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2008-08-28
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2008-08-28
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  1. “However, they are reportedly reluctant to travel north of Gori and in the surrounding areas owing to concerns of insecurity if they are not part of a United Nations convoy. Humanitarian partners have been advised of security threats related to cluster bomb sub-munitions and abandoned ammunition. As of yesterday, food assistance from the World Food Programme had reached 137,100 people. Yesterday, food was provided to 12,600 IDPs and to the local population in conflict- affected areas. According to information from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, as of 27 August, the total funding directed specifically at projects in the flash appeal, issued on 20 August, stands at $9.8 million contributed or committed, with a further $14.1 million in uncommitted pledges.”

    2008-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5969 (2008) · source

  2. “Recent reports indicate that another 08-49297 some 1,000 civilians from ethnic Georgian populated areas of South Ossetia have sought refuge in Gori. The newly displaced persons who arrived in Gori have reported incidents of intimidation, physical violence and looting. Of equal concern are villages north of Gori and in the surrounding areas that are not accessible to humanitarian organizations. As of yesterday, the International Committee of the Red Cross remained the only international organization with access to South Ossetia. Therefore, reports on the humanitarian situation there remain scarce. Commercial transporters are now available to take cargo between Poti and Tbilisi.”

    2008-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5969 (2008) · source

  3. “The United Nations Resident Coordinator in Georgia yesterday reported on humanitarian efforts, stating that the Government of Georgia has been facilitating the return of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Tbilisi to Gori and surrounding areas, including the identification of 18 kindergartens as accommodation for those without shelter in Gori. With the support of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), a small tented camp that can hold up to 400 of those newly displaced was set up on the edge of the town on 26 August. UNHCR has expressed concern over reports of new forcible displacement caused by marauding militias north of Gori near the boundary line with South Ossetia.”

    2008-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5969 (2008) · source

  4. “The OSCE mission has reported that on 26 August a meeting took place between representatives of the South Ossetian and Georgian sides near Akhalgori. After that meeting, the Georgian side reportedly pulled back its police presence from the village of Mosabruni, located within the boundaries of South Ossetia. The security situation in Akhalgori was described to the OSCE monitors as stable but tense, and some estimated 80 to 90 per cent of the town's inhabitants were said to have left. Regarding the humanitarian situation, United Nations sources have reported that spontaneous and organized returns continue to take place, while new displacements from villages north of Gori have occurred.”

    2008-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5969 (2008) · source

  5. “Ms. Spehar: Since Under-Secretary-General Pascoe's briefing to the Council on developments in Georgia on 21 August, President Medvedev of the Russian Federation signed decrees on 26 August on the recognition by the Russian Federation of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent States. Regarding the situation on the ground, yesterday, the United Nations country team reported that 18 checkpoints of the Russian forces remain north of Gori. According to media reports, Russian checkpoints continue to be in place in other areas of Georgia, such as around the port town of Poti. On 25 and 26 August, military monitors of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) conducted four patrols to the eastern fringes of South Ossetia.”

    2008-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5969 (2008) · source