IN RUSSIAN(ÏÎ-ÐÓÑÑÊÈ)
 
 
Dear friends,

         Considering that you have a unique opportunity to truthfully describe the situation in Yugoslavia we, the citizens of different countries, members of the Internet Parliament ask for your help. 
         Our goal is to contribute to the faster solution of the Yugoslavian crisis and therefore to the European stability. 
         In the meantime we have formulated a list of questions for the leaders of the countries currently participating in the actions led by NATO. We believe that the answers to these questions will clarify the views of the participating sides in many principal aspects. And therefore the answers will aid to provide an effective solutions for the situation of instability in Europe. 
         Please study the attached materials and help to distribute them.

Sincerely,
          Members of Internet Parliament 


RARELY ASKED QUESTIONS

(we would like you to define more precisely)


  1. Could you list the advantages your country gained as a result of NATO air strikes on the Balkans comparing to situation existed before bombings?

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  3. Who authorized NATO to solve sovereign country's problems (even if NATO doesn’t approve this country’s domestic policy) by force?

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  5. Do you agree that such reason for NATO military interference, as "We ought to conduct military action against Serbia since we are better equipped for that " does not make any legal sense?

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  7. What difference can you see between Vietnam War and Balkan Campaign?

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  9. Can you appraise the total amount of damage caused to

  10. -Yugoslavia
    -your country
    -Europe in whole
    by air strikes?
     
  11. Is your government planning to participate in the elimination of war consequences and repair the damage caused by NATO operations?

  12. How exactly?
    What amount is supposed to be spent and from which sources?
     
  13. In your opinion, what positive outcome can be achieved by launching ground troops in Yugoslavia for a solution of the Kosovo conflict and European security?

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  15. What is your country's share of the costs spent for NATO military action?

  16. What is the political and economical outcome of the spending?
     
  17. What harm was caused to your country when the EURO rate fall after the beginning of air strikes? Which of the alliance members gained from  these events?

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  19. Why do you think NATO attacks on Milosevic regime caused great reduction of the Serbian opposition supporters and increasing of anti-NATO and anti-American movements around the world?

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  21. Is there, in your opinion, any principle difference between ethnic cleansing in Kosovo and Turkish military operations on Kurds territory?

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  23. On what basis does NATO decide to rise on ultimatum to legally elected foreign government?

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  25. Is alliance going to pay reimbursement to the relatives of the victims killed by NATO?

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  27. Are any other countries or regional alliances but NATO allowed to interfere in foreign countries domestic problems without UN sanction?

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  29. Why the alliance members, being aware that a lot of innocent people are going to die because of the bombings, justify the killing, calling it “civilian causalities”?

  30. Can this be considered an excuse for the killings?
     
  31. Is it OK to unintentionally kill innocent civilians in order to put more pressure on the President Milosevic, described by mass media as a dictator, who doesn’t care about his people?

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  33. Is it possible that Balkan war would cause more "threshold countries" to design and implement nuclear and biological weapons of their own? Can it lead to further escalation of conflicts and instability throughout the globe?

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  35. Please name at least one legal reason why should President Milosevic and people of Yugoslavia obey NATO decisions?

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  37. What caused weekly delay of the release of "Legal Basis for NATO Military Action Taken Against Serbia/Montenegro" document?

  38. What purpose was it created for?
    What is its status from UN Statuses and Regulations point of view?
     
  39. Please, name at least one alliance country which law recognizes "the treaty signed in the presence of force" being valid?

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  41. What is the reason for NATO assault on the Serbian broadcast facilities: the military functions of these facilities or attempts of Serbian journalists to express their own opinion, which could be different from one of western media?