>BELGRADE, 18 September 2000 FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA >MILUTINOVIC INAUGURATES OIL PROCESSING PLANT IN PANCEVO MARJANOVIC: NATIONAL >SURVIVAL AT STAKE IN ELECTIONS YUGOSLAV FOREIGN MINISTER CONGRATULATES CHILEAN >COUNTERPART ON NATIONAL DAY MINISTER IVAN MARKOVIC CONFERS WITH AMBASSADOR OF >PR CHINA > >YUGOSLAVIA - NATO AGGRESSION - TRIAL TRIAL OF NATO LEADERS FOR CRIMES IN >YUGOSLAVIA STARTS MONDAY NATO HAS VIOLATED INTERNATIONAL LAW > >THE COORDINATING COMMITTEE OF NON-ALIGNED NEWS AGENCIES POOL - MEETING SPECIAL >MEETING OF NANAP COORDINATING COMMITTEE ENDS IN BELGRADE > >KOSOVO-METOHIJA - TERRORISTS KOSOVO ALBANIAN TERRORISTS KILL SERB SERBIAN >VILLAGE OF GORAZDEVAC UNDER MORTAR FIRE > >GERMANY - YUGOSLAVIA GERMAN PACIFISTS WARN NATO > >FROM FOREIGN PRESS FILE ON U.S. CRIMES IN SERBIA'S KOSOVO-METOHIJA TO BE >PRESENTED > >* * * FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA MILUTINOVIC INAUGURATES OIL >PROCESSING PLANT IN PANCEVO PANCEVO, September 18 (Tanjug) - Serbian President >Milan Milutinovic on Monday inaugurated a plant for processing crude oil >within the Pancevo oil refinery, marking an end of reconstruction four months >ahead of deadline of all refinery plants damaged or destroyed in the 1999 NATO >air strikes on Yugoslavia. The presently renewed capacities enable the output >of greater quantities of products of the higher stage of processing - from the >current 50 percent of so-called white products to 80 percent, which >practically means that the Pancevo refinery will in future produce more >gasoline and other such products, Milutinovic said. "Starting from the rubble >and ruins which were left in the wake of the (NATO) air strikes, and with help >from the Serbian Government, you managed completely tore new all refinery >plants which are of great importance for our whole country," Milutinovic said, >praising builders for their dedication, creative enthusiasm and >self-sacrificing work. "Unable militarily to crush our defense, the aggressor >attacked civilian targets all the more viciously, in order to intimidate the >people. Pancevo was one such target which received the full wrath of the >aggressor until the very last day of the aggression, demonstrating all their >ruthlessness," he said. NATO's attempt to enslave Serbia failed, but they have >not given up attempts at aggression, he said. "They are in fact continuing >their aggression on our country using all means, political, economic, and >diplomatic. Their objective is to prevent the reconstruction of our country, >to break up the unity of the people and to try, if they can, to enslave us," >the Serbian President said, adding that these plans would fail. "Renewal for >Serbia means changes in all areas, Changes which will preserve social >stability, changes which will secure a better life for all citizens, changes >which will mean progress and not selling off Serbia," Milutinovic said, >addressing workers and management officials at the refinery grounds. Such >changes strengthen Yugoslavia, preserve and defend Serbia from those who >declare themselves in favour of changes but work on surrendering and selling >off Serbia, Milutinovic said, stressing that Serbia does not want the changes >which they offer. Serbia does not want their changes "because Serbia will not >give up its freedom, it will not give up its independence, Serbia has had >enough of destruction, suffering and divisions. We now need work, progress and >unity," Milutinovic said, adding that it was in the interest of the citizens >to elect those who can achieve peace, understanding, cooperation among >peoples, progress and better life for all citizens in Serbia, in Yugoslavia, >in the Balkans. All those who want peace in the Balkans and prosperity for all >Balkan peoples will support such a policy at the September 24 elections. "All >those who want to ignite the Balkan powder keg will have bitter opponents in >all of us, in President Slobodan Milosevic," Serbian President Milutinovic >said. > >MARJANOVIC: NATIONAL SURVIVAL AT STAKE IN ELECTIONS BELGRADE, September 18 >(Tanjug) - Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Marjanovic said in an interview >published in the Belgrade daily Politika on Monday that the electorate will >decide about the country's survival on September 24, the preservation of >freedom and independence, and the defense of the right to their own >development. Marjanovic said in the extensive interview that in normal