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Subject: Newsletter FREE SLOBO ! - n� 5 Lettre d'information de la Section francophone de l'ICDSM Newsletter of the frenchspeaking section of ICDSM N� 5 – 11 Janvier/January 2002 ===================================================== Webmaster – Editeur responsable : Luc MICHEL - email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===================================================== Les nouvelles qui sont donn�es dans ce bulletin le sont � titre d'information. Elle n'impliquent pas n�cessairement l'adh�sion de l'ICDSM, en particulier quant aux informations provenant des media occidentaux. The news contained in this newsletter are given only for information. ICDSM don't approve necessarly these news, particularly when information come from western media. ===================================================== Dans ce num�ro 5 vous pourez lire – In this number 5 you could read : - MILOSEVIC ACCUSED OF KOSOVO'S GENOCIDE - REVUE DE PRESSE : MILOSEVIC DEFIE SES JUGES LORS D'UNE AUDIENCE PREALABLE - PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC : “BY THIS ‘TRIAL’ YOU ARE ATTEMPTING TO JUSTIFY YOUR CRIMES” - JACQUES VERGES A LA HAYE - PRESS REVIEW : MILOSEVIC ATTACKS HAGUE TRIBUNAL FOR BRITISH BIAS - MILOSEVIC EXPECTED TO CALL WESTERN LEADERS - OFFICIAL STATEMENTS PROVE HAGUE 'TRIBUNAL' BELONGS TO NATO - PREDSEDNIK SLOBODAN MILOŠEVIC U HAGU ===================================================== MILOSEVIC ACCUSED OF KOSOVO'S GENOCIDE The former Yugoslav president Milosevic was to be indicted also for the Kosovo “genocide” and the ethnic cleansing. At the reading of the indictment he said to the Hague judge, Richard May that the accusations were false and in conspiration with the British secret services, which was also false. But what is more important and no one pays attention, is the fact that the accusation is primarily based on the first statement of the US “ambassador” to Kosovo, general William Walker, who declared that, in the village of Racak where 42 Albanians were found dead, the “genocide” was committed by the Serbian forces. It is strange that this killing in the war time was declared “genocide” and, let us remember, the NATO bombing of the refugee convoy, the train in Grdelica, in the village of Aleksinac,etc which made more than 2500 dead, is simply called the “collateral damage”. The international community takes the term as satisfactory, although the human lives were also concerned, and the fact is that they were not armed, but simple civilians fleeing the war zones. One can say that in Racak the civilians were shot from the close range, but one could also see that the Serbian civilian targets were chosen as military targets without any foundation. One should believe that Milosevic killed on purpose, and that NATO killed by mistake. What is important, the intention or the result ? If Milosevic intended to kill, NATO also did otherwise it would not drop the bombs. (Dragan Rakic, Strasbourg, France) REVUE DE PRESSE : MILOSEVIC DEFIE SES JUGES LORS D'UNE AUDIENCE PREALABLE (Par Abigail Levene et Paul Gallagher, LA HAYE , Reuters) L'ancien pr�sident yougoslave Slobodan Milosevic a d�fi� le Tribunal p�nal international pour les crimes de guerre dans l'ex-Yougoslavie devant lequel il comparaissait en pr�lude au proc�s sur les crimes contre l'humanit� au Kosovo, qui doit s'ouvrir le 12 f�vrier. Baillant et consultant ostensiblement sa montre, l'ancien dirigeant a affich� le plus grand d�tachement jusqu'� ce que juge britannique Richard May, qui pr�sidait la s�ance, lui donne la parole. "Une op�ration est en cours pour renverser les r�les (...) Tout ceci est orient� pour justifier les crimes perp�tr�s lors de l'agression de mon pays par l'Otan", s'est insurg� Milosevic. "L'intention est � l'�vidence de pr�senter ceux qui ont d�fendu leur famille, leurs enfants, leur foyer et leur pays comme des criminels (...) alors que ceux qui ont parcouru des milliers de kilom�tres pour d�molir de nuit des maisons en tuant des innocents et d�truire des maternit�s, des h�pitaux sont, avec les terroristes albanais, responsables du grand nombre de victimes". Zdenko Tomanovic, conseiller juridique de l'ancien pr�sident, a indiqu� � Reuters que celui-ci