WGYOOL: RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE CROATIAN

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 05 ZAGREB 01189 SIPDIS STATE PASS TO YUGOSLAVIA WORKING GROUP AND EUR/EEY BRUSSELS FOR USEC; VIENNA ALSO FOR USDEL CSBM E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: PGOV SUBJECT: WGYOOL: RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE CROATIAN PARLIAMENT ON AUGUST 3 ¶1. SUMMARY: AS REPORTED IN SEPTEL, THE FOLLOWING IS AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE SIXTEEN RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE CROATIAN PARLIAMENT REGARDING THE POLITICAL CONDITIONS IN CROATIA AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL RESOLUTION ON THE SOVEREIGNTY AND INDEPENDENCE OF CROATIA. END SUMMARY. ¶2. BEGIN TEXT: ON THE BASIS OF ARTICLE 2 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL RESOLUTION ON THE SOVEREIGNTY AND INDEPENDENCE OF THE REPUBLC OF CROATIA, -- FULLY SUPPORTING THE POLITICAL VIEWS ON THE CAUSES OF THE CRISIS AND THE WAR AND THE ROADS TO PEACE AS EXPOSED IN THE ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 01189 01 OF 05 061107Z THE REPUBLIC TO THE CROATIAN AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES ON JULY 8, 1991 AND IN THE REPLY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PARLIAMENT TO THE ASSEMBLIES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA AND THE REPUBLIC OF MONTENEGRO. -- TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE OPEN AGGRESSION ON THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA WHICH IS EVIDENT IN THE THREAT TO ITS SOVEREIGNTY, INDEPENDENCE AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY, IN THE KILLINGS OF ITS CITIZENS, THE DESTRUCTION OF ITS ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL RESOURCES AND IN OTHER CRIMES UNPRECEDENTED IN OTHER CIVILIZED COUNTRIES, -- BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE CROATIAN NATION AND ALL OTHER CITIZENS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA MUST DECISIVELY RESIST THE GREATER SERBIAN CHETNIK OUTLAWS AND THE OCCUPATION BY THE YUGOSLAV PEOPLES' ARMY, -- BY RECONFIRMING OUR DEDICATION TO A PEACEFUL, GRADUAL AND DEMOCRATIC DISASSOCIATION OF THE FORMER SFRJ, BUT NOT SURRENDERING THE FULL SOVEREIGNTY OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA, -- RESPECTING THE PRINCIPLES OF THE HELSINKI AGREEMENT, THE PARIS CHARTER AND THE BRIONI DECLARATION, ON THE 3RD OF AUGUST, 1991, THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS ¶1. THE COMMUNIST AUTHORITIES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE YUGOSLAV PEOPLES' ARMY, ARE CONDUCTING AN AGGRESSIVE AND EXPANSIONISTIC POLICY AGAINST THE SOVEREIGN AND INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC OF CROATIA, ENTICING AND OPENLY UNCLASSIFIED 
 UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 04 ZAGREB 01189 01 OF 05 061107Z ASSISTING THE TERRORISTS AND THEIR ACCOMPLICES IN CROATIA FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONQUERING TERRITORIES OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA. UNCLASSIFIED NNNN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 01 ZAGREB 01189 02 OF 05 061110Z ACTION EUR-01 INFO LOG-00 ADS-00 AID-01 AMAD-01 CIAE-00 DODE-00 HA-09 H-01 INRE-00 INR-01 L-03 NSAE-00 NSCE-00 OMB-01 PA-02 PM-01 PRS-01 P-01 SCT-03 SNP-01 SP-01 SSO-00 SS-01 TRSE-00 T-01 USIE-00 /030W -------------- 85EB17 061119Z /10 R 061104Z AUG 91 FM