Information bulletin on the campaigns of the Transnational Radical Party
Issue #23 27 August, 1998
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SPECIAL ISSUE ON KOSOVO
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In this issue:
- first signatories of the Milosevic appeal,
- TRP statement at the UN Sub-Commission on minorities on Kosovo.
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MILOSEVIC MUST BE STOPPED! SIGN THE RADICAL PARTY APPEAL.
THE INTERNATIONAL MOBILIZATION FOR THE INCRIMINATION OF SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC FOR GENOCIDE CONTINUES.
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After only two weeks, over 10,000 individuals, as well as dozens of parliamentarians from all over Europe and several VIPs, have signed our appeal to the President and the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to indict President Milosevic for genocide and crimes against humanity.
Contrarily to what the International Community seems to think, Milosevic is not the key to stability, Milosevic is the Problem for the area. We believe that the President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is the problem for peace, and we have always stated that there cannot be lasting peace unless justice is insured, and justice can be insured through the international instruments that we have. We are of the opinion that the ICTY is the body that can take into consideration this matter and try Milosevic for the genocide committed in the former Yugoslavia.
The encouraging feedback of the initial phase of the campaign makes us re-launch the initiative with a special issue of the TRANSNATIONALFAX uniquely dedicated to this issue. We are now in the process of establishing contacts with some members of the U.S. Congress to 'export' the mobilization overseas an make it become a worldly action.
We must keep up the momentum, maintain the political pressure when, at the beginning of September, parliaments all over the world will reopen, but we also must start thinking about the possibility of sending a fact finding mission to Kosovo to prepare a dossier for a 'prima facie' case against the Belgrade regime.
We take the opportunity to thank all of you that have signed the appeal, we urge those who haven't to do it, and we ask you to spread the news among friends and have them sign the petition and disperse it in their regions. We need your help, we need your active participation to strengthen this campaign and make it become the turning point of the Balkan situation.
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STOP MILOSEVIC WITH A SIGNATURE
ADHESIONS TO THE REQUEST OF THE INDICTMENT OF PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC (233)
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Here is the list of the first signatories of our petition, if you any of the personalities listed here, contact them and ask them to promote the initiative among their party members and colleagues.
* NOBEL PRIZE(1) John POLANYI, 1986 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, University of Toronto;
* * JURIST(2) Antonio BALDASSARE, President of the Constitutional Court (Italy);Vincenzo CAIANIELLO, President of the Constitutional Court (Italy);
PARLIAMENTARIANS
European Parliament (36)
Anne ANDRE-LEONARD (ELDR, Belgium);Elmar BROK, (PPE, Germany); Ernesto CACCAVALE (UPE, Italy); Carlos CANDAL (PSE, Portugal) Raymond CHESA (UPE, France); Michel DARY (ARE, France); Willy DE CLERCQ, (ELDR, Belgium); Henry DE LASSUS (ARE, France; Gianfranco DELL'ALBA (ARE, Italy); GTrard DEPREZ (PPE, Belgium); Olivier DUPUIS (ARE, Italy); Michil EBNER (PPE, Italy); Winifred EWING (ARE, UK); Raimondo Fassa (ELDR, Italy); Glyn FORD (PSE, UK); Marco FORMENTINI (NI - League, Italy); Karl HABSBURG-LOTHRINGEN (PPE, Austria); Otto von HABSBURG (PPE, Germany); Jose HAPPART (PSE, Belgium); Heidi HAUTALA, (Greens, Finland); Hugh KERR (Greens, UK); Christoph KONRAD (PPE, Germany); Paul KANNOYE (Greens, Belgium); Hans LINDQVIST (ELDR, Sweden); Johanna MAIJ-WEGGEN (PPE, Netherlands); David MARTIN (PSE, UK) EP Vice-President; Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT (PPE, UK); JosT Maria MENDILUCE PEREIRO (PPE, Spain); Philippe MONFILS (ELDR, Belgium); James MOORHOUSE (PPE, UK); Marlies MOSIEK-URBAHN (PPE, Germany); Arie OOSTLANDER (PPE, NL);
Doris PACK (PPE, Germany) President of the EP delegation for the Southeast Europe; Roy PERRY (PPE, United Kingdom); Bernd POSSELT (PPE, Germany); Maartje VAN PUTTEN (PSE, Netherlands); Rainer WIELAND (PPE, Germany).