s'efforcerait sans doute de faire citer des chefs d'Etats et de gouvernements occidentaux en tant que t�moins lors du proc�s. "Je m'attends, lors de la prochaine d�claration publique de Milosevic, � ce qu'il demande que les repr�sentants des pays de l'Otan susceptibles de pr�senter la v�rit� sur le Kosovo viennent t�moigner", a-t-il d�clar� au cours d'un entretien t�l�phonique. "Milosevic s'est efforc� de le dire aujourd'hui, mais a �t� interrompu � quatre reprises (par le juge May)", a-t-il ajout� apr�s s'�tre entretenu avec son client � l'issue de l'audience. Tomanovic n'a pas pr�cis� quels repr�sentants Milosevic souhaitait faire citer, mais un membre de son parti a �voqu� le mois dernier le nom de Bill Clinton tandis que les m�dias sp�culaient sur celui de Tony Blair. Milosevic est accus� de porter avec quatre autres dirigeants serbes la responsabilit� du meurtre de 900 Kosovars albanophones et de l'expulsion de chez eux de 800.000 civils. Il doit faire l'objet d'un proc�s s�par� pour crimes contre l'Humanit� et g�nocide, en Croatie en 1991, et en Bosnie en 1992-95. Proc�dure � Strasbourg : A chacune de ses cinq comparutions devant le TPIY, Milosevic a contest� la comp�tence de ce tribunal. Il a refus� de d�signer un avocat ou de plaider lui-m�me coupable ou non coupable. Le tribunal a interpr�t� cette attitude comme une d�cision de plaider non coupable et a nomm� trois juristes internationaux comme "amici curiae" ("amis du tribunal") afin d'assurer un proc�s �quitable. Me Dragoslav Ognjanovic, avocat serbe du couple, a de son c�t� fait savoir mercredi que Mira Markovic, �pouse de Milosevic, souhaitait �tre � ses c�t�s pendant le proc�s m�me si des engagements familiaux et politiques l'emp�chent d'�tre � La Haye pendant toute la dur�e du proc�s. Il a annonc� que Mira Markovic rendrait une nouvelle fois visite � son mari du 14 au 17 janvier. Les avocats de Markovic disent �tre en discussion depuis longtemps avec les autorit�s n�erlandaises pour qu'elle obtienne un visa � entr�es multiples et non plus des visas de courte dur�e et � entr�e unique. Faisant valoir que son maintien en d�tention va � l'encontre de la Convention europ�enne des droits de l'Homme, Milosevic a engag� une proc�dure � la Cour europ�enne de justice de Strasbourg pour obtenir sa lib�ration. Me Ognjanovic a pr�cis� qu'il plaiderait cette cause en compagnie de l'avocat fran�ais Jacques Verg�s, du Serbe Zdenko Tomanovic, du Canadien Christopher Black et du Britannique David Jacob. Me Verg�s se trouvait mercredi � La Haye pour tenter de rencontrer Milosevic qu'il n'a jamais vu auparavant. PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC : “BY THIS ‘TRIAL’ YOU ARE ATTEMPTING TO JUSTIFY YOUR CRIMES” (President Milosevic in The Hague, January 9, 2002 (transcript)) Richard May: …Mr. Milosevic, you have heard what I said. Is there anything else you would like to say in connection with your trial and what has been said today? President Slobodan Milosevic: To be precise, concerning what has been said today: almost everything we’ve heard shows that, in the guise of having a trial, what is planned here is to carry out an operation to reverse scene and culprit. This is aimed at producing a fabricated justification for the crimes committed during the NATO aggression against my country and my people. Indeed, this ‘indictment’ itself constitutes one of the proofs that what I affirm is true. Because all the so-called misdeeds supposedly committed by the armed forces of Yugoslavia, which I had the honor to command, are, according to the ‘indictment,’ supposed to have occurred during precisely the time of the NATO aggression against my country. The intention is obviously to portray those who defended their families, children, thresholds, homes and homeland as villains, criminals, evil people. Whereas those who traveled thousands of kilometers to destroy those homes in the night, to kill innocent people, to destroy maternity wards, hospitals, bridges, railways, trains, who collaborated with the Albanian terrorists – that those people, responsible for a huge number of victims and enormous material damage, are good, are correct, and should have the support of international public opinion. To compound this absurdity… (microphone turned