Informazione
[ L'edificio del "parlamento della Kossova", a Pristina, e' stato
recentissimamente ristrutturato senza badare a spese: eleganti marmi,
scaloni in mogano, simboli dei paesi della NATO, ed enormi
rappresentazioni murali ispirate al condottiero albanese Skanderbeg ed
alla storica riunione della Prima Lega di Prizren, che nel XIX secolo
pose le basi per la creazione dello Stato albanese ed a cui oggi si
ispirano i sostenitori della Grande Albania monoetnica. Motivi tanto
imbarazzanti che persino il governatore coloniale Harri Holkeri,
dell'UNMIK, ha preferito disertare la cerimonia di inaugurazione,
tenutasi lo scorso dicembre - mentre i "deputati" serbi disertano
oramai regolarmente tutte le sessioni.
Ma la cosa piu' curiosa e' che queste grandi opere "artistiche" sono
criticate un po' da tutti, per motivi non solo politici o estetici: gli
stessi kosovaro-albanesi non si spiegano per quale motivo i lavori
siano stati commissionati alla ditta "italiana" Mabetex, quella del
signor Bexhet Pacolli: l'ex marito di Anna Oxa, per intenderci... ]
IWPR'S BALKAN CRISIS REPORT, No. 482, February 27, 2004
KOSOVO ASSEMBLY MURALS ENRAGE SERBS
New building's décor angers both Serbs and guardians of good taste.
By Jeta Xharra in Pristina
As you walk into the renovated wing of the Kosovo parliament in
Pristina, a circle of marble tiles in the lobby is meant to conjure up
associations with NATO's insignia - an artistic thank-you to the
alliance for the bombing that drove Serbian troops from Kosovo in 1999.
With its grandiose mahogany staircases, the main hall resembles the
interior of a luxury liner about to embark on a smooth ocean crossing.
But the opening of the 2.5 million euro premises has been anything but
smooth.
The controversies that followed the inauguration ceremony on December
18 have turned the building into an obstacle, rather than an aid, to
the assembly's work.
The money for the renovation work came from Kosovo taxpayers while the
electronic voting system was a gift of the European Agency for
Reconstruction.
The parliament has been at work since December 2001, when the Albanians
who make up 90 per cent of Kosovo's population, regained their own
assembly after more than a decade under the direct rule of Slobodan
Milosevic's regime in Belgrade.
But in a sign of the trouble that was to come, Harri Holkeri, head of
United Nations Mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, refused to attend the opening
ceremony. According to Holkeri, this was because the murals on the
walls were of a "mono-ethnic" character.
Two tall murals, each more than 5 metres high, on either side of the
entry hall represent Skenderbeg, the medieval Albanian hero who
defeated an invading Ottoman army. A third painting represents the
Prizren League, a 19th-century gathering of Albanian leaders that paved
the way for the creation of an independent Albania in 1912.
"The murals in the assembly are mono-ethnic in nature, while the
assembly is a multi-ethnic institution and the murals should reflect
the multi-ethnic nature of the assembly as well as of Kosovo," said
Mechthild Henneke, UNMIK's press officer.
Despite this criticism, Nexhat Daci, speaker of the assembly, has
refused to remove the murals, saying that would only humiliate the
Albanians.
He suggested that local Serbian representatives in the Povratak
coalition should instead install paintings reflecting their own history
on the remaining blank spaces.
However, as there is no room for more paintings of the same size in the
entrance hall, they would - effectively - have to be hung in the
interior of the assembly café.
The Serb members of parliament are unimpressed and have boycotted every
session in this new building.
Oliver Ivanovic, the Serbian member of the assembly's presidency, told
IWPR on February 23 that Serb deputies would only return to the
parliament if the Albanians removed one of the three large murals, "so
that we could put up one painting with Serbian motifs of the same size".
Ramush Tahiri, advisor to the speaker of parliament, said he had
received a faxed proposal along those lines from the Povratak coalition
but had refused to consider it on account of the nature of the
communication.
"The fax is directed to the 'Institutions of Kosovo and Metohija'," he
declared. "We cannot review or discuss this proposal in parliament
since this is an unacceptable name."
The terms "Kosovo and Metohija", which is sometimes abbreviated to
"Kosmet", are exclusively Serbian and a cause of great irritation to
the Albanians who call the land Kosova.
Nevertheless, Tahiri admits that Albanian deputies - including himself
- are not happy with the murals. "These paintings are badly made copies
and we want a committee formed to decide on replacements," he said.
"But no one wants to be seen as the person who removed the great
Skenderbeg [from the walls], at least not before any new elections."
A need to take a patriotic stance in public and to glorify the nation's
heroes has been a distinguishing feature of Kosovo Albanian cultural
and public life since the Serbian withdrawal.
In some places, statues have been erected in honour of countries that
took part in the bombing of Serbia in 1999. A prominent example is the
miniature but eye-catching American Statue of Liberty placed on top of
the roof of the Pristina's Victory Hotel.
Zake Prelvukaj, a well-known painter teaching in the University of
Pristina, is one of many intellectuals who believes the attempt to
render patriotism into art in the new assembly has not benefited Kosovo.
