Declaration of the IFPC Bureau

in Connection with Ethnic Genocide in Kosovo

Federation of Peace and Conciliation - International Non-Government Organization with consultative status at ECOSOC and participatory status with Council of Europe, as peaceful community all over the world, decidedly protest again ethnic purges in Kosovo. As a result of it people dead, 3600 non-Albanian people was expatriate from Kosovo in addition to 300 thousands Serbians leaved Kosovo in summer 1999.

Five years passed after that time when world politic elite took highly exhortation of USA and NATO administration about idyllic order establishment in Kosovo as a result of NATO bombing in Yugoslavia in 1999. Facts of elementary breach of the minority freedom in Kosovo, demands of world community including Russia about non-observance of Security Council UN 1244 resolution regarding Serbia sovereign rights and national minority freedom was ignored.

Requests of Serbia to prosecute in Hague’s tribunal on former Yugoslavia the leaders of Liberation Army of Kosovo implicated in an outrage upon humanity and ethnic purges in period of NATO military company in 1999 were declined.

NATO detected the facts of ethnic genocide in Kosovo only under pressure of conclusive evidence.

Unfortunately the voice of world community including standpoint of International Federation of Peace and Conciliation was not heard in time.

In 1999 at conjuncture of war on Yugoslavia territory, this unlawful action of NATO countries, IFPC displayed public campaign “Stop the war in Yugoslavia!”. More then 40 public organizations took part in public hearing on the case of legal matter of military conflict in Yugoslavia as well as some other similar public arrangements.

IFPC distributed by news agencies channels and by direct dispatch a number of politic declarations and appeals addressed to partner organizations and movements devoted to armistice and ending of the bloodshed in Yugoslavia.

IFPC energies flow together with actions of whole world peaceful organizations and public opinion aimed at cessation of the war in Yugoslavia.

This experience suggests that governments and intergovernmental organizations have to be listened to sober voices of world community.

Also non-government organizations should support peaceful trends of national and international nongovernmental structures.

International Federation of Peace and Conciliation completely agrees with recent statement of RF President Mr. Vladimir V. Putin regarding necessity of the plan elaboration of strong reaction to defend Serbians against ethnic purges in Kosovo, and statement of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of RF which read as follows: “Troubled tendencies started in last years didn’t meet an adequate answers from UN mission side to Kosovo and forces heded by NATO. It’s become clear today that attempts to connive at Kosovo Albanians extremists who trying to organize mono-ethnic society, broke through and made a serious risks to destabilized the situation in all region.”

In current situation IFPC thinks that without strict performance of requirements UN by Kosovo citizenry there is no sense to have a conversation about a political status of Kosovo.

IFPC hopes that UN Security Council would make an important contribution to fair peaceful settlement of Kosovo problems and appeal for solving Kosovo problem on the basis of recognition of existence of real threat to civilian population.

IFPC manifests that using all their ability it would keep standing for solid and lasting peace in Kosovo and nearest region on the basis of respecting and equal rights guaranteed for all citizens of Serbia and Kosovo as an integral part of the nation.