Irredentism & Propaganda

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Australian Macedonian Advisory Council
December 06, 2008

SENATE RESOLUTION 300—EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA(FYROM) SHOULD STOP THE UTILIZATION OF MATERIALS THAT VIOLATE PROVISIONS

OF THE UNITED NATIONSBROKERED INTERIM AGREEMENT BETWEEN FYROM AND GREECE REGARDING ´´HOSTILE ACTIVITIES OR PROPAGANDA´´ AND SHOULD WORK WITH THE UNITED NATIONS AND GREECE TO ACHIEVE LONGSTANDING UNITED STATES AND UNITED NATIONS POLICY GOALS OF

FINDING A MUTUALLY-ACCEPTABLE OFFICIAL NAME FOR FYROM

Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Ms.SNOWE and Mr.OBAMA) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations: S. RES. 300

Whereas, on April 8, 1993, the United Nations General Assembly admitted as a member

the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia(FYROM), under the name the´´Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia´´; Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 817 (1993) states that the dispute over the name must be resolved to maintain peaceful relations between Greece and FYROM;

Whereas, on September 13, 1995, Greece and FYROM signed a United Nations-brokered Interim Accord that, among other things,commits them to not ´´support claims to any part of the territory of the other party or claims for a change of their existing frontiers´´;

Whereas a pre-eminent goal of the United Nations Interim Accord was to stop FYROM

from utilizing, since its admittance to the United Nations in 1993, what the Accord calls

propaganda´´, including in school textbooks; Whereas a television report in recent years

showed students in a state-run school in FYROM still being taught that parts of

Greece, including Greek Macedonia, are rightfully part of FYROM;

Whereas some textbooks, including the Military Academy textbook published in 2004

by the Military Academy ´´General Mihailo Apostolski´´ in the FYROM capital city, contain

maps showing that a ´´Greater Macedonia´´extends many miles south into Greece to Mount Olympus and miles east to Mount Pirin in Bulgaria; Whereas, in direct contradiction of the

spirit of the United Nations Interim Accord´s section ´´A´´, entitled ´´Friendly Relations

and Confidence Building Measures´´, which attempts to eliminate challenges regarding

historic and cultural patrimony´´, the Government of FYROM recently renamed the

capital city´s international airport ´´Alexander the Great Airport´´;

Whereas the aforementioned acts constitute a breach of FYROM´s international

obligations deriving from the spirit of the United Nations Interim Accord, which provide



that FYROM should abstain from any form of ´´propaganda´´ against Greece´s historical

or cultural heritage; Whereas such acts are not compatible with Article 10 of the United Nations Interim Accord,which calls for

''improving understanding and good neighbourly relations´´,

as well as with European standards and values endorsed by European Union member-states;

and Whereas this information, like that exposed in the media report and elsewhere,

being used contrary to the United Nations Interim Accord instills hostility and a rationale

for irredentism in portions of the population of FYROM toward Greece and the history of Greece: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate—

(1) urges the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to observe its obligations

under Article 7 of the 1995 United Nations-brokered Interim Accord, which directs

the parties to ´´promptly take effective measures to prohibit hostile activities or

propaganda by state-controlled agencies and to discourage acts by private entities likely

to incite violence, hatred or hostility´´ and review the contents of textbooks, maps, and

teaching aids to ensure that such tools are stating accurate information; and

(2)urges FYROM to work with Greece within the framework of the United Nations process to achieve longstanding United States and United Nations policy goals by

reaching a mutually-acceptable official name for FYROM.

Jo Negociata -- Vetëvendosje! ("No negotiation - Self-determination!")

 

[Rogi]

Ova voopsto nema nikakvo vlijanie. Ponatamu, vaznite potpisnici na ovaa rezolucija vo toa 'Senate Committee on Foreign Relations' vejke nema povejke da gi drzat tie pozicii.

Ponatamu, vo State Deparment imaat sosema drugo mislenje za ovaa rabota, nasproti ovie nekolku senatori i kongresmeni koi se podrzuvaci na Grcite.

Isto taka, i nie Makedoncite imame nasi prijateli senatori i kongresmeni koi se borat protiv grckoto lobi, i nivniot broj rasti.

 

[theMac3donian]

Го памтите зборчето "Irredentism" :pos2: