RELAZIONI BILATERALI RFJ-SENEGAL
YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC SENDS MESSAGE TO SENEGALESE COUNTERPART
BELGRADE, Aug 24 (Tanjug). Yugoslav President Slobodan
Milosevic
has addressed a message to his Senegalese counterpart Abdoulaye Wade.
The message was presented by Ambassador Danilo Milic of the
Yugoslav foreign ministry to Senegalese Foreign Minister Cheikh Tidiane
Gadio in Dakar.
The message points to the need for expanding the traditionally
friendly relations between the two countries on the basis of equality
and
mutual respect, and for stepping up bilateral cooperation and joint
endeavors in international forums.
Gadio accepted the message on behalf of absent President Wade
and
underlined that Senegal wishes to enhance the friendly ties and allround
cooperation with Yugoslavia.
The talks also focused on the forthcoming Millennium Summit in
New
York and 55th UN General Assembly.
Senegal, one of the leading memberstates of the Organization of
the Islamic Conference, advocates Yugoslavia's full reintegration in the
UN
and the Nonaligned Movement.
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RELAZIONI BILATERALI RFJ-IRAQ
YUGOSLAV DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER RECEIVES IRAQI HEALTH MINISTER
BELGRADE, Aug 23 (Tanjug) Yugoslav Deputy Prime Minister
Nikola
Sainovic received on Wednesday Iraqi Health Minister Omar Madhat
Mubarak,
who is on a few days visit to Yugoslavia heading an Iraqi delegation of
leading medical and pharmacological experts.
The two governments give priority to bilateral cooperation in the
health
sector, as both countries have been victims of NATO aggressions and
international sanctions, it was said at the meeting.
During the Iraqi delegation's visit to Belgrade, programmes for
cooperation between the two countries concerning mother and child health
care, cancer treatment, production and supply of medicines and
professional
staff training must be defined, both sides noted.
Yugoslav Minister of Labour, Health and Social Policy, Miodrag Kovac
and
Iraqi Ambassador to Yugoslavia Sami Sadun were present at the meeting, a
Yugoslav information ministry statement said.
YUGOSLAVIA AND IRAQ CONDEMN SANCTIONS
BELGRADE, Aug 24 (Tanjug). Serbian parliament Speaker Dragan
Tomic
met Thursday the Iraqi Minister of Health Omar Madhat Mubarak.
Both sides expressed satisfaction with the development of
overall
bilateral cooperation based on traditional friendship, understanding and
mutual trust, the parliamentary press service said in a statement.
Both countries abide by the principles of peaceful coexistence,
the UN Charter and international law, and both most strongly condemn the
practice of sanctions which are applied against countries such as
Yugoslavia and Iraq by states whose hegemonistic policies are aimed at
creating a unipolar world, it was noted during the meeting.
Yugoslavia and Iraq will continue stepping up their cooperation
in
the economic and other fields to mutual benefit, in line with the
stances
of Presidents Slobodan Milosevic of Yugoslavia and Saddam Hussein of
Iraq,
the statement says.
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L'AMBASCIATORE JUGOSLAVO ALL'ONU ACCUSA KFOR, UNMIK E KOUCHNER
YUGOSLAV UN AMBASSADOR CHARGES KFOR, UNMIK, KOUCHNER WITH COMPLICITY
GENEVA, Aug 24 (Tanjug). Head of Yugoslavia's permanent mission
at
the UN in Geneva Branko Brankovic addressed Thursday to various
international figures a letter strongly condemning the crimes
perpetrated
by ethnic Albanian terrorists in Serbia's KosovoMetohija province,
following the recent discovery of a mass grave containing bodies of Serb
victims in the provincial capital Pristina.
The letter was addressed to the DirectorGeneral of the UN
Office
in Geneva Vladimir Petrovsky, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Sadako
Ogata, head of the UN Human Rights Commission Mary Robinson. Special
Rapporteur on Human Rights for the former Yugoslavia Jiri Dienstbier,
Special Envoy of the UN SecretaryGeneral for the Balkans Carl Bildt and
others.
Recent press reports said that the international administration
in
KosovoMetohija had long been aware of the discovery of a mass grave
containing bodies of 160 Serbs and other nonAlbanians in a Pristina
cemetery. The victims were killed over the past 14 months, since the
arrival of international KFor troops and UN civilian administration
UNMIK
and the withdrawal of Yugoslav forces in June 1999.
The following is the official translation of the letter:
Excellency,
As is publicly well known, KFOR, UNMIK and Bernard Kouchner
openly
assist terrorists of the socalled KLA to carry out ethnic cleansing of
Serbs and other nonAlbanian population in the Serbian province of Kosovo
and Metohija.
KFOR, UNMIK and Bernard Kouchner go even further. Namely, they
are
doing their best to hide crimes committed by Albanian terrorists in
Kosovo
and Metohija. The latest example testifying to this is the discovery of
mass graves with Serbs. The largest one was discovered in the Dragodan
village. More than 160 brutally killed Serbs were buried in it. These
persons were buried under either false names, or names of living
persons,
or even with only a number on metal plaques. KFOR has found the graves
several months ago but it is only at the beginning of August that it
called
family members to help identify the bodies.
This massacre of Serbs by Albanian terrorists was committed
soon
after the arrival in Kosovo and Metohija of KFOR, UNMIK and Bernard
Kouchner. The way KFOR, UNMIK and Bernard Kouchner, call, individually
and
in secrecy, family members to identify the bodies, indicates that KFOR,
UNMIK and Bernard Kouchner are doing everything to conceal the crime
committed by Albanian terrorists against innocent Serbian civilians.
Only
close relatives, who were long ago expelled from Kosovo and Metohija,
can
identify the killed Serbs.
KFOR, UNMIK and Bernard Kouchner were dutybound to inform of
the
massacre and discovered graves the relevant authorities of the FR of
Yugoslavia, which they did not do. It means that identification of
bodies
is being continued without the assistance of pathologists from the FR of
Yugoslavia. KFOR, UNMIK and Bernard Kouchner neglect on a daily basis
the
fact that Kosovo and Metohija is the integral part of the Republic of
Serbia and the FR of Yugoslavia.
Excellency,
The concealing by KFOR, UNMIK and Bernard Kouchner of crimes
committed by Albanian terrorists against innocent Serbian civilians is,
de
facto, as if they themselves committed the said crimes. Consequently,
KFOR,
UNMIK and Bernard Kouchner are equally responsible for the massacre of
Serbs as the perpetrators of this crime.
The government of the FR of Yugoslavia expects that you will
most
energetically publicly condemn these crimes committed against innocent
Serb
civilians by Albanian terrorists. At the same time, it expects that you
will condemn the complicity of KFOR, UNMIK and Bernard Kouchner in these
crimes and do your utmost that the UN Security Council Resolution 1244
(1999) be implemented without delay.
In expectation of your prompt reaction, please accept,
Excellency,
the assurances of my highest consideration. (end of translation)
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LA JUGOSLAVIA FA APPELLO ALL'UNESCO PER LA SISTEMATICA DISTRUZIONE DEI
BENI ARTISTICI E DEL PATRIMONIO CULTURALE DEL KOSMET DA PARTE DEGLI
ALLEATI DELLA NATO
YUGOSLAVIA APPEALS TO UNESCO TO PROTECT CULTURAL
MONUMENTS
PARIS, Aug 23 (Tanjug). Head of Yugoslavia's permanent
delegation
to the UNESCO in Paris, Ambassador Nada Popovic Perisic, has appealed to
the organization to take measures against the continuing systematic
destruction of cultural heritage in Serbia's KosovoMetohija province and
violence against its population, particularly children.
Instead of securing the conditions for peace, safety of all
inhabitants of the province and interethnic coexistence and equality of
all
ethnic communities in line with the Security Council Resolution 1244,
the
UN civilian and military missions in KosovoMetohija (UNMIK and KFor)
have
allowed ethnic Albanian separatists and terrorists to systematically
endanger the safety and lives of Serbs and other nonAlbanians, to
perpetrate murders, abductions and arson and to destroy the rich
cultural
heritage in order to annihilate all traces of centuries of Serb presence
in
the area, PopovicPerisic said in a letter to the UNESCO executive
council.
Children in KosovoMetohija are the most endangered, she said.
Ethnic Albanian terrorists do not refrain even from violence
against children at play. In the past few days only, they threw a bomb
at a
playground and seriously injured nine Serb children in Crkvene Vodice
village near Obilic and opened fire on a group of children in Staro
Gracko
village, who were saved only by chance.
The rights of Serb inhabitants of KosovoMetohija to education
and
information in their own language are being violated by decisions of
UNMIK
chiefs, whose task is precisely to protect such rights, PopovicPerisic
said.
Following the closure of the Pristina paper Jedinstvo and
Pristina
TV, The Zvecan Radio S which used to broadcast in the Serb language was
also silenced a few days ago, she noted.
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LA RUSSIA CONDANNA IL TERRORISMO IN KOSMET
RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY CONDEMNS TERRORISM IN KOSOVOMETOHIJA
MOSCOW, Aug 23 (Tanjug) Russian foreign ministry once again
condemned terrorist acts in KosovoMetohija on Wednesday, saying that the
leaders of the civilian mission UNMIK and the international force KFor
are
fully responsible for inadequate safety conditions in the province.
The statement, carried by Russian ItarTass news agency
Wednesday,
said that people were injured in the Aug 18 blast that targeted the
building in Pristina housing the Organisation for Security and
Cooperation
in Europe (OSCE) mission and offices of the Yugoslav Committee for
Liaison
with the U.N. mission in KosovoMetohija and of several political
parties.
On Aug 17, another blast demolished the Orthodox church in
Velika
Reka village. The day before, eight Serb children from Crkvena Vodica
village, near Obilic, were seriously injured in an ethnic Albanian
extremists' bomb attack.
This evidently shows that the leaders of U.N. mission and KFor
are turning a blind eye to the violence against Serbs and ethnic
minorities
in KosovoMetohija, and are therefore fully responsible for inadequate
safety conditions in the province. Scheduled local elections cannot
therefore be fair, free or democratic, the statement said.
UNMIK chief Bernard Kouchner scheduled local elections for
Oct.
28 in KosovoMetohija, despite the strong opposition of the local Serbs
and
the Yugoslav government in Belgrade.
