[PEN-L:5889] (Fwd) OTTAWA LABOUR COUNCIL SAYS NO TO U.S./NATO BOMBINGS OF

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Friday, 23 Apr 1999

OTTAWA LABOUR COUNCIL SAYS NO TO U.S./NATO BOMBINGS OF YUGOSLAVIA


Last night at its regular meeting the delegates of the Ottawa and 
District Labour Council passed a motion to send to the Canadian 
Labour Congress the following emergency resolution on the War in 
Yogoslovia:

Stop the bombing of Yugoslavia! Negotiate Now!

Whereas: the attack by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on 
Yugoslavia is not a humanitarian solution to the conflict within 
Yugoslavia; it will only deepen the conflict and suffering in the 
Balkans, with uncontrolled and dangerous consequences for the 
entire world;

Whereas: NATO's attack on Yugoslavia violates the fundamental 
principles of the United Nations Organization and of the Helsinki 
Final Act that guarantees the borders of Europe following the 
Second World War;

Whereas: NATO's demand to place a NATO occupying force in 
Yugoslavia was made without any legal basis;

Whereas: the corporate agenda has always relied on dividing 
workers, and on making them fight each other;

Whereas: it is never too late to negotiate a just peace;

Therefore be it resolved: that the Canadian Labour Congress call on 
the Government of Canada to withdraw its support for the war 
against Yugoslavia and to support immediate peace negotiations.



The Executive had unanimously reccommended acceptance, and it 
passed overwhelmingly.

Stuart Ryan, President
CAW 567