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Interfax
April 3, 2006
Belarus parliament adopts statement on Milosevic's death
-"It is obvious to us that the ICTY is a politicized body, the functioning
of which is plagued by double standards and biased decisions."
MINSK - Both chambers of the Belarussian parliament
have adopted a joint statement calling for a trial of
the judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for
the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) who rejected a request
for treatment submitted by former Yugoslav
leader Slobodan Milosevic before his death.
"The administration of The Hague tribunal was
interested in Milosevic's death since it was not able
to prove the accusations made against him," Nikolai
Cherginets, head of the upper chamber's international
affairs and national security committee, said.
The judges'refusal to allow Milosevic to travel to
Russia for medical treatment "was an official death
sentence," he said.
The lower chamber of parliament' said in an earlier
statement that "a detailed, comprehensive and
objective international investigation" should be
conducted into the ex-Yugoslav president's death,
questioning the wisdom of the tribunal's further
activities.
The Belarussian parliament demands that "ICTY judges
who rejected Milosevic's treatment request,
effectively denying him the right to
live, be brought to justice."
"It is obvious to us that the ICTY is a politicized
body, the functioning of which is plagued by double
standards and biased decisions," the statement reads.
"Milosevic was an outstanding figure. As head of a
sovereign state, he had the right and was duty-bound
to defend his country's integrity and ensure its
security," the document reads.
"The former Yugoslavia was used as a testing ground
for methods to destroy multinational states," it
reads.
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