APPEAL FOR THE ADHESION OF BOSNIA TO THE EUROPEAN UNION

- Since a thousand days from the beginning of the war involving the Internationally recognized Republic of Bosnia-Erzegovina;

- Whereas the conflict has already caused more than 200,000 casualties, hundreds of thousands injured, more than three millions refugees;

- Whereas the capital Sarajevo and the cities of Goradze, Srebrenica, Zepa, Bihac, Velika Kladusa are still surrounded by Kardzic' and Martic's militia, and people in those cities are still living under daily terror and deprivation;

- Whereas the six peace plans, which include the ethnic-based division of the country, proposed by the International community have been rejected;

- Whereas a series of recent elements, including the current increase of truce violations, seems to forecast a new outburst of the conflict;

- Whereas the credibility of the presence in Bosnia of the International community in general, and particularly of the European Union, related to its efforts toward a peaceful settlement, seems more and more doubtful;

- Whereas the European Union, in the occasion of the 1996 Inter-governments Conference, is moving toward a reform of its foreign policy;

We, men and women signing this appeal, politicians, culture makers, and scientists, European citizens,

- welcome with the greatest interest and hope those signs supporting the request for the adhesion of Bosnia to the European Union from many political and cultural personalities on Muslim, Croatian and Serbian sides of Bosnia-Erzegovina;

- believe that the acceptance of the Bosnia request by the European Union could finally create a frame for a peaceful and lasting resolution of the conflict, allowing for the participation of all the Bosnian people as well.

- believe that such an adhesion process has essentially a political meaning and therefore no economical or technical reason should be used as an excuse to avoid or postpone its actualization;

- invite everybody to get involved and organized everywhere in Europe so that the Repubblic of Bosnia officials, overcoming a legitimate prudence and diffidence, could file the formal application for the adhesion to the European Union and so that European authorities could accept such request with no delay.

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