"Why did they not let Kosovar painters decorate the parliament instead
of allowing Italians to deliver these embarrassing paintings?" she
asked. "We are training artists who are virtually starving from lack of
work."
Prelvukaj criticised the decision to leave the assembly's design and
furnishings to the Italian interior design company Mabetex, which had
been subcontracted to renovate the parliament.
The artist said the motifs chosen by the company had done more harm
than good. "Albanians must be clever in this phase of state-building,"
she said, "which means choosing authentic symbols for Kosovo that do
not stir up such animosity.
"This has actually hindered the development of a Kosovo state and has
definitely harmed the image of the Albanians."
Bexhet Pacolli, the head of Mabetex group, defended his organisation,
"The paintings and murals where not a part of our contract at all. But
when we noticed there were three big walls in the entry hall we asked
painters from the League of Painters in Kosovo to come up with three
paintings. They told me that it will take at least 9 months to finish
them. None of these painters was prepared to come and work in sub-zero
temperature this winter and slave away like my workers did.
"Additionaly, the paintings might not be of a high artistic value but I
assure you that we have made an effort to be politically sensitive in
our choice. For example, we removed the guns and knives from the
original painting of the Prizren League because we wanted to create an
image of diplomacy rather than war and bloodthirsty images.
"I am sure that more can be done and images could be improved but we
have done what we could to our capacity. The issue is that it would
take five minutes to remove these murals and put something else. Why
don't they do this? Nobody has asked me to do this. That is because
they would have to actually work harder to produce these paintings and
artists would rather prefer they gather and criticise as they sit in
cafes of Kosovo."
Jeta Xharra is IWPR project manager in Kosovo.
(...) Balkan Crisis Report is supported by the Department for
International Development, the European Commission, the Swedish
International Development and Cooperation Agency, The Netherlands
Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and other funders. IWPR also acknowledges
general support from the Ford Foundation. For further details on this
project, other information services and media programmes, visit IWPR's
website: www.iwpr.net (...) The Institute for War & Peace Reporting is
a London-based independent non-profit organisation supporting regional
media and democratic change. (...)
ISSN: 1477-7932 Copyright (c) 2004 The Institute for War & Peace
Reporting
BALKAN CRISIS REPORT No. 482
recentissimamente ristrutturato senza badare a spese: eleganti marmi,
scaloni in mogano, simboli dei paesi della NATO, ed enormi
rappresentazioni murali ispirate al condottiero albanese Skanderbeg ed
alla storica riunione della Prima Lega di Prizren, che nel XIX secolo
pose le basi per la creazione dello Stato albanese ed a cui oggi si
ispirano i sostenitori della Grande Albania monoetnica. Motivi tanto
imbarazzanti che persino il governatore coloniale Harri Holkeri,
dell'UNMIK, ha preferito disertare la cerimonia di inaugurazione,
tenutasi lo scorso dicembre - mentre i "deputati" serbi disertano
oramai regolarmente tutte le sessioni.
Ma la cosa piu' curiosa e' che queste grandi opere "artistiche" sono
criticate un po' da tutti, per motivi non solo politici o estetici: gli
stessi kosovaro-albanesi non si spiegano per quale motivo i lavori
siano stati commissionati alla ditta "italiana" Mabetex, quella del
signor Bexhet Pacolli: l'ex marito di Anna Oxa, per intenderci... ]
IWPR'S BALKAN CRISIS REPORT, No. 482, February 27, 2004
KOSOVO ASSEMBLY MURALS ENRAGE SERBS
New building's décor angers both Serbs and guardians of good taste.
By Jeta Xharra in Pristina
As you walk into the renovated wing of the Kosovo parliament in
Pristina, a circle of marble tiles in the lobby is meant to conjure up
associations with NATO's insignia - an artistic thank-you to the
alliance for the bombing that drove Serbian troops from Kosovo in 1999.
With its grandiose mahogany staircases, the main hall resembles the
interior of a luxury liner about to embark on a smooth ocean crossing.
But the opening of the 2.5 million euro premises has been anything but
smooth.
The controversies that followed the inauguration ceremony on December
18 have turned the building into an obstacle, rather than an aid, to
the assembly's work.
The money for the renovation work came from Kosovo taxpayers while the
electronic voting system was a gift of the European Agency for
Reconstruction.
The parliament has been at work since December 2001, when the Albanians
who make up 90 per cent of Kosovo's population, regained their own
assembly after more than a decade under the direct rule of Slobodan
Milosevic's regime in Belgrade.
But in a sign of the trouble that was to come, Harri Holkeri, head of
United Nations Mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, refused to attend the opening
ceremony. According to Holkeri, this was because the murals on the
walls were of a "mono-ethnic" character.
Two tall murals, each more than 5 metres high, on either side of the
entry hall represent Skenderbeg, the medieval Albanian hero who
defeated an invading Ottoman army. A third painting represents the
Prizren League, a 19th-century gathering of Albanian leaders that paved
the way for the creation of an independent Albania in 1912.
"The murals in the assembly are mono-ethnic in nature, while the
assembly is a multi-ethnic institution and the murals should reflect
the multi-ethnic nature of the assembly as well as of Kosovo," said
Mechthild Henneke, UNMIK's press officer.
Despite this criticism, Nexhat Daci, speaker of the assembly, has
refused to remove the murals, saying that would only humiliate the
Albanians.
