intervention of the Foreign Minister of Albania

Slobodan Milosevic, the President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, had ordered an ethnic cleansing campaign against Albanians under the pretext of combating so-called "Albanian terrorism", Paskal Milo, the Foreign Minister of Albania told the General Assembly on October 2, during its continuing debate.

President Milosevic, he said, should be held responsible for acts of genocide. Albania called for an intensive international presence to monitor the situation in Kosovo; immediate intervention by NATO; and an indictment of President Milosevic as a war criminal. Calling for the immediate end to the conflict in Kosovo, he said negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina should begin under international auspices to define the future status of Kosovo. The will of the Albanians for self-determination must be part of any solution, and international conventions which rejects altering borders through the use of violence must be respected.