22:31, 1 November 2006

South Ossetia asks the UN and OSCE to recognize Georgia's responsibility for genocide of South Ossetians

Today, the Parliament of South Ossetia has presented its appeal to Mr. Kofi Annan, UN General Secretary, and Mr. Karel De Gucht, Acting Chairman of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, asking to recognize the genocide of South Ossetians in 1920 and 1989-1992, and to recognize Georgia's legal and moral responsibility for genocide of South Ossetians.

"People in Tbilisi are regularly listening to open utterances of official servants about the plans of forced return of South Ossetia under Georgia's jurisdiction. In view of a real threat of a new aggression of Georgia against South Ossetia, the Parliament of the Republic of South Ossetia is appealing to the United Nations Organization with a request to acknowledge the genocide of South Ossetians in 1920 and 1989-1992, and to recognize Georgia's legal and moral responsibility for genocide of South Ossetians", runs the final part of the appeal published in the web-site of the State Committee for Information and Print of the Republic of South Ossetia.