He suggested that local Serbian representatives in the Povratak
coalition should instead install paintings reflecting their own history
on the remaining blank spaces.
However, as there is no room for more paintings of the same size in the
entrance hall, they would - effectively - have to be hung in the
interior of the assembly café.
The Serb members of parliament are unimpressed and have boycotted every
session in this new building.
Oliver Ivanovic, the Serbian member of the assembly's presidency, told
IWPR on February 23 that Serb deputies would only return to the
parliament if the Albanians removed one of the three large murals, "so
that we could put up one painting with Serbian motifs of the same size".
Ramush Tahiri, advisor to the speaker of parliament, said he had
received a faxed proposal along those lines from the Povratak coalition
but had refused to consider it on account of the nature of the
communication.
"The fax is directed to the 'Institutions of Kosovo and Metohija'," he
declared. "We cannot review or discuss this proposal in parliament
since this is an unacceptable name."
The terms "Kosovo and Metohija", which is sometimes abbreviated to
"Kosmet", are exclusively Serbian and a cause of great irritation to
the Albanians who call the land Kosova.
Nevertheless, Tahiri admits that Albanian deputies - including himself
- are not happy with the murals. "These paintings are badly made copies
and we want a committee formed to decide on replacements," he said.
"But no one wants to be seen as the person who removed the great
Skenderbeg [from the walls], at least not before any new elections."
A need to take a patriotic stance in public and to glorify the nation's
heroes has been a distinguishing feature of Kosovo Albanian cultural
and public life since the Serbian withdrawal.
In some places, statues have been erected in honour of countries that
took part in the bombing of Serbia in 1999. A prominent example is the
miniature but eye-catching American Statue of Liberty placed on top of
the roof of the Pristina's Victory Hotel.
Zake Prelvukaj, a well-known painter teaching in the University of
Pristina, is one of many intellectuals who believes the attempt to
render patriotism into art in the new assembly has not benefited Kosovo.
"Why did they not let Kosovar painters decorate the parliament instead
of allowing Italians to deliver these embarrassing paintings?" she
asked. "We are training artists who are virtually starving from lack of
work."
Prelvukaj criticised the decision to leave the assembly's design and
furnishings to the Italian interior design company Mabetex, which had
been subcontracted to renovate the parliament.
The artist said the motifs chosen by the company had done more harm
than good. "Albanians must be clever in this phase of state-building,"
she said, "which means choosing authentic symbols for Kosovo that do
not stir up such animosity.
"This has actually hindered the development of a Kosovo state and has
definitely harmed the image of the Albanians."
Bexhet Pacolli, the head of Mabetex group, defended his organisation,
"The paintings and murals where not a part of our contract at all. But
when we noticed there were three big walls in the entry hall we asked
painters from the League of Painters in Kosovo to come up with three
paintings. They told me that it will take at least 9 months to finish
them. None of these painters was prepared to come and work in sub-zero
temperature this winter and slave away like my workers did.
"Additionaly, the paintings might not be of a high artistic value but I
assure you that we have made an effort to be politically sensitive in
our choice. For example, we removed the guns and knives from the
original painting of the Prizren League because we wanted to create an
image of diplomacy rather than war and bloodthirsty images.
"I am sure that more can be done and images could be improved but we
have done what we could to our capacity. The issue is that it would
take five minutes to remove these murals and put something else. Why
don't they do this? Nobody has asked me to do this. That is because
they would have to actually work harder to produce these paintings and
artists would rather prefer they gather and criticise as they sit in
cafes of Kosovo."
Jeta Xharra is IWPR project manager in Kosovo.
(...) Balkan Crisis Report is supported by the Department for
International Development, the European Commission, the Swedish
International Development and Cooperation Agency, The Netherlands
Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and other funders. IWPR also acknowledges
general support from the Ford Foundation. For further details on this
project, other information services and media programmes, visit IWPR's
website: www.iwpr.net (...) The Institute for War & Peace Reporting is
a London-based independent non-profit organisation supporting regional
media and democratic change. (...)
ISSN: 1477-7932 Copyright (c) 2004 The Institute for War & Peace
Reporting
BALKAN CRISIS REPORT No. 482
dall'archivio di zivkica nedanovska
due casi di dissesto ecologico nel sistema delle acque in vojvodina
1.FONTE: Glas Javnosti
2.TITOLO: Il canale di Backa
3.AUTORE: R.Kukobat
4.SITO INTERNET:
http://www.glas-javnosti.co.yu/danas/srpski/D04013101.shtml
5.NUMERO DI PAGINE:1
6.DATA: 01.02.2004.
