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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
October 21, 1996
REMARKS BY THE FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
FOR THE SIGNING OF THE U.S. BOSNIAN HOSPITAL PARTNERSHIP
Washington, D.C.
MRS. CLINTON: Good morning and please be seated and
welcome to the White House. It is a privilege for me to welcome
all of to an occasion that represents a great deal of pride for
the United States and promises SO much hope for the people of
Bosnia and Herzegovina. We have many very special guests. I
wish I could introduce and acknowledge each one of you
individually, but let me at least mention Ambassador Albright who
you will hear from shortly, Jill Buckley from USAID, Ambassador
Alkalai from Bosnia. We also have the ambassador from Romania who
is here with us as well. Welcome, Mr. Ambassador. We are
pleased to have Senator Leahy and Senator Pell as well with us.
Thank you. Carol Bellamy from UNICEF. Jim Smith from the
American International Health Alliance. Congressman John LaFalce
from Buffalo and I thank you, Congressman. The mayors of both
Buffalo and Tuzla, thank you gentleman. Judy Collins, UNICEF
Goodwill Ambassador. Sandy Reisenbach, the Vice-president of
Warner Brothers and Janet Kahn from D.C. Comics.
Other people will be introduced as we proceed with the
program but we are delighted to have SO many of you here to mark
this important step forward in the reconstruction and
reconciliation effort in Bosnia. What we are doing today in
announcing these two initiatives, is making clear the commitment
that the United States, both its government and its people have
to the government and people of Bosnia.
These projects are public-private partnerships that
will lend American expertise, resources and technology to the
people of Bosnia as they emerge from the darkness of war and
conflict. These partnerships reflect America's long tradition of
humanitarian assistance to friends in need -- and our nation's
commitment to peace and democracy in the former Yugoslavia and
around the world.
When I was in Bosnia earlier this year with my
daughter, I was in Tuzla. I was not able to go into the city at
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that time which I had very much hoped to be abe to do. But I was
able, at the American base headquarters there in Tuzla, to meet
with civilians Muslims, Croats and Serbs who described how
years of wear and ethnic hatred had shattered their lives and
the lives of their children.
I listened as men and women whose daily activities were
routinely interrupted by sniper fire, mortar shells, and tragedy
told me how they had survived.
I listened as mothers and fathers who worried about
their children's safety because even the most inviting
playgrounds and soccer pitches often concealed deadly mines told
me how they and their children had been able to survive.
I listened as doctors and nurses told me what it was
like to care for patients under bombardment.
And I listened to teachers who described what it was
like to see their schools and libraries shelled, destroyed,
seeing books and the opportunities for teaching disappear.
In listening to the people whom I heard from in Tuzla,
I also heard in their voices their hope that there could be a
better life and there could be once again, have a normal,
peaceful existence.
Establishing peace is a critical first step in
rebuilding civil society in Bosnia. Ensuring that peace can last
-- and that democracy and tolerance and mutual respect can take
root and flower is the next step, a step we are helping the
people of Bosnia try to achieve.
Both of the initiatives that we announce today
represent our belief that peace and democracy can last in Bosnia
if the nation itself -- and the people's spirits -- are repaired.
The first initiative involves a man already known and
loved by generations of American children. He doesn't need much
of an introduction. He's "the Man of Steel, " a man with special
vision, special powers, and a big heart just the sort of
person to spread the word about the dangers of land mines in
Bosnia. I know when I left Tuzla and went out to two of our
outposts, Camp Alicia and Camp Bedrock, I was shown examples of
the equipment being used to help train those who were clearing
mine fields and what our American forces were doing to help. The
problem is enormous and this effort is attempting to draw
children's attention to the dangers that still unfortunately
exist.
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Thanks to a public-private partnership involving the
Department of Defense; Ambassador Albright; UNICEF, Warner
Brothers and D.C. Comics, Superman will bring a special message
to Bosnia's children in a new comic book that warns about the
dangers of land mines.
We all know that children cannot become happy, healthy
and productive adults if their childhoods are scarred by fear and
violence. Sadly, as Senator Leahy has reminded all of us time and
time again, land mines continue to pose a threat to children in
Bosnia and many other places around the world.
For this reason, UNICEF has launched an education
campaign to foster awareness about land mines among children and
civilians in Bosnia, which you will hear more about later.
The second project we are announcing today draws on the
leadership and skill of medical professionals and community
groups on both sides of the Atlantic.
Aware of the urgent health care needs in Bosnia, I
called on USAID early last year to explore whether it would be
feasible to establish a partnership between a Bosnian and an
American hospital. I had already visited hospitals in Russia,
Estonia, Ukraine and Belarus that had joined in partnerships with
hospitals in our country. And in each instance, I could see the
good that had come for people on both sides of that partnership
through these shared ventures.
Today it is a special honor for me to be the host for
you here at the White House for the signing of a new American
Health Alliance Partnership between Buffalo, New York and Tuzla.
This partnership will significantly improve the availability of
care -- and the quality of care -- for tens of thousands of
people in Bosnia, including thousands of children, women, and
refugees.
Buffalo was selected after intensive competition, in
part because the city had already established a relationship with
the health care community in Bosnia.
Two years ago, Buffalo General Hospital and the State
University of New York at Buffalo initiated an exchange program
with Tuzla Clinical Center in Bosnia. Americans from Buffalo
traveled to Tuzla and worked side-by-side with their Bosnian
colleagues even in the midst of war and violence. They donated
over $1.5 million in supplies for use in Tuzla. And Bosnian
physicians and nurses were invited to Buffalo for informal
exchanges.
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Today's announcement could not be possible without the
support of the city and citizens of Buffalo, the Department of
Defense, and private companies in the United States. In
particular, I want to commend Eli Lilly & Company, which has
committed $250, 000 in donations for next year. And I also want to
thank the mayors of Buffalo and Tuzla, who are with us today, for
their strong support.
It is important to note that these vital projects are
part of a broader, ongoing American effort to build democracy and
restore civil society in Bosnia.
Earlier this year, representatives of dozens of non-
governmental organizations came to the White House at my
invitation to tell us about the work they are doing on the front
lines in Bosnia to improve health care, education, and the
environment and promote civic participation and human rights.
In August, eighteen educators from across our country
visited the White House to tell me about their efforts to train
teachers in Bosnia.
And just this morning I was able to meet with
representatives of the Sabre Foundation, which is performing an
invaluable service in helping to restock Bosnia's libraries with
thousands of books and learning materials destroyed by war.
Already the Sabre Foundation has distributed nearly
three million books valued at more than $60 million in fifteen
countries in the former Soviet bloc.
None of these ventures would be possible without
support from the federal government, from non governmental
organizations, and the private sector.
And we should be proud of these partnerships not only
because of the help they will bring, but because they represent
the best in America and the best in American values. We have
often seen in the past that Americans have come to work on behalf
of those in other countries often very far away to help build the
capacity for people to promote their own futures, to become
committed to a common good. I wish that all of us could have had
the experience that some of us in this room have had in visiting
Bosnia in the last few years. I cannot even express fully what
that experince has meant to me and how proud I am of the work
that is being done by many brave people in Bosnia and our
American forces.
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When I visited with our American soldiers, one of them
said to me as I was shaking hands along the line, that he hadn't
been quite sure why he had been sent to Bosnia until he got
there. He went on to tell me what it was like to help clear a
field of mines so that a farmer could return to plant, or how a
house that had been uninhabited would show signs of life because
they would see a line of wash hanging outside or how all of a
sudden they would hear the sounds of children playing where
before there had only been silence.
They were proud of what they were doing in Bosnia and
they were proud of the role that America is playing. I tell this
because I want all Americans to share that pride and to support
our efforts in Bosnia in working with the brave people and the
government there as they attempt to rebuild their own future.
To all of you involved in the Superman comic book and
the hospital partnership and many other important efforts
underway in Bosnia, I thank you for your commitment, your
compassion, and your faith that democracy and respect and
tolerance among people can replace strife and hatred in that
distant land. You are truly champions of peace.
This morning, we will hear first from our Ambassador to
the United Nations. Madeleine Albright will tell us about the
importance of the Superman land mine awareness project and how it
will save lives and contribute to Bosnia's recovery. Following
Ambassador Albright, Jill Buckley will fill us in on the hospital
partnership. We will then be honored to hear from His Excellency
Sven Alkalai, Bosnia and Herzegovina's Ambassador to the United
States. At the conclusion of the program you will all witness the
signing of the hospital partnership agreement, which will make
the Buffalo-Tuzla partnership official.
It is now my pleasure to introduce a great public
servant, a diplomat extraordinaire, and a woman who has devoted
considerable time and energy to making the world safer, juster
and more humane, my good friend, Ambassador Madeleine Albright.
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Humanitarian Relief for Kosovo News Conference
Remarks by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
The White House
April 21, 1999
Thank you, and I want to welcome all of you here today. And I very much appreciate your
coming. I want to thank those whom you will hear from in a few minutes, including FEMA
Director James Lee Witt and USAID Deputy Administrator Hattie Babbitt; and Congressman
James Moody who runs Interaction. We also have with us OPM Director Janice LeChance and
Morrison Webb, executive vice president of AT&T.
I also want to recognize the heroic contributions of Refugees International, an organization that
is on the front lines of humanitarian disasters around the world. And they lost three relief
workers in a terrible car accident this week in Albania, who were trying to reach the refugee
camps.
Before I begin, I want to say a word about the terrible school shooting that occurred yesterday in
Littleton, Colorado. I'm sure all of us are joined together in mourning the loss of so many young
lives. And we are sending our prayers and sympathy to the families, the loved ones, the
classmates of the victims and the entire community. It's hard to imagine this happening again.
And at the extraordinary time that we heard about it, I think all of us hoped it were not true.
When we look into the eyes of our own children we cannot even imagine the fear that parents in
Littleton must have felt waiting to find out if they had lost their children.
And it is very hard to just comfort a child who, seeing it on television, is afraid. Imagine what it
is like for the young people who saw their friends die before their eyes. Even if we cannot
comprehend or imagine the magnitude of the pain that is filling the hearts of the people of
Littleton, we can help with our prayers and our hopes by doing all that is possible to make sure
the children there receive the counseling and support they need -- whatever medical and
psychological help might be required.
And more than that we can, once again, recommit ourselves to ensuring that all classrooms and
schoolyards are filled with learning and the sounds of children who are enjoying the everyday
give and take of life, and are not filled with violence and anguish.
We're here to talk about a very different tragedy in another part of the world, but one that is
equally demanding of our response. The humanitarian disaster in Kosovo is almost
incomprehensible.
You've come here because you do want to help. And for that we are grateful, because we need
that help more desperately than ever. We've seen the horrifying images of children in trains,
children separated from families, robbed of their childhoods, their homes and their memories.
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Two out of three of the Kosovars have already been forced to flee their homes, often at gun
point, without time to even snatch a family photograph from the wall or even to take
identification papers or medications on their fearful journeys.