This is the second protest of the Russian Ministry to the same
effect in two days. In the first protest, made public on Tuesday, the
ministry described the August 17 UNMIK and KFor declaration on their own
status as a glaring violation of the Security Council resolution 1244
which
placed Serbia's southern province under UN administration last summer.
KFor and UNMIK proclaimed their own status unilaterally,
without
approval by legitimate Yugoslav authorities, the ministry said.
Claims by KFor and UNMIK that they are empowered to decide
their
own status are untrue. Moscow considers this document to be politically
harmful and dangerous, as it violates in form and content the basic
provisions of Resolution 1244 regarding Yugoslavia's sovereignty and
territorial integrity, the statement says.
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FOSSA COMUNE CON I CORPI DI 160 SERBI RAPITI DAGLI ALLEATI DELLA NATO
MASS CRIMES BY ETHNIC ALBANIAN TERRORISTS REVEALED
PRISTINA, Aug 23 (Tanjug). The two mass graves discovered in
Pristina, capital of Serbia's KosovoMetohija province, have once again
revealed the horrible truth about the atrocities committed by ethnic
Albanian terrorists last year, the Pristina Center for Peace and
Tolerance
said in a statement Wednesday.
Bodies of 160 victims were discovered Monday in a mass grave in
the Pristina district of Dragodan. They are believed to have been killed
by
ethnic Albanian terrorists over the past 14 months, since the arrival of
international KFor troops and UN civilian mission UNMIK following the
pullout of Yugoslav security forces from the province.
KFor's and UNMIK's silence so far about the discovery
constitutes
complicity with the crimes and an encouragement to the terrorists to
commit
more murders, abductions or bomb attacks on innocent children and state
institutions, the statement says.
The Center urges representatives of the international community
to
respond to the demands of relatives of about 1,000 abducted Serbs and
other
nonAlbanians and to appeals by humanitarian organization for information
regarding the whereabouts of the bodies of the victims and for autopsy
results, the statement says.
It is evident that the international mission in KosovoMetohija
is
unwilling to face reality, secure peace or provide safety to all in the
province, the Center said.
The UN Security Council must therefore reconsider its decisions
and withdraw the military and civilian missions from Serbia's province
in
order to entrust the resolving of the situation there to others who will
strive for peace and safety for all inhabitants, the statement says.
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EVOLUZIONI NEL CONTENZIOSO SULLE MINIERE SEQUESTRATE DALLA NATO
TREPCA MANAGER MAKES OFFER TO UN KOSOVOMETOHIJA ADMINISTRATOR
NOVI PAZAR, Aug 23 (Tanjug). General Manager of the Trepca
mining
industry of Serbia's KosovoMetohija province Novak Bjelic addressed
Wednesday an open letter to the head of the UN civilian mission Bernard
Kouchner proposing conditions for resuming production in the Kosovska
Mitrovica and Zvecan plants.
KFor and UNMIK stormed Trepca plants in Mitrovica and Zvecan
and
its mines in Leposavic on August 14 at dawn, justifying their action by
environmental concerns.
Bjelic addressed his letter from the temporary Trepca
management
office in Novi Pazar, southern Serbia, as he is banned from entering
KosovoMetohija by Kouchner, who had said that his return would depend on
changing his stance regarding company activities.
The letter also points to the need for the immediate pullout of
KFor and UNMIK from Trepca plants and mines.
Bjelic requested tenders for revitalizing the industry and
acquiring modern equipment for production and environment protection,
and
proposed that Trepca itself finance environment cleanup activities in
Kosovska Mitrovica.
Trepca can overhaul its installations and ensure highest
environment protection standards within six months, Bjelic said.
The zinc processing installations could be made operational
within
18 months after revitalization works start, Bjelic said.
Work in Zvecan should be done exclusively by nonAlbanians and
in
the southern part of Kosovska Mitrovica exclusively by ethnic Albanians
in
a first stage, until full conditions for peace and tolerance are ensured
throughout the province, Bjelic said in his letter.
PROTESTING TREPCA WORKERS ENDORSE THEIR MANAGER'S OFFER TO
KOUCHNER
ZVECAN, Aug 24 (Tanjug). Workers of the Trepca mining industry
and
Kosovska Mitrovica residents continued their protest Thursday in Zvecan,
Serbia's KosovoMetohija province, over the storming of the Trepca lead
smelter by Kfor troops on August 14.
Management member Dragan Vasic read to the protesters a letter
addressed Wednesday by Trepca general manager Novak Bijelic to civilian
mission UNMIK chief Bernard Kouchner, proposing a resumption of work
provided some conditions are ensured.
The principal condition for resuming production is a pullout of
Kfor and UNMIK forces from the Zvecan plant and the Trepca mine in
Leposavic within three days, Bijelic said in his letter.
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L'ALTO COMMISSARIO ONU IN BOSNIA-ERZEGOVINA
CENSURA LE TRASMISSIONI DI RADIO JUGOSLAVIA
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS CONCERNED OVER CLOSURE OF RADIO YUGOSLAVIA
SARAJEVO, Aug 24 (Tanjug). International nongovernmental
organization Reporters Without Borders expressed concern Thursday over
the
recent closure of the Radio Yugoslavia broadcasting center in Bijeljina,
Republika Srpska.
The organization requested clarifications in a letter to the
High
Representative of the international community for BosniaHerzegovina
Wolfgang Petritsch.
Last weekend, Petritch ordered the personnel of Radio
Yugoslavia
in Bijeljina to cease broadcasting under threat of force.
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SOLDATI DELLA KFOR PICCHIANO SUORA DEL CONVENTO DI SOKOLICA
E POI ADDUCONO SCUSE RAZZISTE: "SEMBRAVA EGIZIANA"
> > >Politika, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
> > >August 23, 2000
> > >
> > >BRUTISH BEHAVIOR OF KFOR MEMBERS IN NORTHERN KOSOVO
> > >
> > >Danish soldiers beat prioress of Sokolica Monastery
> > >
> > >KFOR's cynical explanation is that the soldiers thought she was an
> > Egyptian
> > woman
> > >because women in that country dress similarly to our nuns
> > >
> > >Kosovska Mitrovica, August 22
> > >
> > >The arrogant behavior of members of KFOR and the UNMIK police in the
> > northern
> > part
> > >of Kosovo during "routine" controls at permanent and temporary
> > check-points
> > has
> > >exceeded all measure in recent days. For three days now hardly anyone
> > can pass
> > along
> > >the main road from Kosovska Mitrovica - Leposavic by the newly formed
> > checkpoint at
> > >the spot called "Kod Simonide" ("At Simonida's"), held by Danish
> > soldiers,
> > without
> > >being subjected to mistreatment, a detailed search and beatings as
> > well.
> > Danish
> > >soldiers at this check-point are especially rough toward the clergy.
> > Recently
> > they
> > >stopped the prioress of Sokolica Monastery, Mother Dr. Makarija
> > (Obradovic),
> > who was
> > >returning from Kraljevo to the monastery, and forced her to get out of
> > the
> > >automobile by beating her.
> > >
> > >"They stopped me and since I could not understand what they were
> > saying, I
> > answered
> > >that I could communicate with them in either Serbian, or in the
> > English,
> > German,
> > >Greek or Slovenian languages and I simply did not understand what they
> > were
> > saying.
> > >At that moment, one of the soldiers swung his arm and struck me on the
> > neck.
> > >Humiliated, in pain which caused me to see stars in the middle of the
> > day, I
> > reacted
> > >humanly, as any elderly woman would. I cried while they searched my
> > automobile," the
> > >prioress of Sokolica Monastery, Dr. Makarija, told us.
> > >
> > >An artist herself and a former professer of Byzantine art at the
> > Swedish Royal
> > >Academy, Dr. Makarija was a professor of physical chemistry at the
> > University
> > of
> > >Belgrade prior to taking her vows; for the past ten years, she has been
> > the
> > head of
> > >the one of the most renowned schools of iconography, besides Krska,
> > which is
> > located
> > >inside Sokolica Monastery, seven kilometers from Kosovska Mitrovica.
> > >
> > >Even more ironically, she subsequently received a cynical explanation
> > from
> > KFOR that
> > >the Danish soldiers thought she was an Egyptian woman because women of
> > that
> > country
> > >wear black dresses similiar to the robes worn by Christian Orthodox
> > nuns.
> > >
> > >M. L.
> > >
> > >Translated by S. Lazovic (August 23, 2000)
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"NUOVA DOTTRINA MILITARE" PER LA RF DI JUGOSLAVIA
YUGOSLAVIA'S CHIEF OF STAFF GIVES INTERVIEW ON MILITARY DOCTRINE
BELGRADE, Aug 21 (Tanjug). Yugoslavia's recently adopted
military
doctrine is a sciencebased and experiencetested system of organizing,
training, deployment and safety of the Yugoslav Army in war and peace
both
at present and in the future, Chief of General Staff General Nebojsa
Pavkovic said in an interview published Monday by the Belgrade daily
Politika.
Pavkovic underlined that the doctrine duly takes into account
Yugoslavia's general capabilities, is founded on international law and
humanitarian law, abides by all international charters, resolutions and
agreements, and reflects Yugoslavia's lasting and traditional adherence
to
peace and freedom.
The public has demonstrated a great interest in the document in
the present situation characterized by the use of military force in
international relations and the attempts of the single world
superpower the US to create a unipolar world, Pavkovic said.
The military doctrine is neither a policy, an economy, a
technology nor a science, it is a document comprising specific
instructions
to the military profession on its place, role, purpose and tasks in
confronting various forms and methods of military threats to national
security and takes into account the achievements of all the mentioned
fields of human endeavour, Pavkovic said.
Underlining that the fundamental message of Yugoslavia's
military
doctrine is peace as the basic precondition for general development of
all
world nations and states, Pavkovic noted that the military option
unfortunately increasingly prevails today in international relations.
Defensive strategies and doctrines are applied by countries
favouring peace and peaceful settlement of all issues, and by countries
which are unable to keep the pace of contemporary trends of development
of
the deadliest armament systems, Pavkovic said.
Contemporary strategies and doctrines are conditioned by the
aspirations of neighbouring states and by the present possibilities of
manufacturing or acquiring modern combat systems, Pavkovic said.
