-Caveat Lector-
The main characteristics in Kosovo and Metohija are the absence of dialogue
and a deep
division between the ethnic groups. In spite of the fact that the Albanians
achieved an
enviable standard of living and a demographic explosion (the highest birth
rate in Europe) in
the FR of Yugoslavia, the Albanian separatists do not want the
normalization of the life in
Kosovo and reject every kind of dialogue which could contribute
substantially to the
normalization of the situation and to the lessening of the tensions.
The high degree of autonomy and of national
rights did not satisfy the Albanian
nationalists.
They organized a separatists� rebellion in
1981,
with "Kosovo Republic" as their main slogan
(separatist�s demonstrations have been
repeated
a number of times until 1989). The slogan
"Kosovo Republic" represents the main
strategy
of the Albanian separatism - the
transformation
of the Autonomous Province of Kosmet into a
Republic which would have the right of
secession. The Albanian separatist leaders
in
Kosmet never mention the question of the
rights
of national minorities, let alone the
question of
human rights and liberties. They request
openly
and unequivocally an independent state.
The Albanian separatist leaders organized
elections in 1991, and established
institutions of
the "parallel authorities" which represent
a "state
alternative" of the FRY.
The selective non-recognition of the state in which they live and work is
reflected in the:
- refusal to serve in the army
- non-participation in the elections - had they participated in the
elections, the Albanians
would have, bearing in mind the population, more than 30 out of 250
deputies in the
Republican Parliament, around 12 out of 178 deputies in the Federal
Parliament, and some
80% of the deputies in the Parliament of the Province.. It is quite obvious
that the members
of the Albanian national minority would have practically the entire power
in the Province.
- non-payment of all state taxes and duties. At the same time, they
regularly pay to the
"Parallel authorities" 3% of their income (very often that is a pure and
simple blackmail of
their compatriots).
- the establishment of "parallel schools", exclusively for the members of
the Albanian national
minority. The teaching is performed according to nationalist and separatist
programmes, in
non-adequate premises. The level of the knowledge acquired is best shown by
the fact that
their diplomas are not recognized anywhere in the world. Generations of the
Albanian youth
are handicapped educationally at the very start, and the "parallel schools"
resulted in the final
ethnic division among the young, in the closing of the young members of the
Albanian national
minority in the dogmas of extreme nationalism and separatism and the
creation of the
consciousness that common life with Serbs is impossible. The demonstrations
and requests to
return to the school buildings have as objective only the seizure of the
buildings, and not the
acceptation of the valid curriculum - as a matter of fact, they want to
continue the "parallel
schools" in the school buildings.The boycott of the educational system of
the Republic of
Serbia, which guarantees and assures conditions for teaching in Albanian
prevents the
application of the Declaration on the Rights of National, Ethnic, Religious
and Language
minorities, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1992. The manipulation of
the young for
the achievement of separatist objectives violates the UN Declaration on the
Rights of
Children and the International Convention on the Rights of Children.
Such a behaviour represents a violation of the provision
37 of the
Final Document of the 2nd Meeting of the Conference on
Human
Dimension of the OSCE (Copenhagen, 1990), and of the
Para.9
of the Preamble, of the articles 20 and 21 of the
Framework
Convention of the Council of Europe on the Protection of
National
Minorities. These provisions do not allow to the
minorities any
activities which would be contrary to the principles of
the UN
Charter, of the OSCE, and especially to the principle of
respect of
the territorial integrity, of the Constitution and the
laws of the
countries in which the minorities live.
At the same time, the Albanian minority uses all the
benefits given
by the state and the system they do not recognize, but
which are
suitable for them:
- health insurance
- employments in public and private sectors
- all rights in the field of information
- passports
- vaccination of the population, etc.
- the Albanian national minority has the Albanian Drama, a Section of the
Academy of
Science, an Authors� Association, a Musicians� Association and over 100
cultural and
artistic associations. These institutions are financed by the Republic of
Serbia.
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[ From the Serbian government's web site. - J2 ]
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