Like all Americans, I have been outraged by recent reports of paramilitary forces destroying
health centers and hospitals, driving out doctors and nurses and depriving refugees of much
needed medical care.
I've heard chilling examples of what is happening from a doctor whom I met with again just last
week. I met with her first last summer when she came to the White House to tell me what was
occurring even then as people were being driven into the mountains.
This brave woman, who had worked around the clock, has now become a refugee herself. Last
week when she visited me, I could not only tell from her words, but by the haunted pain in her
eyes, what she and the people around her have endured.
She had come here-luckily enough she still had her passport which she smuggled out in the
diaper of a nephew she held on her lap-she'd come here to bear witness and to make sure we
understood what was happening to the people of her country.
We are doing as much as we can to ease the suffering of the refugees, but we have a lot of work
ahead of us. Some of you have seen firsthand what life is like in those camps as wave after wave
of displaced people pour across the borders-exhausted and hungry and sick-where
international relief agencies are working desperately against time to prevent outbreaks of cholera
and other diseases.
You also are aware that, in addition to the camps, there are tens of thousands of refugees being
housed in homes in Macedonia and Albania by people who've taken those refugees in.
Oftentimes, 20, 30 people living in one room. And those host families are also stretched to
breaking point.
To help the people of Kosovo rebuild their lives, we know we have to work as a team at every
level of government, in international relief agencies and other charitable organizations, in our
businesses, our houses of worship and our communities.
Since the violence began, the United States has contributed more than $150 million in
humanitarian aid including blankets, tents, water jugs and enough food to feed three quarters of a
million people. A few weeks ago, I went to Dover Air Force Base and saw the service men and
women who have literally been working around the clock loading the food onto pallets to be
transported to reach the people of Kosovo.
This week the president called on Congress to pass his $6 billion proposal for an emergency aid
package which includes nearly $800 million in humanitarian assistance.
The American people, as is the case when events like this occur, have responded with an
outpouring of generosity and support. Here at the White House we are flooded with countless
calls, letters and e-mails from people who want to know how to help. A woman from Indiana
wrote asking whether there was anything the mothers of this country could do to help the
mothers of Kosovo.
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And another woman from Florida wrote, "We are so blessed in our beloved country. And I really
believe that the majority of Americans would like to help in some way, but don't really know
how." Well there are ways for everyone to help.
USAID and FEMA are working together to make sure that Americans can do our part through a
toll-free number, 800-USAID-RELIEF, and the website www.info.USAID.gov. under the
Kosovo listing.
Today I'm also pleased that the President will be sending a memo to every employee in the
federal government encouraging them to find out what they can do to help as well.
Across the country, people are coming together to try to understand how they can make a
difference. On Monday I met in New York with the heads and representatives of major
foundations to talk about what more can be done in the foundation community to support those
who are on the ground delivering the services.
I'm very grateful to former Congressman Jim Moody and everyone at Interaction for their
leadership and commitment. I also know that the American business community has responded
and is responding and wants to know what more it can do to be responsive.
Leading corporations from AT&T to Time Warner to Pepsico are urging their employees to help
by matching their contributions dollar for dollar. One relief organization, Project Hope, has
already received up to $5 million worth of pharmaceutical supplies.
UPS has donated cargo space to transport food and other goods into the refugee camps. Slimfast
is also involved in the relief effort, and I'm pleased that their president, Danny Abraham, could
be with us today.
Major Internet companies, from Yahoo! to Amazon.com to eBay.com, are donating prime space
on their home pages to the Red Cross, CARE and other organizations. I'm especially pleased
that Yahoo! and Broadcast.com are running public service announcements as a way of getting
more people involved.
These are only a few of the major contributions that we're hearing about and that NGOs are
receiving.
All told, I believe NGOs have already received $25 million in cash, in-kind donations. This is
setting, yet again, a new standard in corporate-indeed, international-citizenship.
I cannot tell you how proud I am every time I travel around the world on behalf of our country
and I see what American corporations are doing, not only to provide jobs-which is the first and
most important way to help any country-but also by setting an example of philanthropy and
corporate citizenship that is literally helping to transform the way business is conducted and what
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can happen in a society.
That's why we want to encourage you to continue to be creative about ways you can make a
difference. In a few minutes, we're going to find that cash contributions, as you'll hear from our
speakers, are often the most effective way to help in an ever-changing situation.
But every donation counts, and every donation is helping. I want to say a special word though
about Macedonia and Albania, because here perhaps as much as any way, the business
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community in America and your counterparts in Europe and Japan and elsewhere can make a
very big difference.
I just met with the Macedonian ambassador and representatives of the Macedonian government
to hear firsthand the impact that this crisis is making on their economy and their country. I thank
them on behalf of the President and the American people for what they are doing.
Because think about what it must mean to be in small, poor countries and having to deal with the
tens of thousands-now hundreds of thousands-of displaced people coming across your borders
seeking all manner of help and having all kinds of needs that must be met.
Macedonia, for example, is providing safe haven already for more than 100,000 refugees. But
because of the conflict, it's trade routes through Serbia have been severed. Foreign companies
are canceling contracts, thereby putting people out of work, particularly in the textile
manufacturing sector because companies are concerned about continuing to do business in
Macedonia given the instability there.
Now when that happens, it exacerbates enormously the strain on the government and the people
of Macedonia. Oftentimes these contracts are being canceled at plants that are of considerable
distance away from the refugee camps. They are often in plants that are in the center of the
Albanian population in Macedonia which is attempting to help host families to take in a lot of
refugees. But now people are losing the jobs that they had that supported, in a meager way, the
caring of these people because of these kinds of cancellations.
We cannot let this conflict derail the social, economic and political progress that Macedonia and
its neighbors have struggled so hard and for so long to achieve. We also want to be sure that
insofar as possible, existing contracts and even new investments continue in the region.
And in addition, if there are ways of buying supplies from local producers and suppliers to
supply both military and civilian relief needs, I hope we will do as much as we can to continue to
boost the local economies in both Macedonia and Albania.
I think that those governments and those people need our support now, and they will continue to
need our support in the future.
Because as we work and pray for peace, we cannot lose sight of the fact that there will be a lot of
work to do if we are eventually to realize our goals of returning the Kosovars to Kosovo and
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rebuilding the economies there, as well in the neighboring countries.
So thank you, thank you for what you've done and what you will do. It is a unique public/private
partnership that is one of the hallmarks of the American experience that is not matched anywhere
else in the world and has never been matched in history.
It's now my pleasure to introduce someone who's working very hard every day on making sure
that our relief efforts are effective on the ground, and that's USAID Deputy Administrator, Hattie
Babbitt.
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FACT SHEET:
Humanitarian Facts on the Civilian Implementation in Kosovo
The Kosovo crisis sulted in about 1.5 million Albanian Kosovar refugees and
Internally Displaced persons (IDPs).
Of the above total, some 970,000 were refugees, and
About a half a million were IDPs.
Over 720,000 are reported by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to
have returned, or about 74 percent; most returned spontaneously.
UNHCR is in the process of registering those who remain in the front line states,
now estimated to number about 95,000.
Those who fled to countries outside the region (mostly Turkey) are also returning.
Over 80 percent of those who went to Turkey are back in Kosovo.
About 92,000 left under the Humanitarian Evacuation Program (HEP), in which
Kosovar refugees who fled to Macedonia were evacuated to third countries.
To date, 10,513 of these have come to the U.S.
The first flight of refugees returning to their homes from the U.S. departs New
York City today, July 26, with some 300 refugees aboard.
Over 6,000 refugees already have returned from all of the evacuation countries
combined.
UNHCR is coordinating a massive humanitarian effort in Kosovo.
Supplies are being sent from Skopje to Pristina and seven UNHCR regional
distribution centers.
Over 90 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are operating in Kosovo, and
the list is growing.
The major concern is security for minorities; the UN civilian authority is working with
KFOR on this problem; it also is working to establish a police force with international
training and participation.
Since early March of 1998, the U.S. Government has provided more than $291
million in humanitarian assistance for Kosovo.
The UNHCR reports $265 million in total contributions have been announced for its
Kosovo emergency operation; the U.S. is a major contributor.
This year, the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
has contributed $78.5 million to UNHCR's emergency program.
State/PRM also has contributed $55.2 million this year to other humanitarian
organizations for activities responding to the Kosovo crisis.
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Up to $500 million is being used precisely for the purposes
spelled out in briefing materials to the Hill: almost
exclusively for relief and rehabilitation not to implement
program of long term development.
We always expect.ed that with an early settlement, there would
be short-term relief and short-term rehabilitation needs that
would be required for refugees and displaced returning to
Kosovo and still in the neighboring countries.
Includes about $100 $ million in food aid.
Includes about $137.5 million of USAID disaster assistance
funds, including $95 million to AID's Bureau for Humanitarian
Response in Koscvo and $36 million for Albania and Macedonia -
- including support for host families.
About $220 million in refugee assistance.
About $15 million in short term community development and
rehabilitation activities funded through SEED and AID.
Focus is shelter -- helping people make it through the winter;
water and sanitation; basic health and psychosocial trauma
care; mine awareness, among other issues.
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NOTE TO HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON EDITORS: TWO PIECES OF ART
FROM THE "SUPERMAN: DEADLY LEGACY" COMIC BOOK ACCOMPANY
THIS COLUMN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. -- CREATORS
SYNDICATE, INC.
TALKING IT OVER
BY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The newest comic book to hit the streets in Sarajevo is an American classic with
a modern twist. Predictably, the hero wears a red cape and has a large "S"
emblazoned across his chest. He has special vision, supernatural powers and a big
heart.
But this Superman doesn't just fight villains in a mythical Metropolis. He is
crossing the Atlantic to warn children in Bosnia and Herzegovina about the dangers of
land mines in a region still emerging from the darkness of war.
Superman's arrival in Bosnia is the result of a public and private partnership
involving our Defense Department, United Nations Ambassador Madeleine Albright,
UNICEF and its special representative Judy Collins, Warner Bros. and DC Comics.
The comic book will be a vital educational tool in a country where millions of land
mines currently lie in wait for vulnerable children and civilians.
I was honored to help unveil the comic book at the White House this week and
to announce a new American hospital partnership that will help boost the recovery
effort in Bosnia.
Standing in the East Room with children from Bosnia - some of them war
refugees -- and watching the mayors of Tuzla, Bosnia, and Buffalo, N.Y., sign the
hospital agreement, 1 felt pride in our nation's tradition of humanitarian assistance and
our commitment to democracy in the former Yugoslavia and around the world.
The hospital partnership, sponsored by our government through the U.S.
Agency for International Development and the American International Health Alliance,
will involve Buffalo General Hospital and the Tuzla Clinical Center. Like other hospital
partnerships that I've visited in Russia, Estonia, Ukraine and Belarus, this one will
benefit both hospitals and countries Involved.
Not only will American physicians and nurses be exposed to new and different
medical challenges, the resources, expertise and technology they bring to Bosnia will
improve the availability and quality of medical care for tens of thousands of people
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there. Many of those needing care are women, children and refugees suffering from
physical and emotional traumas associated with years of violence and war.
