Peace Implementation Conference And Kosova

EDM number 292 in 1996-97, proposed by Piara S Khabra on 03/12/1996.

That this House gives its wholehearted support to measures to secure peace in the former Yugoslavia; regrets that the issue of Kosova does not appear on the agenda of the Peace Implementation Conference; expresses its concern about the current situation in Kosova where the persecution of the Albanian majority continues with widespread abuse of human rights; rejects the arguments put forward by President Milosevic that this is entirely an internal matter for Serbia; notes that President Rugova and the Democratic League of Kosova have advocated a policy of peaceful resistance and have called for restraint from all Kosova's citizens; is aware that this policy is now being called into question, particularly by younger people, who are frustrated that their passive stance seems to have been ignored by the international community; is concerned at attempts by the Milosevic regime to change the demography of the area by the resettlement of thousands of Serb refugees from Krajina; draws attention to the danger of a further war in the Balkans with the possible involvement of Serbia-Montenegro, Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Greece with the possibility of Turkey being drawn into the conflict and the consequent destabilisation of the Balkans and the eastern Mediterranean; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to use the opportunity of the London talks to raise these concerns and secure full democratic and human rights for the people of Kosova.

This motion has been signed by a total of 39 MPs.