[L-I] ICDSM to UN: Tribunal has downed itself

The International Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic
        Sofia-New York-Moscow-Belgrade
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H. E. Juan Antonio YA=D1EZ-BARNUEVO, Permanent Representative of Spain to=
 UN,
President of the UN Security Council in September 2004

H. E. Andrey I. DENISOV, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federati=
on
to UN,
President of the UN Security Council in August 2004

Cc: H. E. Kofi ANNAN, Secretary General of the United Nations,
Mr. Theodor MERON, President of ICTY

          Dear Sirs,

          We were shocked by learning about today's Order of the Trial
Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugosla=
via
(ICTY) working under auspices of the UN to impose a counsel on President
Slobodan Milosevic against his will.

          The Statute of the ICTY, adopted by the UN Security Council, in
its Article 21, paragraph 4, states that the defendant "shall be entitled=
 to
the following minimum guarantees. d) to be tried in his presence, and to
defend himself in person or through legal assistance of his own choice",
stipulating by that the fundamental human right of a defendant according =
to
the International Law.

          We believe that the abovementioned Order (please find its full
text attached) has not been adopted with the consent of the Security Coun=
cil
and we also believe that the UN Security Council must act without delay i=
n
the case of such blatant violation of one of its Resolutions by its
subsidiary body.

          We remind you of the Petition of over 90 distinguished lawyers =
and
law professors from 17 countries under the title IMPOSITION OF COUNSEL ON
SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC THREATENS THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE LIFE=
 OF
THE DEFENDANT, handed last month to the President of the UN Security Coun=
cil
and sent to other UN organs, warning about the possibility of such decisi=
on
by the ICTY and appealing that it should be prevented.

          We would highly appreciate if you inform all the Members of the=
 UN
about our initiative, as well as about the action the UN Security Council
will perform in order to protect its authority, its resolutions,
International Law and dignity of the UN.

          Otherwise, we would be forced to conclude that the ICTY has dow=
ned
itself, deleting every claim of its legality.

          On behalf of 155 members of the International Committee to Defe=
nd
Slobodan Milosevic (ICDSM) - scholars, artists, writers and public worker=
s
from all continents,

          Respectfully,

            (signed)
Professor Velko Valkanov, Founder and Co-Chairman of the ICDSM,
President of the Bulgarian Committee for Human Rights

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THE LIFE OF PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC AND THE INTERNATIONAL LAW ARE IN PERIL.

JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL LAWYERS' PETITION:
http://www.icdsm.org/Lawappeal.htm

JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS' APPEAL FOR MILOSEVIC:
http://www.icdsm.org/more/artists.htm

SUPPORT THE ICDSM:
http://www.icdsm.org/

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You can find detailed instructions at:
http://www.icdsm.org/battle.htm
(please also follow the links therein) or
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You can make transfers to ICDSM accounts in Europe:

Peter Betscher
Stadt- und Kreissparkasse Darmstadt, Germany
IBAN: DE 21 5085 0150 0102 1441 63
SWIFT-BIC: HELADEF1DAS

or

Vereinigung f=FCr Internationale Solidarit=E4t (VIS)
4000 Basel, Switzerland
PC 40-493646-5
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THE ILLEGAL HAGUE PROCESS MUST END.
Statement by the President of the World Peace Council Orlando Fundora (Cu=
ba)
http://www.icdsm.org/more/fundora.htm
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VIDOVDAN PEOPLE'S RALLY IN BELGRADE ORGANIZED BY SLOBODA
to mark the third anniversary of kidnapping of President Milosevic
http://www.icdsm.org/more/galery2806.htm
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SLOBODA urgently needs your donation.
Please find the detailed instructions at:
http://www.sloboda.org.yu/pomoc.htm

To join or help this struggle, visit:
http://www.sloboda.org.yu/ (Sloboda/Freedom association)
http://www.icdsm.org/ (the international committee to defend Slobodan
Milosevic)
http://www.free-slobo.de/ (German section of ICDSM)
http://www.icdsm-us.org/ (US section of ICDSM)
http://www.icdsmireland.org/ (ICDSM Ireland)
http://www.pasti.org/milodif.htm (ICDSM Italy)
http://www.wpc-in.org/ (world peace council)
http://www.geocities.com/b_antinato/ (Balkan antiNATO center)





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