Il progetto del risanimento del Canale grande di Backa che è la parte
integrante dell’iidrosistema Danubio-Tisa-Danubio, nella parte dal
posto Crvenka alla città Vrbas, praticamente non va avanti e ancora non
è certo se sarà realizzato. Il direttore del progetto, l’esperto
norvegese Fin Medbo, che per la prima volta ha presentato pubblicamente
il problema della realizzazione del progetto due settimane fa, dice che
si continua coll’inquinamenro del canale e che adesso non sa chi è
responsabile in questo paese, per questo problema. “L’inquinamento non
è cessato e gli inquinatori non si puniscono. La ministra per
l’ambiente, Andjelka Mihajlov con la quale, fra l’altro, abbiamo fatto
questo progetto, adesso dice che l’inquinamento delle acque non è nelle
sue competenze. Il Governo serbo si è rivolto a suo tempo al nostro
Governo con la richiesta dell’aiuto nella realizzazione di questo
progetto che è stato stimato come progetto prioritario dalla parte
serba. Il Governo norvegese ha stanziato un milione e mezzo di € e
adesso, dopo tutto, mi resta solo di andarmene a casa oopure di mettere
in discussione la questione-“ ha detto Medbo.
L’inquinamento del canale comincia presso Vrbas, e sul tratto da Vrbas
a Crvenka, le acque di scarico versano una decina di fabbriche, fra le
quali sonu due fabbriche di zucchero,
una fabbrica di pelli, una fabbrica dell’olio e una di carne. Secondo i
dati raccolti, nella fabbrica di zucchero”Vrbas”di Vrbas”, solo durante
la campagna di lavorazione di barbabietola, nel canale si versano 8.500
tonnellate di fango.
Nella fabbrica di carne ”Karnex”ai partecipanti del progetto è stato
detto che loro non hanno affatto problema coll’inquinamento. Dopo è
stato constatato che la fabbrica versa l’acqua nel canale con la quale
si lavano i reparti strapieni di sangue e grassi. E’ stato verificato
che la fabbrica “Karneks” versa le acque di scarico nel canale
periodicamente, in vari posti, il che è stato stimato come il
nascondere delle tracce.
“Nelle fabbriche ci danno i dati sull’inquinamento inesatti e preparati
in anticipo. Qualche volta spengono tutti i reparti perchè noi non
possiamo capire la situazione reale. Oltre a questo tipo di immoralità
ecologica, spesso la dirigenza non sa che i rifiuti si debbono riusare
nelle stesse fabbriche. Il problema nella risoluzione di questo nodo è
rappresentato anche dalla nostra legislatura che è già superata-“
conclude il dott. Bozo Dalmazia che partecipa nel progetto.
Il Governo di Vojvodina ha l’intenzione di convocare una riunione con
tutte le ditte che versano le acque di scarico nel Canale grande di
Backa per poter superare questo problema grave. La segretaria regionale
per l’ambiente è del parere che il problema dell’inquinamento del
Canale si possa risolvere solo con l’azione comune a tutti i livelli di
potere, di cittadini e di inquinatori. Lei rileva che tutt’ora la
Regione non ha competenze per punire gli inquinatori delle acque.
1.FONTE: B-92
2.TITOLO: Il problema dell’acqua potabile a Zrenjanin (Vojvodina)
3.AUTORE: B-92
4.SITO INTERNET: http://www.b92.net/
5.NUMERO DI PAGINE:1
6.DATA: 28.01.2004.
La ministra per l’ambiente nel Governo della Serbia, A.Mihajlov, ha
convocato la seduta con i rappresentanti del Segretariato regionale di
Vojvodina per la protezione dell’ambiente, della ditta pubblica
”Vodovod” di Zrenjanin, dell’Elettroeconomia della Serbia, della Camera
dell’economia di Belgrado e la collettività locale di Elemir (vicino a
Zrenjan). L’obiettivo della seduta era la scoperta della soluzione
possibile per il risanimento dell’acqua potabile inquinata con il
metallo pesante arsenico a Zrenjan. In quell’occasione, la Mihajlov ha
rilevato l’indispensabilità del risolvere a lunga e breve scadenza del
problema dell’approvvigionamento dell’acqua potabile in alcune zone
della Vojvodina. E’ stata sostenuta l’iniziativa che l’impianto pilota
per la depurazione dell’acqua inquinata si colloca a Elemir. Qualora l’
impianto pilota si dimostri efficace, è stato deciso che si sarebbe
usato anche a Zrenjan. Alla riunione non erano presenti i
rappresentanti del Segretariato della Repubblica e della Vojvodina per
la salute, anche se le acque si trovano nelle loro competenze.
due casi di dissesto ecologico nel sistema delle acque in vojvodina
1.FONTE: Glas Javnosti
2.TITOLO: Il canale di Backa
3.AUTORE: R.Kukobat
4.SITO INTERNET:
http://www.glas-javnosti.co.yu/danas/srpski/D04013101.shtml
5.NUMERO DI PAGINE:1
6.DATA: 01.02.2004.
Il progetto del risanimento del Canale grande di Backa che è la parte
integrante dell’iidrosistema Danubio-Tisa-Danubio, nella parte dal
posto Crvenka alla città Vrbas, praticamente non va avanti e ancora non
è certo se sarà realizzato. Il direttore del progetto, l’esperto
norvegese Fin Medbo, che per la prima volta ha presentato pubblicamente
il problema della realizzazione del progetto due settimane fa, dice che
si continua coll’inquinamenro del canale e che adesso non sa chi è
responsabile in questo paese, per questo problema. “L’inquinamento non
è cessato e gli inquinatori non si puniscono. La ministra per
l’ambiente, Andjelka Mihajlov con la quale, fra l’altro, abbiamo fatto
questo progetto, adesso dice che l’inquinamento delle acque non è nelle
sue competenze. Il Governo serbo si è rivolto a suo tempo al nostro
Governo con la richiesta dell’aiuto nella realizzazione di questo
progetto che è stato stimato come progetto prioritario dalla parte
serba. Il Governo norvegese ha stanziato un milione e mezzo di € e
adesso, dopo tutto, mi resta solo di andarmene a casa oopure di mettere
in discussione la questione-“ ha detto Medbo.
