[NYC-L] ***ASA EVENT on Wednesday, March 3rd***

[Aferdita Hakaj]

Albanian Students Association (ASA)
John Jay College of Criminal Justice

 

Presenting:

 
Democratizing Serbia and Resolving the Albanian National Question:The Keys to Ending the Balkan Conflict in the 21st Century
 

 

With the victory of ultranationalist, pro-Milosevic forces in Serbia’s December parliamentary elections, the international community can no longer afford to back Serbia as an emerging democratic state.  Unless it confronts the collusion of war criminals, organized crime, and the ruling elite in Belgrade and gets on with the critical task of de-Nazifying and democratizing postwar Serbia, the destabilization of the Balkans will continue and the risk of renewed armed conflict will grow.  Central to this task will be preparing Serbia to recognize that it must forfeit any claims to Kosova, following a decade of illegal occupation culminating in genocidal warfare.  Equally important and also central to this task will be preparing Western Europe and the United States, in particular, to recognize that their failure to grapple with more than a century of anti-Albanian racism lies at the heart of the Balkan conflict.

 

If the human, civil, and political rights of Albanians—the indigenous people and the third largest ethnic group in the Balkans—are not fully and finally granted and protected, the region will fall apart.  And if the Balkans fall apart, the international community will pay dearly.  DioGuardi and Cloyes will discuss the work of the Albanian American Civic League, the only officially registered lobby representing Albanian issues in Washington, DC, to bring independence to Albanians in Kosova, equality to Albanians in Macedonia, Montenegro, the Presheve Valley, and Chameria, genuine democracy to Albania, and lasting peace and stability to Southeast Europe.

 

Date: March 3rd, 2004

Time: 3.15 - 6:00pm
Location: 1311, Lecture Hall, North Building 

Honorable Guest Speakers: 

Ms. Shirley Cloyes DioGuardi

Balkan Affairs Adviser of the Albanian American Civic League
&
Ms. Joseph J. DioGuardi 

Former Congressman and President of the Albanian American Civic League

This event is free and open to all with no ticket required.  Entry is on a first come, first serve basis. 

For further information: email asajjc at yahoo.com or visit our

Weblink: www.asacuny.com 



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