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In a message dated 4/20/99 3:23:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, aslater at gracelinks.org writes:
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Date: 4/20/99 3:23:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time
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>Subject: 'Let Civility Prevail': an appeal from Belgrade
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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
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>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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