-Caveat Lector-
>From Irish Times
Monday, April 26, 1999
Adams calls for an
end to NATO action
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
By Andy Pollak
Sinn Féin president Mr Gerry Adams has called for an end to NATO's bombing
of Serbia. He told a conference on Irish neutrality and European security on
Saturday that "determined efforts for a peaceful negotiated settlement,
under the auspices of the United Nations should be redoubled".
Labour Party president Mr Proinsias De Rossa called the bombing of the
Serbian broadcasting service's headquarters in Belgrade a "war crime". He
told the conference in Dublin, which was organised by the Peace and
Neutrality Alliance, that if Serb troops had occupied and killed civilians
in a Kosovo TV station, it would rightly be regarded as a war crime.
Mr Adams said President Milosevic was "a gross violator of hu man rights".
The TV pictures of tens of thousands of Kosovan refugees gave an insight
"into the havoc he has presided over". How ever, NATO had supported and
armed violators such as Indonesia, "still committing genocide in East
Timor", and Turkey, which "ruthlessly suppresses the Kurds".
He added: "NATO has broken a whole range of international laws in waging war
against Yugoslavia. Moreover, NATO is in breach of the Geneva Convention,
which makes it illegal to go to war without making an official declaration
to that effect. NATO is in breach of its own charter, which requires it to
act in accordance with the UN, and it has violated the UN charter by
assaulting a sovereign state without a UN mandate.
"Instead of passive support for NATO's stand," Mr Adams said, "Ireland
should be leading the efforts outside NATO, in the EU and in the UN, to
secure a diplomatic solution." If the Government "proceeds towards
Partnership for Peace, they will be clearly in breach of their promise to
the electorate and of the mandate by which Fianna Fáil gained power."
Northern nationalists were "living in a state dominated by a foreign power,
Britain, occupied by British troops, who are also NATO troops. We therefore
have had many years of first-hand experience of how NATO troops behave, of
how NATO turns a blind eye to the military excesses of one of its
member-states, but also how NATO seeks to use our situation as a testing
ground of new weapons and surveillance technology, counter-insurgency
techniques and crowd-control methods."
Mr De Rossa said as well as accepting the largesse of the EU, Ireland had to
accept responsibility for participating in its common foreign, security and
defence policies. It was important that any common European security and
defence policy should be "founded on democratic decision-making". If Ireland
joined the Partnership for Peace, there would be no "democratic control",
since it would be linked to NATO, of which Ireland was unlikely to become a
member.
Asked about differences between himself and Labour Party leader Mr Ruairí
Quinn on the bombing of Yugoslavia, Mr De Rossa said they both wanted the
bombing to stop; the differences were over when that should happen and
whether it should have started in the first place.
He later pointed to an agreed plan the two leaders announced 10 days ago
which included a call for a 72-hour pause in the bombing to allow the UN and
Russia to persuade Mr Milosevic to come to the negotiating table.
Mr Alan Dukes TD said Ireland joining the Partnership for Peace would not
mean abandoning neutrality. It would mean joining an organisation where the
best practices in peacekeeping were being effectively developed.
~~~~~~~~~~~~
A<>E<>R
The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking
new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled
one is truly vanquished. -Johann Christoph Schiller,
German Writer (1759-1805)
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Forwarded as information only; no endorsement to be presumed
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material
is distributed without charge or profit to those who have
expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information
for non-profit research and educational purposes only.
DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER
==========
CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic
screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters
and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright
frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects
spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL
gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers;
be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and
nazi's need not apply.
Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector.
========================================================================
Archives Available at:
http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html
http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
========================================================================
To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email:
SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email:
SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Om