Already, American medical personnel from Buffalo have traveled to Tuzla and
worked side by side with their Bosnian colleagues, even in the midst of war and
violence. They have procured $1.5 million in supplies for use in Tuzla. And Eli Lilly &
Co. has committed $250,000 in donations for next year.
In addition to expanding pediatric services, Improving pre-natal care and the
treatment of chronic diseases, the hospital partnership will enable the Tuzla Clinical
Center to improve its care of children maimed and injured by land mines, many of
whom are taken there.
Today, one out of every eight homes in Bosnia is endangered because of a
proximity to mines. In central Bosnia, one of every three acres of land is unusable
because of mines. And even though the fighting is over and peace has taken hold, the
detonation of land mines has become the most common cause of serious injury in the
country.
The prevalence of mines prompted UNICEF to launch a mine-awareness
campaign for children and civilians. Superman seemed just the sort of person to help
get the message across.
The comic book, called "Superman: Deadly Legacy," tells the story of two boys
in Bosnia. They are walking along a road looking for a friend when one bends down to
pick up some debris from a mortar. Quickly, Superman pulls him away, and the boy
narrowly misses stepping on a mine concealed underground.
As the boys continue to search for their friend, Superman teaches them how to
avoid places where land mines might be hidden: bombed-out houses, abandoned
buildings, old checkpoints and trench lines. Even paths and bridges are sometimes
littered with land mines, Superman explains.
With Superman's help, the boys eventually find their friend but not before
happening upon a wounded dog (who dies) and a playmate who has lost a leg and is
wrapped in bandages. He tripped a mine while practicing soccer in an open field.
It is a chilling tale, one that reflects the chilling reality of children's lives in
Bosnia. But It is also a tale of hope for the people of Bosnia who, with our help, will be
able to take one more step to a stable, peaceful and democratic future.
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Serbs, during their 16-month drive
ms, a
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to purge the region's ethnic Alba-
nian majority. Hoping eventually
bonsi-
to occupy and dominate Kosovo,
that
the Serbs spared industry and in-
Aug.
$2 billion to rebuild Kosovo
frastructure.
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The $500 million promised by
until
the United States is to go toward
'0 vot-
food, shelter, water purification,
inde-
land-mine clearance and other hu-
ig au-
Total exceeds estimates
to future programs in Kosovo.
manitarian aid for civilians. It also
The United States pledged $500
planned $41. million for police
for immediate work; U.S.
million of the $2.1 billion total, U.S.
training.
over
pledges 25% of amount
Ambassador James Dobbins said.
The United States also allocat-
Japan offered $200 million, Ger-
ed $20 million for the prosecution
many $190 million and Britain
of war crimes.
$145 million, he said.
On the eve of a wider Balkans
a Strip
FROM WIRE REPORTS
The European Union, through
summit in Bosnia's capital. Sara-
at failed
the European Agency for Recon-
jevo, tomorrow, the European
orward,
BRUSSELS, Belgium - World
struction, offered about $160 mil-
Union also pledged $403 million in
Arafat
nations and aid organizations
lion this year and $532 million next
macroeconomic aid to Romania,
would
promised $2 billion yesterday to
year.
Bulgaria and Macedonia - signal-
lelaying
rebuild war-ravaged Kosovo - a
Dobbins noted that while the
ing concern for neighboring coun-
nd.
sum that far exceeds the immedi-
United States put up perhaps
tries affected by the Kosovo con-
Ehud
ate need, officials said.
more than its share for the early
flict, which ended last month.
rafat in
Pledges from more than 60
work, it expected Europe to do-
Western leaders at the summit
accept
countries, dozens of aid agencies
nate more heavily for the region's
also are expected to ram home the
tion of
and regional groups totaled nearly
long-term rehabilitation.
message that Serbia, while wel-
four times the amount needed to
The United Nations had asked
come to join the pact process. will
make immediate repairs and re-
for $200 million to provide for refu-
not benefit while President Slo-
vote
store order in the region, said Jo-
gees who had fled the Serb as-
bodan Milosevic remains in power.
hannes Linn, World Bank's vice
sault. That cost, it said, was sharp-
To underline the point, the EU
ation
president for Europe and Central
ly reduced since most of the
plans to invite former Yugoslav
Asia.
estimated 1 million refugees have
central bank governor Dragoslav
Senate
Officials from the World Bank
returned to Kosovo.
Avramovic, touted as a possible
confirm
and the European Union, both of
It also asked for $45 million to
interim replacement.
ne chief
which sponsored the conference,
begin paying police, garbage col-
Gunter Burghardt, head of the
ted Na-
said that cost estimates for Koso-
lectors, hospital workers and oth-
European Commission's foreign
C leader
vo repairs are constantly being re-
er civil servants.
relations department, said the
ay.
vised, so it is impossible to say
The European Union asked for
world had a clear responsibility to.
reached
how much will be needed in total.
about $300 million to start home
make sure war was extinguished
publican
But yesterday's fund-raising
repairs. It estimated the total cost
in the Balkans.
r Trent
success indicated there would be
at about $1.2 billion, but said that
"In 1999 our task is not only to
ting the
enough, "once the broader recon-
could be reduced to $800 million
act like a fire brigade and put the
d policy
struction and recovery program is
with the labor of Kosovo villagers.
fire out, but we have to make sure.
dminis-
unveiled,' Linn said.
More than half the 200,000
that the arsonists have no chance
Officials said the surplus gath-
homes in the region were de-
to cause further conflict in this re-
"ports
ered yesterday would be applied
stroyed or damaged, mostly by
gion," he told the donor meeting.
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Kosovo
Albanians
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - With a bitter Balkan winter
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bearing down on Kosovo in a few months, the World Bank and
U.S. Offers
European Union will try to raise more than $1.2 billion to
$500M in Aid
make sure 720,000 refugees have roofs over their heads.
to Kosovo
About 120,000 of the 200,000 homes in Kosovo were
Serbian
damaged and some 40,000 were ruined, according to a study
Opposition
by the International Management Group, commissioned by
Gets
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the European Union.
Kosovo
That study put the cost of housing repairs alone at $1.18
Refugees
billion. About $20 million will be needed for fixing schools,
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hospitals, clinics, and electricity and water networks, the
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Still, the overall cost is less than half the $3 billion the
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European Union originally estimated would be needed for
Kosovo
humanitarian aid.
Asian
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A donors' meeting with representatives from more than 100
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nations, regional organizations, the United Nations and World
Tensions
Bank opens Wednesday in Brussels to try to raise these
funds, followed by a Balkan aid summit Friday in Sarajevo,
Russians
Endure
Bosnia-Herzegovina. Both meetings will focus on the
Albanians'
immediate humanitarian aid problem with winter approaching,
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while longer-range issues of reconstruction and reviving the
economy will be dealt with at a conference in October.
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Most of the damage to ethnic Albanian housing was inflicted
by Serb security forces or local Serbs as part of their
16-month drive to purge Kosovo of its ethnic Albanian
majority.
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The return since June of about 720,000 of the estimated 1
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million refugees who fled Kosovo during the NATO air
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campaign has sharply reduced the cost of caring for refugees.
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Furthermore, the Kosovo Albanians quickly returned to their
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villages and are eager to begin repairing their damaged
Yugoslav
Officials
homes.
The situation is ripe for the international community to help
the Kosovars help themselves" by making sure they have
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In Kosovo, if you give the guys the beams, if you give them
tiles and windows, they do it all themselves," which greatly
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Serbia
this year and $532 million next year through the new
European Agency for Reconstruction.
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announce the formation of a trust fund to pay the salaries of
hospital, utility and other public service employees in Kosovo,
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where there is no functioning government.
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revenues for Kosovo," O'Sullivan said.
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On the business and enterprise side, we were struck by the
total lack of economic activity. I mean it is really practically
zero," he said, apart from some agricultural activity by people
trying to harvest their crops.
Still, the food aid situation seems to be pretty well under
control," he said. I don't think anyone is going hungry."
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U.S. Offers $500M in Aid to Kosovo
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By EUN-KYUNG KIM
Associated Press Writer
Kosovo
Albanians
WASHINGTON (AP) - The
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United States will provide up to
$500 million in food, shelter and
U.S. Offers
$500M in Aid
other humanitarian aid for
to Kosovo
Kosovo civilians rebuilding their
lives following destruction by
Serbian
Serb forces.
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The offer will be made
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conference in Brussels, Belgium,
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where the immediate human needs" in Kosovo will be
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discussed with several dozen other donors, James Dobbins, a
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The bulk of this money is being provided in order to kick
Kosovo
start and get moving on the civilian implementation of the
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(United Nations) Security Council resolution and the
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peacekeeping operation in Kosovo," he said.
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Secretary of State Madeleine Albright plans to visit Kosovo on
Thursday before joining President Clinton the next day in
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Bosnia for an international conference on economic
Albanians'
reconstruction in the Balkans.
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first steps
Albanians in Macedonia and in Albania. In
toward
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normality.
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police force of about 3,100 officers, including 450 from the
United States.
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Berger said not one penny" in U.S. reconstruction aid will
Milosevic,
go to Serbia so long as Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic
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remains in power.
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Officials
Milosevic led a systematic effort by a nation, by a
government, to eliminate an entire people" before NATO
bombs forced the withdrawal of Serb troops accused of
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Berger said more than 720,000 of the estimated 1 million
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ethnic Albanian refugees have returned to Kosovo. Many of
them are enraged by the murder of relatives and the
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destruction of homes and schools.
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Had the United States done nothing," Berger said,
an
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entire people would have been erased."
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About 300 refugees brought to America by the U.S.
government left Monday for their homeland, the first to return
since the NATO bombing campaign ended.
Also Monday, the first congressional delegation to tour Kosovo
since the end of NATO bombing denounced a massacre
Saturday of Serb farmers. In what may have been an
ethnically driven revenge attack, the 14 people were killed
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Our delegation is concerned that these brutal murders may
represent a significant setback in efforts to convince those
Serbs who still remain in Kosovo that (NATO-led
peacekeepers) can and will protect them," said a statement
from the congressional group.
The group, chaired by Rep. Tillie Fowler, R-Fla., spent three
days in the Balkans.
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Remarks by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
The White House
April 21, 1999
Thank you, and I want to welcome all of you here today. And I very much appreciate your
coming. I want to thank those whom you will hear from in a few minutes, including FEMA
Director James Lee Witt and USAID Deputy Administrator Hattie Babbitt; and Congressman
James Moody who runs Interaction. We also have with us OPM Director Janice LeChance and
Morrison Webb, executive vice president of AT&T.
I also want to recognize the heroic contributions of Refugees International, an organization that
is on the front lines of humanitarian disasters around the world. And they lost three relief
workers in a terrible car accident this week in Albania, who were trying to reach the refugee
camps.
