Dear friends, if this appeal was already posted, please accept my
apologies.I think it is better to have it posted more than once than to let
it go by. Snezana
Here is the address to add your name to it you choose to do so:
By e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
or fax to 32.10.453152
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Subj: Fw:Brussels Appeal
Date: 13/08/00 1:11:17 PM Pacific Daylight Time
From: @beaux-arts.com (Olga Daric)
To: .....
As you possibly know Mr Fran�ois Houtart published on june 19 th 2000 in
the name of 150 intellectuals (Chomsky, Bourdieu, D. Johnstone, R. Clark
etc) an Appeal against NATO policy in the Balkans, we would be very honored
if you accepted to sign it, to get it signed, by people in your country and
get published in your country too.
The Appeal can be signed until november. We'd like to get the signatures in
order to create a real
international solidarity against NATO aggression.
Thanks in advance
F. Delorca
Committee of the Appeal of Brussels
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KOSOVO must not be forgotten:
BRUSSELS APPEAL
In the spring of 1999 Brussels, as the headquarters of NATO, was the
centre of decision and execution of the bombing of Yugoslavia by the 19
member nations of that organisation in the name of human rights. We, active
in or retired from the teaching of law, believe that the first anniversary
of such a serious event must not go unnoticed, but on the contrary should
induce every citizen to think seriously about the enormous stakes.
The war was prepared, decided and prosecuted against the most fundamental
principles of international law.
NATO decided to take action after the Rambouillet talks broke down. And
yet these talks had made serious progress of the political issues before
last minute conditions, which were totally unacceptable to the Serbs,
led to an impasse. In other words, to war.
The outbreak of the war was a flagrant violation of the United Nations
Charter, which authorises the use of force only in exceptional cases of
legitimate self-defence or with the authorisation of the Security Council.
There were no such premises, in this case.
Finally, the way in which the bombing was carried out violates the rules
of international law which govern the conduct of hostilities. In general,
the systematic destruction of the economic infrastructure and the means of
communication, deliberately intended to discourage the population and
provoke an uprising, are incompatible with the humanitarian principles
invoked to justify them.
That said, our wishing to express our unequivocal and unreserved
condemnation of the action taken by NATO in no way implies any support of
or complacency towards the Belgrade authorities and in particular their
management of the ethnic question. Similarly, our sustained reprobation of
the continuation, without any legal grounds, of the bombing of Iraq and the
embargo imposed on this country, must not be interpreted as any allegiance
to the Baghdad regime.
The war strategy that devastated Yugoslavia and made Kosovo non-liveable
produced more refugees and victims than would have been caused by any other
combination of force and diplomacy. So it must be contested, both
from the political and the moral point of view. It was accompanied by a
media campaign to systematically legitimise the operations under way.
The arrangements made at the end of the bombing are intended to make
international aid contingent to the results of elections in Yugoslavia and
make aid contingent on the political options adopted by its
beneficiaries, which is not a very honourable means of political
interventions in the internal affairs of a third country. For its part,
under the UN administration created in Kosovo following the NATO aggression,
this region has become a virtually mono-ethnical one, where non-Albanian
minorities, be they Serbs, Gypsies, Slavs, Muslims, Jews, Turks or Croats,
had to flee from attacks or take refuge in ghettos.
We should also like to underscore the fact that the consequences of the
war waged in Yugoslavia extend far beyond the borders of this country.
More specifically, NATO's intervention in Kosovo, under the leadership of
the United States, is in line with a series of choices made by the sole
remaining superpower. Its gargantuan military budget; keeping NATO in
place, in spite of the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact and the end of the
USSR, and even to enlarge it by including Eastern Europe; projecting armed
force on the world arena by treating international institutions with
disdain; refusing to ratify the nuclear test ban treat; developing
anti-missile systems and, as recently discovered, a world-wide system for
eavesdropping on private and official calls are the most salient aspects of
a new model for exercising power charted in Washington, based solely on the
possession and use of ever more sophisticated instruments of coercion.
That is why we call on all those who share these concerns and no longer
wish to see bombs as the alternative to international law, negotiations, and
democratic dialogue, to sign this appeal and turn it, everywhere in the
world, into an instrument of moral resistance against the new world "order"
that is emerging.