Albanian Parliament (9)
Pjeter ARBNORI (Former-President of the Parliament, former political prisoner, Democrat); Junuz BEGAJ (Social-democrat); Sali BERISHA (Former President of the Republic, President of the Democratic Party); Spartak BRAHO (President Defese Committee, Socialist); Neritan CEKA (President of the Democratic Alliance); Namik DOKLE (Vice-President of the Parliament, Socialist); Sabri GODO (President Foreign Affairs Committee, Republican);Kastriot ISLAMI (Socialist); Nexhat KALAJ (United Right).
Adzerbaijan Parliament (1)
Arif RAGIM-ZADE (Vice-President of the Parliament)
Belgian Parliament - Senate (5)
Philippe CHARLIER (PSC); Baronne Sabine DE BETHUNE (CVP); Christine Comtesse d'ELZIUS (PSC); Patrick HOSTEKINT (SP); Johan WEYTS (CVP).
Belgian Parliament - House of Representatives (10)
Pierrette CAHAY-ANDRE (PSC); Olivier DELEUZE (ECOLO); Aime DESIMPEL (VLD); Jean-Pierre DETREMMERIE, (PSC) Mayor; Richard FOURNAUX (PSC) Mayor; Andre GROSJEAN (PS); Franz LOZIE (Agalev); Patrick MORIAU (Socialist, Mayor of Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont); Karel VAN HOOREBEKE (VU); Marilou WELKENHUYSEN (VLD);
Croatian Parliament (1)
Zdravko TOMAC (SDP) Minority leader;
Danish Parliament (1)
Klaus HAEKKERUP (Social Democrat)
Dutch Parliament - Senate (1)
Bierman MARREN (Green Party);
Dutch Parliament - 2nd Chamber (3)
JTH. HOEKEMA (D66); EDCM. LAMBRECHTS (D66); Theo VAN DEN DOEL (VVD).
French Parliament - Senate
GisFle PRINTZ (Socialist)
French Parliament - National Assembly (4)
Yves BUR (UDF); Patrice CARVALHO (Communist Group); Martine LIGNIERES-CASSOU (Socialist); Alain FERRY (RTpublique e libertT).
German Parliament (6)
Klaus FRANCKE (CDU/CSU); Dr. Graf Otto LAMBSDORFF (FDP); Vera LANGSFELD (CDU-CSU); Hartmut SCHAUERTE (CDU); Jella TEUCHNER (SPD); Hans-Otto WILHELM (CDU).