Before I begin, I want to say a word about the terrible school shooting that occurred yesterday in
Littleton, Colorado. I'm sure all of us are joined together in mourning the loss of so many young
lives. And we are sending our prayers and sympathy to the families, the loved ones, the
classmates of the victims and the entire community. It's hard to imagine this happening again.
And at the extraordinary time that we heard about it, I think all of us hoped it were not true.
When we look into the eyes of our own children we cannot even imagine the fear that parents in
Littleton must have felt waiting to find out if they had lost their children.
And it is very hard to just comfort a child who, seeing it on television, is afraid. Imagine what it
is like for the young people who saw their friends die before their eyes. Even if we cannot
comprehend or imagine the magnitude of the pain that is filling the hearts of the people of
Littleton, we can help with our prayers and our hopes by doing all that is possible to make sure
the children there receive the counseling and support they need -- whatever medical and
psychological help might be required.
And more than that we can, once again, recommit ourselves to ensuring that all classrooms and
schoolyards are filled with learning and the sounds of children who are enjoying the everyday
give and take of life, and are not filled with violence and anguish.
We're here to talk about a very different tragedy in another part of the world, but one that is
equally demanding of our response. The humanitarian disaster in Kosovo is almost
incomprehensible.
You've come here because you do want to help. And for that we are grateful, because we need
that help more desperately than ever. We've seen the horrifying images of children in trains,
children separated from families, robbed of their childhoods, their homes and their memories.
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Two out of three of the Kosovars have already been forced to flee their homes, often at gun
point, without time to even snatch a family photograph from the wall or even to take
identification papers or medications on their fearful journeys.
Like all Americans, I have been outraged by recent reports of paramilitary forces destroying
health centers and hospitals, driving out doctors and nurses and depriving refugees of much
needed medical care.
I've heard chilling examples of what is happening from a doctor whom I met with again just last
week. I met with her first last summer when she came to the White House to tell me what was
occurring even then as people were being driven into the mountains.
This brave woman, who had worked around the clock, has now become a refugee herself. Last
week when she visited me, I could not only tell from her words, but by the haunted pain in her
eyes, what she and the people around her have endured.
She had come here-luckily enough she still had her passport which she smuggled out in the
diaper of a nephew she held on her lap-she'd come here to bear witness and to make sure we
understood what was happening to the people of her country.
We are doing as much as we can to ease the suffering of the refugees, but we have a lot of work
ahead of us. Some of you have seen firsthand what life is like in those camps as wave after wave
of displaced people pour across the borders-exhausted and hungry and sick-where
international relief agencies are working desperately against time to prevent outbreaks of cholera
and other diseases.
You also are aware that, in addition to the camps, there are tens of thousands of refugees being
housed in homes in Macedonia and Albania by people who've taken those refugees in.
Oftentimes, 20, 30 people living in one room. And those host families are also stretched to
breaking point.
To help the people of Kosovo rebuild their lives, we know we have to work as a team at every
level of government, in international relief agencies and other charitable organizations, in our
businesses, our houses of worship and our communities.
Since the violence began, the United States has contributed more than $150 million in
humanitarian aid including blankets, tents, water jugs and enough food to feed three quarters of a
million people. A few weeks ago, I went to Dover Air Force Base and saw the service men and
women who have literally been working around the clock loading the food onto pallets to be
transported to reach the people of Kosovo.
This week the president called on Congress to pass his $6 billion proposal for an emergency aid
package which includes nearly $800 million in humanitarian assistance.
The American people, as is the case when events like this occur, have responded with an
outpouring of generosity and support. Here at the White House we are flooded with countless
calls, letters and e-mails from people who want to know how to help. A woman from Indiana
wrote asking whether there was anything the mothers of this country could do to help the
mothers of Kosovo.
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And another woman from Florida wrote, "We are so blessed in our beloved country. And I really
believe that the majority of Americans would like to help in some way, but don't really know
how." Well there are ways for everyone to help.
USAID and FEMA are working together to make sure that Americans can do our part through a
toll-free number, 800-USAID-RELIEF, and the website www.info.USAID.gov. under the
Kosovo listing.
Today I'm also pleased that the President will be sending a memo to every employee in the
federal government encouraging them to find out what they can do to help as well.
Across the country, people are coming together to try to understand how they can make a
difference. On Monday I met in New York with the heads and representatives of major
foundations to talk about what more can be done in the foundation community to support those
who are on the ground delivering the services.
I'm very grateful to former Congressman Jim Moody and everyone at Interaction for their
leadership and commitment. I also know that the American business community has responded
and is responding and wants to know what more it can do to be responsive.
Leading corporations from AT&T to Time Warner to Pepsico are urging their employees to help
by matching their contributions dollar for dollar. One relief organization, Project Hope, has
already received up to $5 million worth of pharmaceutical supplies.
UPS has donated cargo space to transport food and other goods into the refugee camps. Slimfast
is also involved in the relief effort, and I'm pleased that their president, Danny Abraham, could
be with us today.
Major Internet companies, from Yahoo! to Amazon.com to eBay.com, are donating prime space
on their home pages to the Red Cross, CARE and other organizations. I'm especially pleased
that Yahoo! and Broadcast.com are running public service announcements as a way of getting
more people involved.
These are only a few of the major contributions that we're hearing about and that NGOs are
receiving.
All told, I believe NGOs have already received $25 million in cash, in-kind donations. This is
setting, yet again, a new standard in corporate-indeed, international-citizenship.
I cannot tell you how proud I am every time I travel around the world on behalf of our country
and I see what American corporations are doing, not only to provide jobs-which is the first and
most important way to help any country-but also by setting an example of philanthropy and
corporate citizenship that is literally helping to transform the way business is conducted and what
can happen in a society.
That's why we want to encourage you to continue to be creative about ways you can make a
difference. In a few minutes, we're going to find that cash contributions, as you'll hear from our
speakers, are often the most effective way to help in an ever-changing situation.
But every donation counts, and every donation is helping. I want to say a special word though
about Macedonia and Albania, because here perhaps as much as any way, the business
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community in America and your counterparts in Europe and Japan and elsewhere can make a
very big difference.
I just met with the Macedonian ambassador and representatives of the Macedonian government
to hear firsthand the impact that this crisis is making on their economy and their country. I thank
them on behalf of the President and the American people for what they are doing.
Because think about what it must mean to be in small, poor countries and having to deal with the
tens of thousands-now hundreds of thousands-of displaced people coming across your borders
seeking all manner of help and having all kinds of needs that must be met.
Macedonia, for example, is providing safe haven already for more than 100,000 refugees. But
because of the conflict, it's trade routes through Serbia have been severed. Foreign companies
are canceling contracts, thereby putting people out of work, particularly in the textile
manufacturing sector because companies are concerned about continuing to do business in
Macedonia given the instability there.
Now when that happens, it exacerbates enormously the strain on the government and the people
of Macedonia. Oftentimes these contracts are being canceled at plants that are of considerable
distance away from the refugee camps. They are often in plants that are in the center of the
Albanian population in Macedonia which is attempting to help host families to take in a lot of
refugees. But now people are losing the jobs that they had that supported, in a meager way, the
caring of these people because of these kinds of cancellations.
We cannot let this conflict derail the social, economic and political progress that Macedonia and
its neighbors have struggled so hard and for so long to achieve. We also want to be sure that
insofar as possible, existing contracts and even new investments continue in the region.
And in addition, if there are ways of buying supplies from local producers and suppliers to
supply both military and civilian relief needs, I hope we will do as much as we can to continue to
boost the local economies in both Macedonia and Albania.
I think that those governments and those people need our support now, and they will continue to
need our support in the future.
Because as we work and pray for peace, we cannot lose sight of the fact that there will be a lot of
work to do if we are eventually to realize our goals of returning the Kosovars to Kosovo and
rebuilding the economies there, as well in the neighboring countries.
So thank you, thank you for what you've done and what you will do. It is a unique public/private
partnership that is one of the hallmarks of the American experience that is not matched anywhere
else in the world and has never been matched in history.
It's now my pleasure to introduce someone who's working very hard every day on making sure
that our relief efforts are effective on the ground, and that's USAID Deputy Administrator, Hattie
Babbitt.
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FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
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THE WHITE HOUSE
AUGUST 2, 1999
It's a great pleasure to welcome all of you to the White House. We' come together
today in part to celebrate the end of the terrible conflict in Kosovo - and the return of the
refugees to their homes and communities. But we're here as well to talk about the new
challenges facing the people of Kosovo today, and the role that we can all play as they begin to
put their lives back together, and rebuild their communities.
Let's think together for a moment about the remarkable changes that have taken place in
such a short time. A few months ago, the world was haunted by the images on television and in
the newspapers of Kosovars being crowded into trains; parents being separated from their
children; refugees wandering through a landscape of desolation and despair. Those heart-
wrenching scenes are now thankfully being replaced with images of hope: refugees returning
home to the joyful embraces of relatives they feared dead. Families who thought they would
never see their homes again returning to find Albanian flags fluttering on buildings; crowded
streets, open stores and bustling markets. But they are also returning home, unfortunately, to
new challenges and dangers - including land mines.
The victory in Kosovo has been the triumph of a united international community over the
forces of inhumanity and hatred. And today, we will be hearing from members of that same
community -- who are now working as partners in making this new peace real not only in the
homes - but in the factories and fields and playgrounds of Kosovo. I want to welcome Tehnaz
Dastoor [Ten-AZ Dass-TURE] from UNICEF, who has just returned from Kosovo; Lt. General
Michael Davison from the Department of Defense; and Jenette Kahn, President of DC Comics.
I welcome as well the representatives of the many NGOs, humanitarian groups, and government
agencies who have joined us today.
It is my pleasure today to introduce to you one of the newest members of the
international humanitarian community: A hero who wears a red cape and has a large "S"
emblazoned across his chest. Superman has been the hero of America's children for generations.
Now he will be both a hero and a guide to the children of Kosovo - educating them about the
dangers of land mines - and how to stay away from these terrible, hidden dangers.
Celebrate peace, and the return of Kosovar refugees to their homeland - challenges they face -
and we all face together.
Why we're here: another public/private partnership to raise awareness about challenges facing
returning refugees; one effort among many that the american people have extended; dc comics
and govt. unveil a new effort;
UNICEF: work that nogs doing on the ground; and the impact;
DOD: comic book partnership
DC comics: private role;
Audience: ngos; dod; state dept; state dept;
Returning refugees
Comic book announcement
Something cute about superman
Thanks to a public-private partnership involving the Department of Defense; UNICEF; D.C.
Comics; The World Food Bank; and the Department of State, Superman will bring a special
message to Kosovo's children in a new comic book that warns about the dangers of land mines.
We all know that children cannot grow up to be happy, healthy and productive citizens if their
childhoods are scarred by fear and violence. Sadly, land mines continue to pose a threat to
children in Kosovo and many other places around the world.
As we speak, the comic books are on their way to Kosovo for distribution so they can reach as
$
many as 500,000 children
I had the opportunity to see for myself the devastating toll of land mines on peoples lives during
a recent trip to Slovenia. While it doesn't have a landmine problem, it is helping victims of all
faiths recover from land mine accidents while creating prosthetic limbs for them. I was horrified
when I picked up two different types of land mines and saw how tiny they really are and how
easily they could be hidden in grass, on a playground, or in a home.
