> CONFERENCE ON SOLUTIONS FOR KOSOVO
>
>
> When NATO bombed Serbia five years ago, we were told this military
> intervention was to protect the human rights and security of the
inhabitants
> of Kosovo, whatever their ethnicity or religion. But NATO soldiers and
U.N.
> administrators, far from bringing peace to the province, have watched as
> holy Christian shrines have been reduced to rubble and thousands of Serb
> refugees flee.
>
> Thanks to Bill Clinton Kosovo is an American problem and an American
> responsibility.
>
> The Rockford Institute's conference on Kosovo will be held in Chicago on
> April 23.
>
> Dr. Srdja Trifkovic, director of The Rockford Institute's Center for
> International Affairs, tells us why this conference merits attention?
> To put it very briefly. Since March 17 Albanian Muslims have embarked upon
> yet another terrorist campaign of murder and arson in Kosovo, in an effort
> to drive out the last remaining Serbs and obliterate their shrines. This
> tragedy demands a prompt response from those American foreign policy
> analysts, legal experts, and political scientists who believe that the
U.S.
> policy in Kosovo inherited from Bill Clinton is not only mendacious and
> immoral but also detrimental to this country's interests. The need for
such
> response is especially acute in view of the lack of adequate coverage of
> these events in the media, and the lack of comprehensive analysis of the
> problem in the political and academic circles, where the pro-Albanian,
> neo-Clintonian spirit prevails.
>
> Why is a conference like this necessary?
>
> A conference devoted to this issue is necessary both to look at different
> scenarios for the future management of the Kosovo problem, and to define
> specific policy recommendations to the Administration (an area in which
the
> Serbian-American community has been insufficiently active so far). Thanks
to
> Bill Clinton, Kosovo is an American problem and an American
responsibility.
> What is to be done to resolve it? Can justice and fairness be reconciled
> with the interests of "the international community," including the United
> States? And specifically,
> - What would be the consequences of an independent Kosovo?
> - Is partition preferable?
> - Can any degree of Serbian sovereignty be reasserted?
> - Is the UNSC Resolution 1244 still valid?
> - How does the U.S. policy in Kosovo fit in with President Bush's War
> against Terror?
>
> The Conference will be held on Friday, April 23, 2004, at the Holy
> Resurrection Cathedral Hall on Redwood Drive, with registration opening at
> 5:30 p.m. The event will consist of four half-hour presentations by Drs.
> Trifkovic, Petersen, Presser, and Bandow, and a brief address by Dr.
Fleming.
>
> We were told that a sequel to "The Kosovo Dossier" had been planned in the
> near future. It will include both the historical background to the Kosovo
> conflict contained in the original book, the papers to be presented at the
> Conference, and other relevant materials that should offer a brief yet
> comprehensive review of the problem.