Italian Parliament - Senate (28)
Livio BESSO CORDERO (others); Francesco BOSI (CCD); Guido CALVI (DS); Fulvio CAMERINI (DS); Antonio CAPALDI (DS Mayor of Roncilione); Antonio CARCARINO (RC); Fiorello CORTIANA (Green); Antonio DI PIETRO (others); Francesco D'ONOFRIO (CCD) President of the CCD Group; Antonio FALOMI (DS); Gian Guido FOLLONI (UDR - CDU-CDR-NI) President of the UDR Group; Jas GAWRONSKI (FI); Luigi GRILLO (FI); Giulio MACERATINI (AN) President of the AN Group; Bruno MAGLIOCCHETTI (AN) Mayor; Adolfo MANIS (RI); Alessandro MELUZZI (UDR - CDU-CDR-NI); Pietro MILIO (Others); Stefano PASSIGLI (DS); Adriana PASQUALI (AN); Ersilia SALVATO (RC) Vice-President of the Senate; Giorgio SARTO (Green); Renato Giuseppe SCHIFANI (FI); Francesca SCOPELLITI (FI); Francesco Enrico SPERONI (LN); Giuseppe VEGAS (FI) Vice-President of FI Group; Demetrio VOLCIC (DS); Massimo WILDE (LN);
Italian Parliament - House of Representatives (54)
Giovanni ALEMANNO (AN); Giuseppe AMATO (FI); Uber ANGHINONI (LN); Mario BACCINI (CCD); Paolo BAMPO (LN); Alfredo BIONDI (FI); Marco BOATO (Green); Donato BRUNO (FI); Maria BURANI PROCACCINI (FI); Rocco BUTTIGLIONE (UDR) President of the UDR Group; Giuseppe CALDERISI (FI) Vice-President of the FI Group; Francesco CASCIO (FI); Pier Ferdinando CASINI (CCD) Secretary; Pier Paolo CENTO (Green); Vincenzo CERULLI IRELLI (PD); Edro COLOMBINI (FI); Luca DANESE (UDR); Vincenzo FRAGALA' (AN); Maurizio GASPARRI (AN); Carlo GIOVANARDI (CCD); Mario LANDOLFI (AN); Antonio LEONE (FI); Giancarlo LOMBARDI (Olive Tree) Tiziana MAIOLO (FI); Filippo MANCUSO (FI); Roberto MARONI (LN); Diego MASI (PS), Vice-President of the PS Group; Piergiorgio MASSIDDA (FI); Cristina MATRANGA (FI); Alessandra MUSSOLINI (AN) Vice-President of the AN Group; Giancarlo PAGLIARINI (LN); Mauro PAISSAN (Green), President of the Green Group; Elio Massimo PALMIZIO (FI); Tiziana PARENTI (UD); Alfonso PECORARO SCANIO (Green); Marco PEZZONI (DS); Rino PISCI
TELLO (Rete), Vice-President of the Rete Group; Lapo PISTELLI (PD) Vice-President of the PD Group; Guido POSSA (FI); Giuseppe ROSSETTO (FI); Angelo SANTORI (FI); Angelo SANZA (UDR); Michele SAPONARA (FI); Luigi SARACENI (DS); Vittorio SGARBI (Others); Vincenzo SINISCALCHI (DS); Antonio SODA (DS); Francesco STORACE (AN); Francesco Pietro STRADELLA (FI); Mario Alberto TABORELLI (FI); Marco TARADASH (FI); Adolfo URSO (AN); Mario VALDUCCI (FI); Eugenio VIALE (FI).
Parliament of Luxembourg (1)
Robert MEHLEN (ADR)
Macedonian Parliament
Arben XHAFERI (President of the Albanian Democratic Party)
Russian Parliament - Duma (1)
Valerij BORSCEV (Jabloko);
VIPs (90)
Morton ABRAMOVITZ (Council on Foreign Relations, Washington DC, United States); Micheal ALEXANDER (Director of the "Tibet Information Service", Germany); Genci ANASTASI (Director of "The 8th Corridorio", Albania); Jean Francois BASSE (General delegate of "Observatoire Internationnale des Prisons" , France); Robert BAYRUSI (Journalist, Croatia); Parwin DARABI ("Dr. Homa Darabi Foundation", United States); Monika DEIMANN-CLEMENS ("Tibet Forum", Germany); David FILIPOV (Correspondent of The Boston Globe, Russia); Cak GJONBALAJ (Professor -University of Pristina, Kosovo); Dritan GJONBALAJ (President of "Dardania", Albania); Andre GLUCKSMANN (Philosopher and writer, France); Seit HASANI (Director of "Counsel for the defense" Albania); Marie HOLZMAN (Writer, Sinologist, France); Ismail KADARE, (Writer, France); Julia KALININA (Writer, Russian); Dashnor KALOCI (Journalist, Albania); Lev LEVINSON (Secretary of Human Rights Chamber by the President of Russian Federation, Russia); Gezim LULI (Former-Representative, Al
bania); Maria MARKINA (Journalist, Russian); Arben MECAJ (Former-Representative, Albania); Thomas NAGANT (President "Les Amis du Tibet" and council member, Belgium); Mustafa NANO (Diplomatic, Albania); Valerij NIKOLJSKIJ (Journalist, member of Moscow Helsinki Group, Russian); Sasa PAPARELLA (Journalist, Croatia); Evgenij POLJAKOV (Sociologist, Institute of Religion and Law, Russian); Agron QOKU (Former-representative, Albania); Mathieu RICARD (Monk, France-Nepal); Muhamed SACIRBEY (Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Bosnia Herzegovina to the UN - 'in his personal capacity'); Izet SHEHU (Former-representative, Albania); Huan-Wu SHEN (Representative of Taipei in Brussels, Belgium); Skender SHKUPI (Diplomatic, Albania); Erik SIESBY (Danish Helsinki Committee, Denmark); Tonin UJKA (Former-representative, Albania); Agim ZEKA (Political coordinator of the Albanian Right, Albania).
