A huge civilian crisis for a tiny nation

Commentary feature on the humanitarian crisis unleashed by the military conflict between Russia and Georgia over the disputed regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, August 2008.

ESO: Background information: Conflict history: Georgia http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-georgia-2/

Website: Conciliation Resources http://www.c-r.org/

UNHCR: Homepage http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home

UNHCR: News Stories, 12.8.08: First UNHCR airlift arrives in Georgia as uprooted numbers rise http://www.unhcr.org/news/NEWS/48a17ec64.html

Human Rights Watch: Homepage http://www.hrw.org/

HRW: Press Release, 14.8.08: Russia/Georgia: Investigate Civilian Deaths http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2008/08/13/russia19620.htm

HRW: Publications: Georgia http://hrw.org/doc/?t=europe_pub&c=georgi

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