AMCONSUL ZAGREB TO SECSTATE WASHDC 9539 INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY ANKARA AMEMBASSY ATHENS AMEMBASSY BONN AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST AMEMBASSY LISBON AMEMBASSY LONDON AMEMBASSY LUXEMBOURG AMEMBASSY MADRID AMCONSUL MILAN AMEMBASSY MOSCOW AMCONSUL MUNICH AMEMBASSY PARIS AMEMBASSY ROME AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE AMEMBASSY VIENNA USMISSION USNATO 0864 COMSIXTHFLT//N2// UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 01189 02 OF 05 061110Z CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON//N24// CTF SIXONE CTF SIXTWO UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 05 ZAGREB 01189 SIPDIS STATE PASS TO YUGOSLAVIA WORKING GROUP AND EUR/EEY FOR THESE REASONS, THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA IS SUSPENDING ALL RELATIONS WITH THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA AS LONG AS OFFICIAL SERBIA SUPPORTS SUCH A POLICY, AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA WILL MAKE THE NECESSARY DECISIONS. ¶2. AN UNDECLARED AND UNPROVOKED AGGRESSION HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT AGAINST CROATIA FOR SOME TIME NOW. IT IS A CAMOUFLAGED, UNDERHANDED AND DIRTY WAR IMPOSED ON CROATIA WHICH HAS SO FAR TAKEN HUNDREDS OF HUMAN LIVES, AND CAUSED HUGE MATERIAL DESTRUCTION, EVEN DESTROYED ENTIRE SUBURBS. THE YUGOSLAV PEOPLES' ARMY IS DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY PARTICIPATING IN THE AGGRESSION AGAINST CROATIA ORGANIZED BY THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE TERRORIST REBELLIOUS GROUPS. GROUPS OF TERRORISTS WERE RECRUITED FROM WITHIN SERBIAN RANKS IN CROATIA WHO ARE INDOCTRINATED WITH THE GREATER SERBIAN AND CHETNIK IDEOLOGY. UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 01189 02 OF 05 061110Z BASED ON THE UNTRUTHS AND HISTORICAL FABRICATIONS, THE MILITARISM AND GREATER SERBIAN HEGEMONY, THE PRESENT CONDUCT OF THE STATE BODIES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA CANNOT REPRESENT A BASIS FOR THE CONSTRUCTIVE, PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF THE YUGOSLAV CRISIS. - ¶3. FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE POSTWAR BOLSHEVIK YUGOSLAVIA, THE YUGOSLAV PEOPLES' ARMY WAS A CONTINUOUS IMPORTANT INSTRUMENT OF THE POLITICIAL AUTHORITIES, AND TODAY IT IS A PART OF THE COMMUNIST MILITARY COMMAND, RESISTING THE INEVITABLE DEMOCRATIC REFORM OF SOCIETY, ESCAPING EVERY CONTROL AND THREATENING THE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED AUTHORITIES IN THE REPUBLICS. A PART OF THE ARMY IS DIRECTLY SIDING WITH THE TERRORISTS. ¶4. THESE DAYS THE AGGRESSIVE ATTACKS ON CROAITAN TERRITIORIES CAUSED THE DESTRUCTION OF ENTIRE SUBURBS AND THE EXODUS OF THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES FROM THEIR HOMES, IN KEEPING WITH THE TERRORISTS' GENOCIDAL PLANS FOR THE CREATION OF ETHNICALLY PURE SERBIAN TERRITIORIES ON THE TERRITORY OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA. THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA ON BEHALF OF ALL THE CITIZENS WHO HAVE RECEIVED ASSISTANCE IS PUBLICLY THANKING THOSE INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 04 ZAGREB 01189 02 OF 05 061110Z HUMANITARIAN, ECONOMIC AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHO HELPED THEM, AND IS CALLING ON THEM TO SHOW SOLIDARITY TO REFUGEES IN THE FUTURE AGAIN. UNCLASSIFIED NNNN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 