One article of the doctrine analyses all elements of world
military factors and sums up the experience of last year's NATO
aggression
on Yugoslavia. This was done in an objective manner, taking into account
both the positive and negative aspects, with a special emphasis on the
outstanding achievement of the unity of the people, the state
leadership,
the Yugoslav Army and the police, Pavkovic said.
As regards Yugoslavia's strategic position, it is based on an
allround analysis of all military and political factors which as a
changing category influence the training, the organization and the
deployment of the Yugoslav Army.
It is obvious that all attempts to threaten Yugoslavia's
security
at first focus on the socalled unarmed methods of destabilizing the
country
from the inside, which then escalate into armed rebellion as a specific
form of internal aggression an external blow dealt internally, Pavkovic
said.
That socalled indirect strategy consisting of threats to
national
security through finding hostile forces within the country which was the
victim of aggression, was realized most brutally in Yugoslavia, where
ethnic Albanian terrorism, powerfully backed by external factors, had
brought about the armed aggression by NATO, Pavkovic said.
The Yugoslav military doctrine points to the presence of latent
threats to national security by both internal and external factors in
both
unarmed and armed forms, Pavkovic said. An armed aggression such as the
one
launched against Yugoslavia is also possible in a local or world war, in
which military operations would depend on the relative power of parties
to
the conflict, the goals of the aggressor, the focus of military
operations,
the kind of combat means and other factors, Pavkovic explained.
Yugoslavia's military doctrine specifies that the defense
system
comprises the general organization, preparedness and functioning of all
defense forces and subjects with the aim of protecting national
sovereignty, territory, independence and constitutional order, Pavkovic
said.
The basic goals of Yugoslavia's defense system are: 1.
preventing
and eliminating internal crises, 2. dissuading a potential aggressor
from
undertaking aggression, 3. preventing a strategic surprise and 4.
successful warfare, Pavkovic said.
Referring to the doctrine section on war, Pavkovic said that
Yugoslavia has no territorial pretensions towards any country and never
designates an aggressor in advance. Any war that Yugoslavia may fight if
it
is imposed on this country will be defensive, conventional, contemporary
and offensive. Yugoslavia deems such a war as just and will fight it in
abidance with all provisions of international war and humanitarian laws
in
order to reduce to a minimum its own losses and devastation to the
country
and to achieve a maximum defense effect, Pavkovic said.
A special and central section of the doctrine is devoted to the
Yugoslav Army. As a defense army, its priority tasks are deterring a
potential aggressor, fighting against terrorist and rebel forces, and
armed
combat throughout the country in any conditions of aggression on
Yugoslavia, Pavkovic said.
The Yugoslav Army is organized in line with its purpose and its
tasks, international agreements, and demographic, economic, material and
territorial factors, keeping in mind all international norms and
experiences of other contemporary armies, Pavkovic said.
The size of the Yugoslav Army in war and peace has been
realistically assessed on the basis of an allround analysis of all
factors,
especially economic capabilities. It retains its three principal
armies the land army, the airforce and the antiaircraft defense, and
the
navy, and priorities have been set as regards equipment and
modernization
which will enable it to carry out its constitutional role and tasks in
contemporary combat conditions, Pavkovic said.
The doctrine precisely defines the command structure, ranging
from
the strategic commanding the army in war and peace to the tactical.
The
president of the republic commands the Yugoslav Army in war and peace as
supreme commander, Pavkovic said.
The doctrine defines the use of the army as regards function
and
tasks, he said, underlining that the Yugoslav Army is the fundamental
force
for deterring a potential aggressor and for armed combat, and that its
parts can be engaged in combatting terrorism or rebellion in cooperation
with the police, Pavkovic said.
Referring to the recent public reactions to the military
doctrine,
Pavkovic agreed that the military doctrine must be a part of the defense
doctrine, but underlined that the military doctrine is a professional
document which cannot be made dependent on the political will of any
political party, as it would then have to be changed after any
elections.
A serious military organization must be conceived in such a way
as
to ensure the carrying out of consititional tasks, regardless of the
political views of authorities in power or of the identity and power of
a
potential aggressor. The military doctrine was not adopted hastily or as
part of the preelection campaign, but through a normal procedure and as
part of the overall process of reorganizing the national defense force
in
line with internal and international conditions, Pavkovic said.
Yugoslavia's military doctrine was drawn up and adopted in line
with all legal regulations and procedures and constitutes one of the
regular and basic issues in the reorganization of the Yugoslav Army. It
was
drawn up on the basis of known military doctrines of various states and
takes into account the real national situation and capabilities,
Pavkovic
said.
Like all military doctrines in the world, Yugoslavia's military
doctrine is temporary in nature and can be changed according to changes
in
relevant factors, General Pavkovic concluded.
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RAPPORTI BILATERALI RFJ-INDIA
YUGOSLAV FOREIGN MINISTER JOVANOVIC SENDS MESSAGE TO INDIAN COUNTERPART
BELGRADE, Aug 21 (Tanjug) Ambassador at the Yugoslav Foreign
Ministry Milena Vlahovic has delivered Foreign Minister Zivadin
Jovanovic's
personal message to his Indian counterpart Jashvanth Singh in New Delhi,
said a statement from the Ministry on Monday.
The topics of ensuing talks were the forthcoming Millennium
summit
in New York, the 55th session of the U.N. General Assembly, as well as
activities related to the NonAligned Movement.
Both sides stressed the importance of improving bilateral
relations, as well as political, economic, and other aspects of
cooperation.
International relations can be based exclusively on strict
adherence to sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as on
noninterference in internal affairs of other countries. Democratization
of
decisionmaking within the U.N., as well as the organization itself,
should
have a distinctive role to play in international relations, and the
NonAligned Movement can make a significant contribution in that respect.
The Indian officials reiterated their support for Yugoslav
standpoints on the situation in the Serbian KosovoMetohija province,
expressing great concern about the ongoing violation of the U.N.
Security
Council Resolution 1244. They also condemned all forms of separatism and
terrorism leading to destabilization of prodemocratic countries, as well
as
the policy of double standards.
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UN NUOVO CENSIMENTO DEI PROFUGHI NELLA RFJ
UNHCR TO CARRY OUT A NEW REFUGEE CENSUS IN YUGOSLAVIA THIS YEAR
BELGRADE, Aug 22 (Tanjug) In the year 2000, the United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will carry out a census of
refugees
in the territory of Yugoslavia, the UNHCR Belgrade office spokeswoman
Maki
Shinohara told media on Tuesday.
In cooperation with the Serbian Refugees Commissioner and the
Montenegro Commissioner for Displaced Persons, the UNHCR carried out the
first census in 1996. It showed that there were 600,000 refugees and
displaced persons from BosniaHerzegovina and Croatia.
Preparations are being made for a media campaign promoting the
return of refugees from Yugoslavia to BosniaHerzegovina. UNHCR Sarajevo
office Chief Werner Glother has recently met with Yugoslav Minister for
Refugees Bratislava Morina to discuss this issue.
The Serbian province of KosovoMetohija is not a safe
environment
for nonAlbanian communities, and their position is very grave, Shinohara
said. She went on to say that since the arrival of Eric Morris, the new
envoy for Yugoslavia whose office is in Pristina, the UNHCR is no longer
part of the U.N. mission in KosovoMetohija (UNMIK), and will operate
independently in future.
Conditions for the safe return of the KosovoMetohija refugees
have
not been ensured. Therefore, the UNHCR does not encourage the return to
the
province, not only for security reasons, but because of insufficient
accommodation as well, Shinohara explained.
She added that the UNHCR is focusing on help for nonAlbanian
communities that have remained in the province.
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KOUCHNER SOTTO INDAGINE IN SERBIA PER GENOCIDIO
SERBIAN MINISTER: U.N. KOSOVOMETOHIJA ENVOY UNDER INVESTIGATION
BELGRADE, Aug 22 (Tanjug) The Pristina District Court in
Serbian
(Yugoslav) U.N.run KosovoMetohija is investigating U.N. mission (UNMIK)
chief Bernard Kouchner for crimes of genocide against Serbs, Serbia's
justice minister said on Tuesday.
"Since he came to our southern province, Bernard Kouchner has,
by
commission or omission and together with UNMIK and the international
force
KFor, been the perpetrator of or an accessory to numerous crimes
punishable
under the laws of Yugoslavia and its republic of Serbia", Dragoljub
Jankovic told TANJUG.
The court has started proceedings on the orders of the district
prosecutor in Pristina, Jankovic explained. "To the wide pallette of his
crimes Kouchner has recently added further crimes of inciting or failing
to
prevent the storming of the Trepca lead smelter at Zvecan, driveby
bombing
of Serb children and bombing of the Yugoslav U.N. liaison office," he
added.
He went on to say that these actions perpetuate the process of
ethnic cleansing of KosovoMetohija and are designed to prevent
KosovoMetohija residents from voting in Yugoslav parliamentary and
presidential elections called for Sept. 24.
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50 MOSCHEE NUOVE DI ZECCA DAGLI EMIRATI ARABI UNITI PER IL KOSMET
UAE minister to build 50 mosques in Kosovo The defence minister
offered to build 50 mosques in Kosovo at his own expense
August 20, 2000, 07:43 AM
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates' defence minister has offered
to build 50 mosques in Kosovo at his own expense, the official WAM news
agency reported on Saturday.
Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum's project would be carried out
with the help of UAE troops serving in the NATO-led peacekeeping force
in the province, WAM added. It did not say how much the building work
would cost.
Kosovo's ethnic Albanian population is nominally Muslim, while the
minority Serbs belong mainly to the Orthodox church.
International authorities took responsibility for Kosovo in June last
year after a NATO bombing campaign to drive out Serb forces. The UAE has
about 1,200 troops in Kosovo and another 250 soldiers operating nearby.
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UN UFFICIO PER LA OPPOSIZIONE DEMOCRATICA...
A BUDAPEST, CON I SOLDI AMERICANI
U.S. Opens New Office in Hungary
The Associated Press
Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2000; 4:20 p.m. EDT
WASHINGTON –– The State Department has opened a new office at the
U.S.
Embassy in Hungary to support democratic forces in Yugoslavia in advance
of
national elections, a spokesman said Tuesday.
The office will be headed by the ambassador to Croatia, William
Montgomery.
"We think it's very important to let those committed to true democracy
in
Serbia know that we support their efforts," State Department spokesman
Philip
Reeker said. Serbia and the smaller republic of Montenegro comprise the
Yugoslav Federation.
