CORRUPT AMERICAN CONGRESS MAN PROPOSES KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE
By Andy Wilcoxson:
www.slobodan-milosevic.org
American congressmen Tom Lantos (D-CA) has proposed a bill calling for American recognition of an independent Kosovo.
This bill is a flagrant attack on the sovereignty of Serbia and Yugoslavia. This bill is full of the lies, and it is no surprise that Lanto's #1 campaign contributor is the Albanian American PAC.
Lantos is the ranking Democratic member on the House Committee on International Relations, and he obviously feels that U.S. Foreign Policy is on sale to the highest bidder.
I have never in my life seen so many lies in the same place as in this bill. It is truly amazing to what depths Mr. Lantos will sink to for money. In American politics this is called "lobbying" but that is only a nice word for BRIBERY!
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
- Write to your congressman and demand that this bill (H. RES. 11) be struck down.
- Write to your congressman and demand that Mr. Lantos be removed from the House Committee on International Relations.
To find your congressman visit: http://www.house.gov
What follows is the text of the Bill introduced by Lantos:
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 11
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr. LANTOS (for himself and Mr. HYDE) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations
RESOLUTION
Whereas the United States and the international community recognize that a right to self-determination exists as a fundamental right of all people;
Whereas Kosova was constitutionally defined as a sovereign territory in the First National Liberation Conference for Kosova on January 2, 1944, and this status was confirmed in the Constitution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia adopted in 1946, and the amended Yugoslav constitution adopted in 1974 preserved the autonomous status of Kosova as a de facto republic;
Whereas prior to the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia, Kosova was a separate political and legal entity with separate and distinct financial institutions, police force, municipal and national government, school system, judicial and legal system, hospitals and other independent organizations;
Whereas Serbian dictator Slobodan Milosevic rose to power in 1987 on a platform of ultranationalism and anti-Albanian racism, advocating violence and hatred against all non-Slavs and specifically targeting the Albanians of Kosova;
Whereas Slobodan Milosevic subsequently stripped Kosova of its self-rule, without the consent of the people of Kosova;
Whereas the elected Assembly of Kosova, faced with these intolerable acts, adopted a Declaration of Independence on July 2, 1990, proclaimed the Republic of Kosova, and adopted a constitution on September 7, 1990, based on the international legal principles of self-determination, equality, and sovereignty;
Whereas in recognition of the de facto dissolution of the Yugoslav federation, the European community established principles for the recognition of the independence and sovereignty of the republics of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Kosova fully satisfied those principles as a de facto republic within the federation;
Whereas a popular referendum was held in Kosova from September 26-30, 1991, in which 87 percent of all eligible voters cast ballots and 99.87 percent voted in favor of declaring Kosova independent of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia;
Whereas, from the occupation of Kosova until the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military action against the Milosevic regime in 1999, the human and civil rights of the Albanian residents were routinely violated by the Milosevic regime, forcing approximately 400,000 Albanians to flee to Western Europe and the United States;
Whereas in the spring of 1999 nearly 1,000,000 Kosovar Albanians were driven out of Kosova and at least 10,000 were murdered by the Serbian paramilitary and military forces;
Whereas Slobodan Milosevic was indicted by the International War Crimes Tribunal and extradited to The Hague in June 2001 to stand trial for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in Kosova, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia;
Whereas the United Nations established Kosova as a protectorate under Resolution 1244, which created a framework for addressing the future status of Kosova, ending the decade long Serbian occupation of Kosova and Milosevic's aggression against its ethnic Albanian residents;
Whereas Kosovar Albanians have held municipal and general elections in 2000 and 2001, which were judged substantially free and fair;
Whereas ethnically motivated violence against the Serbian residents of Kosova appears to be subsiding and the participation of the Serb minority in the political life of Kosova has been increasing;
Whereas a new assembly for Kosova was elected in 2002, of which 22 members are ethnic Serbs, which in turn elected a president and prime minister as part of a coalition government; and
Whereas the elected leaders of Kosova understand that they must build representative institutions, ensure the rule of law, respect the rights of all minorities, guarantee freedom of movement and a right to return to all communities and develop constructive relations with its neighbors: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should--
(1) work with the United Nations and European Union to establish effective self-governance and democracy in Kosova in which human rights are respected, including the rights of ethnic and religious minorities, as the first step toward sovereignty;
(2) encourage the leaders of Kosova to build stable relations with its neighbors;
(3) work to end the assistance by all residents of Kosova to parties using violent means to further separatist aims in the region, including organized crime;
(4) recognize that a lack of progress in the resolution of Kosova's final status creates political and economic instability in Kosova and in Southeast Europe;
(5) work in conjunction with the United Nations, European Union, and other organizations to facilitate an orderly transition to the independence of Kosova; and
(6) provide its share of assistance to encourage development of democracy and a free market economic system in Kosova.