>From: Rick Rozoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: U.S. Dictates Bosnian Election Results [STOPNATO.ORG.UK] >STOP NATO: �NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > >[Showcase of world democracy it is....] > > > >U.S. Says Serb Nationalists Must Be Kept Out Of Power >In Bosnia > >UNITED NATIONS, Nov 15, 2000 -- (Agence France Presse) >The United States told the UN Security Council on >Tuesday that hardline nationalists who topped the poll >in weekend elections in the Serb part of Bosnia should >be denied power. > >"We will continue to urge that obstructionists be kept >out of the government," the deputy U.S. representative >to the United Nations, James Cunningham, said during a >public council debate. > >On Monday, international organizers said preliminary >results showed that the nationalist Serb Democratic >Party (SDS) had won 36.8 percent of the vote in >elections to the assembly in the Republika Srpska. > >The Republika Srpska is one of two entities created by >the 1995 Dayton peace agreement that ended the brutal >three-year war that followed Bosnia's declaration of >independence. > >The Party of Independent Social Democrats, led by the >western-backed prime minister of Republika Srpska, >Milorad Dodik, won 17.9 percent of the vote, the >preliminary count showed. > >Reports of illegal campaign activity "only reinforce >our belief that the SDS continues to be controlled by >those who are committed to see Dayton fail," >Cunningham said. > >"Important decisions remain to be made about governing >coalitions," he said. > >It was "critically important" that the international >community be prepared "to act forcefully to ensure >that those who are opposed to Dayton are not in a >position to block the peace accords," he added. > >The head of UN peacekeeping operations, Jean-Marie >Guehenno, told the council that "although the SDS is >expected to have a strong showing in the assembly, it >is not expected to win an absolute majority." > >He forecast that the reformist Party of Democratic >Progress (PDP) would "play a pivotal role". > >Like other speakers in the debate, Guehenno expressed >disappointment at the strong showing, not only by the >SDS, but also by nationalist parties in the >Muslim-Croat Federation, the other entity created by >Dayton. ((c) 2000 Agence France Presse) > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Calendar - Get organized for the holidays! >http://calendar.yahoo.com/ > > >______________________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Want to effectively manage your Accounts Receivables? Need to >maximize cash flow? Now, you can with Freeworks' FREE ONLINE >ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE MANAGER! Create invoices, track receivables, >review account statements and much more! > > >http://www.bcentral.com/listbot/Freeworks > > _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________________________ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for anti-imperialist news. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________
