[PEN-L:5888] (Fwd) WINNIPEG LABOUR COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON YUGOSLAVIA

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Subject:                WINNIPEG LABOUR COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON YUGOSLAVIA

WINNIPEG LABOUR COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON YUGOSLAVIA


At the April 20 meeting of the Winnipeg Labour Council the 
following motion was passed:

Be it resolved that the Winnipeg Labour Council refer the following 
emergency resolution to the Canadian Labour Congress convention 
in May 1999:

Whereas the attack by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is not 
a humanitarian solution to the conflict within Yugoslavia; it will 
only deepen the conflict and suffering in the Balkans, with 
uncontrolled and dangerous consequences for the entire world;

Whereas NATO's attack on Yugoslavia violates the fundamental 
principles of the United Nations Organization and the Helsinki Final 
Act that guarantees the borders of Europe following the Second 
World War;

Whereas NATO's demand to place a NATO occupying force in 
Yugoslavia was made without any legal basis;

Whereas the corporate agenda has always relied on dividing 
workers and making them fight each other;

Whereas it is never too late to negotiate a just peace;

Be it resolved that the Canadian Labour Congress call on the 
Government of Canada to withdraw its support for the war against 
Yugoslavia and to support immediate peace negotiations.