Text of report in English by independent internet news agency KosovaLive
Prishtina [Pristina], 5 June: Muhamet Mustafa, a member of the Kosova [Kosovo] delegation on economic issues, said that Kosovars requested in Vienna individual and collective compensation of salaries for employees who were forcibly removed from their jobs in early 1990s by the Serb-installed administration in Kosova.
Mustafa said that this request is based on UN Security Council Resolution 689 approved in 1991. "We also requested the establishment of international committees, through which this compensation will be realized," Mustafa said.
Mustafa said that Serbia should also pay other debts, such as misappropriation of Kosova's pension fund, bank savings, bonuses for children, destroying of properties, violence against human, property and physical rights of individuals.
Kosovars also presented in Vienna a report of the International Labour Office [ILO], which evaluates that the dismissing of Kosova Albanian workers was politically motivated.
In early 1990s, over 150,000 Kosova Albanian employees in the then Socially-Owned Enterprises were dismissed from jobs under justification that they are not loyal to the then Yugoslav Federation.
Source: KosovaLive website, Pristina, in English 5 Jun 06
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It's getting quit exciting, I must say.
In a way this is exciting as warchild pointed out.
The economic aspects will be bitterly contested by Serbs and Albanians and both sides will have good 'ammunition' from different time periods.
From a diplomatic perspective I suspect the Serbs will get a better deal on these economic issues. Why? Its obvious really if Kosovo Albanians win the main prize - independence, the Serbs are likely to be able to maximize their demands in another field. Of course the Kosovo Albanians will be very vocal in resisting this.
And of course this is the danger from a Serbian perspective - if Serbia refuses to recognise the eventual conditional independence likely to occur they may lose the deal they manage to bargain on the economic issues.
That would be a double blow. A very tricky situation.
Wow, it's been a couple years since i've commented on this article..
Let me first begin by Congratulating the Albanian state of Kosova on its independence ;)
and srbija,
i like how you choose wikipedia as your "credible" source
hahaha,
an Independent Kosova,
one step closer to an Ethnic Albania.
Rrnofte Shqypnia Etnike!!! UCK!
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