Канада посылает гуманитарную помошь в 1 мил. в Грузию.
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3 487 07:24 13.08.2008
Canada sending aid to conflict victims in Georgia
5 hours ago
TORONTO — Canada will provide up to $1 million to assist victims of the conflict in Georgia, International Co-operation Minister Bev Oda said Tuesday.
The aid includes $500,000 in response to an emergency appeal by the Red Cross, with the remaining funds being channelled through humanitarian partners.
\"Over the last several days, Canadians have watched with great concern as the conflict ... has escalated,\" Oda told a news conference in Toronto.
\"Canada will continue to stand ready to provide humanitarian assistance as needed as we monitor the situation.\"
Dennis Fair, the Ontario director of international programs for the Canadian Red Cross, said the donation will help distribute blankets, clothes, medical supplies, water and shelter to those affected in Georgia.
While he said the contribution was generous, he said the Red Cross has appealed for more donations.
\"In response to the urgent and ongoing needs of thousands effected by the conflict, the Red Cross has made a worldwide appeal to the public for $8 million,\" he said.
The announcement of Canadian aid comes a day after Prime Minister Stephen Harper condemned Russia`s incursions into Georgian territory and said it was imperative that Russia respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia.
Hours before Oda`s announcement, Russia ordered a halt to military action in Georgia, after five days of air and land attacks that sent Georgia`s army into retreat and left towns, military bases and homes in the small country smouldering.
Georgia insisted Russian forces were still bombing and shelling.
Speaking in Truro, N.S., Defence Minister Peter MacKay welcomed Russia`s proposal to halt the fighting.
The defence minister says the conflict was an alarming situation, not just for Georgia, but throughout Europe.
Georgia invaded the breakaway, Russian-aligned region of South Ossetia last Thursday, drawing a stiff Russian military response.
Moscow widened the conflict Monday, opening a second front in western Georgia far from the fighting near South Ossetia.
The Russian onslaught angered the West, drawing tough words from U.S. President George W. Bush.
MacKay said he had a conference call with G7 foreign ministers to discuss the situation and to ensure there will be humanitarian relief.
Russia has accused Georgia of killing more than 2,000 people, mostly civilians, in the separatist province.
Many Georgians also have been killed in the fighting. The overall death toll was expected to rise because large areas of Georgia were still too dangerous for journalists to enter and see the true scope of the damage.
Georgia borders the Black Sea between Turkey and Russia and was ruled by Moscow for most of the two centuries preceding the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
South Ossetia and Abkhazia have run their own affairs without international recognition since fighting to split from Georgia in the early 1990s.
Both separatist provinces are backed by Russia.
07:28 13.08.2008
Конечно это капля в море, но всеже...
Будем надеятся ЭТА помощь дойдёт до пострадавших осетин!
Так же в статье пару вменяемых фраз есть
\"The defence minister says the conflict was an alarming situation, not just for Georgia, but throughout Europe.
Georgia invaded the breakaway, Russian-aligned region of South Ossetia last Thursday, drawing a stiff Russian military response.
Russia has accused Georgia of killing more than 2,000 people, mostly civilians, in the separatist province.\"
Заметьте, про маккейна говорят, а не обаму
09:45 13.08.2008
А если дойдет до пострадавших ГРУЗИН - сильно расстроитесь?
09:57 13.08.2008
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> А если дойдет до пострадавших ГРУЗИН - сильно расстроитесь?
нет не расстроюсь, главное чтобы этот мильон не зажали и не перепродали на ebay а вы не знали что такое практикуют нечистоплотные правители
Рада что вы и сами нашли ссылку официальной позиции канады по поводу геноцида осетии.
а вы не знали что такое практикуют нечистоплотные правители
