The Author is former Head of International Law Department of the Federal
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Yugoslavia.
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From: Milan Tepavac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: YUGOINFO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; STOPNSP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
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Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 6:34 AM
Subject: Letter to the NYT.
> Sir:
>
> Your article "The Serbs' Choice" (March 29) is the greatest insult to
every
> Serb, every decent human being. You gave the place in your newspaper to
the
> Ustasha criminal, to a man who wholehearthidly participated in finishing
off
> Pavelic's genocide against Serbs, Jews and Gypsies and who - in the
capacity
> of the president of Yugoslavia installed by the EC's "troika"on July
> 1,1991 - on October 5, 1991, in the Croatian parliament announced: "I
have
> fulfilled my duty: Yugoslavia is no more". Yet, according to that
creature,
> Milosevic started secessionist wars in Yugoslavia. If Milosevic is guilty
> for the bloodbath in Yugoslavia then Lincoln is equally guilty, the only
> difference being that Milosevic lost and Lincoln won.
>
> Dr.Milan Tepavac, Belgrade.
> -----------------------------------
> >
> > THE NEW YORK TIMES, Thursday, March 29, 2001
> >
> > The Serbs' Choice
> >
> > By STJEPAN MESIC
> >
> > ZAGREB, Croatia - In the past several months, it has become apparent
> > that the removal of Slobodan Milosevic has led to a willingness to
> > tolerate both Belgrade's marked reluctance to cooperate with the Hague
> > war crimes tribunal and the Serbs' refusal to confront the conduct of
> > Mr. Milosevic's regime. I was among those who welcomed the overthrow of
> > Mr. Milosevic, but I warned then, and I repeat today, that it is not
> > enough that he is out of power. His policy of a Greater Serbia must go,
> > too.
> >
> > In the name of that policy, Mr. Milosevic was the primary instigator of
> > four wars. He lost them all. That some of the people who overthrew him
> > believe Mr. Milosevic's biggest sin was that he lost the wars - not that
> > he started them - understandably demands caution.
> >
> > Nobody expected the new government to deliver Mr. Milosevic and others
> > for immediate trial in The Hague. Serbia required a timeout and got one.
> > But now it is time to question whether the new government has used this
> > intermission to establish a foundation for moving forward. Serbia should
> > not forget or deny its past, and it should not be forgiven obvious sins
> > and crimes that it has yet to acknowledge.
> >
> > The United States Congress has set a deadline of this Saturday for the
> > Yugoslav government to comply with certain conditions in order to
> > receive the remainder of $100 million in aid and acquire access to
> > international lending institutions. The conditions include cooperation
> > with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, a
> > cessation of specified types of aid to the Serbian entity in Bosnia
> > (Republika Srpska) and progress in the rule of law. Not holding the new
> > government to those criteria would create grave risks for the countries
> > of Southeastern Europe and for Serbia itself. True democratic reformers
> > in all countries in the region, including Serbia, will be undermined if
> > Belgrade is held to a different standard.
> >
> > I know what I am talking about, as my country has been painfully
> > confronting the dark aspects of its recent history. Croatia used its
> > influence to hand over Bosnian Croats indicted by the Hague tribunal,
> > and during the past year has begun holding trials of Croatian citizens
> > accused of committing war crimes against Serbian victims. This journey
> > has not been easy, but Croatia is determined to face the past in order
> > to become a truly democratic state and a reliable partner in the
> > international community.
> >
> > This must also happen in Serbia, not only because other countries in
> > Southeastern Europe, including my own, were rightly forced to respect
> > and obey democratic standards, but for the Serbs themselves. Unless they
> > face all that has been done in their name for the past 10 years, the
> > Serbian people could one day fall for the nationalist-populist politics
> > of a new Milosevic, with inevitably tragic consequences. Serbia's
> > neighbors and the international community do not deserve this. The
> > Serbian people do not deserve this, either.
> >
> >
> > Stjepan Mesic is president of the Republic of Croatia.
> >
> > Letters to Editor: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> >
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> >
>
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