Serb Civic Council addresses Bosnia conference
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ABOUT 150 people attended the first national meeting of the Bosnia Solidarity Campaign on Saturday September 9. Socialist Outlook is a fortnightly newspaper produced by British supporters of the Fourth International, the worldwide socialist organisation. If you like and agree with what you see in this issue, why not find out more about us and our ideas? Simply clip out and return this coupon.
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• Please sand me a copy of your introductory pamphlet "Socialism Alter Stalinism", / enclose a choque or postal I order for £1.00 payable to Socialist Outlook Fund. Name • Address Mall to Soctalist Outook, PO Box 1109, London W4 200. Post code There was wide agreement on the current situation in Bosnia, most speakers secing the NATO bombing as an attempt to force a settlement which would hand over 49per cent of Bosnia to Serbian forces.
There was also a wide agreement on the demands of the Campaign: defend multi-ethnic Bosnia; lift the arms embargo: no UNWATO brokered partition of Bosnia; for the right of refuges to retum home. There was of the campaign and the involvement of affiliates in decision making. It was decided to hold another meeting in November to discuss these issues The most important feature of the meeting, however, was the attendance of a major Bosnian delegation • from the Serb Civic Council. This the Bosnian army. javo, which coordinates the Serb population of Bosnia Herzegovena in the fight to defend and maintain a multi-ethnic society. The delegation included three members of the Bosnian state presidency and the deputy commander of the Bosnian army: incy arc, of course, all serds They were introduced to the conference by the Bosnian Ambassador to Britain who presented Bosnian government policy on the current stage of the war in extremely radical terms. He introduced himself as someone who has fought fascism Name... Tito and was still fighting it today in [ Address.. the defence of the multi-ethnic Bosnia against Serbian aggression.
He did not comment directly on current peace negotiations or the Post Code NATO bombing but stressed that "we are not noive. We know that what is happening in Bosnia today in tion, however, was to make a pasBill Clinton's clection campaign. but we are not about to surrender one ciety and the call for the lifting of the inch of Bosnian territory to the ag- arms embargo against their country gressor. We will not trade the General Jovan Divjak, the deputy 250,000 people who died for a deal commander of the Bosnian army which will give away parts of our gave a graphic account of the disparCity of heavy weapons they faced.
Some members of the delegation We isope that the importance of spoke in support of the bombing but incar visito Balain is recognisco implied that whilst they were happy and that the fight they are waging to see damage inflicted on Serbian will have some impact on the perforces it would not affect the obice- ceptions of the war which prevail in tives of the Bosnian government and chis country. SWP, Militant Labour.
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