times >and stable conditions, voters opt for parties of the right or the left, guided >by their respective economic or social programs. There is no difference >between the political left and the political right on these issues today, >however, Marjanovic said. The left has rallied all patriotic forces in the >country and provided an unequivocal answer to these fateful questions, he >said. "We were together with the people in the heroic national defense from >the NATO aggressor, we preserved the state, launched immediate renewal and >stepped up national development, and made it very clear to world power >wielders that we refuse to be anyone's satellite or colony," Marjanovic said. >The strength of our political left is in fact in this clear orientation toward >a modern market economy and a socially just society, he said. Expressing >confidence that the most difficult period has passed, Marjanovic said that >even those who imposed sanctions against our country realize their >pointlessness, adding that he expected they would soon be lifted. Marjanovic >said he knew Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic with all his qualities >which give fabric to claims that he is one of the biggest figures in our >recent history. President Milosevic best demonstrated all his qualities as >supreme commander in national defense, as the chief strategist in preserving >the state, and as the initiator of the speedy renewal and development, >Marjanovic said. > >YUGOSLAV FOREIGN MINISTER CONGRATULATES CHILEAN COUNTERPART ON NATIONAL DAY >BELGRADE, Sep 17 (Tanjug).- Yugoslav Foreign Minister Zivadin Jovanovic has >addressed to his Chilean counterpart Soledad Alvear Valenzuela a message of >congratulations on Chile's national day September 19. Jovanovic expressed his >best wishes for Chile's prosperity and for the future development of bilateral >relations based on friendship and mutual understanding. > >MINISTER IVAN MARKOVIC CONFERS WITH AMBASSADOR OF PR CHINA BELGRADE, September >18 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav Minister of Telecommunications Ivan Markovic received >the Ambassador of PR China in Belgrade, at his request, said on Monday the >Yugoslav Ministry of Telecommunications. Summing up results at the end of his >diplomatic mission in Yugoslavia, Ambassador Pan Zhanlin said he was satisfied >by the development of bilateral relations between the two friendly countries. >It was jointly assessed that notably cooperation in the field of >telecommunications and posts between FR Yugoslavia and PR China, at their >mutual satisfaction, was developing successfully. In addition, Ambassador Pan >Zhanlin conveyed the sincere feelings of friendship of the Chinese people and >state leadership towards the people of our country and support to the policy >of President Milosevic. Minister Markovic, responding to the interest >expressed by Ambassador Pan Zhanlin, informed him about the political >situation in FR Yugoslavia and activities relating to elections. At the end of >the talks, the ambassador wished success to the SPS-JUL coalition and to their >presidential candidate at the upcoming elections. > >YUGOSLAVIA - NATO AGGRESSION - TRIAL TRIAL OF NATO LEADERS FOR CRIMES IN >YUGOSLAVIA STARTS MONDAY BELGRADE, Sep 17 (Tanjug).- The trial of NATO leaders >indicted for crimes committed during the NATO aggression on Yugoslavia from >March 24 to June 10, 1999, starts on Monday at the Belgrade Palace of Justice. >Following extensive investigation at district courts in Pec, Pristina, >Kraljevo, Valjevo, Sabac, and Nis and at military courts, the Belgrade >District Attorney has proposed that William Clinton, Madeleine Albright, >William Cohen, Anthony Blair, Robin Cook, George Robertson, Jacques Chirac, >Hubert Vedrine, Alain Richard, Gerhard Schroeder, Josef Fischer, Rudolf >Scharping, Javier Solana and Wesley Clark be tried in absentia as they are not >available to Yugoslavia's justice authorities. The defendants are charged with >incitement to war of aggression, war crimes against civilian population, use >of banned ordnance, assassination attempt against Yugoslavia's President, and >violation of Yugoslavia's territorial integrity, in line with relevant >Yugoslav laws. Investigation has been carried in areas under the jurisdiction >of 29 district courts in Serbia and of military courts, and was initiated >immediately after the aggression ended. It was also carried out on the spot >during the aggression and bombing