Dear Google:

I am trying to locate the actual text of the letter written by
President Putin to the U.N. Security Council referenced in a New York
Times article by Steven Lee Myers' from September 12, 2002.  The link
to the story is below.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/13/international/europe/13RUSS.html

Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks,

K

Hello Kimberley

Thanks for your question.

The full text of President Putin's letter to the UN Security Council
is supplied by ReliefWeb which quotes the Government of the Russian
Federation and the Kremlin Press Service as its sources. There are
some differences from the quotes in the "New York Times" - because of
varying translations, I assume.  For instance, the text at ReliefWeb
says:

"...unless the Georgian leadership takes practical action to liquidate
terrorists and if bandit raids continue to originate in its territory,
Russia, while acting in strict compliance with the international law,
shall take adequate measures to resist the terrorist threat. "

while the Times gives:  

"If the Georgian leadership does not take concrete actions to destroy
the terrorists, and bandit sorties continue from its
territory.....Russia, acting strictly under international law, will
take adequate measures to oppose the terrorist threat."

Find the full text at:

http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/6686f45896f15dbc852567ae00530132/6007571211202035c1256c37003cbc9c?OpenDocument

I hope this is helpful but if anything is unclear or you have any
problem with the link, please feel free to ask for clarification.

Regards - Leli 

search used:

://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=putin+letter++UN+september+12+2002+osce&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

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Clarification of Answer by leli-ga on 21 Sep 2002 11:06 PDT

Thank-you for the nice feedback.  I'm glad the answer was useful to you.

Thank you so much!  I tried seemingly everything looking for this, and
had no luck.  Excellent job!!!