Montgomery will be addressing "a full range of issues related to our
long-term goal of advancing democracy in Serbia," Reeker said.
The Clinton administration is hoping for a strong showing by opposition
forces in the Sept. 24 elections. President Slobodan Milosevic has
changed
the constitution to allow him to serve an additional eight years. In
addition
to the presidency, elections for the federal parliament also will be
held.
Reeker said Montgomery will retain the title of ambassador to Croatia
but
will be based in Budapest until a new ambassador is appointed in Zagreb.
© Copyright 2000 The Associated Press
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LA NATO NASCONDE LA VERITA' SULLE BOMBE A FRAMMENTAZIONE
http://www.serbia-info.com/news
NATO accused of hiding truth about cluster bombs
August 12, 2000
Shocking document about cluster bombs
Lisboa, August - Today, Portuguese dailies pass a report of the
International Association for campaign against contact mines (WGL) in
which, governments of countries, members of NATO pact are accused of
interfering in detailed investigation about cluster bombs, which take
victims after NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
Leading Lisboa daily "Publico" points out that "governments of
countries, members of NATO pact have been accused, these days, of making
it impossible to find out new proofs about contents of cluster bombs,
although there are more and more innocent victims in the territory of
Kosovo and Metohija".
Portuguese daily also quotes Director of International Association WGL
Richard Lloyd that "cluster bombs were thrown at the territory of
Yugoslavia and in that way NATO pact severely violated existing
international law and U.N. Charter".
Large number of civilians, throughout Yugoslavia, are becoming victims
of sudden explosions, and little boys are the most frequent victims,
Portuguese daily quotes parts of the report of Association of WGL.
Only, during June, over 200 persons died because of mines, and among
them, 50 were victims of cluster bombs, which look like tin of beer or
coca-cola", stresses "Publiko" quoting parts from the report.
That international association recently published shocking document,
after detailed analysis of their experts for explosives of all kinds,
and emergently demanded that energetic measures be taken for cleaning of
terrain, Portuguese dailies quote.
Portuguese dailies remark that every "cluster bomb contains about 147
smaller bombs with strong effect, which during the fall breaks into
pieces". Experts think that, during last year's bombing of Yugoslavia,
bombardiers of squadrons of NATO pact threw 1392 "cluster bombs". After
the explosions of "bombs carriers" about 205 thousand small bombs left
unexploded.
"Publico" writes that published report on dangerous effect of cluster
bombs included an interesting detail that mentioned bomb in British
cooperation (RBL 755) has some kind of impreciseness during targeting
objects and "if it misses wanted target, it can sow death where it
explodes". This kind of cluster bombs is used in Kosovo and Metohija
where large misses were registered, quotes Portuguese daily.
Portuguese analysts conclude energetically that cluster bombs are
continuing with sowing death and with the presence of international
forces for establishing peace.
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STRANO "ESPERTO" EUROPEO IN MONTENEGRO
ILLEGAL EUROSLOVENIAN "EXPERT" IN MONTENEGRO
PODGORICA, August 9 (Tanjug) Illegally, without any legal
basis
or approval of the Yugoslav government, the Council of Europe has
appointed
its "expert" in Podgorica, the capital of the Yugoslav republic of
Montenegro, which is, among other things, proof of attempts by certain
western countries to treat a Yugoslav republic as a separate state.
Slovenian diplomat Eva Tomic has been appointed special
representative of the Council of Europe in Podgorica. In the status of
expert, she will work within the representative office of the
Organization
for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and be in charge of
"providing assistance to the Montenegrin authorities in reforming
education, local selfadministration, the judicial system, and drafting
laws."
In appointing an "expert" within the OSCE, the Council of
Europe
gave up its original plan to open its office in Podgorica, which implies
that there are inside conflicts and divisions regarding Yugoslavia's
stand
that the opening of a Council representative office must imply the
previous
regulation of Yugoslavia's status within the Council of Europe, and that
the opening of a representative office is possible only following
approval
of the Yugoslav government.
The appointment of an official at "expert" level also confirms
that most members of the Council of Europe refuse to accept a stand
which
more seriously denies Yugoslavia's sovereignty and territorial
integrity,
since an "expert" acting within an OSCE office has neither the status
nor
prerogatives of a representative office, which is for certain countries
an
alibi and a way to "ease their conscience."
However, regardless of the fact that its presence has been
reduced
to the slightest possible form, such a decision by the Council of Europe
is
in violation of its own Statute, presents an attempt at direct
interference
in the internal affairs of Yugoslavia as a unique and sovereign state,
as
well as an attempt at stoking activities by secessionist forces in
Montenegro.
Such an action by the Council of Europe also runs contrary to
the
usual practice of international organizations that their representatives
in
federal states are appointed in agreement with that state's central
organs,
and not with the approval of only one of the members of the federal
state.
This is why Yugoslavia has lodged a protest in the strongest
terms
to Council SecretaryGeneral Walter Schwimmer, critically pointing out
that
the Council had opted, in spite of Yugoslavia's expressed readiness for
cooperation, to send an expert without approval of the Belgrade
government,
thus violating the usual forms of cooperation, its own Statute, and the
very procedure for sending representatives to European countries. In the
protest, Yugoslavia also demanded the recalling of Eva Tomic.
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CHI HA PAURA DI RADOVAN KARADZIC?
THE TIMES (London)
August 8 2000
US 'too afraid of casualties to arrest Karadzic'
BY JAMES PRINGLE IN FOCA
BRITISH forces in Bosnia are the only troops capable of arresting
Radovan Karadzic, the indicted Bosnian Serb war criminal,
American officials working in the region believe.
Although the United States, with more than 4,000 troops in
southeastern Bosnia has almost double Britain's force of 2,400,
American observers claim that fears of losing a US soldier in
combat will render them incapable of taking on the mission. "It's
not a question of courage, it's a political decision in Washington
that there should be no American deaths in Bosnia," one
American official, exasperated by the US troops' failure to act,
said. "Given that, probably only British troops backed by the
SAS are up to the job."
Western offcials doubt US troops will be ordered to act because
of the so-called "Somalia syndrome" that stemmed from the death
of 18 US soldiers in Mogadishu in 1993.
The watchword of American troops in the Nato-led Stabilisation
Force is "force protection" - a focus on avoiding casualties - in
spite of the State Department plastering "wanted" posters across
the region and offering a $5 million (#3.3 million) reward for the
capture of Dr Karadzic and other alleged war criminals. Jacques
Klein, a retired American general who heads the United Nations
Mission in Bosnia, is pressing for his capture before
parliamentary elections in November so as to remove his
influence on Bosnian Serb voters.
"We must arrest Karadzic," he said. "How can we ask the
Croatian Government to pick up their war criminals and hand them
over when the international community isn't willing to do that
here?"
In April French Nato troops arrested Momcilo Krajisnik in Pale,
the highest-ranking war crimes suspect to be detained in Bosnia.
But since 1995, French forces stationed near Visegrad had been
accused of ignoring war crimes suspects.
Dr Karadzic, charged for crimes linked to the siege of Sarajevo
and the slaughter of thousands of Bosnian Muslims in
Srebrenica, remains at large in eastern Bosnia. Ratko Mladic, the
infamous chief of the Bosnian Serb armed forces, is said to be in
Belgrade.
Western intelligence sources say that Dr Karadzic is guarded by
a formidable paramilitary force and that capturing him would be
"not only difficult but dangerous". British officials said that there
were no plans to deploy troops in the hunt for the former Bosnian
Serb leader..
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LA NATO MINACCIA UNA NUOVA GUERRA DI AGGRESSIONE CONTRO LA JUGOSLAVIA
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NATO THREATENS NEW WAR AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA
By John Catalinotto
With news statements and articles, NATO leaders renewed
their threats against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in
the last week of July, raising the specter of a new war of
aggression against that country.
NATO Secretary General George Rob ert son threw the weight
of the military alliance behind the move to split Montenegro
away from the remaining Yugoslavia.
Speaking to the media July 27, Robertson said, "I again
repeat my warning to President Milosevic not to make
mistakes that he has made in the past and not to continue to
undermine the elected government of Montenegro."
This is a barely veiled threat that NATO will again bomb
Yugoslavia, as it did for 78 days after Belgrade refused in
March 1999 to submit to the Rambouillet ultimatum that would
have opened all of Yugoslavia to NATO occupation.
What Robertson calls "the elected government of Montenegro"
is the regime headed by President Milo Djukanovic, who is
always described as "pro-Western" in the big-business media
here. This means he has adopted the German Deutschemark as
Montenegro's currency and has tried to split from
Yugoslavia.
Of the 800,000 people living in Montenegro, however, at
least half prefer to remain part of Yugoslavia. This was
seen in last June's elections, which pro-Yugoslavia parties
won in the major seaport town of Herceg Novi and almost won
in Podgorica, the capital. In reality Montenegro is not a
viable independent state. If it split it would become a NATO
protectorate.
Under those conditions, an attempt by Djukanovic to
unconstitutionally split from Yugoslavia runs the danger of
starting a civil war. Asked about possible NATO intervention
in this situation, Robertson made this vague threat: "We
aren't saying what we will do. One of the lessons of Kosovo
is that you don't reveal your cards too far in advance."
To add to the danger, U.S. President Bill Clinton and German
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder--heads of the two biggest
imperialist powers in NATO--signed an article in the July 28
International Herald Tribune pledging to intervene in the
Yugoslav national election now set for Sept. 24.
They said they would help the opposition to Milosevic unite
and that they would also support Djukanovic if he boycotts
the election.
"We will continue to work with the democratic opposition in
Serbia, to help it unite around a common platform, to
support nongovernmental organizations and the independent
media, and to back President Milo Djukanovic of Montenegro
until all those who have suffered under Mr. Milosevic's rule
can take their place in Europe," Clinton and Schroeder
wrote.
If there were any doubt before, the two Western leaders made
it clear that there is no serious opposition to Milosevic's
party and its allies except those groups that are toadies of
the Western imperialist powers.
The Yugoslav political leaders have set local, national
parliamentary and presidential elections for Sept. 24. Using
strictly legal parliamentary decisions to change some
election laws, the Milosevic government has maximized its
chances of surviving the election and of keeping Yugoslavia
out of the clutches of NATO.
But this does not end the threat of new NATO intervention in
Yugoslavia, as the NATO leaders have now made clear.