raids. Serbia's State Attorney has decided >that all defendants will be prosecuted in combined criminal proceedings. The >defendants will be tried in absentia as they are all foreign nationals >prosecuted for serious crimes against Yugoslavia's constitutional order and >security, and against humanity and international law. > >NATO HAS VIOLATED INTERNATIONAL LAW BELGRADE, September 18 (Tanjug) - The NATO >leaders prosecuted in absentia in Belgrade had, through the military >intervention against Yugoslavia last year, violated international law, the UN >Charter, a series of UN declarations and conventions, and Yugoslavia's >Criminal Law, and are consequently held accountable for a high number of >casualties and the devastation of a sovereign country, the indictment whose >text is being read on Monday at hearings before the Belgrade District Court >says. From March 24 to June 10, 1999, NATO violated Yugoslavia's territory by >carrying out 25,119 combat aircraft sorties, launching 600 cruise missiles, >attacking both military and civilian targets and using banned ordnance, which >resulted in the death or injury of hundreds of persons, severe environment >damage and tremendous material losses, the 190-page indictment says. The text >lists chronologically all sites targeted during the 78 days of air raids, >including towns, villages, industrial, military and other facilities. >Internationally banned cluster bombs and ammunition with depleted uranium were >used during the aggression at at least 77 locations in Serbia's >Kosovo-Metohija province and six locations in the Bujanovac, Presevo and >Vranje municipalities in southern Serbia and one location in Montenegro - the >Lustica promontory. Cluster bombs were dropped on 86 sites, for which the text >cites precise locations and times, as well as the names of all Yugoslav Army >troops and police officers killed by cluster bombs or in attacks on military >and police facilities. > >THE COORDINATING COMMITTEE OF NON-ALIGNED NEWS AGENCIES POOL - MEETING SPECIAL >MEETING OF NANAP COORDINATING COMMITTEE ENDS IN BELGRADE BELGRADE, September >18 (Tanjug) - The Coordinating Committee of Non-Aligned News Agencies Pool >(NANAP) held a Special Meeting in Belgrade on September 14-15, and adopted the >following R E P O R T The Special Meeting of the Coordinating Committee of the >Non-Aligned News Agencies Pool (NANAP) convened in Belgrade from September. >14-15, 2000. News agencies IRNA from Iran, Prensa Latina from Cuba, PTI from >India, SANA from Syria, and Tanjug from Yugoslavia participated in the >meeting. ANTARA of Indonesia and ZIANA of Zimbabwe were represented by the >diplomatic missions of their respective countries in Belgrade. ANTARA >presented a letter to the meeting and stressed the objective to create and >strengthen the good image of the NANAP in the international community, adding >that this urgently needs to be anticipated due to the imbalance in the flow of >information between developed and developing countries. The meeting was opened >by Yugoslav federal Minister of Information Goran Matic. In his remarks, the >Minister reviewed the information order at the global level. He said: "It is >very important to agree here, at this meeting, about the revitalization of the >pool of News Agencies of Non-Aligned Countries. Otherwise, we will continue to >be the victims of the globalization, of the designed and dosed information. >Information is conditioned by the laws of the development of the human >society, and by the need to preserve and link generations, cultures and >creativity. At present, it represents the prerequisite of good management of >states, of business, of family budget." "The media colonization and the terror >of the global information media, however, try to eliminate the right to one's >own views. Therefore, the concept of the globalization of information, which >they try to impose, could achieve a greater importance, could produce greater >effects than the classical war or economic domination." "The mutual >information among the non-aligned and other developing countries is still >non-adequate. There exist information vacuums in many non-aligned countries, >which represent a fertile soil for the activities of the big news agencies of >the powerful western countries. That was best seen during the last year's >criminal aggression of NATO against Yugoslavia," Minister Matic said. Tanjug >Deputy Director Dragoslav Micic welcomed the delegates. He said: "We believe >that it is