TFF PressInfo

“If a UN operation had gone this wrong from the beginning, if the mandate had been violated to this extent, politicians, diplomats and media worldwide would have cried ‘Failure!’ But since it is a US-lead NATO operation, independent-minded evaluations and criticism is conspicuously absent from mainstream media and the political discourse. The homogenisation of public opinion with NATO propaganda throughout the Western democracies is disheartening,” says TFF director, Dr Jan Oberg. While NATO troops have been in Macedonia the last 8 months, only on June 14 could the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan present a plan for a civil UN administration for Kosova. It puts the EU in charge of reconstruction and gives the OSCE primary responsibility for establishing democratic institutions, organising elections, and monitoring human rights. The UNHCR will take charge of the resettlement of refugees and displaced persons. The UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) will administer the...

Da je neka UN-ova operacija od samog svog pocetka ovoliko zastranila, da je do te mere prekrsila svoj mandat, politicari, diplomate i mediji sirom sveta vec bi povikali Neuspeh! Propast! Medjutim, posto je ovo NATO-ova operacija pod vodjstvom Amerike, nezavisne ocene i kritike su (zanimljivo) izostale i u vodecim medijima i u politickim razgovorima. Poistovecivanje javnog mnenja sa NATO-ovom propagandom u svim zemljama zapadne demokratije naprosto obeshrabruje, kaze direktor TFF-a, Jan Oberg. Dok su NATO trupe u Makedonij provele cak 8 poslednjih meseci, Generalni sekretar UN-a, Kofi Anan je tek 14. juna podneo plan o UN-ovoj civilnoj upravi za Kosovo. Njime se obnova prepusta EZ-u a osnovna odgovornost za uspostavljanje demokratskih institucija, organizaciju izbora i nadzor nad ostvarivanjem ljudskih prava preuzima OEBS. UNHCR-u je preputeno staranje o povratku izbeglica i raseljenih lica. Prelazna misija UN-a Uprava za Kosovo (INMIK) ce nadzirati policiju, pravosudje, skolstvo, javni prevoz, telekomunikacije i proizvodnju energije....

“Did you read UN Security Council Resolution 1244 about peace in Kosovo? Well, it is not exactly coherent. If your computer manual was this much of a mishmash and contradictions and if dozens of pages were missing, you would probably have operative system failures and bombs – and I think this is what will happen with NATO in Kosovo. But the resolution IS clear enough on essentials for us to ask after one week of NATO ‘peace’-keeping in Kosovo what on earth is going on,” says TFF director Jan Oberg. Here and in PressInfo 72 follow some of the already manifest problems. It condemns all acts of violence by the local parties, but has not even a mild statement about the uniquely brutal NATO-caused killings and devastation of a country of 12 million people. It expresses a determination to resolve the humanitarian crisis – well and good – but does...

Jeste li procitali Rezoluciju 1244 Saveta bezbednosti UN-a o miru na Kosovu? Pa, ne moze se bas reci da je koherentna. Kad bi uputstvo za rukovanje vaseg kompjutera imalo tako brojne nejasnoce i protivrecnosti, pa jos kad bi mu i nekoliko desetaka stranica bilo istrgnuto, izvesno je da bi vam se operativni sitem neprestano rusio i zapinjao a mislim da je upravo to ono sto ce se dogoditi NATO-u na Kosovu. Medjutim, ova Rezolucija je IPAK dovoljno jasna u svojim osnovnim crtama pa ce nam dozvoliti da se posle evo, prve nedelje NATO-ovog kosovskog mirotvorstva zapitamo sta se to uopste tamo dogadja? kaze direktor TFF-a, Jan Oberg. U ovoj i u sledecoj informaciji (Pres Info # 72) mozete pratiti analizu nekih od vec uocenih ociglednih problema. Rezolucijom se osudjuje svako nasilje lokalnih strana umesanih u sukob dok ona istovremeno ne sadrzi ni najblazi oblik spomena izuzetno brutalnog ubijanja koje je...

