> > Yugoslav Daily Survey > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > (Morning edition) > > BELGRADE,4 April 2000 > > C O N T E N T S : > > FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA > > - YUGOSLAV FOREIGN MINISTRY STRONGLY CONDEMNED ARREST OF KRAJISNIK > > MEDITERRANEAN - CONFERENCE > > - CONFERENCE ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN >CLOSED > > COUNCIL OF EUROPE - ASSEMBLY > > - RUSSEL-JOHNSTON ASKED FOR LIFTING OF ANTI-YUGOSLAV SANCTIONS > > NATO AGGRESSION - INTERNATIONAL REACTIONS > > - JAPANESE ORGANIZATION ISHUI-KAI SENT PROTEST LETTER TO CLINTON > > NATO AGGRESSION - VICTIM > > - V.JOVANOVIC KILLED BY NATO CLUSTER BOMB > > FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA > > YUGOSLAV FOREIGN MINISTRY STRONGLY CONDEMNED ARREST OF KRAJISNIK > > BELGRADE, April 3 (Tanjug) - The Yugoslav Foreign Ministry on >Monday vehemently condemned the perfidious arrest of Momcilo Krajisnik, former >Republika Srpska (R.S.) parliament speaker and member of Bosnia's three-man >presidency, by Bosnia's Stabilisation Force (SFOR). > > A statement issued by the Ministry said that this shameless and >scandalous act by NATO-led SFOR was a direct attack on peace accords on >Bosnia-Herzegovina reached in Dayton and Paris in 1995. > > This is the latest and most dramatic form of activity by the >forces of occupation made on the eve of Bosnia's elections and aimed at >stifling democracy and intimidating and discriminating against the Serbs with >a view to promoting the U.S. administration's and NATO's puppet regime, >creating a unitary Bosnia-Herzegovina and eliminating the Republika Srpska as >Bosnia's equal entity. > > This act of violence clearly indicates that NATO continues its >policy of genocide against the Serbs in an organised manner. > > By downplaying the importance of the Dayton and Paris accords, >initial results in restoring confidence, security and safety in >Bosnia-Herzegovina are annulled. SFOR's action has once again shown that the >force is an instrument openly used by NATO, which unequivocally indicates that >the United Nations has been totally outmanoeuvred, the peacekeeping mission >taken advantage of and political, legal and moral principles in international >relations trodden on, with a view to making it possible for the alliance and >the policy of force to usurp the role of supreme arbiter in the world. > > The arrest of Krajisnik shows that the so-called Hague tribunal >operates only as an illegitimate political body whose task is to ensure the >collective punishment of the Serbian people. > > Large-scale replacement of politicians and officials elected >through the people's will shows that attempts are made to set up a >protectorate in Bosnia-Herzegovina in a colonial manner, the statement said. > > MEDITERRANEAN - CONFERENCE > > CONFERENCE ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN CLOSED > > PARIS, April 4 (Tanjug) - The 3rd Interparliamentary Conference on >Security and Cooperation in the Mediterranean closed in Marseilles on Monday >after adopting a closing declaration. > > A delegation of the Yugoslav parliament took part in the work of >the conference, which rallied about 200 participants from Mediterranean >countries and those close to this region. > > The closing document, adopted at the end of the 4-day meeting, >pertains to issues of regional stability, economic cooperation and >partnership, as well as dialogue among civilizations and on human rights. The >document also includes amendments proposed by the Yugoslav delegation which >have been accepted by the working body. These articles stipulate that the >conference entirely supports the implementation of United Nations Security >Council Resolution 1244 as the only manner of resolving the problem of >Serbia's Kosovo and Metohija province and that the conference maintains that >any military act or measure taken against the sovereignty of any country >presents an act of aggression. > > The conference also adopted a decision to set up a Parliamentary >Assembly of the Mediterranean, modeled according to the parliamentary body of >the Council of Europe. > > COUNCIL OF EUROPE - ASSEMBLY > > RUSSEL-JOHNSTON ASKED FOR LIFTING OF ANTI-YUGOSLAV SANCTIONS > > BRUSSELS, April 4 (Tanjug) - Council of Europe Parliamentary >Assembly President David Russel-Johnston asked western countries in Strasbourg >to lift the sanctions against Yugoslavia, electronic media in Brussels >reported late on Monday. > > Nothing has been achieved with the sanctions and there are many >arguments for their lifting or easing, Lord Russel-Johnston told a press >conference. > > He underscored that the entire population of Yugoslavia are >suffering because of the sanctions and that this is why the Parliamentary >Assembly urges their lifting. The European Union should continue easing the >sanctions, he said. > > NATO AGGRESSION - INTERNATIONAL REACTIONS > > JAPANESE ORGANIZATION ISHUI-KAI SENT PROTEST LETTER TO CLINTON > > TOKYO, April 4 (Tanjug) - The air strikes on Yugoslavia were an >act of genocide and a crime which must not be forgiven you, said a message >sent to U.S. President Bill Clinton by the Japanese patriotic organization >Ishui-kai on the occasion of the anniversary of the onset of the NATO >aggression on Yugoslavia. The message resolutely demands that the United >States re-examine its policy toward Yugoslavia and stop interfering in its >internal affairs. It also demands that those responsible for killing innocent >children and citizens of Yugoslavia be taken to court and punished, and that >Yugoslavia receive war reparations. The United States is further asked to lift >the unjust economic sanctions against Yugoslavia and invest efforts to restore >peace and stability in Yugoslavia. > > The message to Clinton was read at demonstrations staged by the >organization at the anniversary of the aggression outside the U.S. Embassy in >Tokyo. It said the 79-day aggression had killed more than 2,000 innocent >people, that NATO planes destroyed hospitals and schools, bridges, roads, and >other infrastructure objects. > > NATO AGGRESSION - VICTIM > > V.JOVANOVIC KILLED BY NATO CLUSTER BOMB > > NIS, April 4 (Tanjug) - Vladimir Jovanovic, 70, of the southern >Serbian town of Nis was killed on Tuesday morning by a cluster bomb. > > Digging in his garden in the Duvaniste district, Jovanovic came >upon a cluster bomb dropped in the area by NATO aircraft on May 12, 1999, >within the alliance's 78-day air strikes on Yugoslavia. > > Ljubisa Jovanovic said his father Vladimir had also been wounded >in this same district during the aggression last year. > > Local citizens fear many more cluster bombs still remain in this >district. > > The use of cluster bombs is banned under international law. > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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