off) Richard May: Mr. Milosevic, I have already explained how this trial will be conducted. You will have the opportunity to give your defense in the way I have described. But now is not the time for that. It is not the time for speeches. Our concern now is for the form of the trial and the proceedings. Would you like to say something concerning that? As I have said you will have the opportunity to state your defense when the trial begins. That will be the right time to do it, not now. We haven’t gotten into the essence of the trial. Do you wish to say something concerning the procedure? President Slobodan Milosevic: Well, this isn’t the first time I haven’t been allowed to speak, but I have to say - if you will … (microphone turned off) Richard May: You will have the opportunity to speak and will be allowed to speak at the proper time, during the trial. As I told you, this is not the right time. We are now concerned with procedural matters. So, you have to limit your remarks to that, and when the trial begins, as I have said, the time will come for you to make your statements. You can do that and expound your defense. Please, do you wish to say something concerning procedure or not? President Slobodan Milosevic: I want to confirm that you have not offered a single argument in response to the very clear legal facts I have presented regarding the illegality of this ‘court’, established by a resolution of a Security Council that has no legislative nor judiciary power and that could hardly transfer prerogatives it does not have, since as lawyers you very well know that a right which one does not posses cannot be transferred. In any case.... (microphone turned off) Richard May: Mr. Milosevic, we have already made a decision regarding that question and it is no longer an issue up for debate. Do you wish to say something else regarding the procedure or shall we finish? President Slobodan Milosevic: Well, if you’re going to limit the questions I can raise, then regarding the procedure I would say the following: according to the natural definition, which applies to any court, it must be neutral and impartial. And look at this ‘court’: the indictment is based on allegations provided by the English Intelligence Service; the judge is English; the prosecutor is English; the Amicus Curiae is English; and I .… (microphone turned off) Richard May: Mr. Milosevic, we have listened to you patiently and we are listening to you patiently. Several times you have been told that this hearing deals with procedural matters only. You will have the opportunity to state your defense during your trial and to give all the statements you want. Now is not the time for that. This hearing is adjourned. Please rise. JACQUES VERGES A LA HAYE LA HAYE (AFP) - L'avocat fran�ais Jacques Verg�s se trouvait mercredi matin au si�ge du Tribunal p�nal international (TPI) de La Haye pour demander l'autorisation de rencontrer l'ancien pr�sident yougoslave Slobodan Milosevic. "Je suis venu ici pour le rencontrer dans le cadre de la proc�dure lanc�e devant la Cour europ�enne des droits de l'homme au sujet de son enl�vement", a indiqu� Jacques Verg�s. M. Milosevic a pr�sent� un recours devant la Cour europ�enne des droits de l'homme de Strasbourg pour contester la l�galit� de son transf�rement de Belgrade � La Haye, la l�galit� de sa d�tention et la l�gimitit� du TPI. M. Verg�s a �t� pressenti par les proches de M. Milosevic pour �tre son conseil devant la cour de Strasbourg. L'avocat fran�ais a indiqu� qu'il esp�rait rencontrer M. Milosevic dans sa prison ce mercredi. Toutefois, un porte-parole du TPI a indiqu� que la proc�dure pour rencontrer un d�tenu du TPI prenait un certain temps et que M. Verg�s n'avait pratiquement aucune chance de rencontrer aujourd'hui l'ancien chef de l'Etat yougoslave. M. Verg�s a r�it�r� ses arguments sur l'ill�galit� du TPI, un tribunal qui enfreint, selon lui, "les principes �l�mentaires du droit". L'avocat fran�ais a r�p�t� que le Conseil de s�curit� n'avait pas le pouvoir de cr�er un tribunal, estimant que la cr�ation d'une telle instance relevait, selon le droit international, d'une conf�rence internationale. Il a �galement estim� que le TPI ne pouvait pas juger des faits commis avant sa cr�ation. "En France, il