First signatories,
Olivier Corten, Professor at the Centre for International Law, Free
University of Brussels (ULB); Eric David, Professor at the ULB; Barbara
Delcourt, member of the Institute of European Studies, Professor at the ULB;
Fran�ois Houtart, Professor Emeritus at the Catholic University of Louvain
(UCL);
Pierre Klein, Professor at the ULB; Paulette Pierson-Mathy,
Professor at the ULB; Yves Rogister, Researcher at the CADOP, University
of Li�ge;
Fran�ois Rigaux, Professor Emeritus at the UCL, former Dean of the Faculty
of Law;
Jean Salmon, Professor Emeritus at the ULB ;
Eric Suy, Professor Emeritus at the KUL ; former assistant general
secretary of the United Nations."
If you want to adhere to the Appeal, please send your name to:
CETRI
5, Av. Sainte Gertrude
1348 Louvain La Neuve
BELGIUM
By e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
or fax to 32.10.453152
Financial support: CETRI; Account no. 000-1306002-91; mention:
Brussels Appeal
SIGNATURES BY COUNTRY
SIGNATAIRES DE L'APPEL DE BRUXELLES (au 20/7/00)
CORTEN, Olivier ; professeur au Centre de Droit International, Universit�
libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
DAVID, Eric ; professeur � l'ULB
DELCOURT, Barbara ; membre de l'Institut d'�tudes europ�ennes, professeur �
l'ULB
HOUTART, Fran�ois ; professeur �m�rite � l'Universit� catholique de Louvain
(UCL)
KLEIN, Pierre ; professeur � l'ULB
PIERSON-MATHY, Paulette ; professeur � l'ULB
ROGISTER, Yves ; charg� de recherche aupr�s du CADOP, universit� de Li�ge
RIGAUX, Francois ; professeur �m�rite � l'UCL, ancien doyen de la Facult�
de Droit
SALMON, Jean ; professeur �m�rite � l'ULB
SUY, Eric ; professeur �m�rite de la KUL ; (Universit� Catholique de
Louvain) ancien secr�taire g�n�ral adjoint des Nations Unies
ALLEMAGNE
Altvater, Elmar ; professeur � l'Universit� de Berlin, pr�sident de la
Fondation Lelio Basso
Pavlovic Dragan ; Director "Dialogue", Paris, Research Director, EMA
University, Greifswald
Roksandic Mirjana ; Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock
Wilke, Joachim ; philosophe
AUTRICHE
Blau, Paul ; professeur � l'Universit� de Vienne
Meissner, Freda ; journaliste
AUSTRALIE
Juric Kim ; Camberra
Juric Radovan ; Camberra
BELGIQUE
Algoet Peter ; philosophe, socratique, Gand
Ameye Serge ; licentiaat in de Politieke Wetenschappen, voorzitter van de
"Belgian Business Club for the Balkan Countries "
Andr� Edgar ; professeur honoraire, Universit� de Mons-Hainaut, Havr�
Arnauts Laurent ; avocat, r�dacteur en chef du Journal du Mardi (Bruxelles)
B�rdos-F�ltoronyi Nicolas ; professeur UCL
Bekaert Xavier ; Universit� Libre de Bruxelles
Benda Wim ; KU Leuven
Berghezan Georges ; journaliste, Bruxelles
Biot, Paul ; directeur du Centre de Th��tre Action
Bouckaert Andr� ; professeur, UCL
Bovy Yannick ; journaliste
Bricmont Jean ; professeur de physique, UCL
Carton Bruno ; charg� de recherches GRESEA
Collon Michel ; �crivain, journaliste
De Belder Bert ; coordinateur M�decine pour le tiers-monde
De Brabander Ludo ; Mouvement pour la Paix "Vrede vzw"
De Cock Herman
Decroly Vincent ; d�put� Parti Ecolo
Dermagne Jean-Marie ; avocat, charg� de recherches au SIRDE, Louvain-la-Neuve
Detrez Raymond ; Prof. RUG
De Vos Pol ; pr�sident Ligue anti-imp�rialiste
De Wilde Yvon ; documentaliste, Bruxelles
Dhaene Jan ; fractiesecretaris Agalev Senaat
Dhont Riet ; Parti du travail de Belgique
Doyen, Paul, enseignant, Bruxelles
Dutry Guillemine ; Grez-Doiceau
Franchoo Serge ; chercheur Universit� Catholique Leuven
Franck Robert ; professeur Universit� Catholique de Louvain
Galand Pierre ; ancien pr�sident d'OXFAM-Belgique ; pr�sident du CNPPD,