As many of you know, this is the second time;
Humanitarian assistance by both Government and NGOs
The victory in Kosovo is the triumph of a united international community over the forces of
inhumanity and hatred. But it is also the triumph of countless unheralded individuals -- from
brave American and NATO soldiers to thousands of generous families, relief workers and
businesses -- who opened their hearts, their homes and their pocketbooks to help make sure that
every Kosovar refugee would one day be able to go home with dignity.
Individual Citizens - Americans from all across the country wrote in to the White House to offer
their spare bedrooms, express support for our troops, or share their horror at the atrocities being
committed.
Ft. Dix -- Ft. Dix -- I was privileged to go to meet the first group of refugees who arrived in our
country at Fort Dix in New Jersey.
I was able to welcome them because we had once again opened our arms and our hearts to this
first group of Kosovar refugees. There were grandmothers in shawls; there were students who
spoke perfect English. There were children, some in diapers, others sitting on their mothers'
laps. There was even one woman who gave birth not long after arriving.
And 1 was especially touched by the partnership that existed among our military and our civilian
relief workers. The general who is running this operation, called "Operation Open Arms," told
us that he had instructed all of his personnel that they were to treat these people as guests.
Because he said he remembered very well the story that was told to him of his grandmother
coming to this country from Ukraine. He said, "I know that when she came to our country she,
too, had a handkerchief on her head. She, too, was scared to death. She did not know what to
expect. But she was taken in."
The way he related his own personal story to what was happening with these refugees made me
very proud to be an American. And when I later went to the gymnasium and talked with the
refugees and shook their hands and looked into the eyes of those children. They've endured
unspeakable hardship and many have witnessed atrocities. And yet we knew that they hoped to
return home. The biggest cheers my remarks received were when I told them on behalf of our
country and the President that they would be returning home.
Businesses - In May, I met a woman named Danica Georgieva, whose small company of six
employees did subcontracting work for the American clothing manufacturer Liz Claiborne.
When Danica told me that because of the war Claiborne had significantly reduced its orders, I
promised to do what I could to help.
On my return to Macedonia this week, Paul Charron, Liz Claiborne's CEO, traveled with me to
unveil a project that will not only help the refugees but ensure that Macedonian workers will be
able to keep their jobs as well. Starting at the end of this month, his company will donate the
fabric, designs and expertise to create 250,000 shirts and pants for the refugees, providing 3,000
jobs for Macedonian textile workers in the process. USAID will fund the production and
distribution of the clothing, and the relief agency Mercy International will make sure the items
are distributed to the refugees.
NGOs - still waiting for stories.
Trips to Macedonia -- A 63-year-old woman told me she doesn't know where her daughter and
grandchildren are. They were with the daughter's in-laws when Serb police
stormed the house, held guns to their throats and ordered them to leave.
One of the men I met cried when he remembered the funeral of a friend in
his village: Serb police surrounded the mourners as they stood at the grave,
threatening to kill them all. Then, they stripped the Albanians of their
money and valuables and drove them away.
I also spoke with a man who, in fluent English, told me that his wife and
children were visiting her father when the Serbs arrived, forcing him to
flee without them. Six weeks later, he is still trying to find them.
I will never forget the last story I heard that day. A woman described the
crush of refugees being herded onto trains to leave Kosovo. She held tightly
to the hand of her oldest daughter who, in turn, held onto the younger
children. Horrified, she felt her daughter's hand slip away. Forced by the
authorities to board a train, she realized that her girls and her husband,
who was trying to find them, were lost. Today, she, too, lives without any
word of where they are or even whether they are still alive.
US support -- $500 million - what does that mean in on the ground facts?
Belgium and Sarajevo - what should we say about what is going on there?
They can start to rebuild their lives and their homes. Reunite with family and mourn the loss of
others. We are helping reduce the uncertainty of this return by educating children and families
about safety and precautions
Mines are one of many problems; shelter; food; still so many challenges: and we have 10
continue to help meet those challenges;
I'm proud that American citizens
But as a government
The haunting images we saw Lactwar on television a few months ago of Kosovars being crowded into
Returning refugees
trains and parents being separated from their children are thankfully being replaced with images
of refugees returning home to the long embraces of relatives they feared dead. They are
returning home to Albanian flags fluttering on buildings. They are returning home to crowded
streets, open stores and bustling markets. But they are also returning home, unfortunately, to
land mines.
I laum
Comic book announcement
Something cute about superman
Thanks to a public-private partnership involving the Department of Defense; UNICEF; D.C.
Comics; The World Food Bank; and the Department of State, Superman will bring a special
message to Kosovo's children in a new comic book that warns about the dangers of land:mines.
We all know that children cannot grow up to be happy, healthy and productive citizens if their
childhoods are scarred by fear and violence. Sadly, land mines continue to pose a threat to
children in Kosovo and many other places around the world.
and alizen ( that you see a cepy 9 today
[ Pirest)
As we speak, the comic books are on their way to Kosovo for distribution so they can reach as
many as 500,000 children
I had the opportunity to see for myself the devastating toll of land mines on peoples lives during
a recent trip to Slovenia. While it doesn't have a landmine problem, it is helping victims of all
faiths recover from land mine accidents while creating prosthetic limbs for them. I was horrified
when I picked up two different types of land mines and saw how tiny they really are and how
easily they could be hidden in grass, on a playground, or in a home.
Humanitarian assistance by both Government and NGOs
The victory in Kosovo is the triumph of a united international community over the forces of
inhumanity and hatred. But it is also the triumph of countless unheralded individuals from
brave American and NATO soldiers to thousands of generous families, relief workers and
businesses -- who opened their hearts, their homes and their pocketbooks to help make sure that
every Kosovar refugee would one day be able to go home with dignity.
Individual Citizens - Americans from all across the country wrote in to the White House to offer
their spare bedrooms, express support for our troops, or share their horror at the atrocities being
committed.
Ft. Dix -- Ft. Dix I was privileged to go to meet the first group of refugees who arrived in our
country at Fort Dix in New Jersey.
I was able to welcome them because we had once again opened our arms and our hearts to this
first group of Kosovar refugees. There were grandmothers in shawls; there were students who
spoke perfect English. There were children, some in diapers, others sitting on their mothers'
laps. There was even one woman who gave birth not long after arriving.
And I was especially touched by the partnership that existed among our military and our civilian
relief workers. The general who is running this operation, called "Operation Open Arms," told
us that he had instructed all of his personnel that they were to treat these people as guests.
Because he said he remembered very well the story that was told to him of his grandmother
coming to this country from Ukraine. He said, "I know that when she came to our country she,
too, had a handkerchief on her head. She, too, was scared to death. She did not know what to
expect. But she was taken in."
The way he related his own personal story to what was happening with these refugees made me
very proud to be an American. And when I later went to the gymnasium and talked with the
refugees and shook their hands and looked into the eyes of those children. They've endured
unspeakable hardship and many have witnessed atrocities. And yet we knew that they hoped to
return home. The biggest cheers my remarks received were when I told them on behalf of our
country and the President that they would be returning home.
Businesses - In May, I met a woman named Danica Georgieva, whose small company of six
employees did subcontracting work for the American clothing manufacturer Liz Claiborne.
When Danica told me that because of the war Claiborne had significantly reduced its orders, I
Von
promised to do what 1 could to help.
On my return to Macedonia this week, Paul Charron, Liz Claiborne's CEO, traveled with me to
unveil a project that will not only help the refugees but ensure that Macedonian workers will be
able to keep their jobs as well. Starting at the end of this month, his company will donate the
fabric, designs and expertise to create 250,000 shirts and pants for the refugees, providing 3,000
jobs for Macedonian textile workers in the process. USAID will fund the production and
distribution of the clothing, and the relief agency Mercy International will make sure the items
are distributed to the refugees.
?
NGOs - still waiting for stories.
Trips to Macedonia -- A 63-year-old woman told me she doesn't know where her daughter and
grandchildren are. They were with the daughter's in-laws when Serb police
stormed the house, held guns to their throats and ordered them to leave.
One of the men I met cried when he remembered the funeral of a friend in
his village: Serb police surrounded the mourners as they stood at the grave,
threatening to kill them all. Then, they stripped the Albanians of their
money and valuables and drove them away.
I also spoke with a man who, in fluent English, told me that his wife and
children were visiting her father when the Serbs arrived, forcing him to
flee without them. Six weeks later, he is still trying to find them.
I will never forget the last story I heard that day. A woman described the
crush of refugees being herded onto trains to leave Kosovo. She held tightly
new that the us
to the hand of her oldest daughter who, in turn, held onto the younger
children. Horrified, she felt her daughter's hand slip away. Forced by the
authorities to board a train, she realized that her girls and her husband,
we lang
who was trying to find them, were lost. Today, she, too, lives without any
word of where they are or even whether they are still alive.
Severed peare
US support -- $500 million - what does that mean in on the ground facts?
Belgium and Sarajevo - what should we say about what is going on there?
cannet
They can start to rebuild their lives and their homes. Reunite with family and mourn the loss of
others. We are helping reduce the uncertainty of this return by educating children and families
about safety and precautions
allow
Maureen T. Shea
07/28/99 11:23:26 AM
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I will let you know as soon as I get definitive word on the time for the event, but the following is an updated
memo including program participants, press, invitees, and staff contacts. If you have any questions, I'm
on X62721 - thanks to everyone for being flexible.
?
Event: 2:00 - August 2, 1999 - Roosevelt Room
Program Participants
for Realt
First Lady - Welcome and update on humanitarian aid
Tehnaz Dastoor, Office of Emergency Programs, UNICEF - report from Kosovo
Jeneen (tree to
Lt. General Michael Davison - DOD effort
we need
Jenette Kahn, President, DC Comics - importance of involvement
First Lady - Closing remarks
\\\
Jussee
Backdrop: Blow-Up of comic book in Albanian (Maureen working with DC Comics and new
George)
this
Ususful
PRESS: TOBY
Packets: Comic Book - Poster- Background on land mine efforts
Fact sheet on Kosovo (NSC to prepare)
Dag Vega: ethnic and religious press
Briefing following event
Special Representative Steinberg
Brian Sheridan,
Dr. James Schear
LTG Davison
Possible Stake Out with Tehnaz Dastoor and Vjosa Dobruna
AUDIENCE: 40-45
Withdrawal/Redaction Marker
Clinton Library
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COLLECTION:
Clinton Presidential Records
First Lady's Office
Christine Macy
OA/Box Number: 17204
FOLDER TITLE:
Kosovo Comic Book [2]
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Presidential Records Act |44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act 15 U.S.C. 552(b)]
PI National Security Classified Information |(a)(1) of the PRA]
b(1) National security classified information |(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office |(a)(2) of the PRA
h(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of
P3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA
an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
b(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRAJ
b(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information |(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]
b(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy |(a)(6) of the PRA]
b(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes |(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed
b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
of gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C.
b(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
2201(3).
concerning wells |(b)(9) of the FOIA]
RR. Document will be reviewed upon request.