y a eu un seul cas d'application r�troactive du droit p�nal, ce sont les sections sp�ciales durant l'occupation", a dit M. Verg�s. M. Verg�s a estim� que le fait que le TPI puisse fixer lui-m�me sa proc�dure �tait "une violation compl�te de la s�paration des pouvoirs". Le TPI a �t� cr�� en 1993 par l'ONU pour juger les crimes de guerre commis lors des conflits qui ont abouti au d�membrement de l'ex-Yougoslavie. M. Milosevic est inculp� de g�nocide, crimes de guerre et crimes contre l'humanit� pour son r�le dans les conflits du Kosovo, de Bosnie et de Croatie. PRESS REVIEW : MILOSEVIC ATTACKS HAGUE TRIBUNAL FOR BRITISH BIAS (Ian Black in Brussels, Thursday January 10, 2002, The Guardian) Slobodan Milosevic launched a blistering attack on Britain yesterday as the Hague war crimes tribunal finalised arrangements for his historic trial, due to start next month. Checking his watch to display contempt as the UN court discussed witnesses and evidence relating to charges over Kosovo, the former Yugoslav president complained that the fact he was facing a British judge was evidence of bias. Judge Richard May, presiding over the three-man bench with colleagues from Korea and Jamaica, cut off Mr Milosevic's microphone and left the courtroom, saying: "This is not the time for speeches. We have listened to you patiently." Making his fifth appearance since being handed over last year, Mr Milosevic also accused prosecutors of following British intelligence reports about ethnic cleansing in Kosovo. "Look at this court," he said. "Courts should be impartial. The indictment has been raised according to what the British intelligence service has said. The judge is an Englishman." Tribunal sources said they were pleased Mr Milosevic finally appeared to be engaging positively in his own defence. Lawyers for Mr Milosevic said that he now wanted to call witnesses, which would include the former US president Bill Clinton, the prime minister, Tony Blair, the former foreign secretary Robin Cook, and Madeleine Albright, the US secretary of state at the time of the Kosovo conflict. However, no formal request has been made to the court. The court has entered not guilty pleas on his behalf to all three indictments and appointed three international lawyers as "friends of the court" to ensure a fair trial. Mr Milosevic is due to go on trial on February 12, accused of responsibility for the Serb campaign of killings and expulsions of Kosovo Albanians in 1999. Unless prosecutors change the court's mind in the next few weeks, he will then face a separate trial on charges of crimes against humanity and genocide in Croatia in 1991 and in Bosnia from 1992-95. The Kosovo indictment accuses Mr Milosevic and four other senior Serbs of responsibility for the murder of 90,000 Kosovo Albanians and the expulsion of 800,000 civilians from their homes. Mr Milosevic did his best to look bored and uninterested, but attacked as soon as Judge May gave him the floor, insisting that Nato, not Belgrade, should be in the dock. "All this is geared towards a construed justification for the crimes committed during the Nato aggression on my nation," Mr Milosevic said. "Quite obviously the intention is to [portray] those who defended their families... and country as criminals and evil people." Prosecutors asked judges to withhold witnesses' identities before they testify to avoid any possibility of intimidation. Judge Patrick Robinson refused the request in the interests of ensuring proceedings were consistently transparent. He added: "We have to make sure he gets a fair trial - that is our fundamental obligation." MILOSEVIC EXPECTED TO CALL WESTERN LEADERS Reuters : at Trial; UN judge wants quick Kosovo trial for still-defiant Milosevic. THE HAGUE -- Slobodan Milosevic fired off another tirade against the U.N. war crimes tribunal Wednesday but is expected to play a new card when he goes on trial next month by calling NATO leaders as witnesses. Yawning and checking his watch frequently, the former Yugoslav leader looked nonchalant at a hearing at the court in The Hague as officials discussed the nuts and bolts of his Kosovo war crimes trial set to begin on February 12. He then sprang to life when British presiding judge Richard May gave him the floor, insisting