Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- It seems that UNMIK is allowing voting to take place outside of Kosovo. It is not clear who is able to register but I think that this is definately a way of manipulating votes (given the control exerted by the KLA in Albanian emigre communities in the US, Canada, and Europe). I wrote a letter to the organization responsible for this registration process drawing attention to their breaches of Yugoslav sovereignty in participating in this process and hope that other's on the list will try to add pressure on this organization (the letter is also posted below). Cheers! Kole Subj: [balkans] Out-of-Kosovo Voting program Date: 08/09/01 02:16:16 Eastern Daylight Time From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (OKV-DC Wash DC) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ('[EMAIL PROTECTED]') FYI: The registration period has been extended: "Voter registration for Kosovo elections extended by two weeks. PRISTINA, 6 September 2001 (OSCE) - The deadline for registering to vote in the forthcoming elections for a Central Assembly in Kosovo has been extended by two weeks, until 22 September, 2001." (Source: OSCE, http://www.osce.org/kosovo/) Florian Bieber. ____________________________________________________ Dear all, Soon enough the registration period for the upcoming Kosovo-wide elections will end. The International Organization for Migration is happy to inform you that the Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) announced Kosovo-wide elections for November 17, 2001 to elect a 120-member law-making Assembly. To vote in the November elections, every eligible voter must either apply to register or confirm registration from last year by completing a new registration form. Registration begins 30 July and ends 8 September. IOM-OKV is sending to all applicants from last year personalized registration materials to be completed and returned to IOM-OKV Vienna. As we are making every effort to reach all potential voters, we ask your important support to help inform and provide materials to potential voters. This year, generic registration forms and information may also be downloaded from our website at www.okvoting.org. For further information or application materials, applicants form the USA and Canada should either take advantage of our website or call our IOM Washington office at our toll-free number at 1.866.819.5158 or contact us by e-mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sincerely, Henrike Lehnguth Head of Voter Information Office Out-of-Kosovo Voting (OKV) IOM Washington, D.C. Toll-free phone#: 1.866.819.5158 Fax#: 202.862.1879 LETTER TO IOM WASHINGTON: Dear IOM, I am writing with a question about your voter registration cycle. Does the out of country voting only apply to actual residents of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) that find themselves abroad during the elections or does it actually apply to any individual claiming to be from Kosovo (with some type of proof I assume) without regard to the individuals residency in the province or legal status within the FRY? The reason I ask is that ordinary Yugoslav emigres - who have given up residence in their native country and no longer hold citizenship - are not given the right to vote in Yugoslav national, provincial and cantonal elections according to the constitution of the FRY. A general franchise is only extended to all Yugoslav nationals and citizens. Having said this, it would be very disturbing to find out that your organization was collaborating in UNMIK's systematic breaches of UN Security Council Resolution 1244 which firmly guarantees the continuation of Yugoslav sovereignty and territorial integrity including the Province of Kosovo-Metohija. If it is true that your organization is registering non-Yugoslav citizens as voters you are in effect becoming complicit not only in the legitimization of the ethnic-cleansing of non-Albanian minorities in Kosovo (which is bad enough) but also in a form of territorial aggression by supressing the votes of the actual citizens of Kosmet with those of non-citizens who have no real stake in Kosovo's future. I would ask that your organization please reconsider its involvement on this issue. Thank you for your time and consideration, Sincerely, Konstantin Kilibarda (Student) MA in International Relations University of Toronto ------------------------------------------------- This Discussion List is the follow-up for the old stopnato @listbot.com that has been shut down ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9spWA Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: archive@jab.org T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
