From: Belgrade Academic Association for Equal
Rights in the World
To: Subject: LETTER TO STUDENTS WORLDWIDE
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 05:49:27 +0200
LETTER TO STUDENTS WORLDWIDE
Dear colleges,
At this moment, while we write this letter, they are bombing us and we are hiding in basements, watching our dead and wounded friends. They demolished our schools and hospitals.
We are association of Belgrade students, fighting for equality of all people. A drama happened to Serbia and FR Yugoslavia, motivating us to address to You and all people of good will in the world. Every nation and state, no matter how many people counts and how big country is, has it’s own identity, culture and history. World-leading countries are obligated to protect these values. Doing that, leading country will remain great not as leaders of civilization and progress in the world. In other way, it’s a case of pure fascism and repression over other nations. As young people, our wish is to live in peace as citizens of the world.
Please, visit our web site http://www.barw.org.yu/ and look at contents, democratic issue and political message of AGREEMENT FOR SELF-GOVERNANCE IN KOSMET, which exposed in Paris by our delegation headed by our professor Ratko Markovic. We don’t ask You to condemn or defend somebody but we ask You to search the truth and honestly pass it throw. That will confirmed your intellectual honor and democratic dignity.
Pay attention on manipulation made by some media. Read our letter, read proposed agreement and as people who want peace, equality and freedom, and think is national minority in any democratic country have wider autonomy than offered one by our delegation in Paris. Shameless liars from NATO and some government had hidden the truth about peace negotiations in France from their own people.
Agreement signed in Paris by Albanian terrorists and members of NATO. Such agreement is unknown for International Law, and ironically it predict secession of southern Serbian province from Serbia and FR Yugoslavia. Imagine what would happen with Europe if that model would apply on whole continent!
These days, Serbia is presented as aggressor as our people are killed and our goods are destroyed. We remind You, suppose You as intellectual know, that Serbia never was aggressor. A contrary. On Kosovo, 1389, Serbs defend whole Europe from Osman Empire. Back to 1914, Serbia was attacked by Austro-Hungarian Empire, at 1941 Hitler’s Third Reich and at 1948 only Serbia opposed to Stalin. Now, NATO attacks us. Throw all history, we never asked for price of freedom and at the end we always won. Young people in Serbia don’t want war and blood, but peace and life together with all people in the world.
For all reasons, we ask that truth about us, about Kosovo and Metohia, about talks and agreements from France became part of Your conches.
We are apologies to You, if our message upset You, but please understand that we are also sad and unhappy about unwanted situation in our country.
Sincerely Yours, Students of Serbia