01 ZAGREB 01189 03 OF 05 061112Z ACTION EUR-01 INFO LOG-00 ADS-00 AID-01 AMAD-01 CIAE-00 DODE-00 HA-09 H-01 INRE-00 INR-01 L-03 NSAE-00 NSCE-00 OMB-01 PA-02 PM-01 PRS-01 P-01 SCT-03 SNP-01 SP-01 SSO-00 SS-01 TRSE-00 T-01 USIE-00 /030W -------------- 85EB06 061118Z /10 R 061104Z AUG 91 FM AMCONSUL ZAGREB TO SECSTATE WASHDC 9540 INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY ANKARA AMEMBASSY ATHENS AMEMBASSY BONN AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST AMEMBASSY LISBON AMEMBASSY LONDON AMEMBASSY LUXEMBOURG AMEMBASSY MADRID AMCONSUL MILAN AMEMBASSY MOSCOW AMCONSUL MUNICH AMEMBASSY PARIS AMEMBASSY ROME AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE AMEMBASSY VIENNA USMISSION USNATO 0865 COMSIXTHFLT//N2// UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 01189 03 OF 05 061112Z CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON//N24// CTF SIXONE CTF SIXTWO UNCLAS SECTION 03 OF 05 ZAGREB 01189 SIPDIS STATE PASS TO YUGOSLAVIA WORKING GROUP AND EUR/EEY ¶5. THE PARLIAMENT REQUESTS THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION FOR THE NECESSARY MOBILIZATION OF ALL DEFENSE FORCES. COMPANIES, HEALTH, SOCIAL AND OTHER SERVICES SHOULD IMMEDIATELY ADAPT THEIR STRUCTURES, STAFF AND ACTIVITIES FOR SPECIAL DEFENSE CONDITIONS AND FOR THE REAL NEEDS OF THE POPULATION, SUBORDINATING EVERYTHING TO THE DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACY AND THE TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF THE REPUBLIC. ALL STATE SERVICES AND THE ENTIRE NATION SHOULD ADAPT THEIR ACTIVITIES TO THE CONDITIONS IN WHICH THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA FINDS ITSELF. - ¶6. IN THE SITUATION WHEN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA IS EXPOSED TO OPEN AGGRESSION ON ITS TERRITORY, THE MOST IMPORTANT TASK OF ALL ITS CITIZENS INCLUDING ALL STATE AND POLITICAL STRUCTURES AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES IN THE PARLIAMENT IS THE DEFENSE OF THE HOMELAND ACCORDING TO THEIR STATUS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 01189 03 OF 05 061112Z ¶7. THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA CONSIDERS THAT THE MEDIA IN THE REPUBLIC SHOULD BE MORE EFFICIENT IN CARRYING OUT THEIR DUTIES OF INFORMING TRUTHFULLY AND OBJECTIVELY THE DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL PUBLICS ABOUT EVENTS IN CROATIA. ¶8. THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA IS EXPRESSING ITS GRATITUDE TO ALL CROATS OUTSIDE OF THE HOMELAND FOR THEIR PAST AND FUTURE SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRATIC CROATIA IN ITS EFFORTS FOR DEFENSE AND DEVELOPMENT. ¶9. THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA IS GRATEFUL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR ITS HELP SO FAR TO CROATIAN DEMOCRACY AND IS CALLING ALL PARLIAMENTS OF DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES ALL OVER THE WORLD TO GRANT RECOGNITION TO THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA WHICH IS CONSTITUTIONALLY ESTABLISHED AS A DEMOCRATIC AND SOCIAL STATE BASED ON LAW. IN REGARD TO THIS, THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA ENDORSES THE LETTER WHICH THE PRESIDENT OF THE PARLIAMENT SENT TO THE PARLIAMENTS OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. ¶10. THE YUGOSLAV PEOPLES' ARMY HAS NOT WITHDRAWN TO ITS BASES AND IS THUS FLAGRANTLY VIOLATING THE AGREEMENT WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY. FOR