COMUNICATO del Governo della RFJ in occasione del primo anniversario
della fine dell'aggressione della NATO alla RF di Jugoslavia e
dell'approvazione della Risoluzione 1244 del Consiglio di Sicurezza;
MEMORANDUM del Governo Federale sull'attuazione della Risoluzione 1244
del Consiglio di Sicurezza


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STATEMENT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

The Federal Government stated that the brutal aggression by
nineteen
Member States of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), led by
the
United States, against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was an act
contrary
to international law and a crime against peace and humanity. The
military
aggression ended with the adoption of United Nations Security Council
resolution 1244 (1999) on 10 June 1999. The adoption of this resolution
was
preceded by the acceptance of the Ahtisaari-Chernomyrdin document and
the
signing of the Military Technical Agreement of Kumanovo.
In this way, the settlement of the problem of Kosovo and
Metohija was
reverted back to the world Organization, i.e. to the Security Council,
as the
sole and legitimate authority for maintaining peace and security. The
Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia thus demonstrated its confidence in the United
Nations
and agreed to the Security Council resolution whose essential provisions
envisaged full respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of
the FR
of Yugoslavia and demanded cooperation with the Yugoslav authorities in
the
discharge of the mandate entrusted to international security and civil
presences.
However, the Federal Government noted that one year after KFOR
and
UNMIK, headed by Bernard Kouchner, were deployed in Kosovo and Metohija,
they
had systematically violated their mandate under Security Council
resolution
1244 (1999) and obstructed its consistent implementation, thus
demonstrating
that they were neither capable nor willing to establish order and
personal and
property safety for all inhabitants of Kosovo and Metohija, or to
respect the
territorial integrity and sovereignty of our country. They have
completely
betrayed the confidence placed in them.
Following the deployment of UNMIK and KFOR, Kosovo and Metohija
has
been
turned into a base of organized international crime, illicit trafficking
in
drugs and arms, white slavery and money laundering. It is still a
recruitment
centre for terrorists. UNMIK and KFOR have openly become accomplices and
directly responsible for the ethnic cleansing and protracted genocide of
Serbs,
Muslims, Turks and non-Albanians in this Province.
The Federal Government considered that the Security Council, in
view of
its responsibility under the Charter, has to face the following facts.
During
the military and Civil presences of the United Nations and since they
took full
responsibility for the situation in the Province 5,000 terrorist attacks
have
been carried out. More than 1,000 people have been killed and over 940
abducted. About 360,000 Serbs, Muslims, Roma, Turks, Goranci, Egyptians
and
other non-Albanians have been driven from their homes. Eighty-six
medieval
places of worship and cultural and historic sites of inestimable value
have
been destroyed. More than 250,000 foreigners, mostly citizens of Albania
and
Macedonia, have illegally crossed the State border of the FR of
Yugoslavia and
stayed in the Province. The terrorist "Kosovo Liberation Army", which is
an
armed wing of the Albanian narco-mafia and which has allegedly been
transformed
into the so-called "Kosovo Protection Corps", continues with its terror
and
ethnic cleansing, which is evidence that it has not been demilitarized,
disarmed or disbanded but that it has been acting under the auspices of
UNMIK
and KFOR and with their direct assistance and under the direction of the
NATO
alliance.
The failure of the UNMIK and KFOR Mission to protect the basic
human
rights of the inhabitants, for whose security they took responsibility,
as well
as to preserve the multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-cultural
character
of Kosovo and Metohija, is more than evident.
The Government assessed that the systematic violation of
Security
Council resolution 1244 (1999) had prevented the launching of the
political
process of settling the status of the Province within the Republic of
Serbia
and the FR of Yugoslavia, as set out in resolution 1244 (1999).
The Federal Government insisted, in accordance with resolution
1244
(1999), on an immediate return and deployment of VJ and MUP personnel
with a
view to ensuring full protection of the internationally recognized
borders of
the FR of Yugoslavia, on restoring the functioning of the legitimate
Provincial
and local administration as well as the functioning of all essential
public
services and on taking all measures and guarantees for a safe and
unimpeded
return of all expelled and displaced persons. Parallel with the
restoration of
peace, order and personal and property safety for all inhabitants of the
Province, conditions will be created for the start of the process of the
political resolution of problems in Kosovo and Metohija within the
autonomy of
this Serbian province as an inseparable part of the constitutional,
legal and
economic system of the Republic of Serbia that would guarantee the
multi-cultural, multi-religious and multi-ethnic character of the
Province and
full equality of all citizens.
The arguments, evidence and facts supporting all the above
assessments
of the Federal Government are contained in its Memorandum on the
implementation
of Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) that it forwarded to the
Security
Council of the United Nations with a request that it be published as a
document
of the United Nations.
In view of all this, the Federal Government demanded that the
Security
Council of the United Nations:
- declare null and void all acts and decisions taken by Head of
UNMIK
Bernard Kouchner, contrary to Security Council resolution 1244 (1999);
- condemn in the strongest terms, put an end to the activity of
Head of
UNMIK Bernard Kouchner and withdraw from Kosovo and Metohija the forces
of
UNMIK and KFOR, who are directly responsible for the systematic
violation of
Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) and for countless loss of life,
untold
suffering of the Serbian and other non-Albanian population and for the
damage
inflicted by Kosovo Albanian terrorists in the presence of tens of
thousands of
KFOR and UNMIK members;
- urgently take all necessary measures to ensure full and
consistent
implementation of its resolution 1244 (1999);
- most strongly condemn continued NATO aggression against the FR
of
Yugoslavia through the maintenance of the illegal system of sanctions
and
embargoes imposed by NATO Member States, through constant attempts at
undermining the FR of Yugoslavia and through material, political and
media
support for the Albanian separatists and terrorists in Kosovo and
Metohija,
whose activities, in conjunction with the obstruction of UNMIK and KFOR
in the
implementation of resolution 1244 (1999), are aimed at the
destabilization and
breaking up of the territorial integrity of the FR of Yugoslavia, at
reshaping
internationally recognized borders and, therefore, at causing widespread
instability and conflict in the region, with far-reaching negative
implications
for peace and security in the Balkan region;
- take all necessary measures to compensate for the damage and
other
losses inflicted on the population, economy and cultural heritage of
Kosovo and
Metohija by UNMIK and KFOR and by the terrorist and criminal gangs they
are
supporting.
MEMORANDUM OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL
REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA ON THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1244 (1999)
OF 10 JUNE 1999


I. FAILURE OF THE INTERNATIONAL MISSION UNDER THE
AUSPICES OF THE UNITED NATIONS IN KOSOVO
AND METOHIJA

1. Sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Federal Republic
of
Yugoslavia over Kosovo and Metohija are inviolable and final: Security
Council
resolution 1244 (1999), the Military Technical Agreement and the
Chernomyrdin-Ahtisaari document have unambiguously reaffirmed the
sovereignty
and territorial integrity of the FR of Yugoslavia in Kosovo and Metohija
(preambular para 10; Annex 2, para 8).
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Serbia
have
carried out all their obligations under Security Council resolution 1244
(1999)
and the Military Technical Agreement.
2. Systematic non-implementation and flagrant violation of
Security
Council resolution 1244 (1999) and the Military-Technical Agreement by
KFOR and
UNMIK: In the past year of their mandate in the southern Serbian
Province, KFOR
and UNMIK have consciously avoided to implement Security Council
resolution
1244 (1999) and the Military Technical Agreement or have deliberately
and
grossly breached them, in violation of the sovereignty and territorial
integrity of the FR of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Serbia. They have
thus
discredited themselves as impartial and well-meaning international
trouble
shooters having the mandate of the world Organization. Such an attitude
on the
part of KFOR and UNMIK, as well as the Security Council of the United
Nations,
as the body with primary responsibility for a consistent implementation
of its
resolution 1244 and related documents, are the underlying cause of the
dramatic
deterioration of the security and overall situation in the Province,
which is
now much worse than it was prior to the NATO armed aggression against
the FR of
Yugoslavia.
KFOR and UNMIK have not fulfilled any of the provisions of the
Resolution and the Military Technical Agreement:
- Those relating to full and strict respect for the sovereignty
and
territorial integrity of the Republic of Serbia and the FR of Yugoslavia
(preambular para 10, and para 8 of Annex 2 of the resolution) that are
systematically and deliberately violated by UNMIK's Head B. Kouchner and
other
representatives of UNMIK and KFOR. By their decisions which
systematically
undermine the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the FR of
Yugoslavia and
the Republic of Serbia, KFOR and UNMIK are acting complicit with the
Albanian
separatists and terrorists in their efforts to ensure preconditions for
separating Kosovo and Metohija from the unified constitutional-legal,
monetary-financial, economic, educational, judicial and other systems of
the FR
of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Serbia. They are thus directly
encouraging
and helping the achievement of the separatist aspirations of Albanian
terrorists and their political leaders and working against the goals of
peace,
stability and development in the region.
Placing the UN Mission in Kosovo and Metohija at the service of
Albanian
separatist-terrorist forces, with the aim of destroying the State
sovereignty
of a UN Member State, constitutes a dangerous precedent in the practice
of UN
peace-keeping operations that negates the essential values of the
fundamental
principles of the Charter of the United Nations and goes against UN
peace
missions as such.
- The basic human rights of Serbs, Muslims, Roma, Goranci,
Turks,
Egyptians and other non-Albanian population have been violated on a
massive
scale (operative para 11j). The fundamental human right of these people,
i.e.
the right to life, has been threatened since the deployment of the
international mission.
- The terrorist so-called "Kosovo Liberation Army" and other
armed
Albanian gangs have not been demilitarized, disarmed or disbanded
(operative
para 9b).
- Personal and property safety as well as equality and a safe
environment for all inhabitants, as an essential precondition for a safe
return
of refugees and displaced persons, and an unimpeded delivery of
humanitarian
assistance (operative para 9c), have not been ensured.
- The laws and other regulations of the Republic of Serbia and
the
FR of
Yugoslavia have not been respected; there is no public order and peace
(operative para 9d) or free movement of the population.
- The return of members of VJ and MUP to Kosovo and Metohija has
been
prevented without any basis (operative para 4, paras 6 and 10 of Annex 2
of the
resolution and para 4 of the Military Technical Agreement).
- International borders of the FR of Yugoslavia to Albania and
Macedonia
have neither been guarded nor secured (operative para 9g). KFOR and
UNMIK have
allowed unhindered and illegal entry into Kosovo and Metohija of more
than
250,000 people, who are not citizens of the FR of Yugoslavia, mainly
terrorists
and other Albanian armed gangs of criminals.
The Province has been turned into Europe's centre of terrorism,
organized international crime, trafficking in drugs and arms, illicit
trade in
women and children, "money laundering", etc.
- Systematic violation of Security Council resolution 1244 has
prevented
the initiation of a political process to settle the status of the
Province
within the Republic of Serbia and the FR of Yugoslavia (operative para
11a).
- In violation of their obligation to respect the sovereignty
and
territorial integrity of the FR of Yugoslavia and the Republic of
Serbia, KFOR
and UNMIK have continuously refused to cooperate with the competent
authorities
of the FR of Yugoslavia in the discharge of the UN peace-keeping mission
in its
territory. Consequently, they are directly feeding Albanian separatist
ambitions in Kosovo and Metohija, in direct contravention of the crucial
provisions and the main goal of Security Council resolution 1244 and the
related documents.
3. Total fiasco of the international presence under UN auspices
in
Kosovo and Metohija: Continuing deterioration of the overall situation
in the
Province is along the lines of efforts to cause artificially a prolonged
destabilization in the region, with a view to finding justification for
NATO to
stay in the region and to revive its prestige and authority that have
been
seriously eroded by its illegal aggression against the FR of Yugoslavia.
Continued manipulations with very malicious statements by KFOR and UNMIK
officials about alleged success of the international mission in the
Province,
despite being proven unequivocally wrong by the disastrous situation on
the
ground, bear witness to it.
The overall track record of the discharge of the one-year
mandate
of the
international security (KFOR) and civil (UNMIK) presences in Kosovo and
Metohija, under UN auspices, as set out in Security Council resolution
1244
(1999), is disastrous in all its aspects.