once again that NATO -- which bombed Serbia in 1999 after a Serbian crackdown on Kosovo's Albanians -- and not Belgrade was the true villain. "An operation is under way to reverse the scene and the culprit... All this is geared toward a construed justification for the crimes committed during the NATO aggression on my nation," Milosevic, 60, said slowly but firmly in Serbian. A legal adviser to Milosevic said he expected the former president, who has not appointed a defense attorney and plans to conduct his own defense, to turn the tables on Western leaders by putting them in the witness box during the trial. "I expect when Milosevic next addresses the public he will demand that leaders of NATO countries, who are able to present the truth on Kosovo, come to testify," Belgrade-based lawyer Zdenko Tomanovic told Reuters by telephone. "Milosevic tried to say this today but he was interrupted four times (by Judge May)," added Tomanovic, speaking after he met Milosevic following the hearing. He did not say which leaders might be called but a leader in his party was quoted last month as saying former U.S. President Bill Clinton would be summoned. Media speculation has also mentioned British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Commentators believe Milosevic hopes that by calling Western leaders as witnesses he will be able to humiliate them and to show that they worked closely with him during much of the 1990s as the old Yugoslavia broke apart in bloodshed. Milosevic may also be aiming to get Western leaders to give damaging information about ethnic Albanian guerrillas, in the hope of strengthening his argument that military action in Kosovo was legitimate suppression of an insurgency. Judges have the final say on whether witnesses may be called, but if they decide someone should testify then they have the power to compel the witness to come to The Hague. At his five appearances before the tribunal -- which has held him in custody since Serb reformers sent him to the Hague in June – Milosevic has repeatedly lambasted the court as an illegal tool of his Western foes in streams of invective before being silenced by May. He has refused even to plead to the charges, in an unprecedented display of contempt for the U.N. International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia. In his final broadside Wednesday before Judge May cut him off and adjourned the session, Milosevic took a fresh tack in his allegations of tribunal bias. "Look at this court. Courts should be impartial. The indictment has been raised according to what the British intelligence service has said. The judge is an Englishman. The amicus curiae is..." he said. A UN judge on Wednesday ordered prosecutors to limit the number of their witnesses when former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic goes on trial next month over war crimes committed in Kosovo, urging a short trial. Strains emerged when the prosecution presented a witness list and a general timetable for its case, prompting Presiding Judge Richard May, clearly showing his discontent, to tell prosecutors bluntly: "We have in mind a shorter case." The court cut the number of live witnesses to be called by the prosecution to 90, out of 110 it proposed. May also said he might trim the number of written statements to be admitted during the case. Well known French lawyer Jacques Verges also attended Wednesday's hearing. Verges has been hired by the former president to plead his case against his arrest, transfer and detention by the tribunal before the European court of human rights in Strasbourg. He underlined Milosevic's complaints against the legality of the UN court adding it was inadmissible that the tribunal could establish it's own rules and regulations which is contrary to the idea of a separation powers. OFFICIAL STATEMENTS PROVE HAGUE 'TRIBUNAL' BELONGS TO NATO (by Jared Israel, Originally posted 30 June 2001, Updated and expanded 7 January 2002] Of course you've heard of the ICTY, also known as The Hague 'War Crimes Tribunal.' That's the outfit that kidnaps Serbian leaders (including Slobodan Milosevic) and puts them on 'trial.' Did you think the ICTY was a fair-minded UN court, free to indict anyone charged with crimes in