the right time for renewing activities of NANAP, a more efficient >and energetic approach of news agencies of the non-aligned world, in order to >remove the great gap between developed and developing countries in the area of >information. This is also the time to give answers to essential questions >which pertain to the work of the Pool, the most important of which is - how to >proceed? Tanjug never suspended cooperation with the Pool at any time, but >constantly broadcast reports for the Pool, which is also manifested in >assuming the role of host to this meeting. The objectives and original >principles of the Non-Aligned Movement are of lasting value and the return to >these values is the condition for creating concrete, efficient and modern >organizational forms and mechanisms for Pool activities. Having in mind that >it will be 40 years since the first conference of non-aligned countries in >Belgrade in 1961, it is the right moment once more to stress that Yugoslavia >deserves its full place within this movement and that we wish to mark this >anniversary of the movement here in Belgrade next year." NANAP >Secretary-General Shapour Jomeh-Farsangi addressed the meeting and elaborated >on the significance of revitalizing of NANAP. He said: "Despite the drastic >changes that the world has gone through since the foundation of NANAP, the >concern of the member agencies has remained the same to a large extent. >Nevertheless, we must admit that the coalition has been only partially >successful in realizing the initiatives and the lofty aims of its founders. We >need to review our activities, reconsider our approach and find a new and >sound basis of cooperation away from non-professional considerations." >"Instead of criticizing others, we must equip ourselves enough to be able to >compete with them and improve the status quo. In doing so, we must refrain >from making rash decisions and rather rely on our substantial human assets for >better innovative and creative ideas and plan of action. The Belgrade meeting >is an opportunity to start a dialogue among its participants and to generalize >it to other member news agencies. We should spare no efforts and shall remain >hopeful of the future." Representatives from Prensa Latina, PTI, SANA and IRNA >also presented their reports to the meeting. Among the salient points raised >were: 1. To initiate an exchange of bulletins among the NANAP news agencies, >to open a web-site of the non-aligned countries, and to exchange passwords for >access to electronic mails. 2. Reactivate NANAP role as a strong means of free >and quick exchange of information among the NAM members. 3. All countries in >the world must have equal possibilities for access to public opinion and the >Pool should become a means of disseminating reliable information. 4. NANAP >should brave the challenges on the way and embrace them through sharpening its >professionalism and observation of the maxims of news agency journalism. >Following lively discussions, the meeting came to a consensus on taking >practical and immediate measures to strengthen professional cooperation among >the NANAP member news agencies. Participants agreed on the following: 1. To >set up three working groups with the designation of reviewing the organization >and constitution of NANAP in the wake of the modern and professional >developments, initiating technical cooperation among the members considering >the modern technological achievements in the field of information technology, >and consolidating training programs in a bid to upgrade professional knowledge >of the staffers of the member news agencies. 2. Tanjug was named and accepted >as the coordinator of the group to study structural modifications of NANAP, >and PTI of India was introduced as the member of the group. Prensa Latina was >delegated to head the group for promotion of technical cooperation and IRNA as >the member of the group. SANA of Syria was appointed as the head of the >working group for training matters and Tanjug as the member of the group. 3. >The meeting decided that membership in these groups is open to other news >agencies of the Pool. It also was agreed that heads of the working groups >should submit to the Chairman of the NANAP their proposals after consultations >and exchange of views with other members of the NANAP within three months >following the convention of the Belgrade meeting. 4. The relevant reports of >the groups will be accordingly submitted to the upcoming Coordinating >Committee meeting of the NANAP by the chair-agency. 