[From nobody Fri Sep 28 16:27:27 2007 Return-Path: <a-pal-admin@alb-net.com> Received: from rly-yc02.mx.aol.com (rly-yc02.mail.aol.com [172.18.149.34]) by air-yc04.mail.aol.com (v77.14) with ESMTP; Tue, 05 Dec 2000 06:03:45 -0500 Received: from alb-net.com (www.alb-net.com [205.216.244.65]) by rly-yc02.mx.aol.com (v76_r1.19) with ESMTP; Tue, 05 Dec 2000 06:03:22 1900 Received: from alb-net.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by alb-net.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eB5AxrA13146; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 05:59:53 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.maine.rr.com (mail.maine.rr.com [204.210.65.65]) by alb-net.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eB4E9LA23404 for <a-pal@alb-net.com>; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 09:09:22 -0500 (EST) Received: from [66.30.22.188] by mail.maine.rr.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-59787U250000L250000S0V35) with ESMTP id com; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 09:11:16 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <v04220804b65154f7f04d@[66.30.22.188]> To: albanews@listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu, a-pal@alb-net.com From: Alice Mead <amead@maine.rr.com> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="============_-1236183721==_ma============" Subject: [A-PAL] Fwd: URGENT)) new formated [Fwd: Proposed Resolution on the imprisoned citizens of Kosovo for European Parliament]] Sender: a-pal-admin@alb-net.com Errors-To: a-pal-admin@alb-net.com X-BeenThere: a-pal@alb-net.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk List-Help: <mailto:a-pal-request@alb-net.com?subject=help> List-Post: <mailto:a-pal@alb-net.com> List-Subscribe: <http://www.alb-net.com/mailman/listinfo/a-pal>, <mailto:a-pal-request@alb-net.com?subject=subscribe> List-Id: Albanian Prisoner Advocacy List -- Prisoner Pals <a-pal.alb-net.com> List-Unsubscribe: <http://www.alb-net.com/mailman/listinfo/a-pal>, <mailto:a-pal-request@alb-net.com?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://www.alb-net.com/pipermail//a-pal/> Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 09:06:14 -0500 X-Mailer: Unknown --============_-1236183721==_ma============ Content-Type: text/enriched; charset="us-ascii" <excerpt> Please post this-- a proposed resolution to go before the European Parliament next week, regarding the release of the Albanian prisoners. </excerpt> thank you. alice mead <excerpt> <excerpt> -------- 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@gofree.indigo.ie> An: <<wplarre@bndlg.de> <fontfamily><param>Arial</param>Attention: Mr. Wolfgang Plarre Dear Mr. Plarre, Folowing is the text of proposed resolution as discussed with Valerie Hughes: <underline>RESOLUTION</underline></fontfamily> <fontfamily><param>Arial</param>-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. </fontfamily></excerpt></excerpt><fontfamily><param>Arial</param></fontfamily> --============_-1236183721==_ma============-- ]