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UN General Assembly President calls Georgia as an aggressor

17 September 2008 10:17 (UTC +04:00)

New York â€“APA. â€œGeorgia committed the act of aggression invading into the territory of South Ossetia and violated UN Charterâ€, said Miguel dâ€™Escoto Brockmann, UN General Assembly President and former Nicaraguan foreign minister at his first press conference, APA reports. He criticized the United States for its role in the latest world processes. â€œIt seems the United States was infatuated with its right of veto and thinks that it can do everything not depending on its resultsâ€. Miguel dâ€™Escoto Brockmann called for urgent reforms in the UN Security Council.
UN Security Council has 5 permanent and 10 temporary members. USA, China, Great Britain, France and Russia are the permanent members, which have a right of veto. The Council is functioning for 63 years without changes. The UN General Assembly passed decision at its closed meeting on July 15, 2008 to start intergovernmental talks on enlargement of the Security Councilâ€™s composition.
Nicaragua is only country after Russia recognizing the separatist regimes in Georgia. Some countries, including Armenia, Belarus and Venezuela supported the Russiaâ€™s decision of recognition, but they didnâ€™t decide to recognize separatists so far.