STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Get a low APR NextCard Visa in 30 seconds! 1. Fill in the brief application 2. Receive approval decision within 30 seconds 3. Get rates as low as 2.99% Intro or 9.99% Ongoing APR and no annual fee! Apply NOW! http://www.bcentral.com/listbot/NextCard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Clinton Accepts Dayton Peace Prize By JAMES HANNAH .c The Associated Press DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - Former President Clinton accepted the Dayton Peace Prize for his efforts to end the war in Bosnia and said the United States must finish the job through financial support. The award was presented to the former president Wednesday night at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, where the Dayton Peace Accords that ended the conflict in the Balkan nation were reached nearly six years ago. Scheduling conflicts kept Clinton from personally accepting the award last fall. At the ceremony, Clinton said Bosnia can emerge as an independent nation only through privatization of its economy. ``All too often those of us who have the resources to help them succeed in the long run don't do our part. We cannot let that happen in the Balkans,'' Clinton said. ``There is still not enough effort by the United States and Europe to open our markets and direct our investments to people who could be great partners with us in the 21st century,'' he said. More than 400 people, including the ambassadors of Bosnia and Croatia, attended the dinner and ceremony. ``You acted and committed U.S. troops to protecting the peace,'' Dayton Mayor Mike Turner told Clinton. ``It was a daring move. It was a brave act undertaken for the sole purpose of it was the right thing to do.'' Clinton was in Vietnam when the prize was announced in November, on the fifth anniversary of the accords. The award was accepted then by U.S. Ambassador James Pardew. The U.S. government brought the leaders of Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia to Wright-Patterson in late 1995 to negotiate an end to the war in Bosnia. The Dayton Peace Accords were initialed Nov. 21, 1995, ending a conflict that had cost more than 200,000 lives and led to the displacement of nearly 1 million people. ``President Clinton's efforts to invest in peace in the Balkans after the war was over was the most significant thing he could have done,'' said Bruce Hitchner, chairman of the Dayton Peace Accords Project. ``He stayed the course. He invested in making Bosnia work.'' Peacekeeping troops remain in the region. The award includes a $25,000 cash prize, which Clinton will donate to a charity in Bosnia, Hitchner said. It also includes a sculpture and a gold medallion. On the Net: Dayton Peace Accords: http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/bosnia/bosagree.html AP-NY-06-21-01 0052EDT ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