Napisao Dzon Galtung dr hc mult, profesor na mirovnim studijama, direktor TRANSCEND-a, Mreze za mir i razvoj, pridruzeni clan TFF-a. “Moj stav je – vrlo prosto – da se protivim bombardovanju NATO-a, a protivim se i etnickom ciscenju svejedno da li ga provode Srbi ili neko drugi – recimo useljenici u Severnu Ameriku koji su izmedju 1600 i 1900 ocistili oko 10.000.000 americkih Indijanaca. Ne mislim da moj stav izrazava bilo sta sto bi bilo stvarno novo ili jako originalno. Jedini originalan stav bio bi kad bi neko podrzavao i jedno i drugo, stav koji bi verovatno zadovoljio samo trgovce oruzjem. Veliki je broj onih koji nas uce kako je jedini dopusteni izbor onaj izmedju Milosevica i NATO-a; ako niste za jedno onda ste sigurno za ono drugo. Pa to je glupost! Jos pocetkom ove decenije, isti ovi ljudi su pokusali da nas ubede kako je jedini izbor koji nam...

“Here we go again: Media around the world tell us that there is a ‘peace’ process, ‘peace’ negotiations and a ‘peace’ agreement soon to be concluded. There will be NATO ‘peace-keepers’ in Kosovo. They tell that Yugoslavia and the Balkans are taking the first steps to long-term ‘peace’ and stability. To a peace professional it’s all Orwellian Newspeak. This authoritarian NATO operation bodes ill for the future, for world order, normativity, lawful governance, democracy, moral politics and indeed peace,” says TFF director Jan Oberg. “The present and future costs of this type of peace policy are unacceptable and out of proportion with the Albanian-Serb problem it purported to solve in the first place. Today Serbs and Albanians are more polarised and hateful than ever. The very least would be to stop using the word ‘peace’ under circumstances like this. There are those who say that there were no alternatives –...

“Evo nas jos jednom, uvek u istom krugu: mediji sirom sveta govore nam kako imamo “mirovni” proces, “mirovne” pregovore i “mirovni” sporazum koji ce uskoro biti zakljuceni. Imacemo i NATO-ove “mirotvorce” na Kosovu. Govore nam kako Jugoslavija i Balkan prave prve korake na putu ka dugorocnom “miru” i stabilnosti. Profesionalnim mirovnjacima to ne predstavlja nista drugo nego orvelijanski novgovor. Ova autoritarna operacija NATO-a opako sluti na zlo: za buducnost, za svetski poredak, za zakonodavstvo, za vladavinu zakona, za demokratiju, za moralnu politiku, pa ako hocete i za mir” kaze direktor TFF-a, Jan Oberg. “Cena koju vec placamo za ovakvu vrstu mirovne politike, a koju cemo nastaviti da placamo i u buducnosti nije samo neprihvatljivo visoka nego i uveliko nesrazmerna s realnom velicinom srpsko-albanskog problema koji je navodno uopste trebalo da se resi. Srbi i Albanci su danas udaljeniji jedni od drugih i njih danas razdvaja vise mrznje nego ikada pre....

“Where do I stand: very simply, I am against the NATO bombing, I am against ethnic cleansing, whether by Serbs or anybody else — for instance by the immigrants to North America who in the period 1600-1900 cleansed away about 10,000,000 American Indians. I find nothing original in my position. The only original position would be to be in favor of both, a view probably only entertained by arms dealers. There are those who try to make us believe that you have to make a choice between NATO and Milosevic; if you are against one for sure you are in favor of the other. Nonsense. Early on in this horrible decade many of the same people tried to make us believe that you had to make a choice between the Gulf war and Saddam Hussein; again, perfectly possible to be against both. Then, the second example of this terrible dualism,...