Yugoslavia, regardless of nationality? Think again. Exhibit A: Press Conference by NATO spokesman Jamie Shea. Took place May 17, 1999, that is, during the NATO aggression against Yugoslavia. "QUESTION: Jamie, I wonder if you could comment on a speech made by Justice Arbour of the International Criminal Tribunal last week, a copy of which I left with your very fine secretary so that you would have reference to it. Judge Arbour in her speech said that as a result of the NATO initiatives being initiated on 24 March the countries of NATO have "voluntarily submitted themselves to the jurisdiction of her court whose mandate applies to the theatre of the chosen military operation and whose reach is unqualified by nationality and whose investigations are triggered at the sole discretion of the prosecutor who has primacy over national courts." Does NATO recognise Judge Arbour's jurisdiction over their activities? "JAMIE SHEA: First of all, my understanding of the UN resolution that established the Court is that it applies to the former Yugoslavia, it is for war crimes committed on the territory of the former Yugoslavia. "Secondly, I think we have to distinguish between the theoretical and the practical. I believe that when Justice Arbour starts her investigation, she will because we will allow her to. It's not Milosevic that has allowed Justice Arbour her visa to go to Kosovo to carry out her investigations. If her court, as we want, is to be allowed access, it will be because of NATO so NATO is the friend of the Tribunal, NATO are the people who have been detaining indicted war criminals for the Tribunal in Bosnia. We have done it, 14 arrests so far by SFOR, and we will continue to do it. "NATO countries are those that have provided the finance to set up the Tribunal, we are amongst the majority financiers, and of course to build a second chamber so that prosecutions can be speeded up so let me assure that we and the Tribunal are all one on this, we want to see war criminals brought to justice and I am certain that when Justice Arbour goes to Kosovo and looks at the facts she will be indicting people of Yugoslav nationality and I don't anticipate any others at this stage." [Our Emphasis. May 17, 1999 Transcript of NATO press conference by Jamie Shea & Major General W. Jertz in Brussels Transcribed by M2 PRESSWIRE (c) 1999. To see the quotation in context of the full transcript, go to: http://emperors-clothes.com/docs/jertzback.htm#h-list_quote ] WASHINGTON CREATED IT; NATO MAKES IT POSSIBLE Did you think critics were indulging in hyperbole when they said Madeline Albright was "Mother of the Tribunal"? EXHIBIT B: Excerpts from speech by Gabrielle Kirk McDonald, President of the Hague Tribunal, at her award ceremony at the American Supreme Court on April 5, 1999. "I am also pleased to be here tonight as a guest of the Coalition for International Justice, which was founded in 1995 with assistance from CEELI and the Open Society Institute. The Coalition has been a great source of support to the Tribunal. CIJ jumped in early and has stayed involved ever since. From running a workshop to assist the defense counsel in the very first trial, through seminars for the judges... (context) "Without the co-operation of the states and entities in the former Yugoslavia and the international community as a whole, the Tribunal had no way of bringing even a single accused to trial. "Nevertheless, we persevered and did what we could to build the institution. We benefited from the strong support of concerned governments and dedicated individuals such as Secretary Albright. As the permanent representative to the United Nations, she had worked with unceasing resolve to establish the Tribunal. Indeed, we often refer to her as the "mother of the Tribunal". And I am proud of what we have accomplished. After those first years of struggling to simply establish the court, we have now really gotten on with the substance of our mandate." (context) (From http://www.pict-pcti.org/news/archive/April/ICTY.04.05.html to see the quotations in context of the full Speech, go to: http://emperors-clothes.com/docs/kirkback.htm#h-list_quote1 and http://emperors-clothes.com/docs/kirkback.htm#h-list_quote2 ) Emperor's Clothes Note: The Open Society