>From: "Macdonald Stainsby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >China: It's Time for In-depth Reflection on Kosovo >China said Friday that it is time for in-depth reflection on Kosovo, a >Yugoslav province, where the current situation is very critical as Serbs are >suffering from deportation and persecution. > >The statement came as Shen Guofang, the deputy Chinese permanent >representative to the United Nations, took the floor at an open U.N. >Security Council meeting, at which Bernard Kouchner, head of the U.N. >Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), briefed the 15-nation body >on the latest developments in the Serbian province. > >"We are of the view that it is time for in-depth reflection," he said. "The >Security Council has the political responsibility and moral obligation to >face this reality, and it should seriously seek the resolution to the >serious problems faced by Kosovo, otherwise the credibility of the United >Nations will continue to be impaired." > >"First, the international presence should respect the sovereignty and >territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY)," he >said."UNMIK should respect the laws of FRY and seek cooperation with FRY." > >However, "some of the current administrative measures adopted in Kosovo >impair the sovereignty of FRY and it has created a false impression that >Kosovo is going to independence." > >Shen said that "any attempt to lead Kosovo to independence is dangerous and >illegal, it will deprive the Balkan region of peace and the ultimate victim >will be the people of the Balkan region." "UNMIK can not afford to make a >slightest mistake on this very important policy of issue," he said. > >Secondly, "we are very concerned with the security of Serbs and other >minorities in Kosovo," he said. > >"We firmly oppose any forms of ethnic cleansing," he said. " The flagrant >violations of basic human rights in Kosovo, no matter when it take place and >which ethnic group it target, can not be accepted by the international >community." > >"All human rights violations are crimes," he said. "The crimes, be they big >or small, can not be tolerated." > >"In the same way, it is irresponsible to use past events as excuses to >explain the way to the critical situation," he said. " We are concerned at >the ways UNMIK and the international peacekeepers turn about the situation." > >Apart from that, he said, "What arises our particular concern is that a >large number of non-Kosovo Albanians have entered Kosovo, and this will >change the demographic composition of Kosovo," which has a multi-ethnic >society since ancient times. > >"There should a Kosovo where different ethnic groups can have peaceful >coexistence, and this should be the target of UNMIK," he said. > >"We are opposed to any attempt to create national division and sabotage >national unity," he said. "Fundamentally, the solution to the Kosovo issue >can only be achieved within the framework of FRY through substantial >autonomy and good ethnic policy." > > > >_______ >Macdonald Stainsby >----- >Check out the Tao ten point program: http://new.tao.ca > >"The only truly humanitarian war would be one against >underdevelopment, hunger and disease." >- Fidel Castro > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
