Peoples of the Civilized World:

Neither the U.N. nor NATO (nor the rest of the Civilized World) recognize the existence of South Ossetia, just as they do not recognize the so-called "independent" desident regions of Transnistria and Abkhazia. The reason for this?: The said areas are rightfully a part of their mother-nations, pure and simple!

President Mikheil Saakashvili