THESE REASONS, THE REGULAR POLITICAL FORCES CANNOT ESTABLISH THE LEGAL ORDER WHERE IT HAS BEEN UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 04 ZAGREB 01189 03 OF 05 061112Z TRANSGRESSED. ALL THIS INDICATES THAT CERTAIN MILITARY COMMANDERS DID NOT GIVE UP THEIR ADVENTUROUS PLANS OF A MILITARY ATTACK AGAINST UNCLASSIFIED NNNN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 01 ZAGREB 01189 04 OF 05 061114Z ACTION EUR-01 INFO LOG-00 ADS-00 AID-01 AMAD-01 CIAE-00 DODE-00 HA-09 H-01 INRE-00 INR-01 L-03 NSAE-00 NSCE-00 OMB-01 PA-02 PM-01 PRS-01 P-01 SCT-03 SNP-01 SP-01 SSO-00 SS-01 TRSE-00 T-01 USIE-00 /030W -------------- 85EB0A 061118Z /10 R 061104Z AUG 91 FM AMCONSUL ZAGREB TO SECSTATE WASHDC 9541 INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY ANKARA AMEMBASSY ATHENS AMEMBASSY BONN AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST AMEMBASSY LISBON AMEMBASSY LONDON AMEMBASSY LUXEMBOURG AMEMBASSY MADRID AMCONSUL MILAN AMEMBASSY MOSCOW AMCONSUL MUNICH AMEMBASSY PARIS AMEMBASSY ROME AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE AMEMBASSY VIENNA USMISSION USNATO 0866 COMSIXTHFLT//N2// UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 01189 04 OF 05 061114Z CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON//N24// CTF SIXONE CTF SIXTWO UNCLAS SECTION 04 OF 05 ZAGREB 01189 SIPDIS STATE PASS TO YUGOSLAVIA WORKING GROUP AND EUR/EEY CROATIA. FOR THE REASONS BROUGHT FORTH, THE CITIZENS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA CONSIDER THE YUGOSLAV PEOPLES' ARMY AS AN OCCUPYING FORCE. CONSEQUENTLY, THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA, AS THE REPRESENTATIVE BODY OF ITS CITIZENS, DEMANDS THAT THE YUGOSLAV PEOPLES' ARMY WITHOUT DELAY RETREAT TO ITS BASES AND THAT, IN ADEQUATE TIME, IT RETREAT FROM THE TERRITORY OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA DURING THE PROCESS OF DISASSOCIATION. THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA EXPECTS THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA WILL TAKE NECESSARY STEPS TO IMPLEMENT THIS PARLIAMENTARY RESOLUTION. ¶11. THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA IS CALLING ALL INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WHICH DEAL WITH THE ISSUE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE RIGHTS OF NATIONAL MINORITIES TO SEND THEIR REPRESENTATVIES TO CROATIA SO THAT THEY MAY SEE FOR THEMSELVES THE REAL UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 01189 04 OF 05 061114Z SITUATION OF CIVIL, HUMAN AND NATIONAL RIGHTS OF SERBS AND ALL OTHER NATIONS THAT LIVE IN CROATIA. ¶12. THE MEMBER OF THE PRESIDENCY FROM MONTENEGRO, BRANKO KOSTIC, THROUGH HIS ACTIVITIES SO FAR, AND ESPECIALLY HAVING PUBLICLY SUPPORTED GREATER SERBIAN HEGEMONY, AND ESSENTIALLY ENTICING DISOBEDIENCE AND VIOLENCE TOWARDS THE LEGAL ORGANS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA, HAS DISCREDITED HIMSELF FROM CARRYING OUT ANY ACTIVITY WHATSOEVER IN THE ORGANS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF THE SFRJ THAT IS RELATED TO THE PRESENT CONDITIONS IN CROATIA. ¶13. THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA ACCEPTS THE DECISION OF THE PRESIDENCY OF THE SFRJ OF AUGUST 3, 1991 ABOUT AN URGENT AND ABSOLUTE CEASE-FIRE IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA AND CONSIDERS NECESSARY EVERY INITIATIVE AND EVERY EFFORT, ESPECIALLY FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, THAT