L’inquinamento del canale comincia presso Vrbas, e sul tratto da Vrbas
a Crvenka, le acque di scarico versano una decina di fabbriche, fra le
quali sonu due fabbriche di zucchero,
una fabbrica di pelli, una fabbrica dell’olio e una di carne. Secondo i
dati raccolti, nella fabbrica di zucchero”Vrbas”di Vrbas”, solo durante
la campagna di lavorazione di barbabietola, nel canale si versano 8.500
tonnellate di fango.
Nella fabbrica di carne ”Karnex”ai partecipanti del progetto è stato
detto che loro non hanno affatto problema coll’inquinamento. Dopo è
stato constatato che la fabbrica versa l’acqua nel canale con la quale
si lavano i reparti strapieni di sangue e grassi. E’ stato verificato
che la fabbrica “Karneks” versa le acque di scarico nel canale
periodicamente, in vari posti, il che è stato stimato come il
nascondere delle tracce.
“Nelle fabbriche ci danno i dati sull’inquinamento inesatti e preparati
in anticipo. Qualche volta spengono tutti i reparti perchè noi non
possiamo capire la situazione reale. Oltre a questo tipo di immoralità
ecologica, spesso la dirigenza non sa che i rifiuti si debbono riusare
nelle stesse fabbriche. Il problema nella risoluzione di questo nodo è
rappresentato anche dalla nostra legislatura che è già superata-“
conclude il dott. Bozo Dalmazia che partecipa nel progetto.
Il Governo di Vojvodina ha l’intenzione di convocare una riunione con
tutte le ditte che versano le acque di scarico nel Canale grande di
Backa per poter superare questo problema grave. La segretaria regionale
per l’ambiente è del parere che il problema dell’inquinamento del
Canale si possa risolvere solo con l’azione comune a tutti i livelli di
potere, di cittadini e di inquinatori. Lei rileva che tutt’ora la
Regione non ha competenze per punire gli inquinatori delle acque.
1.FONTE: B-92
2.TITOLO: Il problema dell’acqua potabile a Zrenjanin (Vojvodina)
3.AUTORE: B-92
4.SITO INTERNET: http://www.b92.net/
5.NUMERO DI PAGINE:1
6.DATA: 28.01.2004.
La ministra per l’ambiente nel Governo della Serbia, A.Mihajlov, ha
convocato la seduta con i rappresentanti del Segretariato regionale di
Vojvodina per la protezione dell’ambiente, della ditta pubblica
”Vodovod” di Zrenjanin, dell’Elettroeconomia della Serbia, della Camera
dell’economia di Belgrado e la collettività locale di Elemir (vicino a
Zrenjan). L’obiettivo della seduta era la scoperta della soluzione
possibile per il risanimento dell’acqua potabile inquinata con il
metallo pesante arsenico a Zrenjan. In quell’occasione, la Mihajlov ha
rilevato l’indispensabilità del risolvere a lunga e breve scadenza del
problema dell’approvvigionamento dell’acqua potabile in alcune zone
della Vojvodina. E’ stata sostenuta l’iniziativa che l’impianto pilota
per la depurazione dell’acqua inquinata si colloca a Elemir. Qualora l’
impianto pilota si dimostri efficace, è stato deciso che si sarebbe
usato anche a Zrenjan. Alla riunione non erano presenti i
rappresentanti del Segretariato della Repubblica e della Vojvodina per
la salute, anche se le acque si trovano nelle loro competenze.
A PROPOSITO DI ATTI DI TERRORISMO SUL CONFINE ORIENTALE
Ho letto con interesse l'intervento di Marco Coslovich sul Piccolo di
oggi, giovedì 26 febbraio, in merito alla richiesta all'onorevole
Casini fatta da alcuni sindaci dell'altipiano di recarsi a rendere
omaggio anche ai fucilati di Basovizza [1] oltre che alle vittime della
Risiera, di Gonars e della foiba di Basovizza. Comprendo perfettamente,
e lo condivido, il concetto che non è giusto rendere omaggio a chi si
macchiò di atti di terrorismo. Però a questo punto mi chiedo come mai
questo problema si ponga quando si parla dei fucilati di Basovizza e
non, ad esempio, quando si va sulla foiba di Basovizza, dove, da
risultanze storiche (processo celebrato nel gennaio del '49), appare
chiaramente che l'unica persona della quale si ha la certezza che sia
stata "infoibata" in quel posto era un torturatore della "banda
Collotti", riconosciuto come uno dei rastrellatori di Borst-S. Antonio
in Bosco, che poi "interrogavano" gli arrestati con la "sedia
elettrica". Nè si pone questo problema di coscienza quando si parla dei
morti del novembre 1953, alcuni dei quali, come risulta anche dalle
foto, erano scesi in piazza armati di paletti, alcuni con bombe a mano,
e si erano dedicati a sassaiole contro la polizia e all'incendio delle
automobili prima di venire pesantemente repressi. A che punto una
persona viene considerata "terrorista", dunque? Forse solo quando le
sue idee non collimano con le nostre?
