagreement by the parties, specifically Russia and Georgia, to…