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YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC SENDS MESSAGE TO SENEGALESE COUNTERPART
BELGRADE, Aug 24 (Tanjug). Yugoslav President Slobodan
Milosevic
has addressed a message to his Senegalese counterpart Abdoulaye Wade.
The message was presented by Ambassador Danilo Milic of the
Yugoslav foreign ministry to Senegalese Foreign Minister Cheikh Tidiane
Gadio in Dakar.
The message points to the need for expanding the traditionally
friendly relations between the two countries on the basis of equality
and
mutual respect, and for stepping up bilateral cooperation and joint
endeavors in international forums.
Gadio accepted the message on behalf of absent President Wade
and
underlined that Senegal wishes to enhance the friendly ties and allround
cooperation with Yugoslavia.
The talks also focused on the forthcoming Millennium Summit in
New
York and 55th UN General Assembly.
Senegal, one of the leading memberstates of the Organization of
the Islamic Conference, advocates Yugoslavia's full reintegration in the
UN
and the Nonaligned Movement.
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RELAZIONI BILATERALI RFJ-IRAQ
YUGOSLAV DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER RECEIVES IRAQI HEALTH MINISTER
BELGRADE, Aug 23 (Tanjug) Yugoslav Deputy Prime Minister
Nikola
Sainovic received on Wednesday Iraqi Health Minister Omar Madhat
Mubarak,
who is on a few days visit to Yugoslavia heading an Iraqi delegation of
leading medical and pharmacological experts.
The two governments give priority to bilateral cooperation in the
health
sector, as both countries have been victims of NATO aggressions and
international sanctions, it was said at the meeting.
During the Iraqi delegation's visit to Belgrade, programmes for
cooperation between the two countries concerning mother and child health
care, cancer treatment, production and supply of medicines and
professional
staff training must be defined, both sides noted.
Yugoslav Minister of Labour, Health and Social Policy, Miodrag Kovac
and
Iraqi Ambassador to Yugoslavia Sami Sadun were present at the meeting, a
Yugoslav information ministry statement said.
YUGOSLAVIA AND IRAQ CONDEMN SANCTIONS
BELGRADE, Aug 24 (Tanjug). Serbian parliament Speaker Dragan
Tomic
met Thursday the Iraqi Minister of Health Omar Madhat Mubarak.
Both sides expressed satisfaction with the development of
overall
bilateral cooperation based on traditional friendship, understanding and
mutual trust, the parliamentary press service said in a statement.
Both countries abide by the principles of peaceful coexistence,
the UN Charter and international law, and both most strongly condemn the
practice of sanctions which are applied against countries such as
Yugoslavia and Iraq by states whose hegemonistic policies are aimed at
creating a unipolar world, it was noted during the meeting.
Yugoslavia and Iraq will continue stepping up their cooperation
in
the economic and other fields to mutual benefit, in line with the
stances
of Presidents Slobodan Milosevic of Yugoslavia and Saddam Hussein of
Iraq,
the statement says.
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L'AMBASCIATORE JUGOSLAVO ALL'ONU ACCUSA KFOR, UNMIK E KOUCHNER
YUGOSLAV UN AMBASSADOR CHARGES KFOR, UNMIK, KOUCHNER WITH COMPLICITY
GENEVA, Aug 24 (Tanjug). Head of Yugoslavia's permanent mission
at
the UN in Geneva Branko Brankovic addressed Thursday to various
international figures a letter strongly condemning the crimes
perpetrated
by ethnic Albanian terrorists in Serbia's KosovoMetohija province,
following the recent discovery of a mass grave containing bodies of Serb
victims in the provincial capital Pristina.
The letter was addressed to the DirectorGeneral of the UN
Office
in Geneva Vladimir Petrovsky, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Sadako
Ogata, head of the UN Human Rights Commission Mary Robinson. Special
Rapporteur on Human Rights for the former Yugoslavia Jiri Dienstbier,
Special Envoy of the UN SecretaryGeneral for the Balkans Carl Bildt and
others.
Recent press reports said that the international administration
in
KosovoMetohija had long been aware of the discovery of a mass grave
containing bodies of 160 Serbs and other nonAlbanians in a Pristina
cemetery. The victims were killed over the past 14 months, since the
arrival of international KFor troops and UN civilian administration
UNMIK
and the withdrawal of Yugoslav forces in June 1999.
The following is the official translation of the letter:
Excellency,
As is publicly well known, KFOR, UNMIK and Bernard Kouchner
openly
assist terrorists of the socalled KLA to carry out ethnic cleansing of
Serbs and other nonAlbanian population in the Serbian province of Kosovo
and Metohija.
KFOR, UNMIK and Bernard Kouchner go even further. Namely, they
are
doing their best to hide crimes committed by Albanian terrorists in
Kosovo
and Metohija. The latest example testifying to this is the discovery of
mass graves with Serbs. The largest one was discovered in the Dragodan
village. More than 160 brutally killed Serbs were buried in it. These
persons were buried under either false names, or names of living
persons,
or even with only a number on metal plaques. KFOR has found the graves
several months ago but it is only at the beginning of August that it
called
family members to help identify the bodies.
This massacre of Serbs by Albanian terrorists was committed
soon
after the arrival in Kosovo and Metohija of KFOR, UNMIK and Bernard
Kouchner. The way KFOR, UNMIK and Bernard Kouchner, call, individually
and
in secrecy, family members to identify the bodies, indicates that KFOR,
UNMIK and Bernard Kouchner are doing everything to conceal the crime
committed by Albanian terrorists against innocent Serbian civilians.
Only
close relatives, who were long ago expelled from Kosovo and Metohija,
can
identify the killed Serbs.
KFOR, UNMIK and Bernard Kouchner were dutybound to inform of
the
massacre and discovered graves the relevant authorities of the FR of
Yugoslavia, which they did not do. It means that identification of
bodies
is being continued without the assistance of pathologists from the FR of
Yugoslavia. KFOR, UNMIK and Bernard Kouchner neglect on a daily basis
the
fact that Kosovo and Metohija is the integral part of the Republic of
Serbia and the FR of Yugoslavia.
Excellency,
The concealing by KFOR, UNMIK and Bernard Kouchner of crimes
committed by Albanian terrorists against innocent Serbian civilians is,
de
facto, as if they themselves committed the said crimes. Consequently,
KFOR,
UNMIK and Bernard Kouchner are equally responsible for the massacre of
Serbs as the perpetrators of this crime.
The government of the FR of Yugoslavia expects that you will
most
energetically publicly condemn these crimes committed against innocent
Serb
civilians by Albanian terrorists. At the same time, it expects that you
will condemn the complicity of KFOR, UNMIK and Bernard Kouchner in these
crimes and do your utmost that the UN Security Council Resolution 1244
(1999) be implemented without delay.
In expectation of your prompt reaction, please accept,
Excellency,
the assurances of my highest consideration. (end of translation)
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LA JUGOSLAVIA FA APPELLO ALL'UNESCO PER LA SISTEMATICA DISTRUZIONE DEI
BENI ARTISTICI E DEL PATRIMONIO CULTURALE DEL KOSMET DA PARTE DEGLI
ALLEATI DELLA NATO
YUGOSLAVIA APPEALS TO UNESCO TO PROTECT CULTURAL
MONUMENTS
PARIS, Aug 23 (Tanjug). Head of Yugoslavia's permanent
delegation
to the UNESCO in Paris, Ambassador Nada Popovic Perisic, has appealed to
the organization to take measures against the continuing systematic
destruction of cultural heritage in Serbia's KosovoMetohija province and
violence against its population, particularly children.
Instead of securing the conditions for peace, safety of all
inhabitants of the province and interethnic coexistence and equality of
all
ethnic communities in line with the Security Council Resolution 1244,
the
UN civilian and military missions in KosovoMetohija (UNMIK and KFor)
have
allowed ethnic Albanian separatists and terrorists to systematically
endanger the safety and lives of Serbs and other nonAlbanians, to
perpetrate murders, abductions and arson and to destroy the rich
cultural
heritage in order to annihilate all traces of centuries of Serb presence
in
the area, PopovicPerisic said in a letter to the UNESCO executive
council.
Children in KosovoMetohija are the most endangered, she said.
Ethnic Albanian terrorists do not refrain even from violence
against children at play. In the past few days only, they threw a bomb
at a
playground and seriously injured nine Serb children in Crkvene Vodice
village near Obilic and opened fire on a group of children in Staro
Gracko
village, who were saved only by chance.
The rights of Serb inhabitants of KosovoMetohija to education
and
information in their own language are being violated by decisions of
UNMIK
chiefs, whose task is precisely to protect such rights, PopovicPerisic
said.
Following the closure of the Pristina paper Jedinstvo and
Pristina
TV, The Zvecan Radio S which used to broadcast in the Serb language was
also silenced a few days ago, she noted.
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LA RUSSIA CONDANNA IL TERRORISMO IN KOSMET
RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY CONDEMNS TERRORISM IN KOSOVOMETOHIJA
MOSCOW, Aug 23 (Tanjug) Russian foreign ministry once again
condemned terrorist acts in KosovoMetohija on Wednesday, saying that the
leaders of the civilian mission UNMIK and the international force KFor
are
fully responsible for inadequate safety conditions in the province.
The statement, carried by Russian ItarTass news agency
Wednesday,
said that people were injured in the Aug 18 blast that targeted the
building in Pristina housing the Organisation for Security and
Cooperation
in Europe (OSCE) mission and offices of the Yugoslav Committee for
Liaison
with the U.N. mission in KosovoMetohija and of several political
parties.
On Aug 17, another blast demolished the Orthodox church in
Velika
Reka village. The day before, eight Serb children from Crkvena Vodica
village, near Obilic, were seriously injured in an ethnic Albanian
extremists' bomb attack.
This evidently shows that the leaders of U.N. mission and KFor
are turning a blind eye to the violence against Serbs and ethnic
minorities
in KosovoMetohija, and are therefore fully responsible for inadequate
safety conditions in the province. Scheduled local elections cannot
therefore be fair, free or democratic, the statement said.
UNMIK chief Bernard Kouchner scheduled local elections for
Oct.
28 in KosovoMetohija, despite the strong opposition of the local Serbs
and
the Yugoslav government in Belgrade.