pr�sident du Forum Nord-Sud
Geboers Tim ; student archeologie KUL
Georlette, Rob ; pharmacien, Putte
Hannotte, Michel ; historien Institut d'Histoire-Seraing
Kapper, Alain ; chercheur
Kerckhofs J.P. ; porte-parole de l'Appel pour une �cole d�mocratique"
Kervyn Jeanne ; Bruxelles
Kontodimas Christos ; journaliste
Martens Ludo ; pr�sident du Parti du travail de Belgique
Merckx Kris ; nationaal woordvoerder Partij van de Arbeid van Belgi�
Moins, Jacques ; ancien d�put� de Bruxelles ; avocat ; journaliste
Nerinckx Wim ; Universit� de Gand
Noiroux, Jeanne-Marie ; historienne ; Institut d'Histoire ; Seraing
Pavic Milan
Peerlinck Frans ; Dr. theologie
Peeters Anne ; directrice GRESEA
Pestiau Jean ; professeur de physique, UCL
Pillon Agnesa ; chercheuse F.N.R.S. et charg�e de cours � l'UCL
Pi�rart Pierre ; professeur honoraire Universit� Mons-Hainaut
Pierseaux, Yves ; physicien, chercheur � l'ULB et � l'universit� d'Oxford
P�let Claudine ; Comit� de surveillance OTAN, Bruxelles
Poznanski Marcel ; Comit� de surveillance OTAN, Bruxelles
Roland, Nicole ; Secretaire
Romain Roger ; ex-conseiller communal PCB
Rossa Rosso Nadine ; secr�taire g�n�rale du Parti du travail de Belgique
Russe, Lily ; Historienne ; Institut d'Histoire ; Seraing
Schepers Stefan ; ere-directeur-generaal EIPA
Soetewey Jan ; Christenen voor het Socialisme
Spriet Georges ; Vrede vzw
Stryckers I.. lic. geschiedenis
Van den Hove Didier ; Louvain-la-Neuve
Valverde t.a., Hern�n ; avocat au barreau de Bruxelles ; licenci� en
droit international
Vandepitte Marc ; Deurne
Vandermeulen Dirk
Van Eeckhoutte Dries ; Wetenschappelijk medewerker, Institute for
International Law, Leuven
Van Erps Jan ; gewezen Senator en Volksvertegenwoordiger, gewezen
CVP-woordvoerder Defensie
Van Geyt, Louis ; ancien d�put� de Bruxelles, PCB/KPB
Vanhoutte Peter ; d�put� Agalev
Vanoost Lode ; AGALEV, vice-pr�sident de la Chambre de Repr�sentants
Verbelen Fran�ois
Vermeyen Karel ; traducteur
Verschooten F. ; gew hoogl RUG
Versluys Jan ; Destelbergen
Watt� Jeroen ; KU Leuven
Wauters Joos ; Agalev volksvertegenwoordiger
Willems Frank ; Oud-voorzitter Vereniging Belgi�-China vzw
Zanatta, Micheline ; historienne ; Institut d'Histoire ; Seraing
BOSNIE HERZEGOVINE
Past Martin S. ; Peace Office Outpost Sarajevo
BULGARIE
Doncheva Blagovesta
CANADA
Baillargeon Normand ; professeur, Universit� du Qu�bec, Montr�al
Black Christopher C. ; barrister, Toronto, Ontario
Dzeletovich Natalia ; conference manager
Mandel Michael ; Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto
Milojkovic Minja ; professeur, Montreal
Soda Christopher ; Windsor, Ontario
Soucy Pascal ; Gasp�
Wells Christopher ; Hunter River, P.E.I.
COSTA RICA
Wagner Ureta Eric
DANEMARK
Diwan Zohair ; lecturer, economist
Tarp Sven ; associated professor Aarhus School of Business
ESPAGNE
Pena Lorenzo ; ma�tre de recherches au CSIC, Madrid
Rademacher, Gerda
de Trazegnies Granda, Leopoldo ; professeur F.P.O. Seville
Etxezarreta, Miren ; professeur d'�conomie appliqu�e, Universit� de Barcelone
ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE
Albert Michael ; Z Magazine, ZNet
Chomsky Noam ; linguiste, �crivain, professeur au Massachusets Institute
of Technology
d'Aymery Gilles ; Swans.com
Clark Ramsey, International Action Center
Dajkovic Alex N. ; Kansas City
Dion Roland ; San Diego CA
Feldman Alex ; Boston, MA
Gibbs David N. ; Associate Professor of Political Science, University of
Arizona
Haynie Roena ; Professor of Social Work, KansasCity, Mo
Herman Edward S. ; Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania,Phila, Pa
Hey Nancy Alison ; Washington D.C.