INVITATION LIST
US GOVERNMENT (11)
DEFENSE
Mr. John Heaphy, Humanitarian Demining Program Manager, Defense Security
Cooperation Agency
Brian E. Sheridan-Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low
Intensity Conflict
Dr. James A. Schear-Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Peacekeeping and
Humanitarian Assistance
Colonel Harold T. Stott, Jr. Demining Policy Assistant, Humanitarian Assistance
and Anti Personnel Landmine
(b)(3)
[001]
AID
Deputy Administrator Hattit Babbit
STATE
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Beecroft (regret)
Assistant Secretary of State Newsom
PM/HDP Director Patierno
Special Representative Donald Steinberg
Assistant Secretary of State Taft
Laurie Zimmerman
PEACE CORPS
Dina Siber-Jaco (regret)
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY (6)
UNICEF Director Carol Bellamy (regret)
UN Assistant Secretary General Bernard Miyet
UNHCR Executive Director Ogata (regret)
World Food Program Executive Director Katherine Bertini
Senior Advisor to UNICEF Alejandor Palacios
Ambassadors from Albania, Bosnia, Macedonia (NSC will invite)
NGOs (15)
Ralph Cwerman, President, Humpty Dumpty Institute
Paul Irwin, CEO, U.S. Humane Society
Rabbi Benjamin Kahn, DC Comics
Lillian Laserson, VP & General Counsel DC Comics
Day Layton, Program Director, Marshall Legacy Institute
Bill Leurs, President and CEO, UN Association of the USA
Lil Shevitz - DC Comics
Hon. Tim Wirth, UN Foundation (regret)
Andrew Young, Goodworks Foundation (regret)
CARE International - Mary Ann Leach
Catholic Relief Services
International Medical Corps
International Rescue Committee - Annike Buche
Mercy Corps International
Rotary International
Save the Children
World Vision
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS - TBD - (5)
ETHNIC ALBANIANS - TBD - (8)
Ilir Zherka, Executive Director - National Albanian American Council
Aferdita Rakipi, Communications Director - National Albanian American Council
Avni Mustafaj, COO, Kosova Relief Fund and President of NAAC
Elza Zagreda
Dr. Anna Kohen, President - Albanian American Women's Organization
Shqipe Malushi, Founder, Former President - Albanian American Women's Organization
Dr. Vjosa Dobruna, Pediatrician from Kosova, co-founder of Council for Human Rights, founder of
the Center for the Protection of Women and Children (USAID grantee)
Michael Gregory, NAAC Board Member, Regional Representative in Massachusetts
EVENT CONTACTS:
Scott Busby
456-9141
Katy Button
456-6266
George Caudill
456-7066
Toby Graff
456-2960
Marty Hoffman
456-6650
Noa Meyer
456-2787
Danny O'Brien
456-2952
Maureen Shea
456-2721
Don Steinberg
647-0562
Tom Stott
703-614-0022 or 0028
Melanne Verveer
456-6266
(b)(6)
Laurie Zimmerman
647-0595
Message Sent To:
Daniel E. O'Brien/WHO/EOP@EOP
Katharine Button/WHO/EOP@EOP
Toby C. Graff/WHO/EOP@EOP
Noa A. Meyer/WHO/EOP@EOP
[email protected]
Marty J. Hoffmann/WHO/EOP@EOP
Dag Vega/WHO/EOP@EOP
[email protected]
Scott Busby/NSC/EOP@EOP
JUL-28-1999 09:07
OASD-SOLIC DAP
703 614 3310 P.02
KOSOVO COMIC CEREMONY
REMARKS
Good afternoon, Madam First Lady and distinguished guests;
It is a privilege to be here today and a pleasure to be introducing a
product designed to save innocent lives.
Traditionally, we at the Department of Defense focus our attention
on developing and maintaining strong military-to-military
relationships with America's allies worldwide.
Often, this support takes form in the provision of military
equipment and training.
Always, it is aimed at furthering America's foreign policy and
national security interests.
With today's event, however, we take a significant departure from
our usual manner of doing business.
While still guided by our foreign policy goals, rather than
government-to-government relationships, our focus instead on
assisting the beleaguered children of Kosovo and their families.
Indeed, it may seem strange for us to be in the business of
developing comic books.
TOTAL P.02
07/29/99 THU 03:24 FAX
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001
Maureen T. Shea
07/28/99 11:23:26 AM
Record Type:
Record
To:
See the distribution list at the bottom of this message
CC:
Subject: Update
I will let you know as soon as I get definitive word on the time for the event, but the following is an updated
memo including program participants, press, invitees, and staff contacts. If you have any questions, I'm
on X62721 - thanks to everyone for being flexible.
Event: 2:00 - August 2, 1999 . Roosevelt Room
Program Participants
what we kea will
First Lady - Welcome and update on humanitarian aid
Tehnaz Dastoor, Office of Emergency Programs, UNICEF - report from Kosovo
Lt. General Michael Davison - DOD effort
Jenette Kahn, President, DC Comics - Importance of involvement
First Lady - - Closing remarks
Backdrop: Blow-Up of comic book in Albanian (Maureen working with DC Comics and
George)
PRESS: TOBY
Packets: Comic Book - Poster- Background on land mine efforts
Fact sheet on Kosovo (NSC to prepare)
Dag Vega: ethnic and religious press
Briefing following event
Special Representative Steinberg
Brian Sheridan,
Dr. James Schear
LTG Davison
Possible Stake Out with Tennaz Dastoor and Vjosa Dobruna
AUDIENCE: 40-45
Withdrawal/Redaction Marker
Clinton Library
DOCUMENT NO.
SUBJECT/TITLE
DATE
RESTRICTION
AND TYPE
002. list
re: Invitation list [partial] [10 U.S.G. 424] (2 pages)
07/29/1999
P3/b(3), b(6)
COLLECTION:
Clinton Presidential Records
First Lady's Office
Christine Macy
OA/Box Number: 17204
FOLDER TITLE:
Kosovo Comic Book [2]
2013-0936-S
re1356
RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - |44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - 15 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA|
b(1) National security classified information |(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
b(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of
P3 Release would violate a Federal statute |(a)(3) of the PRA]
an agency |(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
h(3) Release would violate a Federal statute |(b)(3) of the FOIA
financial information |(a)(4) of the PRA]
b(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information |(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA|
b(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy |(a)(6) of the PRAJ
b(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes |(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed
b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
of gift.
financial institutions |(b)(8) of the FOIA]
PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C.
b(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
2201(3).
concerning wells |(b)(9) of the FOIA]
RR. Document will be reviewed upon request.
07/29/99 THU 03:24 FAX
A
002
INVITATION LIST
US GOVERNMENT (11)
DEFENSE
Mr. John Heaphy, Humanitarian Demining Program Manager, Defense Security
Cooperation Agency
Brian E. Sheridan-Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low
Intensity Conflict
Dr. James A. Schear-Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Peacekeeping and
Humanitarian Assistance
Colonel Harold T. Stott, Jr. Demining Policy Assistant, Humanitarian Assistance
and Anti Personnel Landmine
(b)(3)
[002]
AID
Deputy Administrator Hattit Babbit
STATE
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Beecroft (regret)
Assistant Secretary of State Newsom
PM/HDP Director Patierno
Special Representative Donald Steinberg
Assistant Secretary of State Taft
Laurie Zimmerman
PEACE CORPS
Dina Siber-Jaco (regret)
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY (6)
UNICEF Director Carol Bellamy (regret)
UN Assistant Secretary General Bernard Miyet
UNHCR Executive Director Ogata (regret)
World Food Program Executive Director Katherine Bertini
Senior Advisor to UNICEF Alejandor Palacios
Ambassadors from Albania, Bosnia, Macedonia (NSC will invite)
07/29/99 THU 03:25 FAX
003
NGOs (15)
Ralph Cwerman, President, Humpty Dumpty Institute
Paul Irwin, CEO, U.S. Humane Society
Rabbi Benjamin Kahn, DC Comics
Lillian Laserson, VP & General Counsel DC Comics
Day Layton, Program Director, Marshall Legacy Institute
Bill Leurs, President and CEO, UN Association of the USA
Lil Shevitz - DC Comics
Hon. Tim Wirth, UN Foundation (regret)
Andrew Young, Goodworks Foundation (regret)
CARE International - Mary Ann Leach
Catholic Relief Services
International Medical Corps
International Rescue Committee - Annike Buche
Mercy Corps International
Rotary International
Save the Children
World Vision
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS - TBD - (5)
ETHNIC ALBANIANS - TBD . (8)
Ilir Zherka, Executive Director . National Albanian American Council
Aferdita Rakipi, Communications Director - National Albanian American Council
Avni Mustafaj, COO, Kosova Relief Fund and President of NAAC
Elza Zagreda
Dr. Anna Kohen, President - Albanian American Women's Organization
Shqipe Malushi, Founder, Former President . Albanian American Women's Organization
Dr. Vjosa Dobruna, Pediatrician from Kosova, co-founder of Council for Human Rights, founder of
the Center for the Protection of Women and Children (USAID grantee)
Michael Gregory, NAAC Board Member, Regional Representative in Massachusetts
EVENT CONTACTS:
Scott Busby
456-9141
Katy Button
456-6266
George Caudill
456-7066
Toby Graff
456-2960
Marty Hoffman
456-6650
Noa Meyer
456-2787
07/29/99 THU 03:25 FAX
004
Danny O'Brien
456-2952
Maureen Shea
456-2721
Don Steinberg
647-0562
Tom Stott
703-614-0022 or 0028
Melanne Verveer
456-6266
(b)(6)
Laurie Zimmerman
647-0595
Message Sent To:
Daniel E. O'Brien/WHO/EOP@EOP
Katharine Button/WHO/EOP@EOP
Toby C. Graff/WHO/EOP@EOP
Noa A. Meyer/WHO/EOP@EOP
sto:[email protected]
Marty J. Hoffmann/WHO/EOP@EOP
Dag Vega/WHO/EOP@EOP
[email protected]
Scott Busby/NSC/EOP@EOP
07/29/99 THU 03:25 FAX
J.
005
JUL-26-1999 09:07
OASD-SOLIC DAP
703 614 3310 P.02
KOSOVO COMIC CEREMONY
REMARKS
Good afternoon, Madam First Lady and distinguished guests;
It is a privilege to be here today and a pleasure to be introducing a
product designed to save innocent lives.
Traditionally, we at the Department of Defense focus our attention
on developing and maintaining strong military-to-military
relationships with America's allies worldwide.
Often, this support takes form in the provision of military
equipment and training.
Always, it is aimed at furthering America's foreign policy and
national security interests.
With today's event, however, we take a significant departure from
our usual manner of doing business.
While still guided by our foreign policy goals, rather than
government-to-government relationships, our focus instead on
assisting the beleaguered children of Kosovo and their families.
