[A-PAL] Fwd: URGENT)) new formated [Fwd: Proposed Resolution on the imprisoned citizens of Kosovo for European Parliament]]

[Alice Mead]

>
>Please post this-- a proposed resolution to go before the European 
>Parliament next week, regarding the release of the Albanian 
>prisoners.

thank you.
alice mead

>
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>>-------- Original Message -------- Betreff:  Proposed Resolution on 
>>the imprisoned citizens of Kosovo for European Parliament Datum: 
>>Sun, 3 Dec 2000 17:05:30 -0800 Von:  "Peter Walsh" 
>><pwa at gofree.indigo.ie> An:  <wplarre at bndlg.de>
>>
>>Attention:    Mr. Wolfgang Plarre
>>
>>Dear Mr. Plarre, Folowing is the text of proposed resolution as 
>>discussed with Valerie Hughes:
>>
>>RESOLUTION
>>
>>-having regard to the previous resolutions of the European 
>>Parliament on Kosovo and former Yugoslavia, in particular its 
>>resolution of 22 July 1999,
>>
>>-having regard to the numerous appeals from international 
>>diplomats, UN representatives and International Human Rights Groups 
>>for the release of all remaining prisoners in order to show 
>>conclusively that the new government is fundamentally different 
>>from Milosevic's, and the statement of the Kosovar Transitional 
>>Council that the release of remaining prisoners would be a major 
>>step towards a meaningful dialogue and lasting peace,
>>
>>A. whereas during the conflict in Kosovo many thousands of Kosovars 
>>were detained by Yugoslav forces and paramilitary troops,
>>
>>B. whereas according to a list compiled by the International 
>>Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) based on information from the 
>>Serbian Ministry of Justice, approximately 650 ethnic Albanians 
>>remain in Serbian prisons, including people who were arrested on 
>>charges of anti-state activities before the NATO campaign,
>>
>>C. whereas the status of detainees and missing persons was not 
>>addressed in the Kumanovo Agreement between NATO and the Yugoslav 
>>government nor in Security Council Resolution 1244/99 which 
>>mandated the international presence in Kosovo,
>>
>>D. whereas despite the readmission of Serbia to the UN and the 
>>OSCE, Serbia has still not set a date for the release of the 
>>prisoners or provided details of an amnesty law,
>>
>>E. whereas the recent security crisis within the prisons in Serbia 
>>and the resulting uncertainty constitutes a general threat to the 
>>safety of the prisoners, their current often unknown locations, the 
>>lack of food, clothing, contact with families and their increased 
>>vulnerability as a result of the crisis in Bujanovic, etc.,
>>
>>F. whereas in light of the alleged role of Milosevic's state 
>>security service -still intact despite the popular coup -in the 
>>orchestration of the prison riots -according to senior Serbian 
>>Justice Ministry sources -the safety of the Albanian prisoners is 
>>more at risk than ever,
>>
>>G. stressing that the full protection of basic human rights has to 
>>be an essential element of the process of reconstruction in Kosovo 
>>and the whole of South-East Europe,
>>
>>1. Calls on the Serbian Government to release all political 
>>prisoners -including all those who were convicted and sentenced 
>>during the entire Milosevic era -bearing in mind that the trials of 
>>Kosovar Albanians were a travesty throughout this period, with 
>>empty files, denial of the rights of the accused, etc.;
>>
>>2. Calls on the Serbian Government to immediately provide details 
>>of the amnesty law, which is supposed to be before the Yugoslav 
>>Parliament by or on the 23rd December;
>>
>>3. Calls on the French Presidency of the EU and the International 
>>Community to impose a clear deadline for the establishment of the 
>>amnesty law, with clear consequences if unmet: the imposition of a 
>>fine for every day past January, 2001, that the prisoners are held 
>>in violation of international norms stated in Serbia's own 
>>constitution;
>>
>>4. Calls on the UN Security Council, the OSCE and the UN Civil 
>>Administrator Bernard Kouchner -and his successor -to impose a 
>>clear deadline for the establishment and implementation of the 
>>amnesty law;
>>
>>5. Calls on the Serbian Government to account for missing Albanians 
>>-particularly in the wake of recent prison disturbances -and on the 
>>Kosovar Transition Council to account for missing Serbs: 
>>approximately 3,400 persons -the large majority of them Albanians 
>>-remain missing;
>>
>>6. Urges the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution which makes 
>>it clear to the Serbian authorities that no progress can be made in 
>>talks on the future of the region until all remaining prisoners are 
>>released,
>>
>>7. Holds the Serbian Government responsible for the continued 
>>welfare of the Kosovar Albanians, particularly in the wake of the 
>>recent prison riots.
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