“The lack of empathy and solidarity with the 11 million citizens of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia whose society is being destroyed is as amazing as it is deplorable. Remember when people of culture, science, politics, media and humanism flocked to Sarajevo when it was under siege? Where are they now? Journalists flock to Macedonia and Albania – admittedly for very good reasons – and they flock to NATO’s well-staged press briefings. But seeing for oneself what it means to be the object of the worst military, economic and social destruction in Europe since 1945 seems, remarkably, not to be as good a reason,” says TFF director Jan Oberg. Where are those who believe Yugoslavia is a dictatorship? Supporting fellow human beings suffering under dictatorship is a noble reason to go but those around the world who hold this view stay away. Where are the human rights activists when numerous...

“Nedostatak sazaljenja i solidarnosti u svetu za 11 miliona gradjana Savezne Republike Jugoslavije cije je drustvo izlozeno razaranju zapanjuje i zasluzuje svako gnusanje. Setite se samo kako su ljudi od kulture, nauke, politike, medija i humanizma pohrlili u Sarajevo kad se opsada sklopila oko njega? Gde su svi oni sada? Novinari su se sjatili u Makedoniju i Albaniju – priznajem, s jakim razlozima. Skupljaju se i na dobro reziranim brifinzima NATO-a. Medjutim, osvedociti se licno kako to izgleda i sam biti predmetom najtezeg vojnog, ekonomskog i socijalnog razaranja koje je Evropa dozivela od 1945., izgleda da nije dovoljno jak razlog da bi se bilo ovde” kaze direktor TFF-a Jan Oberg. Gde su svi koji veruju kako Jugoslavijom upravlja diktatura? Podrska drugima koji stenju pod cizmom diktatora izgleda mi kao da jeste plemenit razlog, ali od svih onih koji sirom sveta upravo tako misle, niko tamo da ode. Gde su ti...

“The G8 foreign ministers’ declaration of principlesto resolve the Kosovo “crisis” is a mishmash of face-savingelements for the West and addresses none of the root causesof the conflict or the failure of the West as a mediator,”says TFF director Jan Oberg. “This declaration may be usedto justify continued bombing and, if implemented, promises avery sad future for the Balkans. But ‘conflict illiteracy’abounds, so leading media call it a peace plan – repeatingtheir treatment of Rambouillet.” Here follows the full G8text of principles as published by BBC on May6.  – – – – – “The following general principles must be adopted andimplemented to resolve the Kosovo crisis:  * Immediate and verifiable end of violence and repressionin Kosovo.  * Withdrawal from Kosovo of military, police andparamilitary forces.  * Deployment in Kosovo of effective international civiland security presences, endorsed and adopted by the UnitedNations, capable of guaranteeing the achievement of thecommon objectives.  *...

“Ministri inostranih poslova zemalja G8 izdali sudeklaraciju o principima na osnovu kojih treba da se resikriza na Kosovu. To je mesavina raznorodnih elemenata kojisluze da spasu obraz Zapada a ne doticu se ni jednogjedinog od uzroka same krize a ni uzroka zbog kojih Zapadkao medijator do sad nije imao uspeha. kaze direktor TFF-aJan Oberg. Ova deklaracija moze da posluzi jedino zato daopravda nastavak bombardovanja, a ako se ipak primeni,obecava vrlo tuznu buducnost za citavi Balkan. No, jednestvari ipak imamo u izobilju, nepismenosti u konfliktima,pa nam danas vodeci mediji i ovo nazivaju Mirovnim planomponavljajuci tako gresku iz Rambujea. U prilogu imateceloviti tekst Principa G 8 kako ih je objavio BBC, 6. maja99.  – – – – – “Sledeci opsti principi moraju biti usvojeni iprimenjeni u resavanju krize na Kosovu: * Trenutna i lako proveriva obustava nasilja i represijena Kosovu. * Povlacenje s Kosova vojnih, policijskih i paravojnihsnaga. * Razmestanje na Kosovu...