II. SYSTEMATIC VIOLATION OF THE SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIAL
INTEGRITY
OF THE FR OF YUGOSLAVIA
AND THE MANDATE OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS

1. Decisions of UNMIK and KFOR: Regulations of the Special
Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK
B.
Kouchner have no grounding in the resolution and are aimed at severing
all
links between Kosovo and Metohija and the Republic of Serbia and the FR
of
Yugoslavia, i.e. fully separating the Province from the constitutional,
legal,
economic, monetary, financial, banking, customs, visa, administrative
and other
systems of the FR of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Serbia.
Regulations and decisions of the Head of UNMIK, B. Kouchner,
undermine
systematically and directly the State sovereignty of the FR of
Yugoslavia and
the Republic of Serbia in Kosovo and Metohija, the basic principle
guaranteed
by Security Council resolution 1244 (1999), and decry the legal basis
and
prerogatives of statehood of the State of Serbia and the FR of
Yugoslavia in
that southern Serbian province, as an integral part of the Republic of
Serbia
and the FR of Yugoslavia.
- The so-called Interim Administration Council, a de facto
Provincial
"Government", composed of Albanians, mostly from the ranks of the
terrorist
so-called Kosovo Liberation Army and Albanian separatist political
parties, is
an illegal political creation aimed at legalizing ethnic supremacy of
Albanians, with a view to carving out an ethnically pure Kosovo and
Metohija.
The repeated attempts of the Special Representative to include
in that
body the Serbs, chosen by himself according to his own criteria mostly
for
offices of peripheral political importance and influence, are part and
parcel
of the same overall strategy of the Special Representative to legalize
the
status quo at the expense of the interests of Serbs and other
non-Albanians.
- The decision of UNMIK on an alleged transformation of the
terrorist
so-called Kosovo Liberation Army into a supposedly civilian
organization, the
Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC), is illegal having no grounding in
Security
Council resolution 1244 (1999) and the related documents and taking into
account that the Security Council was not consulted on its adoption.
It has been proved beyond doubt that the Kosovo Protection Corps
is a
military/terrorist formation and one of the principal generators of the
worsening of the situation and the crisis in the Province. Evidence of
it being
the report submitted by the UNMIK Human Rights Unit of 29 February 2000,
which
has been deliberately hidden from the eyes of the international public,
so as
to hoodwink it and mislead it into believing in an alleged success of
the
international presence in Kosovo and Metohija, under United Nations
auspices.
- Issuance of identification documents: UNMIK has no authority
to issue
identification documents to Yugoslav citizens from Kosovo and Metohija.
Consequently, the so-called Kouchner's passports and other personal
documents
constitute an act of the most flagrant violation of the provisions of
Security
Council resolution 1244 and of the principles of the Charter of the
United
Nations relating to the respect for the sovereignty and territorial
integrity
of the FR of Yugoslavia. Such acts are legally null and void and are
absolutely
unacceptable from the point of view of the Charter of the United Nations
and
international law.
Allowing foreign citizens to enter the FR of Yugoslavia via
border
crossings temporarily controlled by UNMIK and KFOR, without a proper
Yugoslav
visa, is incompatible with international law and the practice of UN
peace
missions.
The Government of the FR of Yugoslavia has most strongly
protested
against such acts aimed at disrupting the uniform regime of
identification
documents for Yugoslav citizens and called on all States and
international
organizations not to accept, in accordance with international law,
documents
illegally issued by UNMIK.
- Functioning of the judiciary: Security Council resolution 1244
(1999)
envisages that the judicial system in Kosovo and Metohija operates in
line with
the Yugoslav legislation and within the judicial system of the Republic
of
Serbia and the FR of Yugoslavia.
Through an illegitimate and illegal regulation, the Special
Representative has established judicial organs in Kosovo and Metohija
which
conduct criminal proceedings without honouring the Yugoslav laws in
force and
violating the basic principles of criminal law set forth in
international
conventions.
Particularly unacceptable and unbecoming of a United Nations
mission is
the practice of double standards applied to the detriment of Serbs and
Montenegrins in cases of arrest, institution and conduct of
investigation,
detention, determination of the right to defence, use of the mother
tongue,
etc.
466 Serbs are currently being detained in prisons. They have
been
arrested only on the ground of information provided by the Albanians,
most
frequently the members of the terrorist so-called Kosovo Liberation
Army.
2. Construction of foreign military bases and foreign
(NATO/KFOR)
military exercises: The Government of the FR of Yugoslavia has most
vigorously
opposed the construction of military bases and the conduct of military
exercises by foreign armies in a part of its sovereign territory without
its
approval. This is the most flagrant violation of its sovereignty and of
the
provisions of Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) as well as of the
laws in
force in the Republic of Serbia and the FR of Yugoslavia. This is
further
inconsistent with the character and spirit of peace missions under the
auspices
of the United Nations and sets a dangerous precedent, contrary to the
purposes
and principles of the United Nations.
3. Visits by foreign officials and "representation" of some
foreign
countries without the consent of the competent authorities of the FR of
Yugoslavia: They constitute the most flagrant form of violation of the
principles of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the FR of
Yugoslavia, in gross breach of the principles of the Charter of the
United
Nations, provisions of the Vienna Conventions on diplomatic and consular
relations, the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United
Nations as well as of prevalent international practice.
Accordingly, the illegal practice put in place by UNMIK of
giving
"approval" for the establishment of para-diplomatic missions of foreign
States
in Kosovo and Metohija and for the construction of "cultural centres" of
some
States, such as Saudi Arabia's, in any part of the single Yugoslav
territory,
without an explicit agreement of the competent authorities of the FR of
Yugoslavia, is totally unacceptable.
The Government of the FR of Yugoslavia most strongly condemns
the
recent
illegal visit to the southern Serbian Province of the President of the
Republic
of Albania, Rexhep Meidani, as well as his meetings with UNMIK and KFOR
officials. This undisguised provocation against the FR of Yugoslavia and
an act
of the most flagrant violation of the State sovereignty and territorial
integrity of the FR of Yugoslavia is in the function of a direct support
to
Albanian separatists and terrorists in Kosovo and Metohija.
4. Disrespect for the State symbols of the FR of Yugoslavia: The
fact
that the symbols of the State of the FR of Yugoslavia, primarily its
flag, are
not displayed at its international border crossings with Albania and
Macedonia
and that other border signs have been removed constitutes a gross
violation of
the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the FR of Yugoslavia.
5. Invalidity of KFOR and UNMIK decisions: The FR of Yugoslavia
considers null and void and without any legal effect and as non-binding
on
itself and its authorities the conduct and decisions of KFOR and UNMIK,
particularly those of Special Representative of the United Nations
Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK B. Kouchner, which disregard or
violate the
principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity of the FR of
Yugoslavia, as
well as all measures, acts and omissions of acts which are contrary to
Security
Council resolution 1244 (1999) or the Military Technical Agreement or
represent
an attempt at their revision.
The Government of the FR of Yugoslavia has never ceded, nor does
it
intend to do so, the sovereignty over any part of its territory and
rejects
most strongly the tactics of deception and the diversion of attention
from the
alliance of UNMIK and KFOR with the terrorist so-called Kosovo
Liberation Army.
In particular, it repudiates all acts carried out along the line of fait
accompli.
6. UNMIK's and KFOR's non-cooperation with the competent
authorities of
the FR of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Serbia: Persistently refusing
to
cooperate with the relevant authorities in the FR of Yugoslavia and the
Republic of Serbia, KFOR and UNMIK have grossly violated the obligation
to
respect the State sovereignty and territorial integrity of the FR of
Yugoslavia
and the Republic of Serbia.
Primary responsibility for such conduct on the part of KFOR and
UNMIK
lies with the United Nations which has refused to sign with the
Government of
the FR of Yugoslavia, as the host, a comprehensive agreement on the
status of
the peace mission. In this context, it is completely unacceptable and
inappropriate to a peace mission under United Nations auspices that a
delegation of the Security Council of the United Nations avoid contact
with the
Government of the country which it visited and which invited it.