5. Tanjug of Yugoslavia >proposed to host the upcoming meeting of the NANAP Coordinating Committee in >Belgrade in April 2001. The proposal was accepted by acclamation. The Special >Meeting of the Coordinating Committee of NANAP concluded with a vote of thanks >to the officials of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the chair-agency, and >the Tanjug news agency for preparing and organizing the meeting in Belgrade. > >Belgrade, September 15, 2000 KOSOVO-METOHIJA - TERRORISTS KOSOVO ALBANIAN >TERRORISTS KILL SERB GNJILANE, September 18 (Tanjug) - Ethnic Albanian >terrorists killed Serb Stanko Kovacevic, 68, when they threw a bomb into his >garden in Gnjilane late on Sunday, the Church-People's Committee of Gnjilane >said. An ethnic Albanian doctor was called to the scene by the international >force KFOR, but he arrived from the nearby Gnjilane hospital after 20 minutes >and merely concluded that Kovacevic had bled to death of his wounds. The bomb >was thrown when Kovacevic was entering his garden after returning from the >church market, where he sells products which he makes in his tin workshop. The >UNMIK police in this southern Serbian province of Kosovo and Metohija >confirmed that the attackers have not been identified and that an >investigation is under way, the sources said. > >SERBIAN VILLAGE OF GORAZDEVAC UNDER MORTAR FIRE GORAZDEVAC, September 18 >(Tanjug) - Albanian terrorists opened mortar fire Sunday evening around 19:00 >hours on the Serbian village of Gorazdevac, Pec municipality, radio amateurs >said on Monday. The same source said that, fortunately, no one was hurt and no >damages were made when ten missiles hit the village bounds. > >GERMANY - YUGOSLAVIA GERMAN PACIFISTS WARN NATO BERLIN, September 18 (Tanjug) >- The peace movement "Berlin coordination for peace" warned on Monday Germany >and other NATO members not to interfere with the electoral will of the >citizens of FR Yugoslavia and not to threaten with a new war. "Statements made >by the governments of different NATO members that they will not tolerate on >September 24 the reelection of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic >constitute a flagrant violation of the principle of state sovereignty and >international law," said a statement of German pacifists made available to >journalists in Berlin. Words of criticism were especially directed at German >Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder who, the statement said, has also contributed to >the building of tension ahead of elections in Yugoslavia. > >FROM FOREIGN PRESS FILE ON U.S. CRIMES IN SERBIA'S KOSOVO-METOHIJA TO BE >PRESENTED ROME, September 18 (Tanjug) - The Italian daily La Republica >published on Sunday a report on rape, intimidation, and acts of violence >committed by members of the 82nd U.S. Airborne division since the peacekeeping >mission in the Serbian Kosovo-Metohija province began in June 1999. A 600-page >Pentagon file, consisting of photos and horrifying facts about acts of >violence and abuse of power committed by U.S. soldiers, is to be presented in >Congress on Monday. It is certain to be a slap in the face for the 82nd >Airborne - historically the oldest, the most famous, but also a very arrogant >and self-assured U.S. army unit, the daily's New York correspondent said in >the report, entitled 'Kosovo, a dirty war of the U.S'. The file is a result of >a comprehensive investigation that was initiated last January, after a number >of allegations and reports against members of the 8,800-strong U.S. Task Force >Falcon contingent, which is deployed in the Bondsteel military base, 20 km >from Pristina, the daily said. The case of Frank Ronghi, an Italian-American >non-com who raped and murdered an 11-year-old ethnic Albanian girl in July, >indicated that an investigation was more than necessary. U.S. soldiers are >excellently prepared for waging wars, but are much less ready for >peacekeeping, said the Pentagon, according to La Republica. Nine Americans - >four officers and five soldiers - were either relegated, or sustained a cut in >salary, for sexual harassment, making unlawful arrests, or for armed threats >directed against civilians in the Province. _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________________________ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for anti-imperialist news. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________