Claudia Cernigoi
[1] Sulla vicenda dei quattro martiri di Basovizza - che possono essere
considerati i primi partigiani antifascisti della storia italiana -
vedi ad esempio:
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/1249
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/1248
(ndCNJ)
Ho letto con interesse l'intervento di Marco Coslovich sul Piccolo di
oggi, giovedì 26 febbraio, in merito alla richiesta all'onorevole
Casini fatta da alcuni sindaci dell'altipiano di recarsi a rendere
omaggio anche ai fucilati di Basovizza [1] oltre che alle vittime della
Risiera, di Gonars e della foiba di Basovizza. Comprendo perfettamente,
e lo condivido, il concetto che non è giusto rendere omaggio a chi si
macchiò di atti di terrorismo. Però a questo punto mi chiedo come mai
questo problema si ponga quando si parla dei fucilati di Basovizza e
non, ad esempio, quando si va sulla foiba di Basovizza, dove, da
risultanze storiche (processo celebrato nel gennaio del '49), appare
chiaramente che l'unica persona della quale si ha la certezza che sia
stata "infoibata" in quel posto era un torturatore della "banda
Collotti", riconosciuto come uno dei rastrellatori di Borst-S. Antonio
in Bosco, che poi "interrogavano" gli arrestati con la "sedia
elettrica". Nè si pone questo problema di coscienza quando si parla dei
morti del novembre 1953, alcuni dei quali, come risulta anche dalle
foto, erano scesi in piazza armati di paletti, alcuni con bombe a mano,
e si erano dedicati a sassaiole contro la polizia e all'incendio delle
automobili prima di venire pesantemente repressi. A che punto una
persona viene considerata "terrorista", dunque? Forse solo quando le
sue idee non collimano con le nostre?
Claudia Cernigoi
[1] Sulla vicenda dei quattro martiri di Basovizza - che possono essere
considerati i primi partigiani antifascisti della storia italiana -
vedi ad esempio:
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/1249
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/1248
(ndCNJ)
Mugabe: "...Unjust wars such as those of Iraq and Yugoslavia (were)
waged against innocent societies made culpable through blatant lies and
propaganda..."
[ Un discorso del presidente dello Zimbabwe, Mugabe, al recente meeting
del gruppo G15 a Caracas. La Jugoslavia fu tra i fondatori del gruppo,
che si riuni' per la prima volta a Belgrado nel 1989... ]
Da: Petokraka78
Data: Mar 2 Mar 2004 13:33:04 Europe/Rome
Oggetto: Mugabe: "The Spirit of Belgrade, Yugoslavia"
[In light of the US fomented coup against Aristide, Mugabe's speech at
the G15 convention in Caracas, Venezuela is eminently salient and
relevant.]
The Herald (Harare)
NEWS
February 28, 2004
Posted to the web March 1, 2004
By Innocent Gore
Caracas, Venezuela
The international situation has changed for the worst in political and
economic terms and Third World countries stand threatened by the
arrogant and bullying leaders of the North, President Mugabe said
yesterday.
Addressing the 12th summit of the G15 on behalf of African countries
which are members of the grouping, President Mugabe said the amity that
the Third World countries were told would follow the destruction of
communism had proved to be a mirage and had created a new and dangerous
situation in which civilisations confront and seek to annihilate each
other with disastrous consequences for mankind.
"We see unjust wars such as those of Iraq and Yugoslavia waged against
innocent societies made culpable through blatant lies and propaganda
chanted on the CNN, BBC and other media to sharpen the insatiable
appetites of greedy neo-imperialists for aggression and aggrandisement.
"We see societies being destroyed and occupied merely because God gave
them rich resources coveted by the powerful nations of the North. This
is the tragedy of Iraq; this is the curse of Simon Bolivars Venezuela.
This is also the basis and cause of the current aggressive British
imperialism against my own country Zimbabwe. We are surely back to
those colonial times of unmitigated plunder. This is the environment
within which we exist as the Third World, indeed as members of the
G15," the President said.
In such circumstances, he said, the need for meaningful solidarity
could not be overemphasised because Third World countries needed to
believe in their collective means and capacities.
They needed to stand together and not against each other and the more
each one of them sought Western or Northern accommodation or
ingratiated themselves with the North, the weaker and more divided the
countries of the South would become.
"It would appear that our fear of the North is causing us to retreat
from our pledge to multilateralism as the North gets the better of us
through the politics and economics of divide and rule effected through
bilateralism.
"Why have we lost confidence in ourselves? We surely need to go back to
the basics of the vision of the founders of the G15, nay, of the Third
World and Non-Aligned Movement," Cde Mugabe said.
He said the debt burden continued to cripple Third World countries,
with diminishing earnings from the marginalised economies going to the
North, and not to the starving and ignorant children of the South.
"Across countries of the South, poverty balloons, begrimes and devours
the poor as our nations battle for credit-worthiness. More policies,
wrought through the World Trade Organisation, are mortgaging our
economies and our societies to the rich North."
