Sven Robinson is Foreign Affairs Critic of the Federal NDP.
Initially, he and the party supported the bombing.
Cheers, Ken Hanly
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<font size=-2>5/6/99 11:34:51 AM</font><p>
<font size=+2>Robinson on mission to Balkan states</font><br>
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<br><font color="#777777"><i>bySvend Robinson</i></font>
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OTTAWA – New Democrat Foreign Affairs Critic Svend Robinson announced today he will
travel to Yugoslavia, Kosovo and neighbouring countries on a humanitarian fact-finding
mission.<br>
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Robinson will arrive in Belgrade for high level meetings on Monday, May 17th.
Following the meetings, he will travel to Kosovo on Tuesday, May 18th to visit
Pristina and other areas over a period of two days. On Thursday, May 20th Robinson
will travel to Albania and then proceed to Macedonia on Friday, May 21st before
returning to Canada on Saturday, May 22nd.<br>
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During the mission, Robinson will seek to examine all options for a negotiated,
diplomatic solution to the conflict. He will meet directly with senior Yugoslav
government officials, Members of Parliament from both the government and opposition
parties, journalists and others to hear their positions on the war in Yugoslavia.<br>
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Robinson has received assurances from Yugoslavian government officials that he will
have full and unrestricted right of movement and access to individuals while in
Belgrade and Kosovo.<br>
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Robinson underscored that any solution must ensure the right of all Kosovar Albanians
to return to their homes and communities in peace and security. He noted that there
is a looming humanitarian disaster in Kosovo, with over 400,000 internally displaced
refugees and virtually no outside witnesses.<br>
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“We must do everything in our power to help find a peaceful solution to this terrible
tragedy," Robinson said. "NATO’s strategy of continuing to expand air strikes, with
more civilian casualties and non-military targets, and its insistence on an
international peacekeeping force with a core of NATO combatants, is a human,
environmental and military disaster."<br>
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"We must suspend the bombing immediately and give diplomatic negotiations, under UN
auspices, a chance,” he said.<br>
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