VIPs from Italy
Ferdinando ADORNATO (Journalist, director "Liberal"); Aramis AMMANNATO (General S.A.R.O.); Enzo BETTIZA (Journalist); Federico BUGNO (Journalist); Adele CAMBRIA (Writer); Angela CAVAGNA (Actress); Laura CESARETTI (Journalist); don Luigi CIOTTI (Founder of the NGO "Gruppo Abele"); Giampaolo CRESCI (Journalist, director "Il Tempo"); Mino DAMATO (Journalist); Diana DE FEO (Journalist); Edoardo DELL'ACQUA (Producer); Teresa DE SIO (Musician/singer); Luigi DE MARCHI (Psychologist); Pablo ECHAURREN (Painter); Emilio FEDE (Journalist, director of TG4); Renzo FOA (Journalist); Carla FRACCI (Dancer); Gabriel GARKO (Actor); Antonio GHIRELLI (Journalist); Bartolomeo GIUSTI (Actor); Nicola GRAUSO (Media CEO); Eva GRIMALDI (Actress); Anna Maria GUARNIERI (Actress); Alessandro HABER (Actor); Margherita HACK (Professor, University of Trieste); Anna KANAKIS (Actress); Raffaele LA CAPRIA (Writer); Alberto LATTUADA (Director); Anita LAURENZI (Actor); Bruno LAUZI (Singer); Enzo LOMBARDO (Professor, 'La Sapienza'); Mario LUZZAT
TO FEGIZ (Journalist); Leopoldo MACHINA (Director); Enrico MANCA (Former-parliamentarian, Former-President of Rai); Erminia MANFREDI; Gianfranco MANFREDI (Writer); Nino MANFREDI (Actor); Adriana MARTINO (Director); Giuseppe MENEGATTI (Director); MILVA (Singer); Glauco ONORATO (Actor); Iuri Maria PRADO (Lawyer, Journalist); Fulco PRATESI (Environmentalist); Ermete REALACCI (President of "Legambiente"); Nantas SALVALAGGIO (Writer); Renato SCARPA (Actor); Mario STANGANELLI (Journalist); Giorgio STRACQUADANIO (Journalist); Alberto TARALLO (Producer); Oliviero TOSCANI (Photographer); Mario VALDEMARIN (Actor); Carlo VALLAURI (Professor of History); Marco VENTURA (Journalist); Piero VERNI (President of Italia-Tibet); Antonino ZICHICHI (President of WFS);
Here is again the text of the petition, we ask you to duplicate it and disseminate it in your area so that the number of endorsers will sensibly increase. The appeal can also be signed on the internet or downloaded in English, French, Spanish, and Italian at our website: www.radicalparty.org
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WE MUST OVERTHROW THE REGIME OF BELGRADE:
REQUEST TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE PROSECUTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE CRIMES COMMITTED IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA TO INDICT PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC.
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Ten years ago, in Kosovo, at the 'Blackbirds Camp', President Milosevic launched to the world his platform of intolerance and hatred, his promises of war, death and destruction.