III. MASSIVE VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS

1. Responsibility of KFOR and UNMIK: The sole responsibility for
massive
violation of human rights in the Province, for lawlessness, chaos and
breaches
of the provisions of Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) relating to
the
preservation of the multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-cultural
character
of the Province is borne by KFOR and UNMIK which have become directly
accessory
to ethnic cleansing and genocide.
2. Terror and violence: Albanian terror and violence, the ethnic
cleansing of, and genocide against, non-Albanians, primarily Serbs and
Montenegrins, but also the Roma, Muslims, Turks, Goranci and other
non-Albanians, the destruction of their homes, usurpation and
destruction of
private and State property and rampant crime and chaos in Kosovo and
Metohija
continue unabated despite the presence of about 50,000 well-armed
members of
KFOR and UNMIK policemen.
An average ten people are killed or abducted in terrorist
attacks
in the
Province every day. KFOR and UNMIK have thus become complicit in the
most
serious crimes against Serbs and other non-Albanian population and bear
the
greatest responsibility for the lack of minimum security for Serbs and
non-Albanians in the Province.
Verbal support for the multi-ethnic, multi-confessional and
multi-cultural Kosovo and Metohija is a mere exercise in hypocrisy by
KFOR and
UNMIK, taking into account that due to their non-implementation and
gross
violation of Security Council resolution 1244 (1999), the former
composition of
the population has been forcibly altered.
- Ethnic cleansing: Since the deployment of KFOR and UNMIK, more
than
360,000 Serbs, Montenegrins, Roma, Muslims, Turks, Goranci and other
non-Albanians, accounting for two thirds of the entire non-Albanian
population
of Kosovo and Metohija, have been forcibly driven out of the Province.
However,
systematic ethnic cleansing continues while KFOR and UNMIK are doing
nothing to
prevent it.
Ethnic cleansing of Serbs and Montenegrins has already been
completed in
most of Kosovo and Metohija. Therefore, Albanian terrorists are now
concentrating, with an overt assistance and support of KFOR and UNMIK,
their
attacks on the few remaining Serb enclaves, primarily on Kosovska
Mitrovica and
some Serb villages completely surrounded by Albanians.
Unwillingness of KFOR and UNMIK to put a stop to it and cynical
insistence, at the same time, on the establishment of multi-ethnic
communities
at any cost, particularly the so-called security zones, in the remaining
Serb
enclaves testify to the direct collusion between Albanian terrorists and
international forces in Kosovo and Metohija in the process of ethnic
cleansing
of the Province of its non-Albanians, the Serbs in particular.
On the other hand, there is no mention of Pristina, for
instance, which
had a population of 40,000 Serbs and Montenegrins, of whom less than 100
remained after KFOR and UNMIK were deployed. Illustrative in this
respect is
the fact that of the former 25,000 school and university students in
Pristina
only 35 are now attending classes outside Pristina in the village of
Laplje
Selo.
KFOR and UNMIK have done nothing to restore the former
multi-ethnic
structures in Prizren, Pec, Orahovac, Djakovica, Glogovac and many other
towns
and villages of Kosovo and Metohija. On the contrary, by publicly
denying the
existence of conditions for it, the responsible officials of the United
Nations, KFOR and UNMIK are, in effect, discouraging Serbs to return in
large
numbers to their ancestral homes and directly contribute to reinforcing
the
mono-ethnicity of the Province.
Similarly, a perfidious policy of constant demonization of Serbs
aimed
at justifying the real intentions of Albanian separatists and terrorists
is
another attempt by KFOR and UNMIK to cover up their own complicity in
the
process of systematic ethnic cleansing of everything of non-Albanian,
especially Serbian provenance, in the Province.
Albanians themselves, loyal citizens of the Republic of Serbia
and the
FR of Yugoslavia who refuse to toe the line, are increasingly being
targeted by
Albanian terrorists and criminals.
During the month of May Albanian terrorists carried out a number
of
attacks on Croats living in the village of Janjevo, which has been
virtually
emptied under pressure from the terrorist so-called Kosovo Liberation
Army. (Of
its 1,500 Croat inhabitants about 350 remained behind.)
- Terrorism: 4,878 terrorist attacks (4,590 against Serbs and
Montenegrins) were carried out in the period from 10 June 1999 through
31 May
2000. In the same period 1,027 persons (902 Serbs and Montenegrins) were
killed; 955 (898 Serbs and Montenegrins) were wounded and 945 (869 Serbs
and
Montenegrins) were abducted and missing. More than 50,000 homes, mostly
those
belonging to Serbs, Montenegrins and Roma, were destroyed, burned down
or
severely damaged.
- New forms of ethnic cleansing and other serious crimes against
Serbs:
KFOR members have continued their practice of harassing Serbs. The
latest
examples thereof being the incident where KFOR armoured personnel
carriers and
dogs were used against local Serbs in the village of Babin Most,
municipality
of Obilic (on 31 May). They protested over the brutal murder of Milutin
Trajkovic.
- "Labour" camps and prisons for Serbs: KFOR and UNMIK have done
nothing
to help with the release of Serb civilians, who have been detained by
the
terrorist so-called Kosovo Liberation Army in the "labour camps" in
Kosovo and
Metohija, which are under strict control and to which not even ICRC
representatives have access. Furthermore, KFOR and UNMIK as well as
other
international humanitarian organizations have not made any effort to
have
several hundred Serbs abducted in Kosovo and Metohija and now detained
in the
Republic of Albania, set free.
Even though this is the most inhuman violation of individual
human
rights and fundamental freedoms, of which it is fully aware, the
International
Force in Kosovo and Metohija is trying to downplay the problem of
spreading the
information that there is allegedly lack of evidence and that any
parallels may
be drawn between the abducted Serbs and the Albanian terrorists and
criminals
convicted as an outcome of due process of the law and now serving their
well-deserved sentences.
- Destruction of cultural and historic sites: Destruction of
Serbian
cultural monuments, the symbols of the centuries' old roots of Serbian
statehood and spirituality in the region of Kosovo and Metohija
continues
unabated. 86 churches and medieval monasteries have been destroyed,
burned or
seriously damaged.
- Discrimination and a cultural and spiritual genocide against
Serbs:
Under the auspices of the United Nations, UNMIK has tolerated and
encouraged by
its actions discrimination against Serbs, especially in education
(closing of
universities and schools), culture and the media in the Serbian
language.
Discrimination against Serbs and Montenegrins is particularly
evident in
the judiciary, education, employment, etc. By contrast, Albanians
irrespective
of their skills are favoured to any other ethnic groups, which is a
gross
violation of the principle of equality of various ethnic communities and
the
principle of multiethnicity.
The Albanian names of streets, settlements and institutions have
been
forced upon. UNMIK has not only turned a blind eye to this practice but
has
directly taken part in it.
3. Disarmament of the terrorist so-called Kosovo Liberation
Army: The
report of UNMIK's Human Right Unit (dated 29 February 2000)
unequivocally
confirmed the well-documented arguments of the Government of the FR of
Yugoslavia that the terrorists of the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army
had
neither been disarmed nor demilitarized and that the alleged
transformation of
the terrorist so-called Kosovo Liberation Army into the so-called Kosovo
Protection Corps was a charade and a manipulation, staged to avoid the
obligation to genuinely demilitarize and disarm this illegal terrorist
organization.
KFOR and UNMIK, and Special Representative B. Kouchner in
particular,
bear full responsibility for the establishment, with their blessing, of
an
illegal Albanian armed formation, composed mostly of notorious Albanian,
as
well as international terrorists, recruited in neighbouring and other
States
known for fomenting international terrorism, including Islamic
extremists from
Chechnya.
- Criminalization of the Province: KFOR and UNMIK bear sole
responsibility for the state of chaos, lawlessness and general
criminalization
of the Province.
This state of affairs casts a long pall of disgrace over the
United
Nations, because Kosovo and Metohija has been turned into a stronghold
of
international organized crime and terrorism and a haven of narco-mafia,
smugglers of arms, purveyors of white slavery, juvenile crime and
prostitution
in Central and Western Europe. This is not only an important source of
income
for the implementation of the separatist-terrorist strategy developed by
Albanian extremists in Kosovo and Metohija, but had an important share
in the
criminalization and destabilization of Europe as a whole and in
preventing the
ongoing integration processes.
According to German federal police, Albanian criminals and
terrorists in
Kosovo and Metohija are responsible for the import of 80 per cent of
Europe's
heroin. The annual "revenue" from the laundering of "proceeds" from
illicit
trafficking in drugs and arms through a network of 200 banks and foreign
exchange bureaux amounts to US$ 1.5 billion. Even in the notoriously
biased
West, it is no longer concealed that 30-50 per cent of the money spent
on arms
by the terrorist so-called Kosovo Liberation Army derives from illicit
drug
trade.
According to UNMIK police commissioner for the Pristina area
Jules
Moreaux in the period since January 2000 alone, DM 6 million has been
stolen
from non-governmental organizations in Pristina. It is characteristic,
in this
respect, that large sums have been stolen just from one Islamic NGO.
Despite the state of an overall criminalization of the Province,
UNMIK
has started preparations to re-admit tens of thousands of Albanian
criminals
deported from Western Europe (Switzerland, Germany, etc.), thus
additionally
intensifying the ethnic cleansing of Serbs, Montenegrins, Roma and other
non-Albanians in the Province.
4. Voter registration and local elections in Kosovo and
Metohija: Under
Security Council resolution 1244 (1999), UNMIK has no authority to issue
identification documents to Yugoslav citizens of Kosovo and Metohija or
to
conduct voter registration and hold elections in the Province. In
accordance
with the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the FR of Yugoslavia,
that
right has been vested in the competent State authorities of the Republic
of
Serbia and the FR of Yugoslavia alone, in line with the existing
legislation.
Fair and democratic elections in Kosovo and Metohija will be
possible to
organize only after necessary conditions have been created and after
appropriate structures of local government (substantial autonomy) for
which
elections will be held have been established as an outcome of a
comprehensive
political process, with active and equal participation of the official
authorities and institutions of the Republic of Serbia and the FR of
Yugoslavia
and the representatives of all ethnic communities in Kosovo and
Metohija, as
well as an appropriate participation of representatives of the UN
Security
Council.
The Government of the FR of Yugoslavia repudiates strongly all
attempts
to call elections in Kosovo and Metohija as long as the basic
conditions, i.e.
peace and stability under Security Council resolution 1244 (1999), have
not
been created.
To that end, it is necessary to ensure, first and foremost, a
free and
safe return of all expelled Serbs and other non-Albanians, to deport
more than
250,000 foreign nationals who entered Kosovo and Metohija illegally
after the
deployment of KFOR and UNMIK and to reach agreement with the Government
of the
Republic of Serbia and the Government of the FR of Yugoslavia on the
basic
parameters of a political settlement for Kosovo and Metohija, in line
with
Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).
5. Political settlement as an imperative for preserving the
sovereignty
and territorial integrity of the FR of Yugoslavia and the Republic of
Serbia:
Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) and the related documents have
unambiguously reaffirmed that Kosovo and Metohija is an integral part of
the
single territory of the FR of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Serbia.
All attempts to determine parameters of "substantial autonomy"
of
Kosovo
and Metohija outside the constitutional and legal framework of the FR of
Yugoslavia and the Republic of Serbia are illegal, especially if done
without
active participation of their competent authorities. Likewise, the
Government
of the FR of Yugoslavia is strongly against the Security Council
legalizing any
document on the substance of a future autonomy for Kosovo and Metohija
which
will take any other premises as its starting-point.
- A political settlement presupposes:

(a) respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the
Republic of Serbia and the FR of Yugoslavia;
(b) full discharge of the mandate of UNMIK and KFOR, in line
with
Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) and the Military Technical
Agreement,
in particular: physical and property safety for all inhabitants,
disbandment
and disarmament of the terrorist so-called Kosovo Liberation Army or its
surrogate, the so-called Kosovo Protection Corps; respect for human
rights;
free and safe return for all expelled and deportation of all foreign
nationals
illegally staying in the Province; restoration of public order and
peace; free
movement; return of Yugoslav authorities to the State border and its
full
control;
(c) autonomy within the Republic of Serbia, while guaranteeing
equality
of all citizens and ethnic communities;
(d) dialogue between legitimate representatives of ethnic
communities
and representative of the State, with appropriate participation of
representatives of the Security Council of the United Nations.
The Government of the FR of Yugoslavia most vigorously opposes
all
projects about the future status of autonomy and self-government that
provide
for the separation of this Serbian province from the present
constitutional and
legal system of the Republic of Serbia and the FR of Yugoslavia and have
no
grounding either in Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) or in the
existing
constitutional order of the FR of Yugoslavia which is inviolable.
The FR of Yugoslavia will not accept, nor will it be bound, in
any way,
by any act which strives to impose outside solutions on Kosovo and
Metohija
irrespective of their source or provenance.
6. Return of the Yugoslav Army (VJ) and police (MUP): Despite
very
clear
provisions of Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) and the Military
Technical Agreement (o.p. 4 and paras 6 and 10 of Annex 2 to the
Resolution as
well as para 4 of the Military Technical Agreement), KFOR and UNMIK
have,
without any justification, prevented the return of VJ and MUP personnel
to the
Province.

IV. RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL

The Security Council of the United Nations, as the guarantor of
its
resolution 1244 (1999), bears full responsibility for its
non-implementation
and gross violation, primarily of those provisions reaffirming the
sovereignty
and territorial integrity of the FR of Yugoslavia on its entire
territory.
Failing to take, in the one-year period after the adoption of
its
resolution 1244 (1999), appropriate measures to ensure its strict
compliance,
the Security Council has confirmed its unwillingness to fulfil its
obligations
under the Charter of the United Nations. Consequently, it is directly
responsible for the past adverse consequences of such conduct on its
part.
Proceeding from its sovereign rights guaranteed by the
Chernomyrdin-Ahtisaari document, Security Council resolution 1244 (1999)
and
the Military Technical Agreement, as well as bearing in mind the
irrefutable
facts that KFOR and UNMIK, and particularly Special Representative B.
Kouchner,
have systematically violated, undermined or have been unable to
implement
Security Council resolution 1244 (1999), the Government of the FR of
Yugoslavia
notes that the international mission in Kosovo and Metohija under United
Nations auspices has been a complete failure. KFOR and UNMIK, Special
Representative Kouchner in particular, are solely responsible for the
exodus,
ethnic cleansing, genocide and apartheid against Serbs, Montengrins,
Roma,
Goranci, Muslims, Turks and other non-Albanians, as well as for a
disastrous
situation in all segments of economic and social life in the Province.
By their overall conduct contrary to the provisions and goals of
Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) and the related documents, the
international security (KFOR) and civil (UNMIK) presences in Kosovo and
Metohija have betrayed the confidence placed in them by the Government
of the
FR of Yugoslavia in agreeing to the temporary deployment of this
international
mission under United Nations auspices in a part of its territory.

V. DEMANDS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FR OF YUGOSLAVIA

In view of the above considerations, the Government of the FR of
Yugoslavia demands that the Security Council:
- declare null and void all acts and decisions taken by Head of
UNMIK
Bernard Kouchner, contrary to Security Council resolution 1244 (1999);
- condemn in the strongest terms, put an end to the activity of
Bernard
Kouchner and withdraw from Kosovo and Metohija the forces of KFOR and
UNMIK,
who are directly responsible for the systematic violation of Security
Council
resolution 1244 (1999) and for countless loss of life, untold suffering
of the
Serbian and other non-Albanian population as well as for the damage
caused by
the Albanian terrorists in the presence of tens of thousands of KFOR and
UNMIK
members;
- urgently take all necessary measures to ensure full and
consistent
implementation of its resolution 1244 (1999);
- most strongly condemn continued aggression of the North
Atlantic
Treaty Organization against the FR of Yugoslavia through material,
political
and media support to the Albanian separatists and terrorists in Kosovo
and
Metohija whose activities, in conjunction with the obstruction of the
implementation of its resolution 1244 (1999) by UNMIK and KFOR, are
aimed at
destabilizing and breaking up the territorial integrity of the FR of
Yugoslavia, at reshaping its internationally recognized borders and, by
extension, at causing widespread instability and conflict in the region
with
unforeseeable consequences on peace and security in the Balkan region;
- take all necessary steps to compensate for the damage and
other
losses
inflicted on the population, the economy and cultural heritage of Kosovo
and
Metohija by UNMIK and KFOR and by the terrorist and criminal gangs they
are
supporting.


Belgrade, 7 June 2000



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...CHE IDDIO CE NE SCAMPI E LIBERI!


Il signor Guido Ambrosino domenica 4/6/2000 usava le colonne de "Il
Manifesto" per esprimere tutto il suo scandalo per la iniziativa della
Sezione tedesca del Tribunale Internazionale per i crimini della NATO in
Jugoslavia, che ha tenuto la seduta conclusiva a Berlino il giorno
precedente.
La attivita' di questo sarebbe "a senso unico", e fondata sull'"intesa
di tacere sui precedenti: la decennale oppressione del Kosovo, le
atrocità della guerra civile tra Uck e truppe serbe prima dei
bombardamenti della Nato, la barbarie delle rappresaglie contro i
kosovari albanesi". Nelle discussioni a margine capitava di imbattersi
nelle "macerie della Sed di Honecker", quelli che leggono "il quotidiano
Junge Welt, fino a dieci anni fa organo dell'organizzazione giovanile
della Rdt", "capitava di imbattersi in chi vede nei serbi solo vittime
innocenti di abominevoli intrighi e dell'altrui volontà di potenza".
A dar man forte a questa inquietante "ala filoserba", "dall'Italia e'
arrivato Paolo Pioppi, della fondazione Nino Pasti, intitolata al
generale che sapeva distinguere tra missili buoni (sovietici) e missili
cattivi" (!!!). Ambrosino si e' trovato come un pesce fuor d'acqua in
quell'affollatissima assemblea ("a Kreuzberg, nella chiesa evangelica
della Santa croce... le 300 sedie nella navata non bastavano per il
pubblico, che affollava anche i palchi laterali"), vero e proprio covo
di post-sovietici slavofili ("presieduto dal giurista amburghese Norman
Peach, sono venuti giurati da Austria, Ungheria, Ucraina, Repubblica
ceca, Polonia, Russia... l'atto d'accusa è stato letto dall'avvocato
berlinese Ulrich Dost, affiancato da un collega francese e da uno
bulgaro. L'ingrato compito della difesa (d'ufficio) dei governi della
Nato è stato assunto dalla russa Valentina Strauss").

Secondo lo scandalizzato signor Ambrosino, la simbolica sentenza del
Tribunale tedesco "raggiungerà solo chi è già d'accordo". Percio' lui,
Guido Ambrosino, che non e' d'accordo, non corre rischi: lui ha il dono
divino della imparzialita', guai a chi gliela tocca.


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SOLIDARIETA' CON LA NATO! E' VITTIMA DI UNA CONGIURA!


Amnesty International ha accusato la NATO di aver bombardato i civili -
E' UNA MENZOGNA! La NATO voleva sono portare la pace e la democrazia ed
ha "scrupolosamente rispettato la legge internazionale".

>>NATO Press Release (2000)060 7 June
2000
>>
>> Statement
>> by Lord Robertson, NATO Secretary General,
>> in response to Amnesty International Report ""Collateral Damage"
>> or Unlawful Killings/Violations of the Laws of War
>> by NATO During Operation Allied Force"
>>
>>The allegations made in the Amnesty International report today that NATO
>>violated the laws of war in its conduct of the Kosovo air campaign last
>>year are baseless and ill-founded.
>>
>>Madame Carla del Ponte, the Chief Prosecutor of the UN's International
>>Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, told the UN Security Council
>>last week, "I am very satisfied there was no deliberate targeting of
>>civilians or of unlawful military targets by NATO during the bombing
>>campaign." She stated, "I am now able to announce my conclusion,
following
>>a full consideration of my team's assessment of all complaints and
>>allegations, that there is no basis for opening an investigation into any
>>of those allegations or into other incidents related to the NATO bombing."
>>
>>NATO scrupulously adhered to international law, including the law of war,
>>throughout the conflict and made every effort to minimise civilian
>>casualties. Unfortunately, as we have always acknowledged, among over ten
>>thousand bombing missions, in a few cases mistakes were made, or weapons
>>malfunctioned, leading to civilian deaths or injuries. We deeply regret
>>such incidents. But such incidents must be weighed against the atrocities
>>that NATO's action stopped.
>>
>>NATO's air campaign put an end to the most brutal ethnic violence seen in
>>Europe since World War II. Extensive documentation by the OSCE, Human
>>Rights Watch and the media show that Serbian military and police forces
>>engaged in a deliberate, massive, and prolonged campaign of violence
>>against Kosovar Albanian civilians in gross violation of international law
>>and civilised norms of behaviour. The clear priority now is to bring to
>>justice the war criminals that perpetrated this violence against the
people
>>of Kosovo.
>