Makara Petar ; IBM TJ Watson Research Center, Yorktown, NY
Mccormack Michael, Kansas City, M.O.
Mitrovic-Minic Snezana ; Senior Software Engineer, Simon Fraser
University, Burnaby, BC
Progovac Ljiljana ; associate professor, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Robertson Barton W. ; Torrance, CA
Thomas Raju G. C. ; Professor of International Affairs, Wisconsin
Ward, Morehouse ; leading member of the Council on International and
Public Affairs, New York
Welsh Joe ; �tudiant, Ohio University
FINLANDE
Koskinen, Pekka ; professeur de droit p�nal, Universit� d�Helsinki,
Pr�sident du Comit� pour la Paix
FRANCE
Albala, Nuri ; avocat � la Cour, Paris ; membre de l'AIJD
Andr�ani Caroline ; comit� "Halte � l'OTAN"
Badiou, Alain ; philosophe, dramaturge, professeur � l'�cole Normale
Sup�rieure d'Ulm et � l'Universit� de Paris VII
Ballin Bernard ; m�decin, Chazey-sur-Ain
Belougne Dominique ; Universit� de Bordeaux II
Bidard, Sophie ; site Internet R�sistance
Bourdieu Pierre ; �crivain, sociologue, professeur au Coll�ge de France
Brahy-Loupan C�cile ; conseill�re p�dagogique, Garches
Buisson Jean-Christophe ; journaliste au Figaro Magazine
Bullard Linda ; pr�sidente F�d�ration Internationale des mouvements de
l'agriculture biologique
Carlebach Emmanuel ; Montreuil s/s bois
Champetier Charles ; r�dacteur en chef du magazine "El�ments", cofondateur
du Collectif Non � la Guerre
Combes Francis ; po�te et �diteur (Le Temps des Cerises)
Coppo Marc-Antoine ; math�maticien (CNRS), Nice
Daric Olga ; interpr�te
Debray, R�gis ; philosophe, �crivain
Delorca, Frederic ; journaliste ; cr�ateur du site "R�sistance"
Djuric Dragan ; Paris
Drouet Michel ; maitre de conf�rences, Universit� de Haute-Bretagne
Filabozzi Alessandra ; chercheuse Universita' di Roma "Tor Vergata",
actuellement au LURE, Centre Universitaire Paris Sud
Fonseca Jean-Marc
Jenovacki Radenko ; enseignant, Paris
Johnstone, Diana ; journaliste, Paris
Jovanovic Dragica ; Chenneviers
Jovanovic Ljuba ; architecte, Chenneviers
Karcayanni-Karabelia Vassia ; historienne d'art, enseignante �
l'universit� Paris IV-Sorbonne, critique d'art
Krivine Jean-Paul ; psychiatre
Labica Georges ; professeur �m�rite des Universit�s
Lacroix-Riz Annie ; historienne, Universit� de Paris VI
Latour Patricia ; �crivain, conseill�re municipale, Aubervilliers Levy
Pierre ; journaliste
Manojlovic Bogdan ; universitaire, chercheur, Paris
Marotel Pierre Olivier ; Paris
Maubouch� Eric ; informaticien
Maubouch� Sabine ; journaliste, Paris
Menexiadis Dimitri ; ma�tre de conf�rences, Universit� Bretagne Sud, Lorient
Miracle Sole, Salvador ; chercheur CNRS, Marseille
Mojasevic Gordana ; Paris
Pecker, Jean-Claude ; professeur honoraire d'Astrophysique th�orique au
College de France
Pergnier Maurice ; professeur �m�rite Univ�rsit� Paris-Val de Marne
Richier Jean-Paul ; medecin, Paris
Savic Aleksandra ; Paris
Van Muylder, C�line ; �tudiante
Veljovic Maria ; Meudon
Veljovic Sava ; Meudon
Veljovic Vladimir ; Meudon
Verges Jacques,,junior ; jounaliste, Villeparisis
Vesovic B�atrice ; Bougival
Weil, Roland ; Avocat ; pr�sident de l'Association Internationale des
Juristes D�mocrates
Zecevic Gradimir ; ing�nieur, Paris
Zecevic Katherine
Zlatkovic Marie-Fran�oise ; Aulnay s/s Bois
Zlatkovic Dimitri ; Aulnay s/s Bois
