(abolition-usa) Fwd: 'Let Civility Prevail': an appeal fromBelgrade

Charles Brown CharlesB at CNCL.ci.detroit.mi.us
Tue Apr 20 13:50:12 PDT 1999


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Charles Brown

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>From: Zarana Papic <zpapic at f.bg.ac.yu>

>To: Bojan Aleksov <al_bojan at hotmail.com>

>Subject: [Fwd: Syndicate: <nettime> Let Civility Prevail - A

>Statement of Concerned SerbianCitizens]

>Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 15:31:01 +0200

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>Subject: Syndicate: <nettime> Let Civility Prevail - A Statement of

>Concerned SerbianCitizens

>Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 09:08:13 +0100

>From: Andreas Broeckmann <abroeck at v2.nl>

>To: syndicate at aec.at

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>Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 16:45:32 +0200 (CEST)

>From: owner-b92press-l at xs4all.nl

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>LET CIVILITY PREVAIL

>

>A STATEMENT OF CONCERNED SERBIAN CITIZENS

>

>As long time proponents of and activists for a democratic and

>anti-nationalist Serbia, who have chosen to remain in

>Yugoslavia during this moment of crisis and who want to see

>our country reintegrated into the community of world nations,

>we state the following:

>

>1. We strongly condemn the NATO bombings which have

>hugely exacerbated violence in Kosovo and have caused the

>displacement of people outside and throughout Yugoslavia. We

>strongly condemn the ethnic cleansing of the Albanian

>population perpetrated by any Yugoslav forces. We strongly

>condemn the Kosovo Liberation Army's (KLA) violence

>targeted against the Serbs, moderate Albanians and other ethnic

>communities in Kosovo. The humanitarian catastrophe in

>Kosovo - death, grief and extreme suffering for hundreds of

>thousands of Albanians, Serbs and members of other ethnic

>communities - has to be ended now. All refugees from

>Yugoslavia must immediately and unconditionally be allowed

>to return to their homes, their security and human rights

>guaranteed, and aid for reconstruction provided. Perpetrators of

>crimes against humanity whoever they are must be brought to

>justice.

>

>2. The fighting between Serbian forces and KLA has to be

>stopped immediately in order to start a new round of

>negotiations. All sides must put aside their maximalist

>demands. There are (as in other numerous similar conflicts such

>as Northern Ireland) no quick and easy solutions. We all must

>be prepared for a long and painstaking process of negotiation

>and normalization.

>

>3. The bombing of Yugoslavia by NATO causes destruction

>and growing numbers of civilian victims (at least several

>hundred, maybe a thousand, by now). The final outcome will be

>the destruction of the economic and cultural foundations of

>Yugoslav society. It must be stopped immediately.

>

>4. The UN Charter, the Helsinki Final Act, the founding

>document of NATO, as well as the constitutions of countries

>such as Germany, Italy, Portugal, have been violated by this

>aggression. As individuals who have devoted their lives to the

>defense of basic democratic values, who believe in universal

>legal norms we are deeply concerned that NATO's violation

>of these norms will incapacitate all those struggling for the

>rule of law and human rights in this country and elsewhere

>in the world.

>

>5. NATO's bombings have further destabilized the southern

>Balkans. If continued this conflict can escalate beyond Balkan

>borders and, if turned into land military operations, thousands

>of NATO and Yugoslav soldiers, as well as Albanian and

>Serbian civilians, will die in a futile war as in Vietnam. Political

>negotiations toward a peaceful settlement should be reopened

>immediately.

>

>6. The existing regime has only been reinforced by NATO's

>attacks in Yugoslavia by way of the natural reaction of people

>to rally around the flag in times of foreign aggression. We

>continue our opposition to the present anti-democratic and

>authoritarian regime, but we also emphatically oppose NATO's

>aggression. The democratic forces in Serbia have been

>weakened and the democratic reformist Government of

>Montenegro threatened by NATO's attacks and by the regime's

>subsequent proclamation of the state of war and now find

>themselves between NATO's hammer and regime's anvil.

>

>7. In dealing with the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia the

>leaders of the world community have in the past made

>numerous fatal errors. New errors are leading to an aggravation

>of the conflict and are removing us from the search for peaceful

>solutions.

>

>We appeal to all: President Milosevic, the representatives of

>the Kosovo Albanians, NATO, EU and US leaders to stop all

>violence and military activities immediately and engage in the

>search for a political solution.

>

>Belgrade, April 16, 1999

>

>1. Stojan Cerovic, "Vreme" columnist and journalist

>2. Jovan Cirilov, Belgrade International Theater Festival (BITEF)

>selector and former director of the Yugoslav Drama Theater; Theater

>History Center Director

>3. Sima Cirkovic, Member Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts,

>Professor, Belgrade University, Dept. of History

>4. Mijat Damnjanovic, Former Professor, Belgrade University, Faculty

>of Political Sciences, Center for Public Administration and Local

>Government (PALGO) Director

>5. Vojin Dimitrijevic, Former head of the Department of

>International

>Law, Belgrade Law School; The Belgrade Center for Human Rights

>Director; UN Human Rights Committee former Vice Chairman

>6. Dasa Duhacek, Director Women Studies Center, Board Member of

>Alternative Academic Educational Network (AAEN)

>7. Milutin Garasanin, Member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and

>Arts; Vice President of The Association for Research of South-Eastern

>Europe (UNESCO)

>8. Zagorka Golubovic, Professor, Belgrade University, Department of

>Sociology; Chair Social Sciences Department of AAEN

>9. Dejan Janca, Professor, Novi Sad University, Law School

>10. Ivan Jankovic, Belgrade lawyer, human rights activist, Board

>President of Center for Anti-War Action

>11. Predrag Koraksic, Belgrade caricaturist

>12. Mladen Lazic, Professor, Belgrade University, Department of

>Sociology, AAEN Board member

>13. Sonja Licht, President, Fund for an Open Society Executive Board

>14. Ljubomir Madzar, Professor Belgrade University, Faculty of

>Economy, Member Group-17

>15. Veran Matic, Editor in Chief, Belgrade Radio B92, President

>Alternative Network of Electronic Media (ANEM)

>16. Jelica Minic, Secretary General, European Movement in Serbia

>17. Andrej Mitrovic, Professor, Belgrade University, Department of

>History

>18. Radmila Nakarada, Senior Reserach Fellow, Belgrade Institute for

>European Studies

>19. Milan Nikolic, Director, Center for Policy Studies

>20. Vida Ognjenovic, Theater director, playwrite

>21. Borka Pavicevic, Director, Center for Cultural Decontamination

>22. Jelena Santic, Anti-war 487 group, human rights activist

>23. Nikola Tasic, Associate member of the Serbian Academy of

>Sciences

>and Arts, Member European Academy

>24. Ljubinka Trgovcevic, Senior Research Fellow, Belgrade

>University,

>Department of History

>25. Srbijanka Turajlic, Professor, Belgrade University, Faculty of

>Electrical Engineering, Board President AAEN

>26. Ivan Vejvoda, Fund for an Open Society Executive Director,

>27. Branko Vucicevic, translator

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