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IL MINISTRO DELL'INFORMAZIONE JUGOSLAVO ACCUSA LA CIA PER L'ASSASSINIO
DI GORAN ZUGIC SULLA BASE DELLE INTERCETTAZIONI DEI COLLOQUI TELEFONICI
TRA FUNZIONARI DEL DIPARTIMENTO DI STATO USA

> YUGOSLAV MINISTER ACCUSES CIA OF COMPLICITY IN ZUGIC MURDER
> BELGRADE, June 6 (Tanjug) - Yugoslavia's Minister of Information on
> Tuesday accused the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of complicity in
> the recent murder of the Yugoslav Republic of Montenegro's presidential
> security advisor Goran Zugic.
> At a news briefing attended by a large number of domestic and foreign
> reporters, Goran Matic ran an audio tape of a conversation held twenty
> minutes after Zugic's murder by Sean Burns of the U.S. State Department's
> Balkan task force, who is assistant to Richard Holbrooke, with Gabriel
> Escobar Gabe of the economic task force for Montenegro, and their
> conversation of 2 a.m. the next day.
> Matic said this was a specific form that the aggression on Yugoslavia was
> taking, which had been in use since October 1999 as the main form of
> warfare for destroying Yugoslavia.
> "After its political efforts with infiltrated mercenaries and mercenary
> political parties failed, the U.S. Administration, since (last year's)
> aggression on our country, turned last October to subversive and terrorist
> operations on the territory of Yugoslavia in an effort to attain its
> interests, undermine the country's internal stability and show that the
> country is unsafe for its people", Matic said.
> This scenario, according to him, is being implemented in both Serbia and
> Montenegro.

IL PARLAMENTO JUGOSLAVO A CAMERE RIUNITE PER LA VISITA DELL'OSPITE
CINESE

> YUGOSLAV PARLIAMENT CALLS SESSION FOR JUNE 12
> BELGRADE, June 6 (Tanjug) - The Speakers of the Yugoslav Parliament's
> Chambers of Citizens (lower house) and Republics (upper house), Milomir
> Minic and Srdja Bozovic, have called the first special joint session for
> June 12.
> The joint session will be addressed by Li Peng, chairman of the Chinese
> National Congress (Parliament) Standing Committee, who will be heading a
> parliamentary delegation on an official state visit to Yugoslavia from June
> 11-13, a Parliament statement said on Tuesday.
> The session has been called on a motion tabled by one-third of the
> deputies to the two chambers, in line with the rules of procedure
> regulating the convention of special sessions, the statement said.

LE POSIZIONI DEI KOSOVARO-ALBANESI JUGOSLAVISTI

> KOSOVO-METOHIJA - ALBANIANS
>
> KOSOVO-METOHIJA ALBANIANS EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR MILOSEVIC
> PRISTINA, June 6 (Tanjug) - Kosovo-Metohija's Albanian Democratic Reform
> Party (DRPA) on Tuesday wrote to Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic
> upholding his policy of togetherness, equality in the province, of peace,
> tolerance and common sense.
> The letter, signed by 828 ethnic Albanians from all over that U.N.-run
> Serbian (Yugoslav) province, says local Albanians are not indifferent to
> the terrorising, murders and expulsions of their non-Albanian neighbours
> and friends.
> "What has been happening over the past year since the deployment of KFor
> (international force) and UNMIK (U.N. civilian mission) in Kosovo-Metohija
> - viz. ethnic cleansing - is the worst crime in human history", the letter
> said.
> The ethnic Albanians stressed the DRPA was confidence of the future of
> Kosovo-Metohija as the home of all ethnic communities and the struggle for
> the equality of all in Kosovo-Metohija, a policy of peace, tolerance and
> common sense.

CONFERENZA ANTI-NATO A SOFIA

> BULGARIA - NATO - CONFERENCE
>
> BULGARIAN CONFERENCE BLASTS WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL AS BIASED, USELESS
> SOFIA, June 6 (Tanjug) - An international conference held to commemorate
> the 1st anniversary of the end of NATO's aggression on Yugoslavia
> unanimously condemned the flouting of U.N. Resolution 1244 on
> Kosovo-Metohija.
> The participants - university professors from Moscow, Belgrade, Kragujevac
> and Sofia, authorities on international law and military matters and
> publicists - said flouting of the Resolution had allowed ethnic Albanian
> separatists and terrorists over the past year to wage a war of genocide on
> local Serbs, Montenegrins and other non-Albanians.
> Unheard-of violence has been perpetrated in that U.N.-run Serbian
> (Yugoslav) province since the U.N. civilian mission UNMIK, international
> police force and peace force KFor were deployed on June 10 last, it was
> noted at the conference, which ended in Sofia late on Monday.
> More than 1,000 Serbs have been murdered, 900 others have been abducted,
> more than 40,000 Serb homes have been plundered and torched.
> This has forced more than 350,000 Serbs, Montenegrins, Romanies, ethnic
> Turks, ethnic Egyptians, ethnic Croats and other non-Albanians to flee
> Kosovo-Metohija, it was noted at the conference.
> The assembled experts offered evidence in support of the fact that
> Kosovo-Metohija is an integral part of Yugoslavia and that Resolution 1244
> guarantees the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Yugoslavia.
> They demanded that the biased international war crimes tribunal for the
> former Yugoslavia in the Hague be abolished for throwing out of court
> complaints against NATO, which had perpetrated an aggression against
> Yugoslavia in March-June 1999, killing more than 2,000 civilians and
> violating the U.N. Charter and international legal norms of 50 years'
> standing.
> Professor Zakhary Zakhariev of the Bulgarian Slaviani Foundation, which
> organised the conference, announced for October another conference of
> experts from the Balkan countries, as well as from eastern and western
> countries, under UNESCO's auspices.

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AEREO SPIA DELLA NATO ATTERRA NELLA FYROM

NATO Spy Plane Lands in Macedonia

The Associated Press

PRISTINA, Yugoslavia (AP) - A unmanned NATO spy plane lost power on a
mission
over southern Kosovo and was forced to make a parachute landing early
Saturday, a U.S. Army statement said.

The small U.S. plane, called Hunter Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, went down
just
after midnight inside Macedonia, within two miles of the Kosovo border,
the
statement said without providing details.

It was unknown if the plane had been damaged. U.S. army officials in the
peacekeeping force in Kosovo were reportedly working with Macedonia's
government to recover the aircraft.

It was the second time in two weeks that an unmanned NATO aircraft was
forced
to make an unscheduled landing in the area. A British ``Phoenix'' was
forced
last week to make a parachute landing in the ground safety zone, which
is the
three mile buffer zone along Kosovo's boundary with Serbia proper,
sources in
the NATO-led mission said.

The border is patrolled by NATO aircraft to give early warning of any
potential intrusions. However, the ``Phoenix'' aircraft was recovered by
Yugoslav forces.

AP-NY-06-03-00 1637EDT

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LA SITUAZIONE POLITICA NELLA REPUBBLICA SERBA DI BOSNIA

Bosnian Serb leader sets up new party

SARAJEVO, June 4 (Reuters) - The former Bosnian Serb President and head
of
the Serb National Alliance (SNS) Biljana Plavsic said she would form a
new
party after the SNS had passed a no-confidence vote against her, Bosnian
radio reported.

The SNS on Saturday passed the no-confidence vote against Plavsic, who
was
blamed for the party's weak perfomrance at Bosnia's municipal elections
in
April.

Plavsic, who last month offered to resign as party leader along with six
SNS
vice presidents, said the new party would be called the Serb National
Alliance - Biljana Plavsic, the radio said on Sunday.

The SNS is a member of the Bosnian Serb ruling Sloga (Unity) coalition
together with the Party of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) of Prime
Minister Milorad Dodik and the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP).

The DSP was formed in April by officials of the Socialist Party (SPRS)
who
continued to support Dodik after the SPRS had left Sloga.

Plavsic's new party will have only one deputy in the Bosnian Serb
parliament
among the total of 11 SNS deputies. It is expected to remain in the
Sloga
coalition.

It is still unclear whether the other party will keep the same name and
also
remain in Sloga.

Post-war Bosnia comprises the Serb republic and the Moslem-Croat
federation.

08:33 06-04-00

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VANDALI NEGLI UFFICI DELLA JUL A BELGRADO


Office of ruling Serbia party in Belgrade wrecked


BELGRADE, June 4 (Reuters) - A Belgrade office of the Yugoslav Left
(JUL), a
partner in Serbia's ruling coalition, was smashed up overnight, the
party
said on Sunday blaming the opposition for the attack.

In a statement carried by state news agency Tanjug, the party said its
offices in Belgrade's Zvezdara municipality were broken into on Saturday
night, technical equipment destroyed and documents scattered, but that
nothing was missing.

``This is the way those who call themselves the democratic opposition
are
trying to teach democracy lessons to JUL with the help of their shock
troops
whom they call Otpor, (Resistance),'' the statement said.

In April, an explosion rocked the offices of a Belgrade branch of the
Socialist Party of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, and three days
later provincial offices of its coalition partner JUL, which is
controlled by
his wife Mira Markovic.

The authorities have stepped up their crackdown on the opposition over
the
past two weeks, accusing it and the student-based Otpor movement of
being
behind mysterious assassinations of opposition and underworld figures.

Calling the opposition ``lackeys of the West'' with the aim of
destabilising
the country, authorities have proposed a new law to combat it.

``Like their NATO mentors did a year ago, they are waging their dirty
little
war against our country and our people, targeting those who prove all
the
time how much they care about this people and this country,'' the JUL
statement said.

The opposition has denied any involvement in attacks or murders and said
the
proposed law is designed to intimidate those joining anti-government
protests.