President Mugabe said the challenges of the Aids pandemic were manifold
and the disease was increasingly becoming an epidemic of the poor as
cartelised economics and politics of anti-retroviral drug manufacture
and distribution bite deeper.
Many economies of the South suffered the double tragedy of losing vital
skills as well as the ability and capacity to import drugs to mitigate
the effects of the pandemic.
As if the misfortune of HIV/Aids was not enough, President Mugabe said,
several Third World countries were constantly afflicted by other
devastating natural phenomena such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions,
cyclones, hurricanes and tornadoes, in addition to the ravages of
droughts.
"Yes we may get sympathies and aid from the international community.
But what are our own united efforts and measures of the blocs of the
Third World?"
Cde Mugabe said for Africa, the New Partnership for Africas Development
provided a vehicle for South-South co-operation and interaction.
Nepad provided means for economic growth through trade, economic
development through joint investments and infrastructural development,
through shared skills and skills development and through technology
transfers with other regions of the South.
Above all, President Mugabe said, Nepad focused on collective
self-reliance, itself a hallmark of the G15.
He said there was need to utilise Nepad and some such initiatives in
the South so that the developing countries could take forward the
spirit of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, where the G15 was formed in 1989, for
the benefit of their peoples and societies.
He said the 12th G15 summit, which was officially opened by Venezuelas
President Hugo Chavez here yesterday afternoon under the theme "Energy
and Development", was a very important event and should focus its
attention on the modalities of facilitating development in the Third
World countries through the ready availability of energy without
interference from those who seek to control their resources.
"In international relations, we need to insist on the authority of the
United Nations being recognised in international conflicts. Indeed, we
need to persist in our demand for a restructured Security Council so we
can secure our world, which today stands threatened by warrior states
and kingdoms. This is the challenge for we dare not shirk our
responsibilities," Cde Mugabe said. He paid tribute to the people of
Venezuela for their determination and perseverance to host the summit
against all odds.
"Indeed, let us emulate the courageous leadership President Chavez
continues to show in seeking better prospects for the Venezuelan people
who deserve to enjoy the full benefits of the resources God gave them
and their country," President Mugabe said.
"I am only too aware of the many challenges and impediments that have
been put in your way by counter-revolutionary forces in the hope of
shaking your commitment to the G15 and solidarity with fellow Third
World peoples. We in Zimbabwe are no strangers to such wiles of
imperialism and can only salute you and your people for standing up to
such bullying tactics that have come to characterise international
relations, particularly as defined by some powerful nations of the rich
North."
Now comprising 19 countries, the G15 was born out of a realisation of
the asymmetrical relations between the rich, powerful and dominant
countries of the North and impoverished, weak and marginalised
countries of the South.
President Mugabe said these relations were by and large, an unwholesome
legacy of the imperial interface between most Third World countries and
the dominant North.
The relations have mutated over the years and even centuries but
without improving the South "and thus proceeding clearly in ways that
have been detrimental to all of us", the President said.
"Collectively, we of the South are the underdogs of a world shooed by
the powerful North and our relative and contrasting fortunes as members
of the surbodinate and constellating South must be cause enough for us
in uniting our efforts in shaping our own socio-economic destiny," he
said.
The G15 was founded out of a realisation that interaction between
countries of the South as collective victims of a cruel history of
imperial dominance and exploitation, was quite insignificant as
compared to rival interaction between the countries of the South and
their erstwhile colonisers of the North, President Mugabe said.
The G15 comprises Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Egypt,
Jamaica, Kenya, India, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria,
Peru, Sri Lanka, Senegal, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
Seven leaders from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Iran, Jamaica and
Zimbabwe had by yesterday arrived for the summit.
President Mugabe and his delegation were last night scheduled to attend
a dinner hosted by President Chavez.
waged against innocent societies made culpable through blatant lies and
propaganda..."
[ Un discorso del presidente dello Zimbabwe, Mugabe, al recente meeting
del gruppo G15 a Caracas. La Jugoslavia fu tra i fondatori del gruppo,
che si riuni' per la prima volta a Belgrado nel 1989... ]
Da: Petokraka78
Data: Mar 2 Mar 2004 13:33:04 Europe/Rome
Oggetto: Mugabe: "The Spirit of Belgrade, Yugoslavia"
[In light of the US fomented coup against Aristide, Mugabe's speech at
the G15 convention in Caracas, Venezuela is eminently salient and
relevant.]
The Herald (Harare)
NEWS
February 28, 2004
Posted to the web March 1, 2004
By Innocent Gore
Caracas, Venezuela
The international situation has changed for the worst in political and
economic terms and Third World countries stand threatened by the
arrogant and bullying leaders of the North, President Mugabe said
yesterday.
Addressing the 12th summit of the G15 on behalf of African countries
which are members of the grouping, President Mugabe said the amity that
the Third World countries were told would follow the destruction of
communism had proved to be a mirage and had created a new and dangerous
situation in which civilisations confront and seek to annihilate each
other with disastrous consequences for mankind.
"We see unjust wars such as those of Iraq and Yugoslavia waged against
innocent societies made culpable through blatant lies and propaganda
chanted on the CNN, BBC and other media to sharpen the insatiable
appetites of greedy neo-imperialists for aggression and aggrandisement.