This is the second protest of the Russian Ministry to the same
effect in two days. In the first protest, made public on Tuesday, the
ministry described the August 17 UNMIK and KFor declaration on their own
status as a glaring violation of the Security Council resolution 1244
which
placed Serbia's southern province under UN administration last summer.
KFor and UNMIK proclaimed their own status unilaterally,
without
approval by legitimate Yugoslav authorities, the ministry said.
Claims by KFor and UNMIK that they are empowered to decide
their
own status are untrue. Moscow considers this document to be politically
harmful and dangerous, as it violates in form and content the basic
provisions of Resolution 1244 regarding Yugoslavia's sovereignty and
territorial integrity, the statement says.
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FOSSA COMUNE CON I CORPI DI 160 SERBI RAPITI DAGLI ALLEATI DELLA NATO
MASS CRIMES BY ETHNIC ALBANIAN TERRORISTS REVEALED
PRISTINA, Aug 23 (Tanjug). The two mass graves discovered in
Pristina, capital of Serbia's KosovoMetohija province, have once again
revealed the horrible truth about the atrocities committed by ethnic
Albanian terrorists last year, the Pristina Center for Peace and
Tolerance
said in a statement Wednesday.
Bodies of 160 victims were discovered Monday in a mass grave in
the Pristina district of Dragodan. They are believed to have been killed
by
ethnic Albanian terrorists over the past 14 months, since the arrival of
international KFor troops and UN civilian mission UNMIK following the
pullout of Yugoslav security forces from the province.
KFor's and UNMIK's silence so far about the discovery
constitutes
complicity with the crimes and an encouragement to the terrorists to
commit
more murders, abductions or bomb attacks on innocent children and state
institutions, the statement says.
The Center urges representatives of the international community
to
respond to the demands of relatives of about 1,000 abducted Serbs and
other
nonAlbanians and to appeals by humanitarian organization for information
regarding the whereabouts of the bodies of the victims and for autopsy
results, the statement says.
It is evident that the international mission in KosovoMetohija
is
unwilling to face reality, secure peace or provide safety to all in the
province, the Center said.
The UN Security Council must therefore reconsider its decisions
and withdraw the military and civilian missions from Serbia's province
in
order to entrust the resolving of the situation there to others who will
strive for peace and safety for all inhabitants, the statement says.
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EVOLUZIONI NEL CONTENZIOSO SULLE MINIERE SEQUESTRATE DALLA NATO
TREPCA MANAGER MAKES OFFER TO UN KOSOVOMETOHIJA ADMINISTRATOR
NOVI PAZAR, Aug 23 (Tanjug). General Manager of the Trepca
mining
industry of Serbia's KosovoMetohija province Novak Bjelic addressed
Wednesday an open letter to the head of the UN civilian mission Bernard
Kouchner proposing conditions for resuming production in the Kosovska
Mitrovica and Zvecan plants.
KFor and UNMIK stormed Trepca plants in Mitrovica and Zvecan
and
its mines in Leposavic on August 14 at dawn, justifying their action by
environmental concerns.
Bjelic addressed his letter from the temporary Trepca
management
office in Novi Pazar, southern Serbia, as he is banned from entering
KosovoMetohija by Kouchner, who had said that his return would depend on
changing his stance regarding company activities.
The letter also points to the need for the immediate pullout of
KFor and UNMIK from Trepca plants and mines.
Bjelic requested tenders for revitalizing the industry and
acquiring modern equipment for production and environment protection,
and
proposed that Trepca itself finance environment cleanup activities in
Kosovska Mitrovica.
Trepca can overhaul its installations and ensure highest
environment protection standards within six months, Bjelic said.
The zinc processing installations could be made operational
within
18 months after revitalization works start, Bjelic said.
Work in Zvecan should be done exclusively by nonAlbanians and
in
the southern part of Kosovska Mitrovica exclusively by ethnic Albanians
in
a first stage, until full conditions for peace and tolerance are ensured
throughout the province, Bjelic said in his letter.
PROTESTING TREPCA WORKERS ENDORSE THEIR MANAGER'S OFFER TO
KOUCHNER
ZVECAN, Aug 24 (Tanjug). Workers of the Trepca mining industry
and
Kosovska Mitrovica residents continued their protest Thursday in Zvecan,
Serbia's KosovoMetohija province, over the storming of the Trepca lead
smelter by Kfor troops on August 14.
Management member Dragan Vasic read to the protesters a letter
addressed Wednesday by Trepca general manager Novak Bijelic to civilian
mission UNMIK chief Bernard Kouchner, proposing a resumption of work
provided some conditions are ensured.
The principal condition for resuming production is a pullout of
Kfor and UNMIK forces from the Zvecan plant and the Trepca mine in
Leposavic within three days, Bijelic said in his letter.
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L'ALTO COMMISSARIO ONU IN BOSNIA-ERZEGOVINA
CENSURA LE TRASMISSIONI DI RADIO JUGOSLAVIA
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS CONCERNED OVER CLOSURE OF RADIO YUGOSLAVIA
SARAJEVO, Aug 24 (Tanjug). International nongovernmental
organization Reporters Without Borders expressed concern Thursday over
the
recent closure of the Radio Yugoslavia broadcasting center in Bijeljina,
Republika Srpska.
The organization requested clarifications in a letter to the
High
Representative of the international community for BosniaHerzegovina
Wolfgang Petritsch.
Last weekend, Petritch ordered the personnel of Radio
Yugoslavia
in Bijeljina to cease broadcasting under threat of force.
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SOLDATI DELLA KFOR PICCHIANO SUORA DEL CONVENTO DI SOKOLICA
E POI ADDUCONO SCUSE RAZZISTE: "SEMBRAVA EGIZIANA"
> > >Politika, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
> > >August 23, 2000
> > >
> > >BRUTISH BEHAVIOR OF KFOR MEMBERS IN NORTHERN KOSOVO
> > >
> > >Danish soldiers beat prioress of Sokolica Monastery
> > >
> > >KFOR's cynical explanation is that the soldiers thought she was an
> > Egyptian
> > woman
> > >because women in that country dress similarly to our nuns
> > >
> > >Kosovska Mitrovica, August 22
> > >
> > >The arrogant behavior of members of KFOR and the UNMIK police in the
> > northern
> > part
> > >of Kosovo during "routine" controls at permanent and temporary
> > check-points
> > has
> > >exceeded all measure in recent days. For three days now hardly anyone
> > can pass
> > along
> > >the main road from Kosovska Mitrovica - Leposavic by the newly formed
> > checkpoint at
> > >the spot called "Kod Simonide" ("At Simonida's"), held by Danish
> > soldiers,
> > without
> > >being subjected to mistreatment, a detailed search and beatings as
> > well.
> > Danish
> > >soldiers at this check-point are especially rough toward the clergy.
> > Recently
> > they
> > >stopped the prioress of Sokolica Monastery, Mother Dr. Makarija
> > (Obradovic),
> > who was
> > >returning from Kraljevo to the monastery, and forced her to get out of
> > the
> > >automobile by beating her.
> > >
> > >"They stopped me and since I could not understand what they were
> > saying, I
> > answered
> > >that I could communicate with them in either Serbian, or in the
> > English,
> > German,
> > >Greek or Slovenian languages and I simply did not understand what they
> > were
> > saying.
> > >At that moment, one of the soldiers swung his arm and struck me on the
> > neck.
> > >Humiliated, in pain which caused me to see stars in the middle of the
> > day, I
> > reacted
> > >humanly, as any elderly woman would. I cried while they searched my
> > automobile," the
> > >prioress of Sokolica Monastery, Dr. Makarija, told us.
> > >
> > >An artist herself and a former professer of Byzantine art at the
> > Swedish Royal
> > >Academy, Dr. Makarija was a professor of physical chemistry at the
> > University
> > of
> > >Belgrade prior to taking her vows; for the past ten years, she has been
> > the
> > head of
> > >the one of the most renowned schools of iconography, besides Krska,
> > which is
> > located
> > >inside Sokolica Monastery, seven kilometers from Kosovska Mitrovica.
> > >
> > >Even more ironically, she subsequently received a cynical explanation
> > from
> > KFOR that
> > >the Danish soldiers thought she was an Egyptian woman because women of
> > that
> > country
> > >wear black dresses similiar to the robes worn by Christian Orthodox
> > nuns.
> > >
> > >M. L.
> > >
> > >Translated by S. Lazovic (August 23, 2000)
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"NUOVA DOTTRINA MILITARE" PER LA RF DI JUGOSLAVIA
YUGOSLAVIA'S CHIEF OF STAFF GIVES INTERVIEW ON MILITARY DOCTRINE
BELGRADE, Aug 21 (Tanjug). Yugoslavia's recently adopted
military
doctrine is a sciencebased and experiencetested system of organizing,
training, deployment and safety of the Yugoslav Army in war and peace
both
at present and in the future, Chief of General Staff General Nebojsa
Pavkovic said in an interview published Monday by the Belgrade daily
Politika.
Pavkovic underlined that the doctrine duly takes into account
Yugoslavia's general capabilities, is founded on international law and
humanitarian law, abides by all international charters, resolutions and
agreements, and reflects Yugoslavia's lasting and traditional adherence
to
peace and freedom.
The public has demonstrated a great interest in the document in
the present situation characterized by the use of military force in
international relations and the attempts of the single world
superpower the US to create a unipolar world, Pavkovic said.
The military doctrine is neither a policy, an economy, a
technology nor a science, it is a document comprising specific
instructions
to the military profession on its place, role, purpose and tasks in
confronting various forms and methods of military threats to national
security and takes into account the achievements of all the mentioned
fields of human endeavour, Pavkovic said.
Underlining that the fundamental message of Yugoslavia's
military
doctrine is peace as the basic precondition for general development of
all
world nations and states, Pavkovic noted that the military option
unfortunately increasingly prevails today in international relations.
Defensive strategies and doctrines are applied by countries
favouring peace and peaceful settlement of all issues, and by countries
which are unable to keep the pace of contemporary trends of development
of
the deadliest armament systems, Pavkovic said.
Contemporary strategies and doctrines are conditioned by the
aspirations of neighbouring states and by the present possibilities of
manufacturing or acquiring modern combat systems, Pavkovic said.
One article of the doctrine analyses all elements of world
military factors and sums up the experience of last year's NATO
aggression
on Yugoslavia. This was done in an objective manner, taking into account
both the positive and negative aspects, with a special emphasis on the
outstanding achievement of the unity of the people, the state
leadership,
the Yugoslav Army and the police, Pavkovic said.