13:14 06-04-00

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LE PRIVATIZZAZIONI IN MACEDONIA
di Neda Popovska - ("Dnevnik", 19 aprile 2000)

[Segue piu' sotto un articolo piu' breve
riguardante specificamente l'imminente
privatizzazione della Telekom macedone]

IL MODELLO DELLE PROPRIETA' IN MACEDONIA
Il premier Ljubco Georgievski ha dichiarato che
entro la fine dell'anno giungera' alla
conclusione la privatizzazione del capitale
pubblico e comincera' pertanto il periodo post-
privatizzazioni. Di 1.600 imprese che,
complessivamente, sono oggetto delle
privatizzazioni, entro la fine dell'anno scorso
ne sono state privatizzate 1.448, nelle quali
lavorano circa 217.000 persone. Il valore
complessivo delle imprese privatizzate e' di
circa 4 miliardi di DM. L'Agenzia per le
privatizzazioni offre in vendita 49 aziende, con
un valore complessivo di circa 195 milioni di
DM. Le privatizzazioni verranno effettuate nel
paese tramite il cosiddetto "acquisto da parte
della gestione", cioe' con l'acquisto da parte
dei dipendenti e con la vendita di una quota di
maggioranza del capitale azionario delle aziende
stesse. Gli investitori sono maggiormente
interessati alle imprese industriali, 415 delle
quali sono state finora privatizzate. Al secondo
posto si trovano le aziende agricole e quelle
commerciali. Il numero minore di aziende
privatizzate, complessivamente 48, lo si ha nel
settore del turismo. Per quanto riguarda le
dimensioni delle aziende, il maggior numero di
quelle privatizzate sono piccole imprese,
complessivamente 977, mentre solo 229 sono
grandi aziende.

L'INIZIO DELLE PRIVATIZZAZIONI IN MACEDONIA
Il processo di privatizzazione e' cominciato nel
paese nel 1989, con la legge dell'allora premier
jugoslavo, Ante Markovic. In base a tale legge,
le azioni delle imprese venivano distribuite ai
rispettivi dipendenti. In tale modo, in
Macedonia circa 600 imprese sono state
trasformate in societa' per azioni. Dopo
l'indipendenza, dichiarata nel 1991, la
Macedonia ha abbandonato la legge Markovic. Due
anni dopo e' stata approvata una nuova Legge
sulla trasformazione del capitale pubblico. Gli
obiettivi principali di tale legge erano:
determinazione del proprietario che deteneva la
quota di controllo del capitale azionario
dell'impresa, ottenimento di investimenti esteri
e sviluppo del mercato dei capitali. Le
privatizzazioni hanno in Macedonia un "approccio
commerciale", vale a dire che la privatizzazione
delle aziende avviene "caso per caso". Il
processo viene diretto dall'Agenzia per le
privatizzazioni, che fa regolarmente rapporto al
Governo e di fronte al Parlamento - spiega
Slobodanka Ristovska, direttrice dell'Agenzia.

LO SCHEMA MACEDONE DELLE PRIVATIZZAZIONI
Del capitale azionario totale di un'impresa
circa il 30 per cento viene offerto ai
dipendenti, sotto forma di azioni ordinarie, con
alcune variazioni di percentuale a seconda del
tipo di privatizzazione. Circa il 15 per cento
del capitale dell'impresa viene trasferito al
Fondo pensioni e previdenza sociale, che puo'
vendere tali azioni in borsa. La rimanente parte
del capitale dell'impresa viene offerto in
vendita a tutti gli investitori locali o esteri
interessati. Il valore del capitale destinato
alla vendita e' di circa 4,6 miliardi di DM, che
rappresenta per la maggior parte imprese il cui
capitale e' stato trasformato. Le altre imprese
sono in corso di privatizzazione. L'Agenzia
vende proprieta' per un valore di 1 miliardo di
DM, mentre il capitale venduto dal Fondo di
previdenza sociale e' di 251 milioni di DM.

PERCHE' E' STATA CAMBIATA LA LEGGE?
La Corte Costituzionale ha emesso l'anno scorso
una sentenza secondo cui devono essere
modificati alcuni articoli della Legge che
regola la privatizzazione del capitale pubblico.
Prima dell'approvazione delle modifica, e' stata
sospesa la privatizzazione di circa 150 imprese
del paese. Con le modifiche, tutte le imprese
che non hanno terminato il processo di
privatizzazione entro la meta' dell'anno scorso
vengono iscritte in un registro commerciale in
base al capitale esistente. La successiva
procedura di vendita delle azioni da parte degli
azionisti della societa' deve proseguire in
bosrsa. La vendita delle quote delle societa' a
responsabilita' limitata, invece, viene
effettuata attraverso un'asta pubblica - come
spiega Ristovska. Con le modifiche della legge,
la vendita del capitale statale delle imprese in
perdita e di quelle per le quali sara' il
Governo a decidere viene effettuata mediante
l'individuazione di un investitore strategico.

I PROBLEMI DELLE PRIVATIZZAZIONI
La comparsa di numerosi sindacati guidati
dall'Alleanza dei Sindacati della Macedonia e
dall'Unione dei Sindacati Indipendenti e' una
testimonianza del fatto che i piu' insoddisfatti
del processo di privatizzazione sono i
lavoratori delle imprese, e in particolare
coloro che sono stati dichiarati "eccedenze
tecnologiche". La maggior parte dei sindacati
delle grande imprese chiede una revisione
completa della privatizzazione delle rispettive
aziende, sostenendo che sono stati compiuti
innumerevoli atti illegali e frodi. Secondo
quanto affermano i lavoratori, un gran numero di
azioni e' stato sottratto loro senza la loro
approvazione e con la minaccia che avrebbero
perso il posto di lavoro se non avessero venduto
le azioni. L'Agenzia per le privatizzazioni, da
parte sua, si lamenta invece del pagamento non
regolare delle azioni con sconti da parte delle
societa' per azioni. Se gli azionisti non pagano
le azioni entro un termine prestabilito,
l'Agenzia le ritira ed e' autorizzata a venderle
in borsa. All'Agenzia per le privatizzazioni e'
stato calcolato che per il mancato rispetto
degli obblighi di pagamento, gli azionisti
rischiano di perdere il diritto a capitale per
149 milioni di DM. Secondo le analisi
dell'Agenzia, gli azionisti hanno gia' perso il
diritto a circa 80 milioni di DM di capitale.
Solo l'anno scorso, all'Agenzia per le
privatizzazioni sono giunte circa 200 richieste
per l'effettuazione di controlli sulle procedure
di privatizzazione. La maggior parte di esse
proviene da persone fisiche e tramite
ingiunzioni di tribunale, mentre solo una parte
ridotta proviene da persone giuridiche. In 114
imprese e' gia' stato effettuato un controllo e
l'Agenzia per le privatizzazioni e' stata resa
parte di 97 procedimenti in tribunale. La
maggior parte delle dispute e' ancora in corso,
e in 22 casi il processo e' terminato a favore
dell'Agenzia.

DOVE VANNO A FINIRE I SOLDI REALIZZATI CON LE
PRIVATIZZAZIONI?
Dei soldi in contanti ottenuti con le
privatizzazioni, l'anno scorso circa 1,8 milioni
di DM sono stati spesi per le spese correnti
dell'Agenzia per le privatizzazioni. Nel
bilancio statale sono stati versati 4,8 milioni
di DM, e 232.000 DM sono stati spesi per le
obbligazioni delle aziende "Staklara"-DOO e
"Zastita". Parte dei fondi ottenuti con le
privatizzazioni vengono utilizzati per il
finanziamento della NEPA nell'ambito del
programma PHARE. In conseguenza dei risultati
ottenuti dalla trasformazione delle aziende, il
budget dell'Agenzia e' aumentato fino a
raggiungere circa 2,9 milioni di GM. La
rimanente parte e' stata utilizzata per
l'aumento delle collocazioni presso le banche.
Nel corso delle privatizzazioni la maggior parte
degli investitori ha pagato attraverso
versamenti su conti, addirittura il 77 per
cento, mentre la minore parte di essi e' ricorsa
a obbligazioni.

LA PRIVATIZZAZIONE DELLA TELEKOM E DELLA ESM
Il FMI ha chiesto al governo di effettuare una
privatizzazione parziale del settore pubblico,
al fine di aumentare la concorrenza tra le
imprese. E' in tale settore che si trovano i
sistemi infrastrutturali piu' grandi, nei quali
sono dominanti le imprese pubbliche: la
distribuzione dell'energia elettrica,
l'amministrazione delle acque, le ferrovie, le
telecomunicazioni, che sono tutti monopoli. Il
capitale statale destinato a essere privatizzato
ha un valore di 227 milioni di DM. La Telekom
verra' messa in vendita entro la fine dell'anno.
Il governo deve decidere quale quota del suo
capitale verra' offerto in vendita a un partner
strategico. Sono in corso preparativi anche per
la privatizzazione dell'impresa pubblica
Elektrostopanstvo na Makedonija [ESM - la
societa' elettrica di stato macedone],
unitamente alla vendita degli alberghi di
proprieta' di tale azienda. La ESM ha annunciato
la vendita anche di una parte delle sue
capacita', come la produzione, la distribuzione
e il trasporto dell'energia elettrica. Parte
dell'opinione pubblica ritiene la vendita della
Telekom macedone come la vendita del "gioiello
di famiglia".

Durante la sua ultima seduta, la Commissione per
le riforme ha proposto alcune misure per una
piu' rapida conclusione delle privatizzazioni.
Queste ultime verranno condotte con l'aiuto dei
manager, con la concessione di capitali in
prestito, nonche' con il rinnovo del Fondo per
la previdenza sociale. Queste misure
riguarderanno un capitale pubblico del valore
complessivo di circa 700 milioni di DM, che
costituiscono solo una parte del capitale
pubblico del paese, pari a 4 miliardi di DM.