Since then, the former Yugoslavia, which has suffered Miloscevic's policy of destruction and ethnic cleansing, has experienced a dramatic barbarity situation that the world now knows.
From Vukovar to Dubrovnik, from the concentration camps of Prijedor and Omarska to Sebrenica, his ethnic cleansing policy has been applied everywhere, through the most violent and inhuman means.
During these 10 years, Kosovo has not been spared. A "soft" but systematic repression, imposed by the Belgrade regime, has deprived two million Albanians from their rights; two million individuals, who - nevertheless - still want to live in the country that they consider their own.
Today in Kosovo, like yesterday in Croatia or Bosnia and Herzegovina, Milosevic has launched his policy of intolerance and hatred, violence and blood.
We must overthrow the National-Communist regime of Belgrade. We must end the aggression of the Belgrade regime against Kosovo. We must give the possibility to Serbs to establish democracy and the rule of law in their country. For these reasons we must stop President Milosevic. We must neutralize him, once for all. We must indict for genocide and crimes against humanity the person who, for the last years, has been the 'big director' and the instigator of the Balkan tragedy. We must do it now!
Otherwise any possibility of eventual freedom and democracy for Kosovo, as for Yugoslavia itself, for the Kosovars as well as for the Serbs will be lost. If we do not act now we will miss an opportunity for justice, the rule of law and the international community as a whole.
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TRP statement on Kosovo before the UN Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities. Delivered by Afrim Gjombalaj.
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50th Session, 3 - 28 August 1998
Agenda item 2
Country situations (Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including policies of racial discrimination and segregation and of apartheid, in all countries, with particular reference to colonial and other dependent countries and territories)
When attempting to reach a comprehensive peaceful agreement in Balkan area, the international community has not given careful consideration to the question of the final status for Kosova. The long-lasting political vacuum has led to brutal repression, violent police actions and the excessive use of force against people whose simple goals are freedom and their right to decide about their own future.
The paramilitary and police intervention of Belgrade regime, in which hard artillery has been employed in the pretexts of hunting terrorists, and in which the torture and ill treatment of civilians is not a rare practice, resulted so far in hundreds deaths of civilians, mainly children, women and elderly, more than 200 thousands of Albanians were pushed to flee the region. The humanitarian aid destined to those civilians who still remain in their homes suffering the lack of basic goods and medicine, is not allowed to reach them.
Despite several meetings of contact group, arms embargo against FRY (whose efficiency is questionable due to the existing huge military equipment of FRY), presence of the NATO in the region, United Nations Security Council's resolutions (whose real implementation is blocked by the approach of Russian Federation), no sufficiently decisive steps were taken by the international community to let Mr. Milosevic understand that the world will do anything effective to deter further violence.
Meanwhile, the brutal ethnic cleansing of Albanians - the majority population in Kosova - continues.
This year's Commission has adopted a strong resolution, insisting among others that the Government of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia take immediate action to put an end to the continuing repression of the ethnic Albanian population; ensure the complete withdrawal of its special police from Kosova; release all political detainees and respect fully all human rights and fundamental freedoms; allow the establishment of democratic institutions in Kosova. The Commission also called upon authorities in the FRY to comply with their obligation to cooperate with the International Criminal Tribunal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia, including with regard to events in Kosova and strongly recommended that the Office of the Prosecutor of the Tribunal begin gathering information relating to the violence in Kosova that may fall within its jurisdiction (Commission on Human Rights resolution 1998/79).
The Transnational Radical Party endorses fully these demands, emphasizing the urgent necessity for the international community to take decisive steps to implement them in practice. The TRP is furthermore convinced that it is a high time that Mr. Milosevic be put under investigation by the Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia.
All the possible solutions of the Kosova problem have been already discussed and pronounced. Now it is urgent to find a political will to take an urgent and strong action.
Allow me therefore to request you, with a deep respect to your person and all the Members of this august body, and in full awareness of the pressing time, to use the rest of time set for my statement for a minute of silence. A moment of silence for the victims of the atrocities that we have just spoke about, and for their right to life and the life of rights.
