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Russia presents UN draft resolution on Georgia
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-08-22 10:22

UNITED NATIONS - Russia formally presented to the UN Security Council on Thursday its draft resolution endorsing a six-point cease-fire agreement on the Georgian crisis sponsored by France.


A Russian military convoy travels through the Senaki Military Base, a Georgian military base now occupied by Russian forces, in Senaki August 21, 2008. [Agencies] 

Russia's UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin made the announcement to reporters after the council concluded on late afternoon fresh consultations on Georgia.

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In response to a reporter's question, however, Churkin refrained from disclosing when Moscow would call for a council vote on the draft.

"We can go to vote in 24 hours since it has been put in blue, but I would not give you an exact time of what is going to happen," Churkin said.

Churkin introduced to the 15-member body on Wednesday the draft resolution that would reaffirm the six principles contained in the French-brokered cease-fire agreement.

The draft says the Security Council endorses the cease-fire agreement agreed in Moscow on August 12, which was first raised by French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Then the draft gives a detailed account of the agreement before calling on "the parties concerned to implement the above-mentioned plan in good faith."

French Deputy Ambassador Jean-Pierre Lacroix said the council is still working for "a unanimous resolution based on the six- point plan."

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