LA FRANCESE ALCATEL E LA GRECA OTE IN LIZZA PER
LA TELEKOM MACEDONE
di Diana Mladenovska - ("Dnevnik", 5 maggio 2000)

In contrasto con le voci secondo cui la vendita
della Telekom macedone e' stata concordata in
anticipo a favore della societa' greca OTE,
fonti del governo hanno indicato l'operatore
francese di telefonia mobile Alcatel come uno
dei soggetti piu' seriamente interessati alle
azioni di questa redditizia impresa pubblica.
Tali fonti affermano anche che il pacchetto di
controllo del 51% delle azioni non verra'
venduto a una sola societa', e che invece il
governo intende suddividere in quote uguali tale
percentuale tra due-tre acquirenti. Qui
entrerebbe in gioco anche la conversione in
azioni della societa' dei 50 milioni di dollari
che la International Finance Corporation (IFC) e
la olandese ING Bank hanno versato per il
finanziamento preprivatizzazione della Telekom.
Secondo gli attuali accordi preliminari nel
governo, gli investitori nazionali a quanto
sembra verranno completamente esclusi dalla
privatizzazione, e cio' vuol dire che il 49%
delle azioni non verra' privatizzato, affermano
fonti del governo. Secondo notizie non ufficiali
del governo, per ora ci sono circa 50 societa'
interessate che entro la fine del mese dovranno
dimostrare anche ufficialmente il loro
interesse. Le offerte preliminari andranno
presentate entro luglio. La Telekom macedone
viene considerata come uno degli operatori piu'
avanzati dell'Europa Centrale e Orientale.
Lavora con una rete altamente digitalizzata e
circa 470.000 utenti di linee fisse e 50.000
utenti di telefonia mobile GSM. La societa'
offre una gamma completa di servizi telefonici,
ivi incluso Internet, le trasmissioni via
satellite e i servizi per la trasmissione di
dati. Nell'anno fiscale 1998 la societa' ha
ottenuto redditi per circa 130 milioni di
dollari e generato un utile prima delle imposte,
delle tasse e dell'ammortamento (EBITDA) pari a
63 milioni di dollari. Secondo la bozza del
rapporto di revisione contabile per l'anno
scorso, la societa' ha ottenuto redditi per 177
milioni di dollari e un EBITDA aumentato fino a
111 milioni di dollari.

(Da "I Balcani", http://www.ecn.org/est)

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INCONTRO TRA MILOSEVIC E PAPOULIAS

Kathimerini (Greece)
ATHENS, Saturday, June 3, 2000
Updated: 06/03/2000 13:48 GMT
Papoulias, Milosevic meet in Belgrade
BELGRADE (AFP) - EU governments' "blind obedience" to the Clinton
administration has caused "enormous harm" to Europe and the Balkans,
state news agency Tanjug quoted Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic as
saying yesterday.
"Blind obedience by the EU governments towards an order of the U.S.
administration has brought harm to the whole of Europe, especially the
Balkans," Milosevic said during a meeting in Belgrade with former
foreign minister Carolos Papoulias, chairman of the Greek Parliament's
foreign policy and defense committee.
"It would be reasonable that the European countries should take account
primarily of the interests of their people, and not the U.S.
administration and its crazy ideas of ruling the whole world," Milosevic
said.
Papoulias expressed the support of the Greek people for Milosevic and
issued congratulations for "the successes that the Yugoslav people have
made in the reconstruction of the country following NATO's aggression"
last year.
He met Serbian President Milan Milutinovic on Thursday.

SEE ALSO:
http://www.canoe.ca/WorldTicker/CANOE-wire.Yugoslavia-Milosevic.html
June 2, 2000
Yugoslav president Milosevic urges Europe to end blind obedience to U.S.
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP)

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LA CINA CHIEDE UNA VERIFICA DELLE CONSEGUENZE DEI BOMBARDAMENTI NATO

http://www.peopledaily.com.cn/english/200006/03/print20000603_42195.html
Peoples Daily June 3, 2000

China Demands Probe into Impact of NATO Bombing

China has demanded a probe into "the possible severe
violation" of humanitarian law by NATO in its bombing
of Yugoslavia. It says an investigation by the
International Criminal Tribunal for the former
Yugoslavia is necessary.

Chen Xu, representative of the Chinese Mission to the
United Nations, said Friday at a Security Council
meeting that China hopes the tribunal can implement
the law in objective, just way, and not become a
political tool.

This was in response to remarks by Carla del Ponte,
the tribunal' s prosecutor, who said he was very
satisfied that there was no deliberate targeting of
civilian targets by NATO during the bombing campaign.

However, Yugoslav and Western lawyers have produced
numerous complaints and evidence that support the
allegation that NATO forces committed war crimes,
including the bombing of the Serbian television
building in Belgrade.

People's Daily Online ---
http://www.peopledaily.com.cn/english/

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ASSASSINATO IL CONSIGLIERE MILITARE DI DJUKANOVIC

GORAN ZUGIC, ADVISOR TO MILO DJUKANOVIC, SHOT DEAD PODGORICA, June 1
(Tanjug) - Advisor to Montenegrin president for national security Goran
Zugic (39) was killed Wednesday evening in Podgorica. Zugic was killed
outside the apartment building where he lived with his wife and two
children. He, it has been learnt, parked his car and headed for the
entrance to the building when five shots were fired from an automatic
weapon. Zugic was appointed advisor to the Montengerin president for
national security in March 1998. Before that he was security center
chief
in Podgorica and in Herceg Novi. No official statement has been issued
yet
in Podgorica on the murder of Zugic.

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DELEGAZIONE RUSSA E BIELORUSSA A BELGRADO PER DISCUTERE DELLA UNIONE CON
LA RF DI JUGOSLAVIA

RUSSIA-BELARUS PARLIAMENTARIANS URGE YUGOSLAV ACCESSION TO UNION
BELGRADE,
May 31 (Tanjug) - A delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the
Union
of Russia and Belarus briefed the Yugoslav parliament on Wednesday on
efforts for implementing the treaty setting up the Russia-Belarus Union
state. The Yugoslav parliament's Chamber of Citizens (lower house)
committee on foreign political relations and the Chamber of Republics
(upper house) Committee on foreign political and economic relations were
holding a joint session. The Yugoslav and Union parliamentarians agreed
that the process for Yugoslavia's accession to the Union should be
stepped
up. The Chamber of Republic's Committee Chairman Tomislav Nikolic said
he
hoped Yugoslavia's April 12, 1999 initiative for joining the Union would
be
realised soon, as being in the Union's best interests. Nikolic explained
that "Serbian people must remain Russia's mainstay in this part of
Europe."
Union Parliamentary Assembly delegation head Nikolai Cherginyets, who
co-chairs the Yugoslavia-Union commission, briefed the Yugoslav
parliamentarians on prospects opened for his country, Belarus, by its
union
with Russia. Cherginyets said that the United States and some Western
European countries, which are trying to force the unipolar world model,
are
worried by the setting up of the Union state of Russia and Belarus,
which
might disrupt their plans. He stressed that the majority of people in
Russia and Belarus support the concept of Yugoslavia's accession.
Anatoly
Lukianov of the Assembly's legal commission told the Yugoslav
parliamentarians Russian and Belarus parliamentarians were carefully
reviewing all matters concerning Yugoslavia's accession, especially its
inclusion in economic and political cooperation. Lukianov, who chairs
the
Russian State Duma (lower house) commission for state development,
reiterated unreserved support for Yugoslavia in its self-reliant efforts
to
resist pressure and maintain independence. Russia will always be on the
side of Yugoslavia, he vowed.

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IL SUD AFRICA CONDANNA LE AZIONI DELLA NATO CONTRO LA RF DI JUGOSLAVIA

http://www.centraleurope.com/features.php3?id=165015
June 1, 2000

Yugoslav, South African Officials Condemn NATO
"Aggression"

During a brief visit to South Africa, Federal Foreign
Minister Zivadin Jovanovic held talks with the
country's vice foreign affairs minister, Aziz Pahad,
in Pretoria.
In a fairly lengthy and friendly meeting, they
exchanged views on international issues and ways of
improving bilateral cooperation. They agreed to speed
up the conclusion of a dozen inter-state agreements,
which will form the framework of future dynamic
political and business relations between Yugoslavia
and South Africa.
Since South Africa is the chairman of the movement,
special attention was devoted to Yugoslavia's
reactivation in the Non-Aligned Movement and to
finding ways to strengthen our country's role in, and
contribution to the Non-Aligned Movement's activities.
They also discussed the situation in both countries.
Minister Jovanovic briefed his hosts on the results of
Yugoslavia's reconstruction after the NATO aggression
last year.
Talking about Kosmet [Kosovo-Metohija], Zivadin
Jovanovic said that Security Council Resolution 1244
was not being implemented and that the "question of
the continuing presence of Kfor [Kosovo Force] and
UNMIK [UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo] in
Kosmet is being raised".
Expressing concern about the situation in Kosmet, the
hosts supported the sovereignty and territorial
integrity of the FRY and condemned the NATO
aggression.
During the friendly meeting in Pretoria, Zivadin
Jovanovic and his host Aziz Pahad jointly concluded
that the NATO aggression against the FRY had caused
negative consequences in the region, Europe and the
world.

BBC Monitoring/(C) BBC

see also:
http://www.anc.org.za/anc/newsbrief/2000/news0601
YUGOSLAV FOREIGN MINISTER MAKES QUIET VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA
JOHANNESBURG 31 May 2000 Sapa-AP

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SCONTRO TRA GOVERNO E OPPOSIZIONE SUI TRASPORTI PUBBLICI A BELGRADO

Serbia Seizes Transportation Co.

By ALEKSANDAR VASOVIC
The Associated Press

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) - Two weeks after seizing a nongovernment TV
station, Slobodan Milosevic's administration lashed out again Thursday
by
taking over an opposition-run public transport company in the capital.
The decision to take the Belgrade City Transport company from the hands
of
the opposition-run municipal authorities followed a four-day strike by
private carriers which brought public transport in the capital to a
virtual
halt.
``The incapable and irresponsible municipal government in Belgrade has
blocked all vital public services in the capital and created a complete
chaos,'' a government statement on the takeover said.
``The total collapse of public transport in Belgrade has jeopardized
living
and working conditions of all the citizens, as well as functioning of
enterprises, schools, hospitals,'' said the statement carried by the
official
Tanjug news agency.
The takeover was part of a campaign by President Milosevic's government
to
discredit the opposition ahead of municipal elections due by the end of
the
year.
Two weeks ago, the government seized Belgrade's main Studio B television
and
B2-92 radio. The move triggered few days of protests but also revived
traditional differences between Serbia's opposition leaders who could
not
agree on what to do in response.
The mild response to the media takeover obviously encouraged Milosevic
to
move against the transport firm.
In a sign of further rift among Milosevic's opponents, key opposition
leader
Zoran Djindjic admitted Thursday that ``opposition unity so far has been
mostly rhetorical, and even that has been jeopardized.''
Serbia's opposition leaders - formally united in their struggle to oust
Milosevic - have been unable to mount a credible challenge to the
autocratic
president, who has moved to silence critics and independent media.
``The regime is continuing with violence which is destroying the legal
order,'' warned Belgrade's deputy mayor Milan Bozic. ``We fear this
government act could have much more serious consequences then it seems
at
first.''
Announcing the takeover of public transport company, Milosevic's
spokesman
Nikola Sainovic said ``the work (of the transport company) involved a
lot of
criminal deeds.''
The opposition took control over Belgrade and dozens of other Serbian
cities
at municipal elections in 1996. When Milosevic's allies tried to annul
the
opposition victories, they triggered more than three months of street
protests.
In the past four years, Milosevic's government has sought to undermine
the
opposition rule in Belgrade and other cities. The capital's private
carriers
went on strike last Monday after the government refused to allow a rise
in
prices of the transport tickets.
For four days Belgrade residents hitchhiked or competed for available
taxis
to get to work or return home. Shortly after the government session on
Thursday, the private carriers were back in the streets.
Also Thursday, an inspection team was dispatched to the offices of the
Belgrade's own transport company which has been brought to the verge of
bankruptcy after years of Serbia's economic decline and the lack of
funds to
maintain vehicles or import spare parts from abroad.
In Yugoslavia's other republic of Montenegro, a senior official accused
Milosevic's federal government of complicity in the slaying of the
national
security adviser in the republic's pro-independence leadership.
Rifat Rastoder, a deputy speaker of Montenegro's parliament, said the
killing
Wednesday of Goran Zugic was an attempt to create conditions in
Montenegro
that would allow Belgrade to impose a state of emergency.

