[Alia]

The US and the European Union appear to have compelled him to accept just that, at least temporarily, in a deal that, in effect, legitimises Russian occupation of Georgia.

And,

Officials say that these additional powers would expire as soon as a team of international monitors arrived to observe the ceasefire.

International monitors will be comprised and culled from which countries of the world? This is what the key is, IMHE.

[fightinJAG]

Of course, any provision that is to be executed in the future is an opportunity for prevarication by the aggressor Russkies.

Somehow they will find the composition of the peacekeeping contingent unacceptable, blah blah blah. Also they will go to their “friends” in Europe (under the table, of course) and convince them it is not in their best interests to NOT stall and stall on this.

Or the Russkies will simply start some diversionary action that makes it “impossible” for them to either accept peacekeepers or for the sending countries to send peacekeepers.

But anyway, this is (or can be used as) a known “attempt to resolve” that was sabotaged by the Russkies, thus helping to build the record that they are the aggressors. These “attempts” then get litanized in the run-up to other actions that need to be taken.