"We see societies being destroyed and occupied merely because God gave
them rich resources coveted by the powerful nations of the North. This
is the tragedy of Iraq; this is the curse of Simon Bolivars Venezuela.
This is also the basis and cause of the current aggressive British
imperialism against my own country Zimbabwe. We are surely back to
those colonial times of unmitigated plunder. This is the environment
within which we exist as the Third World, indeed as members of the
G15," the President said.
In such circumstances, he said, the need for meaningful solidarity
could not be overemphasised because Third World countries needed to
believe in their collective means and capacities.
They needed to stand together and not against each other and the more
each one of them sought Western or Northern accommodation or
ingratiated themselves with the North, the weaker and more divided the
countries of the South would become.
"It would appear that our fear of the North is causing us to retreat
from our pledge to multilateralism as the North gets the better of us
through the politics and economics of divide and rule effected through
bilateralism.
"Why have we lost confidence in ourselves? We surely need to go back to
the basics of the vision of the founders of the G15, nay, of the Third
World and Non-Aligned Movement," Cde Mugabe said.
He said the debt burden continued to cripple Third World countries,
with diminishing earnings from the marginalised economies going to the
North, and not to the starving and ignorant children of the South.
"Across countries of the South, poverty balloons, begrimes and devours
the poor as our nations battle for credit-worthiness. More policies,
wrought through the World Trade Organisation, are mortgaging our
economies and our societies to the rich North."
President Mugabe said the challenges of the Aids pandemic were manifold
and the disease was increasingly becoming an epidemic of the poor as
cartelised economics and politics of anti-retroviral drug manufacture
and distribution bite deeper.
Many economies of the South suffered the double tragedy of losing vital
skills as well as the ability and capacity to import drugs to mitigate
the effects of the pandemic.
As if the misfortune of HIV/Aids was not enough, President Mugabe said,
several Third World countries were constantly afflicted by other
devastating natural phenomena such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions,
cyclones, hurricanes and tornadoes, in addition to the ravages of
droughts.
"Yes we may get sympathies and aid from the international community.
But what are our own united efforts and measures of the blocs of the
Third World?"
Cde Mugabe said for Africa, the New Partnership for Africas Development
provided a vehicle for South-South co-operation and interaction.
Nepad provided means for economic growth through trade, economic
development through joint investments and infrastructural development,
through shared skills and skills development and through technology
transfers with other regions of the South.
Above all, President Mugabe said, Nepad focused on collective
self-reliance, itself a hallmark of the G15.
He said there was need to utilise Nepad and some such initiatives in
the South so that the developing countries could take forward the
spirit of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, where the G15 was formed in 1989, for
the benefit of their peoples and societies.
He said the 12th G15 summit, which was officially opened by Venezuelas
President Hugo Chavez here yesterday afternoon under the theme "Energy
and Development", was a very important event and should focus its
attention on the modalities of facilitating development in the Third
World countries through the ready availability of energy without
interference from those who seek to control their resources.
"In international relations, we need to insist on the authority of the
United Nations being recognised in international conflicts. Indeed, we
need to persist in our demand for a restructured Security Council so we
can secure our world, which today stands threatened by warrior states
and kingdoms. This is the challenge for we dare not shirk our
responsibilities," Cde Mugabe said. He paid tribute to the people of
Venezuela for their determination and perseverance to host the summit
against all odds.
"Indeed, let us emulate the courageous leadership President Chavez
continues to show in seeking better prospects for the Venezuelan people
who deserve to enjoy the full benefits of the resources God gave them
and their country," President Mugabe said.
"I am only too aware of the many challenges and impediments that have
been put in your way by counter-revolutionary forces in the hope of
shaking your commitment to the G15 and solidarity with fellow Third
World peoples. We in Zimbabwe are no strangers to such wiles of
imperialism and can only salute you and your people for standing up to
such bullying tactics that have come to characterise international
relations, particularly as defined by some powerful nations of the rich
North."
Now comprising 19 countries, the G15 was born out of a realisation of
the asymmetrical relations between the rich, powerful and dominant
countries of the North and impoverished, weak and marginalised
countries of the South.
President Mugabe said these relations were by and large, an unwholesome
legacy of the imperial interface between most Third World countries and
the dominant North.
The relations have mutated over the years and even centuries but
without improving the South "and thus proceeding clearly in ways that
have been detrimental to all of us", the President said.
"Collectively, we of the South are the underdogs of a world shooed by
the powerful North and our relative and contrasting fortunes as members
of the surbodinate and constellating South must be cause enough for us
in uniting our efforts in shaping our own socio-economic destiny," he
said.
The G15 was founded out of a realisation that interaction between
countries of the South as collective victims of a cruel history of
imperial dominance and exploitation, was quite insignificant as
compared to rival interaction between the countries of the South and
their erstwhile colonisers of the North, President Mugabe said.
The G15 comprises Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Egypt,
Jamaica, Kenya, India, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria,
Peru, Sri Lanka, Senegal, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
Seven leaders from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Iran, Jamaica and
Zimbabwe had by yesterday arrived for the summit.
President Mugabe and his delegation were last night scheduled to attend
a dinner hosted by President Chavez.