AP-NY-06-01-00 1507EDT

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Da "Il Manifesto" del 24 Maggio 2000

Haider al palio dell'anello

CROAZIA
L'invito al leader razzista corona l'offensiva di destra
GIACOMO SCOTTI

Continua in Croazia l'offensiva dell'estrema destra che ha
lo scopo dichiarato di seminare il caos nel paese governato
dalla coalizione di centrosinistra. Tutte le occasioni sono
buone. Ieri è stato annunciato che il leader degli
xenofobi-liberali austriaci e governatore della Carinzia
Jorg Haider sarà "ospite d'onore" al 285esimo Palio
dell'Anello: il più celebre torneo cavalleresco della zona
che si corre ogni anno ad agosto dal 1715 nella cittadina
croata di Sinj (retroterra della Dalmazia). La competizione
dei cavalieri in uniformi settecentesche che galoppano
lancia in resta per centrare un anello di ferro ebbe dal
1990 al 1999 per supremo "carambascià" il defunto Franjo
Tudjman. Gli organizzatori, come dimostra l'invito,
accettato, a Haider e da questi accettato sono ancor sempre
estremisti di destra che vorrebbero trasformare l'edizione
2000 in raduno di filonazisti decisi a sferrare un ennesimo
colpo al governo post-tudjmaniano. Il pretesto per invitare
Haider a Sinj è stato trovato nella tradizione popolare
secondo la quale nel villaggio di Pribude, sulle pendici
del monte Svilaja, a una trentina di chilometri da Sinj,
vivono gli Haider croati. Un Haider austriaco, ufficiale
dell'esercito asburgico, dopo la prima guerra mondiale
decise di ritirarsi sul monte dove mise famiglia; i suoi
discendenti stanno ancora lassù.
L'annunciata presenza di Jorge Haider in Croazia è
un'ennesima provocazione, naturalmente, ma preoccupa il
fatto che il governo di Zagabria - condizionato dalla
presenza dei social-liberali di Budisa che non nascondono
la loro parentela con l'Hdz, il loro orientamento
nazionalistico e l'avversione agli antifascisti - lascia
ampi spazio alle sfide dei movimenti estremisti capeggiati
da Anto Djapic, Ivan Gabelica, Mladen Schwartz, Lioyic ed
altri caporioni neonazisti che sono riusciti, anche col
sostegno della destra accadizeta, a mobilitare in più
occasioni parte dei reduci della "guerra patriottica".
Negli ultimi 100 giorni, quasi ogni giorno, i neoustascia
croati, legati alla criminalità organizzata ed a schegge
deviate dei servizi segreti, hanno organizzato provocazioni
fino al tentativo di golpe. Ricordiamone alcune.
A Veljun, nella seconda guerra mondiale gli ustascia
massacrarono 520 civili di etnia serba: lì i neoustascia
hanno impedito agli ex partigiani di deporre corone sul
monumento che ricorda quelle vittime, hanno devastato il
monumento e una donna - fra gli applausi delle camicie nere
- si è calata le mutandine urinando sull'ossario; al
danneggiamento hanno preso parte cinque ufficiali
dell'esercito, ma la polizia ha lasciato fare.
In più comizi, il capo delle camicie nere Djapic ha
minacciato di far scorrere il sangue se i profughi serbi
dovessero tornare alle loro case e pretendessero di
prenderne possesso; il governo non ha reagito. Nella Piazza
dei martiri antifascisti a Zagabria, ribattezzata da
Tudjman "Piazza dei Grandi croati", gli ustascia hanno
aggredito e bastonato gli ex partigiani venuti per
celebrare la Giornata della vittoria sul fascismo; la
polizia ha lasciato fare.
A Bleiburg, in Austria, diverse migliaia di nostalgici
ustascia croati hanno celebrato la "giornata delle vittime"
commemorando con discorsi filonazisti i camerati caduti il
15 maggio '45. A quella manifestazione hanno portato il
saluto e l'adesione del Governo croato, ben tre ministri e
il vicepresidente del Parlamento, tutti social-liberali.
Uno di essi ha detto che "l'esercito partigiano non fu il
nostro esercito", aggiungendo che l'odierna Croazia
indipendente "è nata sulle ossa di questi caduti".
E non si contano le manifestazioni di protesta, organizzate
dai neoustascia, che si susseguono a Gospic, a Spalato, a
Zagabria, a Vukivar a difesa dei criminali di guerra,
contro le "interferenze" del Tribunale internazionale
dell'Aja. Ecco: impedire le indagini sulle stragi in
Croazia, impedire la consegna al tribunale dell'Aja degli
autori di quei crimini; impedire il rientro dei profughi
serbi cacciati dalla Croazia con la pulizia etnica dal 1991
al 1995; impedire la costruzione della democrazia e la
liquidazione delle strutture dell'ex regime; destabilizzare
il paese: questi sono gli obiettivi dei neoustascia e dei
loro alleati in questa sfrenata catena di provocazioni.
Un'esigua minoranza, infiltrata nei più delicati tessuti
dello stato, cerca di gettare la Croazia nel disordine, di
provocare una nuova guerra civile; una minaccia anche per i
paesi vicini dell'aera balcanico-adriatica. L'Europa, e
l'Italia in primo luogo, non può chiudere gli occhi.

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L'UNIONE EUROPEA RICONOSCE IL MONTENEGRO?

RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 4, No. 99, Part II, 23 May 2000

EU HELP FOR MONTENEGRO. EU foreign ministers have
agreed in
Brussels on a $10 million aid package for Montenegro.
The
ministers also pledged unspecified future assistance to
promote democracy, freedom of expression, and
inter-ethnic
relations in the mountainous republic. Meanwhile in
Podgorica, President Milo Djukanovic said that Bodo
Hombach,
who heads the EU's Balkan Stability Pact, recently
promised
him that Montenegro will attend the pact's meeting in
Thessaloniki in July as a full participant, RFE/RL's
South
Slavic Service reported. Montenegro plans to
participate in
some 20 projects that the pact is coordinating,
Djukanovic
added. Montenegro, which under international law is
part of
federal Yugoslavia and not a sovereign state, has
attended
previous meetings of the pact as an observer. PM

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LA CROAZIA INSERITA NELLA "PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE"

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Date: Thursday, May 25, 2000 4:56 AM
Subject: PFP FRAMEWORK DOCUMENT SIGNING CEREMONY WITH CROATIA


>PFP FRAMEWORK DOCUMENT SIGNING CEREMONY
>WITH CROATIA, 25 MAY 2000
>
>Welcoming Remarks by NATO Secretary General
>Lord Robertson
>
>It is a great pleasure for me to welcome Foreign Minister Picula to this
>special meeting of the North Atlantic Council and Croatia. We have
>gathered here today for a historic occasion and are delighted that Croatia
>is about to join the Partnership for Peace and the Euro-Atlantic
>Partnership Council. By accepting the invitation of the North Atlantic
>Council to join PfP and EAPC and by signing the PfP Framework Document
>today, Croatia is about to embark on a new and promising path towards
>enhanced cooperation with like-minded friends and Partners in the
>Euro-Atlantic area.
>
>We have all been impressed by Croatia's landmark changes and the Croatian
>government's commitment to reforms in its domestic and foreign
>policies. Mr. Minister, when I met with you and other officials in Zagreb
>only two months ago, I reaffirmed NATO's willingness to help and encourage
>your country in its ambitious reform programme. At the time, I also
>underscored the wish of the North Atlantic Council to meet your aspirations
>to join PfP at the appropriate time. It is thanks to your personal
>efforts and vision that we are meeting here today and are opening a new
>chapter in NATO-Croatia relations.
>
>In joining PfP, your country is not joining a military alliance. Rather,
>you are taking advantage of the opportunity for practical military and
>defence-related cooperation in a framework flexible enough to accommodate
>countries with widely different security traditions. At the same time, by
>joining PfP and EAPC, you have a unique opportunity to help us shape the
>security environment of South-East Europe, a region still facing many
>challenges. Through her new policies, Croatia is already contributing to
>stability and good-neighbourly relations in her immediate vicinity.
>
> La prochaine étape pour la Croatie sera d'approuver un programme de
>partenariat individuel qui répondra à vos besoins tout en restant en
>harmonie avec les objectifs du Partenariat. Par ailleurs, nous attendons
>avec intérêt les consultations que nous aurons au sein du Conseil de
>partenariat euro-atlantique. Comme vous le savez, le CPEA est devenu un
>précieux forum pour des consultations politiques et une coopération
>pratique d'envergure entre plus de 40 pays de la région euro-atlantique. La
>Croatie sera tout à fait la bienvenue au sein de ce forum.
>
> Nous souhaitons que la nouvelle relation entre l'OTAN et la Croatie
>contribue de façon substantielle à la sécurité et à la stabilité dans
>l'ensemble de la région euro-atlantique.


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