Zlatkovic Zoran ; Aulnay s/s Bois
Znirdasic Nada ; Paris
GRECE
Axelos, Loukas ; �crivain
Charamambidis Michalis ; sociologue
Damianakou, Maria ; �crivain
Gatsios Konstantine ; Athens University of Economics and Business
Meletzis, Spyros ; photographe ; ancien r�sistant
INDE
Kamath P. M. ; Professor of Politics (Retired), University of Bombay &
Professor Emeritus
Sharma, Jitendra ; Senior Advocate at the Indias's Supreme Court ;
Secretary General, International Association of Democratic Lawyers
ISRAEL
Budeiri Musa ; Bir Zeit University, J�rusalem
Cohen Raya
Eylon Debbie ; J�rusalem
Matar Anat ; Tel Aviv University
Pelleg Sryck Tamar ; Human rights lawyer
Weiss Ronit
Wollin Amos ; journalist, Tel Aviv
ITALIE
Alberti Fabio ; president of "Un ponte per..." NGO
Amit Daniel ; Istituto "La Sapienza", Rome
Areni Alessandra ; docente dell'Universit� "La Sapienza", Roma
Gallo Domenico ; juge, Rome
Hambye Thomas ; chercheur au Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Rome
La Valle, Ranieri ; s�nateur de la R�publique
Marenco Franco ; ENEA, Roma
Parisi Giorgio ; Universit� di Roma "La Sapienza"
Raffaelli Tiziano ; Dipartimento di filosofia, Universit� di Pisa
Tognoni, Gino ; secr�taire g�n�ral de la Fondation Internationale Lelio
Basso
Urgnani Elena ; insegnante, scrittrice e saggista, Milano
MEXIQUE
Dvoeglazov Valeri ; profesor, Mexico
Lopez Castro Gabriel, profesor, Cinvestav-IPN, Mexico
Lopez Laval Hilda
Manko Vladimir S., profesor, Cinvestav-IPN, Mexico
PALESTINE (territoires occup�s)
Budeiri Musa ; Bir Zeit University, J�rusalem
PAYS - BAS
Dekker Nico ; Free University of Amsterdam de Tollenaere Herman ;
historian and author, Leiden
van Asseldonk Chris, Ton ; Den Haag
PHILIPPINES
Mariano Rafael ; chairperson, BAYAN Philippines (New Patriotic Alliance)
Pagaduan-Araullo Carolina ; executive director, Philippine Peace Center
ROYAUME - UNI
Browne Chedmond ; African history lecturer, Montserrat
Cox Lillian ; London
Hall Duncan ; research student
Jay John ; London
Jayan, Nayar ; professor at the School of Law ; University of Warwick
Keeble Richard ; senior lecturer in journalism, City University, London
Liebling, Helen ; psychologist, University of Warwick
McGettigan Andrew ; social housing worker
Paliwala, Abdul ; professor at the School of Law, University of Warwick
Rangwalla, Glenn ; Political Sciences professor, Cambridge University
White Jonathan ; research student
RUSSIE
Kashinov Valentin V. ; Ph.D, Prof., Corr.-member of International
Slavic Academy, Saint-Petersburg
Lukin Alexander ; Directeur de l'Institut d'�tudes politiques et l�gales
Moscou
SRI LANKA
Bala, Tampoe ; General Secretary Ceylan Mercantile Industry, Sri Lanka
SUISSE
Sanz Markus ; professeur au coll�ge de Gen�ve ; fondateur du Comit� pour
la Paix en Yougoslavie.
Weber, Franz ; �cologiste, pr�sident de la Fondation "Weber"
VENEZUELA
Pardo Adolfo ; dirigeant syndical, Caracas
YOUGOSLAVIE
Grubacic Andrej ; �tudiant, universit� de Belgrade, site R�sistance
Juric Jovo ; Belgrade
Juric-Baros Masa ; Belgrade
Trivunac Ratibor T. ; �tudiant, Belgrade
Vidanovic Djordje ; professeur, Universit� de Nis
PAYS INDETERMIN�S
Chetrit Sami Shalom ; editor in chief MideastLine, �crivain
Deeks Dustin
Drozdowski J�zef J.
Lopez Laval Hilda
Van den Bempt Greta ; cin�aste