As regards Yugoslavia's strategic position, it is based on an
allround analysis of all military and political factors which as a
changing category influence the training, the organization and the
deployment of the Yugoslav Army.
It is obvious that all attempts to threaten Yugoslavia's
security
at first focus on the socalled unarmed methods of destabilizing the
country
from the inside, which then escalate into armed rebellion as a specific
form of internal aggression an external blow dealt internally, Pavkovic
said.
That socalled indirect strategy consisting of threats to
national
security through finding hostile forces within the country which was the
victim of aggression, was realized most brutally in Yugoslavia, where
ethnic Albanian terrorism, powerfully backed by external factors, had
brought about the armed aggression by NATO, Pavkovic said.
The Yugoslav military doctrine points to the presence of latent
threats to national security by both internal and external factors in
both
unarmed and armed forms, Pavkovic said. An armed aggression such as the
one
launched against Yugoslavia is also possible in a local or world war, in
which military operations would depend on the relative power of parties
to
the conflict, the goals of the aggressor, the focus of military
operations,
the kind of combat means and other factors, Pavkovic explained.
Yugoslavia's military doctrine specifies that the defense
system
comprises the general organization, preparedness and functioning of all
defense forces and subjects with the aim of protecting national
sovereignty, territory, independence and constitutional order, Pavkovic
said.
The basic goals of Yugoslavia's defense system are: 1.
preventing
and eliminating internal crises, 2. dissuading a potential aggressor
from
undertaking aggression, 3. preventing a strategic surprise and 4.
successful warfare, Pavkovic said.
Referring to the doctrine section on war, Pavkovic said that
Yugoslavia has no territorial pretensions towards any country and never
designates an aggressor in advance. Any war that Yugoslavia may fight if
it
is imposed on this country will be defensive, conventional, contemporary
and offensive. Yugoslavia deems such a war as just and will fight it in
abidance with all provisions of international war and humanitarian laws
in
order to reduce to a minimum its own losses and devastation to the
country
and to achieve a maximum defense effect, Pavkovic said.
A special and central section of the doctrine is devoted to the
Yugoslav Army. As a defense army, its priority tasks are deterring a
potential aggressor, fighting against terrorist and rebel forces, and
armed
combat throughout the country in any conditions of aggression on
Yugoslavia, Pavkovic said.
The Yugoslav Army is organized in line with its purpose and its
tasks, international agreements, and demographic, economic, material and
territorial factors, keeping in mind all international norms and
experiences of other contemporary armies, Pavkovic said.
The size of the Yugoslav Army in war and peace has been
realistically assessed on the basis of an allround analysis of all
factors,
especially economic capabilities. It retains its three principal
armies the land army, the airforce and the antiaircraft defense, and
the
navy, and priorities have been set as regards equipment and
modernization
which will enable it to carry out its constitutional role and tasks in
contemporary combat conditions, Pavkovic said.
The doctrine precisely defines the command structure, ranging
from
the strategic commanding the army in war and peace to the tactical.
The
president of the republic commands the Yugoslav Army in war and peace as
supreme commander, Pavkovic said.
The doctrine defines the use of the army as regards function
and
tasks, he said, underlining that the Yugoslav Army is the fundamental
force
for deterring a potential aggressor and for armed combat, and that its
parts can be engaged in combatting terrorism or rebellion in cooperation
with the police, Pavkovic said.
Referring to the recent public reactions to the military
doctrine,
Pavkovic agreed that the military doctrine must be a part of the defense
doctrine, but underlined that the military doctrine is a professional
document which cannot be made dependent on the political will of any
political party, as it would then have to be changed after any
elections.
A serious military organization must be conceived in such a way
as
to ensure the carrying out of consititional tasks, regardless of the
political views of authorities in power or of the identity and power of
a
potential aggressor. The military doctrine was not adopted hastily or as
part of the preelection campaign, but through a normal procedure and as
part of the overall process of reorganizing the national defense force
in
line with internal and international conditions, Pavkovic said.
Yugoslavia's military doctrine was drawn up and adopted in line
with all legal regulations and procedures and constitutes one of the
regular and basic issues in the reorganization of the Yugoslav Army. It
was
drawn up on the basis of known military doctrines of various states and
takes into account the real national situation and capabilities,
Pavkovic
said.
Like all military doctrines in the world, Yugoslavia's military
doctrine is temporary in nature and can be changed according to changes
in
relevant factors, General Pavkovic concluded.
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RAPPORTI BILATERALI RFJ-INDIA
YUGOSLAV FOREIGN MINISTER JOVANOVIC SENDS MESSAGE TO INDIAN COUNTERPART
BELGRADE, Aug 21 (Tanjug) Ambassador at the Yugoslav Foreign
Ministry Milena Vlahovic has delivered Foreign Minister Zivadin
Jovanovic's
personal message to his Indian counterpart Jashvanth Singh in New Delhi,
said a statement from the Ministry on Monday.
The topics of ensuing talks were the forthcoming Millennium
summit
in New York, the 55th session of the U.N. General Assembly, as well as
activities related to the NonAligned Movement.
Both sides stressed the importance of improving bilateral
relations, as well as political, economic, and other aspects of
cooperation.
International relations can be based exclusively on strict
adherence to sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as on
noninterference in internal affairs of other countries. Democratization
of
decisionmaking within the U.N., as well as the organization itself,
should
have a distinctive role to play in international relations, and the
NonAligned Movement can make a significant contribution in that respect.
The Indian officials reiterated their support for Yugoslav
standpoints on the situation in the Serbian KosovoMetohija province,
expressing great concern about the ongoing violation of the U.N.
Security
Council Resolution 1244. They also condemned all forms of separatism and
terrorism leading to destabilization of prodemocratic countries, as well
as
the policy of double standards.
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UN NUOVO CENSIMENTO DEI PROFUGHI NELLA RFJ
UNHCR TO CARRY OUT A NEW REFUGEE CENSUS IN YUGOSLAVIA THIS YEAR
BELGRADE, Aug 22 (Tanjug) In the year 2000, the United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will carry out a census of
refugees
in the territory of Yugoslavia, the UNHCR Belgrade office spokeswoman
Maki
Shinohara told media on Tuesday.
In cooperation with the Serbian Refugees Commissioner and the
Montenegro Commissioner for Displaced Persons, the UNHCR carried out the
first census in 1996. It showed that there were 600,000 refugees and
displaced persons from BosniaHerzegovina and Croatia.
Preparations are being made for a media campaign promoting the
return of refugees from Yugoslavia to BosniaHerzegovina. UNHCR Sarajevo
office Chief Werner Glother has recently met with Yugoslav Minister for
Refugees Bratislava Morina to discuss this issue.
The Serbian province of KosovoMetohija is not a safe
environment
for nonAlbanian communities, and their position is very grave, Shinohara
said. She went on to say that since the arrival of Eric Morris, the new
envoy for Yugoslavia whose office is in Pristina, the UNHCR is no longer
part of the U.N. mission in KosovoMetohija (UNMIK), and will operate
independently in future.
Conditions for the safe return of the KosovoMetohija refugees
have
not been ensured. Therefore, the UNHCR does not encourage the return to
the
province, not only for security reasons, but because of insufficient
accommodation as well, Shinohara explained.
She added that the UNHCR is focusing on help for nonAlbanian
communities that have remained in the province.
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KOUCHNER SOTTO INDAGINE IN SERBIA PER GENOCIDIO
SERBIAN MINISTER: U.N. KOSOVOMETOHIJA ENVOY UNDER INVESTIGATION
BELGRADE, Aug 22 (Tanjug) The Pristina District Court in
Serbian
(Yugoslav) U.N.run KosovoMetohija is investigating U.N. mission (UNMIK)
chief Bernard Kouchner for crimes of genocide against Serbs, Serbia's
justice minister said on Tuesday.
"Since he came to our southern province, Bernard Kouchner has,
by
commission or omission and together with UNMIK and the international
force
KFor, been the perpetrator of or an accessory to numerous crimes
punishable
under the laws of Yugoslavia and its republic of Serbia", Dragoljub
Jankovic told TANJUG.
The court has started proceedings on the orders of the district
prosecutor in Pristina, Jankovic explained. "To the wide pallette of his
crimes Kouchner has recently added further crimes of inciting or failing
to
prevent the storming of the Trepca lead smelter at Zvecan, driveby
bombing
of Serb children and bombing of the Yugoslav U.N. liaison office," he
added.
He went on to say that these actions perpetuate the process of
ethnic cleansing of KosovoMetohija and are designed to prevent
KosovoMetohija residents from voting in Yugoslav parliamentary and
presidential elections called for Sept. 24.
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50 MOSCHEE NUOVE DI ZECCA DAGLI EMIRATI ARABI UNITI PER IL KOSMET
UAE minister to build 50 mosques in Kosovo The defence minister
offered to build 50 mosques in Kosovo at his own expense
August 20, 2000, 07:43 AM
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates' defence minister has offered
to build 50 mosques in Kosovo at his own expense, the official WAM news
agency reported on Saturday.
Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum's project would be carried out
with the help of UAE troops serving in the NATO-led peacekeeping force
in the province, WAM added. It did not say how much the building work
would cost.
Kosovo's ethnic Albanian population is nominally Muslim, while the
minority Serbs belong mainly to the Orthodox church.
International authorities took responsibility for Kosovo in June last
year after a NATO bombing campaign to drive out Serb forces. The UAE has
about 1,200 troops in Kosovo and another 250 soldiers operating nearby.
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UN UFFICIO PER LA OPPOSIZIONE DEMOCRATICA...
A BUDAPEST, CON I SOLDI AMERICANI
U.S. Opens New Office in Hungary
The Associated Press
Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2000; 4:20 p.m. EDT
WASHINGTON –– The State Department has opened a new office at the
U.S.
Embassy in Hungary to support democratic forces in Yugoslavia in advance
of
national elections, a spokesman said Tuesday.
The office will be headed by the ambassador to Croatia, William
Montgomery.
"We think it's very important to let those committed to true democracy
in
Serbia know that we support their efforts," State Department spokesman
Philip
Reeker said. Serbia and the smaller republic of Montenegro comprise the
Yugoslav Federation.
Montgomery will be addressing "a full range of issues related to our
long-term goal of advancing democracy in Serbia," Reeker said.