AN IMMEDIATE CEASE-FIRE BE IMPLEMENTED IN CROATIA. CONSEQUENTLY, THE MISSION OF THE EUROPEAN OBSERVERS IS INEVITABLE AND WELCOME AS WELL AS ALL OTHER FORM OF DIRECT PARTICIPATION OF EUROPE IN THE RESOLUTION OF THE CRISIS. AT THE SAME TIME, THE PARLIAMENT FIRMLY DECIDED, BECAUSE OF THE ABOVE-MENTIONED REASONS, TO PROTEST AGAINST THE APPOINTMENT OF BRANKO KOSTIC IN THE SFRJ PRESIDENCY AS CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION TO MONITOR THE CEASE-FIRE. ¶14. THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA IS INVITING ALL MEMBERS OF THE YUGOSLAV PEOPLES' ARMY, UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 04 ZAGREB 01189 04 OF 05 061114Z THE SERBS IN CROATIA AND ALL OTHER NATIONALITIES OF YUGOSLAVIA NOT TO TAKE PART IN ACTIONS AND VIOLENT AND HOSTILE ACTIVITIES IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA UNCLASSIFIED NNNN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 01 ZAGREB 01189 05 OF 05 061117Z ACTION EUR-01 INFO LOG-00 ADS-00 AID-01 AMAD-01 CIAE-00 DODE-00 HA-09 H-01 INRE-00 INR-01 L-03 NSAE-00 NSCE-00 OMB-01 PA-02 PM-01 PRS-01 P-01 SCT-03 SNP-01 SP-01 SSO-00 SS-01 TRSE-00 T-01 USIE-00 /030W -------------- 85EB16 061119Z /10 R 061104Z AUG 91 FM AMCONSUL ZAGREB TO SECSTATE WASHDC 9542 INFO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY ANKARA AMEMBASSY ATHENS AMEMBASSY BONN AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST AMEMBASSY LISBON AMEMBASSY LONDON AMEMBASSY LUXEMBOURG AMEMBASSY MADRID AMCONSUL MILAN AMEMBASSY MOSCOW AMCONSUL MUNICH AMEMBASSY PARIS AMEMBASSY ROME AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE AMEMBASSY VIENNA USMISSION USNATO 0867 COMSIXTHFLT//N2// UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 01189 05 OF 05 061117Z CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON//N24// CTF SIXONE CTF SIXTWO UNCLAS SECTION 05 OF 05 ZAGREB 01189 SIPDIS STATE PASS TO YUGOSLAVIA WORKING GROUP AND EUR/EEY AND ALL COMMON FORCES TO RESIST THE COMMUNIST IMPERIALISM OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA, AND THE COMMUNIST-STALINIST STRUCTURES IN THE YUGOSLAV PEOPLES' ARMY AND FEDERAL ORGANS. ¶15. GENERAL ZIVOTA AVRAMOVIC UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF JULY THIS YEAR WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE III. ARMY DISTRICT UNDER WHOSE JURISDICTION KOSOVO FALLS. GENERAL ZIVOTA AVRAMOVIC, THROUGH HIS FLAGRANT VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, PLAYED THE ROLE OF THE PACIFIER OF KOSOVO, FOR WHICH THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA WAS COMDEMNED BY THE WORLD COMMUNITY AND MANY PARLIAMENTS OF DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT. THE FACT IS THAT THIS SAME GENERAL, SINCE JULY 1991, HAS BEEN THE COMMANDER OF THE V. ARMY DISTRICT UNDER WHOSE JURISDICTION MOST OF THE TERRITORY OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA FALLS. THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA CONSIDERS HIS APPOINTMENT TO BE A RUDE PROVOCATION. UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ZAGREB 01189 05 OF 05 061117Z - ¶16. THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA IS APPOINTING A COMMISSION TO STUDY THE CRIMES COMMITTED AGAINST THE CIVILIAN POPULATION AND MANKIND ON THE TERRITORY OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA DURING THE AGGRESSION. THE PARLIAMENT IS ENTRUSTING ITS PRESIDENCY TO APPOINT COMMISSION MEMBERS. END TEXT. EINIK UNCLASSIFIED NNNN