Indeed, it may seem strange for us to be in the business of
developing comic books.
TOTAL P.02
07/29/99 THU 03:26 FAX
006
Public-Private Partnerships to Fight Landmines
Superman Mine Awareness Comics
Adopt-a-Minefield
Canine Demining Corps
CD-ROM on Landmines
Global Landmine Survey
Landmine Survivors Network
Superman Mine Awareness Comics
A key goal of our anti-landmine programs is to educate children around the world to the threat
from the 60-70 million landmines planted in some 70 countries. We are supporting actions by
host governments, UNICEF, NGOs, and other groups to alert children on these dangers through
teaching programs in schools, radio and television messages, dance troupes, theater groups,
and related activities. One project has been production by DC Comics of more than a million
comic books, in which Superman and Wonderwoman walk children through the lesson. The first
version, in Serbo-Croatian, was distributed in Bosnia; the First Lady hosted the roll-out for this
edition. Next came a Spanish version for use in Central America. The third version, in Albanian
language, has just been field-tested, and 500,000 copies will be transported to the region by
July 30, where it will be distributed by UNICEF and the World Food Program. This has been a
model partnership: DC Comics provides the art work and printing facilities. the Defense
Department supplies funding and Innistical support and UNICEF provides technical assistance
10/22/96 TUE 19:10 FAX
CREATORS SYNDICATE
LISA CAPUTO
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TALKING IT OVER
BY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
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The newest comic book to hit the streets in Sarajevo is an American classic with
a modern twist. Predictably, the hero wears a red cape and has a large "S"
emblazoned across his chest. He has special vision, supernatural powers and a big
heart.
But this Superman doesn't just fight villains in a mythical Metropolis. He is
crossing the Atlantic to warn children in Bosnia and Herzegovina about the dangers of
land mines in a region still emerging from the darkness of war.
Superman's arrival in Bosnia is the result of a public and private partnership
involving our Defense Department, United Nations Ambassador Madeleine Albright,
UNICEF and its special representative Judy Collins, Warner Bros. and DC Comics.
The comic book will be a vital educational tool in a country where millions of land
mines currently lie in wait for vulnerable children and civilians.
1 was honored to help unveil the comic book at the White House this week and
to announce a new American hospital partnership that will help boost the recovery
effort in Bosnia.
Standing in the East Room with children from Bosnia - some of them war
refugees -- and watching the mayors of Tuzla, Bosnia, and Buffalo, N.Y., sign the
hospital agreement, 1 felt pride in our nation's tradition of humanitarian assistance and
our commitment to democracy in the former Yugoslavia and around the world.
The hospital partnership, sponsored by our government through the U.S.
Agency for International Development and the American International Health Alliance,
will involve Buffalo General Hospital and the Tuzla Clinical Center. Like other hospital
partnerships that I've visited in Russia, Estonia, Ukraine and Belarus, this one will
benefit both hospitals and countries Involved.
Not only will American physicians and nurses be exposed to new and different
medical challenges, the resources, expertise and technology they bring to Bosnia will
improve the availability and quality of medical care for tens of thousands of people
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there. Many of those needing care are women, children and refugees suffering from
physical and emotional traumas associated with years of violence and war.
Already, American medical personnel from Buffalo have traveled to Tuzla and
worked side by side with their Bosnian colleagues, even in the midst of war and
violence. They have procured $1.5 million in supplies for use in Tuzla. And Eli Lilly &
Co. has committed $250,000 in donations for next year.
In addition to expanding pediatric services, Improving pre-natal care and the
treatment of chronic diseases, the hospital partnership will enable the Tuzla Clinical
Center to improve its care of children maimed and injured by land mines, many of
whom are taken there.
Today, one out of every eight homes in Bosnia is endangered because of a
proximity to mines. In central Bosnia, one of every three acres of land is unusable
because of mines. And even though the fighting is over and peace has taken hold, the
detonation of land mines has become the most common cause of serious injury in the
country.
The prevalence of mines prompted UNICEF to launch a mine-awareness
campaign for children and civilians. Superman seemed just the sort of person to help
get the message across.
The comic book, called "Superman: Deadly Legacy," tells the story of two boys
in Bosnia. They are walking along a road looking for a friend when one bends down to
pick up some debris from a mortar. Quickly, Superman pulls him away, and the boy
narrowly misses stepping on a mine concealed underground.
As the boys continue to search for their friend, Superman teaches them how to
avoid places where land mines might be hidden: bombed-out houses, abandoned
buildings, old checkpoints and trench lines. Even paths and bridges are sometimes
littered with land mines, Superman explains.
With Superman's help, the boys eventually find their friend but not before
happening upon a wounded dog (who dies) and a playmate who has lost a leg and is
wrapped in bandages. He tripped a mine while practicing soccer in an open field.
It is a chilling tale, one that reflects the chilling reality of children's lives in
Bosnia. But It is also a tale of hope for the people of Bosnia who, with our help. will be
able to take one more step to a stable, peaceful and democratic future.
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Public-Private Partnerships to Fight Landmines
Superman Mine Awareness Comics
Adopt-a-Minefield
Canine Demining Corps
CD-ROM on Landmines
Global Landmine Survey
Landmine Survivors Network
Superman Mine Awareness Comics
A key goal of our anti-landmine programs is to educate children around the world to the threat
from the 60-70 million landmines planted in some 70 countries. We are supporting actions by
host governments, UNICEF, NGOs, and other groups to alert children on these dangers through
teaching programs in schools, radio and television messages, dance troupes, theater groups,
and related activities. One project has been production by DC Comics of more than a million
comic books, in which Superman and Wonderwoman walk children through the lesson. The first
version, in Serbo-Croatian, was distributed in Bosnia; the First Lady hosted the roll-out for this
edition. Next came a Spanish version for use in Central America. The third version, in Albanian
language, has just been field-tested, and 500,000 copies will be transported to the region by
July 30, where it will be distributed by UNICEF and the World Food Program. This has been a
model partnership: DC Comics provides the art work and printing facilities, the Defense
Department supplies funding and logistical support, and UNICEF provides technical assistance.
A fourth version, in Portuguese for Mozambique and Angola, is already on the drawing board.
Jenette Kahn, President of DC Comics, has been tireless in her support for this activity.
Adopt-a-Minefield
Launched on March 9, Adopt-a-Minefield is a project of the U.N. Association, the Humpty
Dumpty Institute, and the U.N. Mine Action Service. Under the program, groups throughout
the U.S. are raising money to pay for the demining by the U.N. and host countries of the
worst minefields in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Cambodia, Croatia and Mozambique. Schools,
church groups, companies, and individuals have adopted some 30 minefields at a cost of
$25,000+ each. The Adopt-a-Minefield program is raising awareness in the U.S. on the
global tragedy of landmines, and creating lasting bonds of friendship between Americans
and people abroad who benefit from mine clearance activities. The U.S. Government is
supporting this effort through grants totaling about $370,000 from the State Department (PM)
and through wide-ranging promotional efforts with potential sponsors. The U.N. Foundation
(Ted Turner) has also provided up to $500,000 in matching grants.
Canine Demining Corps
The Canine Demining Corps is a program of the Marshall Legacy Institute, the U.S. Humane
Society, U.N. Development Program and DC Comics to purchase, train, and deploy mine-
detecting dog teams to mined countries around the world. Dogs have a unique capacity to
detect explosives found in landmines, and are an efficient, safe, and cost-effective tool now in
use in many countries. Under this program, individuals, civic groups and corporations can
blets-as many as 200 of which are
"They are a particular concern
In Kosovo,
bundled together in a single bomb
to us because people may not be
casing, then carried to earth indi-
familiar with what they look like
vidually on tiny parachutes-are
and what they can do," said Kevin
often not easily recovered by dis-
Kennedy, spokesman for the U.N.
Death Comes
posal teams because of their ten-
mission in Kosovo. "People may
dency to drift off course or to
not understand that they cannot be
become caught in trees, brush and
handled, just as mines cannot be
In Clusters
roof fixtures.
handled."
The number of deaths and inju-
ries from unexploded cluster muni-
U.S. officials say that while the
tions in Kosovo has reignited de-
danger from unexploded mines and
Faulty NATO 'Bomblets'
bate over their use and has
air-dropped munitions in Yugoslavia
prompted some U.S. officials to
is great, the situation is not as dire as
Take Heavy Postwar Toll
advocate that they be engineered
in Kuwait and Iraq after the Persian
to self-destruct if they land without
Gulf War. According to figures com-
By DAN EGGEN
Washington Post Staff Writer
AI
detonating. The unexploded weap-
piled by Human Rights Watch,
ons also pose a serious threat to
1,200 Kuwaitis and 400 Iraqi civil-
NATO peacekeeping troops now
ians were killed by unexploded clus-
DJAKOVICA, Yugoslavia-Bekim Ma-
on patrol in Kosovo: Two British
ter canisters after the war, the group
laj and his friends knew they were fooling
soldiers were killed last month as
estimates that between 24 million
around with bombs, but they figured they
and 30 million bomblets were
they tried to disarm one of the
were safe. After all, they reasoned, the
devices in a schoolyard.
dropped during the Gulf War, of
bright yellow containers-shaped like so-
which between 1.2 million and 1.5
"In my opinion, they pose the
da cans and topped with little para-
major threat right now," said Chris
million failed to explode.
chutes-had not exploded when they were
In addition to NATO and the
North, a 20-year British army vet-
dropped over Kosovo by NATO war-
eran who is leading a Djakovica-
United Nations, about a dozen
planes. They must be duds.
based de-mining team for Handi-
nonprofit groups have begun arriv-
So the 10 young men and boys huddled
cap International, a French human-
ing in Kosovo to remove mines and
near a wooden front gate in the village of
itarian group. "Most of the popula-
bombs and to train civilians to help
Jahoc earlier this month to get a better
in the effort. About a fifth of all the
tion here are aware of mines and
look. One of them, a former Kosovo
mine and bomb victims document-
know what they look like. But
guerrilla who fancied himself an expert,
many don't know what cluster
ed by the World Health Organiza-
pried open a canister.
munitions look like, and that
tion were members of the Kosovo
"It started blowing fire," said Malaj, 11,
makes them a terrific risk.
If
Liberation Army-the ethnic Alba-
a
lying half blind and heavily bandaged in a
person is nearby when one of them
nian rebel group that fought for
gloomy hospital bed here in this south-
goes off, there's usually not much
independence from Serbia-who
western Kosovo city alongside victims of
left."
were attempting to clear explo-
similar accidents. "It hit me in the face,
Cluster canisters are fuzed to
sives from fields and villages with-
and I started running, and then it blew up.
detonate within 50 feet of the
out proper training.