Institute, which Ms. McDonald found so helpful, is George Soros' outfit. The Open Society acts as a kind of high-profit wing of the CIA. On the one hand, Mr. Soros is a ruthless currency-speculator, implicated in savaging the Thai economy, which launched the great Asian crash. On the other hand, his foundation sets up and funds front groups throughout the former Socialist countries and elsewhere as beachheads for U.S. penetration. This role is touched on in the Emperor's Clothes interview with representatives of the Belgrade radio station, B292, prior to the Yugoslav coup d'�tat of October 2000. See http://www.emperors-clothes.com/interviews/emperor.htm CEELI, the American Bar Association-Central and East European Law Initiative (www.abanet.org/ceeli/), appears to be part of a web of governmental, semi-governmental and seemingly private organizations which work together to develop Fifth Column organizations in countries targeted by the U.S. Empire. One of the main coordinators of this apparatus is the National Endowment for Democracy, about which see: 'US Arrogance And Yugoslav Elections' at http://emperors-clothes.com/engl.htm#z and 'Eviscerating Democracy' at http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/szamuely/neda2.htm The integration of government agencies with high-powered private agencies in determining the content and effective practice of U.S. foreign policy is most disturbing. Private agencies, armed with the image of humanitarian concern, in fact permit powerfully connected imperial strategists to direct public policy beyond public scrutiny. At the same time, such groups can exploit their seemingly expert, independent status to make statements and publish reports and books which might be recognized as propaganda if issued by government sources. Thus CEELI aggressively supports U.S. government propaganda claims about Kosovo. An excellent example of this sort of Imperial activism is Human Rights Watch, whose role in the assault on Macedonia, and also the makeup of its Board of Directors, is discussed at http://www.emperors-clothes.com/articles/treanor/hrw.htm WASHINGTON FINANCES IT Did you think this "United Nations" War Crimes Tribunal was funded by the United Nations? Exhibit C: The Tribunal Thanks Washington for Donating the Money to Do Washington's Propaganda Work "Press Release � Communiqu� de presse (Exclusively for the use of the media. Not an official document) The Hague, 19 April 1999 JL/PIU/397-E "THE UNITED STATES PLEDGE USD 500,000 TO "TRIBUNAL’S OUTREACH PROJECT "PRESIDENT McDONALD GRATEFUL FOR GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION "On behalf of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the President of the Tribunal, Judge Gabrielle Kirk McDonald, has expressed her deep appreciation to the U.S. Government for its pledge of USD 500,000 for the Tribunal’s Outreach project. Harold Koh, the US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labour, announced the donation at a press briefing at the Tribunal on Friday 16 April 1999. "This generous contribution, which makes up over a third of the total Outreach budget, will, as Assistant Secretary of State Harold Koh noted 'allow the Tribunal to carry its message of impartial justice not only to governments and legal practitioners in the former Yugoslavia, but, most of all, to the families of victims.' "The President urges other countries and organisations to support this vital project, which is aimed at bridging the communications gap between the Tribunal and the people of the former Yugoslavia and helping in the international community’s overall reconciliation effort." (From: http://www.pict-pcti.org/news/archive/April/ICTY.04.19.html ) PREDSEDNIK SLOBODAN MILOŠEVIC U HAGU, 9. januara 2002. godine (stenogram) KONSTRUISANjE OPRAVDANjA ZA ZLOČINE POD VIDOM SUĐENjA, KAKO BI ONI KOJI SU, SARAĐUJUĆI SA TERORISTIMA, UBIJALI NEVINE LjUDE I RUŠILI PORODILIŠTA I BOLNICE DOBILI PODRŠKU MEĐUNARODNOG JAVNOG MNjENjA OPTUŽNICA NA BAZI NAVODA ENGLESKE OBAVEŠTAJNE SLUŽBE, SUDIJA ENGLEZ, TUŽILAC ENGLEZ, AMIKUS KURIJE ENGLEZ... SAVET BEZBEDNOSTI KOJI NEMA NI ZAKONODAVNU NI SUDSKU VLAST, OSNIVANjEM "SUDA" NA NjEGA PRENOSI OVLAŠĆENjA KOJA NEMA RIČARD MEJ: (.....) Gospodine Miloševiću, čuli ste šta sam rekao. Recite