The Clinton administration is hoping for a strong showing by opposition
forces in the Sept. 24 elections. President Slobodan Milosevic has
changed
the constitution to allow him to serve an additional eight years. In
addition
to the presidency, elections for the federal parliament also will be
held.
Reeker said Montgomery will retain the title of ambassador to Croatia
but
will be based in Budapest until a new ambassador is appointed in Zagreb.
© Copyright 2000 The Associated Press
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LA NATO NASCONDE LA VERITA' SULLE BOMBE A FRAMMENTAZIONE
http://www.serbia-info.com/news
NATO accused of hiding truth about cluster bombs
August 12, 2000
Shocking document about cluster bombs
Lisboa, August - Today, Portuguese dailies pass a report of the
International Association for campaign against contact mines (WGL) in
which, governments of countries, members of NATO pact are accused of
interfering in detailed investigation about cluster bombs, which take
victims after NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
Leading Lisboa daily "Publico" points out that "governments of
countries, members of NATO pact have been accused, these days, of making
it impossible to find out new proofs about contents of cluster bombs,
although there are more and more innocent victims in the territory of
Kosovo and Metohija".
Portuguese daily also quotes Director of International Association WGL
Richard Lloyd that "cluster bombs were thrown at the territory of
Yugoslavia and in that way NATO pact severely violated existing
international law and U.N. Charter".
Large number of civilians, throughout Yugoslavia, are becoming victims
of sudden explosions, and little boys are the most frequent victims,
Portuguese daily quotes parts of the report of Association of WGL.
Only, during June, over 200 persons died because of mines, and among
them, 50 were victims of cluster bombs, which look like tin of beer or
coca-cola", stresses "Publiko" quoting parts from the report.
That international association recently published shocking document,
after detailed analysis of their experts for explosives of all kinds,
and emergently demanded that energetic measures be taken for cleaning of
terrain, Portuguese dailies quote.
Portuguese dailies remark that every "cluster bomb contains about 147
smaller bombs with strong effect, which during the fall breaks into
pieces". Experts think that, during last year's bombing of Yugoslavia,
bombardiers of squadrons of NATO pact threw 1392 "cluster bombs". After
the explosions of "bombs carriers" about 205 thousand small bombs left
unexploded.
"Publico" writes that published report on dangerous effect of cluster
bombs included an interesting detail that mentioned bomb in British
cooperation (RBL 755) has some kind of impreciseness during targeting
objects and "if it misses wanted target, it can sow death where it
explodes". This kind of cluster bombs is used in Kosovo and Metohija
where large misses were registered, quotes Portuguese daily.
Portuguese analysts conclude energetically that cluster bombs are
continuing with sowing death and with the presence of international
forces for establishing peace.
---
STRANO "ESPERTO" EUROPEO IN MONTENEGRO
ILLEGAL EUROSLOVENIAN "EXPERT" IN MONTENEGRO
PODGORICA, August 9 (Tanjug) Illegally, without any legal
basis
or approval of the Yugoslav government, the Council of Europe has
appointed
its "expert" in Podgorica, the capital of the Yugoslav republic of
Montenegro, which is, among other things, proof of attempts by certain
western countries to treat a Yugoslav republic as a separate state.
Slovenian diplomat Eva Tomic has been appointed special
representative of the Council of Europe in Podgorica. In the status of
expert, she will work within the representative office of the
Organization
for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and be in charge of
"providing assistance to the Montenegrin authorities in reforming
education, local selfadministration, the judicial system, and drafting
laws."
In appointing an "expert" within the OSCE, the Council of
Europe
gave up its original plan to open its office in Podgorica, which implies
that there are inside conflicts and divisions regarding Yugoslavia's
stand
that the opening of a Council representative office must imply the
previous
regulation of Yugoslavia's status within the Council of Europe, and that
the opening of a representative office is possible only following
approval
of the Yugoslav government.
The appointment of an official at "expert" level also confirms
that most members of the Council of Europe refuse to accept a stand
which
more seriously denies Yugoslavia's sovereignty and territorial
integrity,
since an "expert" acting within an OSCE office has neither the status
nor
prerogatives of a representative office, which is for certain countries
an
alibi and a way to "ease their conscience."
However, regardless of the fact that its presence has been
reduced
to the slightest possible form, such a decision by the Council of Europe
is
in violation of its own Statute, presents an attempt at direct
interference
in the internal affairs of Yugoslavia as a unique and sovereign state,
as
well as an attempt at stoking activities by secessionist forces in
Montenegro.
Such an action by the Council of Europe also runs contrary to
the
usual practice of international organizations that their representatives
in
federal states are appointed in agreement with that state's central
organs,
and not with the approval of only one of the members of the federal
state.
This is why Yugoslavia has lodged a protest in the strongest
terms
to Council SecretaryGeneral Walter Schwimmer, critically pointing out
that
the Council had opted, in spite of Yugoslavia's expressed readiness for
cooperation, to send an expert without approval of the Belgrade
government,
thus violating the usual forms of cooperation, its own Statute, and the
very procedure for sending representatives to European countries. In the
protest, Yugoslavia also demanded the recalling of Eva Tomic.
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CHI HA PAURA DI RADOVAN KARADZIC?
THE TIMES (London)
August 8 2000
US 'too afraid of casualties to arrest Karadzic'
BY JAMES PRINGLE IN FOCA
BRITISH forces in Bosnia are the only troops capable of arresting
Radovan Karadzic, the indicted Bosnian Serb war criminal,
American officials working in the region believe.
Although the United States, with more than 4,000 troops in
southeastern Bosnia has almost double Britain's force of 2,400,
American observers claim that fears of losing a US soldier in
combat will render them incapable of taking on the mission. "It's
not a question of courage, it's a political decision in Washington
that there should be no American deaths in Bosnia," one
American official, exasperated by the US troops' failure to act,
said. "Given that, probably only British troops backed by the
SAS are up to the job."
Western offcials doubt US troops will be ordered to act because
of the so-called "Somalia syndrome" that stemmed from the death
of 18 US soldiers in Mogadishu in 1993.
The watchword of American troops in the Nato-led Stabilisation
Force is "force protection" - a focus on avoiding casualties - in
spite of the State Department plastering "wanted" posters across
the region and offering a $5 million (#3.3 million) reward for the
capture of Dr Karadzic and other alleged war criminals. Jacques
Klein, a retired American general who heads the United Nations
Mission in Bosnia, is pressing for his capture before
parliamentary elections in November so as to remove his
influence on Bosnian Serb voters.
"We must arrest Karadzic," he said. "How can we ask the
Croatian Government to pick up their war criminals and hand them
over when the international community isn't willing to do that
here?"
In April French Nato troops arrested Momcilo Krajisnik in Pale,
the highest-ranking war crimes suspect to be detained in Bosnia.
But since 1995, French forces stationed near Visegrad had been
accused of ignoring war crimes suspects.
Dr Karadzic, charged for crimes linked to the siege of Sarajevo
and the slaughter of thousands of Bosnian Muslims in
Srebrenica, remains at large in eastern Bosnia. Ratko Mladic, the
infamous chief of the Bosnian Serb armed forces, is said to be in
Belgrade.
Western intelligence sources say that Dr Karadzic is guarded by
a formidable paramilitary force and that capturing him would be
"not only difficult but dangerous". British officials said that there
were no plans to deploy troops in the hunt for the former Bosnian
Serb leader..
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LA NATO MINACCIA UNA NUOVA GUERRA DI AGGRESSIONE CONTRO LA JUGOSLAVIA
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Via Workers World News Service
Reprinted from the Aug. 10, 2000
issue of Workers World newspaper
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NATO THREATENS NEW WAR AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA
By John Catalinotto
With news statements and articles, NATO leaders renewed
their threats against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in
the last week of July, raising the specter of a new war of
aggression against that country.
NATO Secretary General George Rob ert son threw the weight
of the military alliance behind the move to split Montenegro
away from the remaining Yugoslavia.
Speaking to the media July 27, Robertson said, "I again
repeat my warning to President Milosevic not to make
mistakes that he has made in the past and not to continue to
undermine the elected government of Montenegro."
This is a barely veiled threat that NATO will again bomb
Yugoslavia, as it did for 78 days after Belgrade refused in
March 1999 to submit to the Rambouillet ultimatum that would
have opened all of Yugoslavia to NATO occupation.
What Robertson calls "the elected government of Montenegro"
is the regime headed by President Milo Djukanovic, who is
always described as "pro-Western" in the big-business media
here. This means he has adopted the German Deutschemark as
Montenegro's currency and has tried to split from
Yugoslavia.
Of the 800,000 people living in Montenegro, however, at
least half prefer to remain part of Yugoslavia. This was
seen in last June's elections, which pro-Yugoslavia parties
won in the major seaport town of Herceg Novi and almost won
in Podgorica, the capital. In reality Montenegro is not a
viable independent state. If it split it would become a NATO
protectorate.
Under those conditions, an attempt by Djukanovic to
unconstitutionally split from Yugoslavia runs the danger of
starting a civil war. Asked about possible NATO intervention
in this situation, Robertson made this vague threat: "We
aren't saying what we will do. One of the lessons of Kosovo
is that you don't reveal your cards too far in advance."
To add to the danger, U.S. President Bill Clinton and German
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder--heads of the two biggest
imperialist powers in NATO--signed an article in the July 28
International Herald Tribune pledging to intervene in the
Yugoslav national election now set for Sept. 24.
They said they would help the opposition to Milosevic unite
and that they would also support Djukanovic if he boycotts
the election.
"We will continue to work with the democratic opposition in
Serbia, to help it unite around a common platform, to
support nongovernmental organizations and the independent
media, and to back President Milo Djukanovic of Montenegro
until all those who have suffered under Mr. Milosevic's rule
can take their place in Europe," Clinton and Schroeder
wrote.
If there were any doubt before, the two Western leaders made
it clear that there is no serious opposition to Milosevic's
party and its allies except those groups that are toadies of
the Western imperialist powers.
The Yugoslav political leaders have set local, national
parliamentary and presidential elections for Sept. 24. Using
strictly legal parliamentary decisions to change some
election laws, the Milosevic government has maximized its
chances of surviving the election and of keeping Yugoslavia
out of the clutches of NATO.
But this does not end the threat of new NATO intervention in
Yugoslavia, as the NATO leaders have now made clear.
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