sada da li postoji još nešto što biste Vi hteli da kažete u vezi Vašeg suđenja i u vezi onoga što je danas rečeno? PREDSEDNIK SLOBODAN MILOŠEVIĆ: Upravo u vezi onoga što je danas rečeno - gotovo sve što smo čuli pokazuje da pod vidom suđenja treba da se izvrši operacija zamene krivca, usmerena na proizvodnju jednog konstruisanog opravdanja za zločine koji su izvršeni u NATO agresiji na moju zemlju i moj narod. Čak i ova optužnica predstavlja jedan od dokaza da je ovo što tvrdim tačno, jer sva navodna nedela koja su počinjena u skladu sa tom "optužnicom" od strane oružanih snaga Jugoslavije, kojima sam ja imao čast da komandujem, precizno su po datumima smeštena u vremenski okvir u kome je izvršena agresija NATO pakta na moju zemlju. Namera je, očigledno, da se objasni kako su oni koji su branili svoje porodice, svoju decu, svoj kućni prag, svoj dom, svoju domovinu - zlikovci, kriminalci, zli ljudi, a da su oni koji su prešli hiljade kilometara da bi noću rušili njihove kuće, ubijali nevine ljude, rušili porodilišta, bolnice, mostove, pruge, vozove, da su oni koji su u saradnji sa albanskim teroristima, odgovorni za ogroman broj žrtava i za ogromnu materijalnu štetu - dobri, ispravni i da treba da dobiju podršku međunarodnog javnog mnjenja. Da apsurd bude veći, .... (isključen mikrofon) RIČARD MEJ: Gospodine Miloševiću, ja sam već rekao način na koji će se voditi suđenje. Vi ćete imati mogućnost da iznesete svoju odbranu i to na način koji sam opisao. Ali sada nije vreme za to, nije vreme za govore. Ono što nas sada zanima je zapravo forma suđenja i postupak kojim ćemo se voditi. Da li Vi želite da kažete nešto o tome? Kao što sam rekao Vi ćete imati priliku da iznesete svoju odbranu kada suđenje počne. To će biti pravo vreme da se to uradi, a ne sada. Mi sada nismo ušli u suštinu suđenja. Mi se sada bavimo samo procedurom. Da li želite nešto da kažete o proceduri? PREDSEDNIK SLOBODAN MILOŠEVIĆ: Pa, nije prvi put da nemam priliku da govorim, ali imam da kažem - ako ćete ..... (isključen mikrofon) RIČARD MEJ: Imaćete priliku da govorite i biće Vam dozvoljeno da govorite, a u odgovarajuće vreme, za vreme suđenja. Kao što Vam je rečeno, ovo sada nije pravo vreme. Mi se sada bavimo proceduralnim pitanjima. Dakle, morate da ograničite Vaše primedbe na to, a kad suđenja počne, kao što sam rekao, doći će vreme da Vi date svoje izjave. Vi to možete da učinite i da iznesete svoju odbranu. Molim Vas, da li želite da kažete nešto o proceduri ili ne? PREDSEDNIK SLOBODAN MILOŠEVIĆ: Želim da konstatujem da niste ponudili ni jedan argument na veoma jasne pravne činjenice koje sam ovde izneo u vezi sa nelegalnošću ovog "suda", osnovanog Rezolucijom Saveta bezbednosti koji nema ni zakonodavnu ni sudsku vlast i koji nije mogao preneti ovlašćenja koja nema ni na koga, jer kao pravnici dobro znate da se ne mogu preneti prava koja neko nema. U svakom slučaju, ..... (isključen mikrofon). RIČARD MEJ: Gospodine Miloševiću, mi smo već doneli odluku po tom pitanju i to nije predmet dalje rasprave. Želite li da kažete nešto drugo u vezi procedure ili ćemo završiti? PREDSEDNIK SLOBODAN MILOŠEVIĆ: Pa, ako ćete da me ograničavate samo na pitanja koja mogu da pokrećem, onda bih rekao u vezi sa procedurom još sledeće: po prirodnoj definiciji svakog suda - sud je neutralan, nepristrasan. A pogledajte ovaj "sud": optužnica je podignuta na bazi navoda engleske obaveštajne službe, sudija je Englez, tužilac Englez, amikus kurije Englez, a ja..... (isključen mikrofon) RIČARD MEJ: Gospodine Miloševiću, mi smo Vas pažljivo slušali i pažljivo Vas slušamo. Više puta Vam je rečeno da se ovo ročište bavi isključivo proceduralnim pitanjima. Vi ćete imati svaku priliku na Vašem suđenju da kažete svoju odbranu i da date sve svoje izjave. Za to sada nije vreme. Ova rasprava je završena. Molimo ustanite. (SPS press office – Beograd) =============================================== Cette lettre d'information est gratuite. Pour vous abonnez ou si vous ne d�sirez plus la recevoir : adressez un message � [EMAIL PROTECTED] This Newsletter is free of charge. To receive it regularly or if you don't want to receive its future editions : send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . 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