The young man who opened the bomb
ground; they can spray incendiary
At the dreary hospital here in
was "torn apart," in the words of one
material to start fires, chunks of
Djakovica, where goats roam the
witness, and two others died along with
molten metal that can pierce tanks
grounds and patients are stacked
him. Seven survivors were hospitalized,
and other armor, or shrapnel that
eight to a room, nearly half the
including two in critical condition.
current caseload of 100 stems from
can slice with ease through ½-inch
Up to 170 people have been killed or
mine and cluster bomb accidents.
injured over the past month in accidents
steel plate-or human flesh and
Western Kosovo was one of the
involving land mines and unexploded
bone.
most heavily bombarded and
bombs in Kosovo, according to a World
NATO officials say that about
mined regions of the province.
Health Organization report re-
1,100 cluster bombs, containing a
Alfred Gjokaj, 20, also was
total of more than 200,000 bom-
showered with flame and shrapnel
leased last week-making Koso-
vo's casualty rate from those sourc-
blets, were dropped on Yugoslavia
by the cluster bomb blast at Jahoc,
es comparable to Afghanistan's
and Kosovo, a province of Serbia,
but he survived and is now hospi-
and higher than that of Mozam-
Yugoslavia's dominant republic.
talized. He can barely talk because
bique, where land mines from a
Their failure rate is about 5 per-
of his swollen and tom face.
civil war that ended six years ago
cent. Human Rights Watch, a
"We didn't know that they were
still litter the countryside.
group that was sharply critical of
dangerous," Gjokaj said. "We had
Just over half the Kosovo casual-
their use during the air war, esti-
seen those things opened before,
ties were due to mines left by
mates that 11,000 unexploded
and nothing has happened. We
Serb-led Yugoslav troops, the
cluster munitions of U.S. and Brit-
were figuring that they were not
WHO report said. But nearly as
ish manufacture are scattered in
going to blow, after it didn't blow
the fields, trees and villages of
when it should."
many have been caused by unex-
ploded bombs dropped by U.S. and
Kosovo and the rest of Serbia, a
His mother, File Gjokaj, shook
other NATO warplanes in their
number not disputed by NATO.
her head in disgust as she stood by
78-day air offensive against Yugo-
The human rights group maintains
his bed. There is still high danger
slavia, the report said-mostly
that the weapons are unnecessarily
here, even though the war is over,"
from cluster bombs of the sort
the woman said. "People just don't
dangerous to civilians, whether
discovered by Malaj and his
care when they see these types of
they explode as intended or drop
friends.
devices. The kids will push them,
to the ground.
shove them. all kinds of things.
I
Tantalizing to children and po-
"What worries us most is that
tentially deadly if touched, cluster
feel safe only in my yard-and even
people are going to start going
bomb explosives-many of them
then only in parts of the yard."
back to work in the fields in the
painted bright yellow-are smaller
coming weeks, and so the numbers
and more powerful than most land
Staff writer Michael Dobbs in
will almost certainly get higher,"
mines. The lightweight bom-
Washington contributed to this
said Etienne Krug, who conducted
report.
the casualty survey for the World
Health Organization.
U.S. and NATO officials ac-
knowledge that unexploded clus-
ter munitions pose a serious threat
to civilians and troops but say they
are working aggressively with
U.N. agencies and other humani-
tarian organizations to identify
and clear dangerous areas. On
ington Post
ULY 19, 1999
Friday, part of the road from Pris-
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TALKING IT OVER
BY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1999, AND THEREAFTER
Like many people around the world, I have been haunted in recent days by
the images of ethnic Albanians driven from their homes by Slobodan
Milosevic. Taking place half a world away, their stories can sometimes feel
remote. Tragically, though, they are all too real.
Last week, I wrote about a doctor who has treated refugees in Pristina, the
capital of Kosovo, for the last year. Imagine the combination of relief and
horror among members of my staff when they saw that doctor, Vjosa Dobruna,
being interviewed on television. This dignified and passionate woman, who
shared tea with me at the White House last spring, is now herself a refugee.
After a friend of hers, a famous human rights activist, was taken from his
house, Dr. Dobruna went into hiding for seven days. "I slept in different
houses," she explained. When she tried to go back to her apartment, she
encountered police, who beat her driver and forced her to leave Pristina.
Dr. Dobruna laments the deplorable conditions the refugees face. "It's a
catastrophe," she says as she tells the story of a 17-day-old baby who died
in her arms.
We've heard similar stories from other victims of Milosevic's ethnic
cleansing. In the 14 months since he undertook his campaign, more than
800,000 -- one out of three ethnic Albanians in Kosovo -- have been
displaced from their homes. The conditions facing these people are horrific.
Many have walked miles from their towns and villages, forced at gunpoint to
leave without belongings or identity papers. They have endured subfreezing
temperatures, rain and snow. Thousands are trapped in a "no man's land"
around the Macedonian border, without food, water or sanitary facilities.
One doctor, who had worked for an international aid agency, reported that
he and his children had been without food for four days and he didn't know
how long they could hold out.
Another refugee said, "My child has been sleeping in the rain for four
nights. Last night, I had to force him to wake up because his body was too
cold, and he had to move to get warm. The blankets got wet, and there was
nowhere to dry them, and our clothes were soaked as well."
Those who have escaped may be the lucky ones. Reports out of Pristina
describe Serb soldiers and police herding Albanians into the center of the
city and lobbing shells at them. And men have been separated from their
families and are being held in factories, stadiums and other locations
within the country.
One refugee said, "They had snipers who shot at us. They killed one of our
neighbors, an old man, 70 years old, and a girl, 16, and a little boy who
was only 5."
A housewife recalled with horror: "They were killing the children. They
were killing the men. They were burning our houses and stealing everything
in them -- TVs, furniture, everything. They took money and jewelry from the
women. They came with guns into houses where we were hiding and ordered us
to get out, and they were holding knives to our children's throats."
As is always the case in these situations, the American people have
responded to the plight of the Kosovar refugees. As they've seen the
all-too-vivid pictures and heard the devastating stories, they have reacted
with customary generosity. Here at the White House, we've had countless
calls offering contributions of money, supplies and services. Many have even
said they would take refugees into their homes and adopt children orphaned
by the fighting.
Before this latest Serbian offensive began, the United States had committed
$100 million in humanitarian assistance and sent in enough food to supply
half a million people for three months. Now, the President has committed
another $50 million to the operation and announced the creation of a special
coordinating committee for the relief effort as well as plans to accept up
to 20,000 refugees on a temporary basis.
When individuals in this country or around the world ask what they can do
to help, there is one single answer: The most important thing is to reach
deep into their pockets and contribute whatever they can to the relief
organizations that are working to provide food, shelter, clothing and
medical care to the refugees.
I hope that people all over the world will look for ways to help victims of
this vicious aggression. If you would like to make a contribution, there is
a toll-free number you can call for information: 1-800-USAID RELIEF, or
1-800-872-4373. Or if you have access to the Internet, you can go to USAID's
web site at www.info.usaid.gov.
It's time for us all to find ways to stand up against this terrible
reminder of the violence and hatred that have marked too much of this
century.
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visit the Creators Syndicate web page at www.creators.com.
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TALKING IT OVER
BY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1999, AND THEREAFTER
Last month, I landed at a refugee camp in Macedonia called Stenkovac 1. There, on a hot and
dusty former airfield, tens of thousands of refugees, forced from their homes in Kosovo by the cruel
tyranny of Slobodan Milosevic, were struggling to hold onto the merest shreds of human dignity. Every
refugee I met had been separated from a loved one -- mothers from their children, husbands from their
wives. Every single person hoped to go home. I promised them that the United States would not turn its
back -- that we would make it happen.
This week, I returned to Stenkovac I with my husband. After 79 days of NATO bombing, the skies over
Yugoslavia are silent, the Serb military has retreated from Kosovo, and the refugees are preparing to go
home.
Their homecoming will not be easy. As the peacekeepers enter Kosovo, they are witnessing firsthand the
appalling scope of destruction: mass graves, torture chambers, hundreds of burned villages, women
raped, and children forced to watch their parents viciously murdered.
In ensuring that Kosovo is safe for the refugees' return, the peacekeepers have a big job ahead. Mines
must be cleared and homes rebuilt. Families need shelter, food and water, as well as information about
the fate of their missing family members. Serbs who remain in Kosovo, as well as Kosovar Albanians,
must be disarmed.
Our European partners are shouldering much of the burden, but it is also in America's interest to play a
part in setting Kosovo, as well as all of Southeastern Europe, on a course toward a prosperous, peaceful
and secure future. The war has taken a tremendous toll -- not just on the Kosovars but also on
neighboring countries.
For example, last year, Macedonia experienced a modest but encouraging economic growth, making it
among the most successful of the region's economies. Now, though, exports to its largest trading partner,
Serbia, have come to a standstill. Foreign investment has dried up, critical transportation links have been
cut, and unemployment has risen to 35 percent. In the textile industry alone, which comprises nearly 25
percent of the economy, thousands of jobs will be lost by the end of the summer if business is not
restored.
In May, I met a woman named Danica Georgieva, whose small company of six employees did
subcontracting work for the American clothing manufacturer Liz Claiborne. When Danica told me that
because of the war Claiborne had significantly reduced its orders, I promised to do what I could to help.
On my return to Macedonia this week, Paul Charron, Liz Claiborne's CEO, traveled with me to unveil a
project that will not only help the refugees but ensure that Macedonian workers will be able to keep their
jobs as well. Starting at the end of this month, his company will donate the fabric, designs and expertise to
create 250,000 shirts and pants for the refugees, providing 3,000 jobs for Macedonian textile workers in
the process. USAID will fund the production and distribution of the clothing, and the relief agency Mercy
International will make sure the items are distributed to the refugees.
The victory in Kosovo is the triumph of a united international community over the forces of inhumanity and
hatred. But it is also the triumph of countless unheralded individuals -- from brave American and NATO
soldiers to thousands of generous families, relief workers and businesses -- who opened their hearts, their
homes and their pocketbooks to help make sure that every Kosovar refugee would one day be able to go
home with dignity.
When the President ordered our armed forces into combat, he declared three
goals: first, to enable the Kosovar people to return to their homes in safety; second, to require Serbian
forces to leave Kosovo; and third, to deploy an international security force, with NATO at its core, to
protect all the people of that troubled land -- Serbs and Albanians alike. I am proud that America stood
steadfast by these goals and that they are being met.
Undoubtedly, you've heard it said many times: The 20th century has turned out to be the bloodiest in
history. Millions of innocent people have died because democratic nations responded too late to evil and
aggression. Now, because of the resolve of America and our NATO allies, this violent century will end not
with helpless outrage but with an affirmation of decency and human rights. I hope this will be the
foundation for the new century.
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BY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1999, AND THEREAFTER
Their faces may no longer appear on the front pages of our newspapers and
magazines, but there are still nearly 750,000 Kosovar Albanians unable to
return to their homes because of the ruthless determination of Serbian
President Slobodan Milosevic. Nearly 250,000 are in Macedonia alone.
Last week, I traveled to Macedonia to visit the Stenkovac I refugee camp,
located outside Skopje in a region of lush, green hills dotted with small
farms. Thousands of tents -- in rows as far as the eye can see -- cover a
dusty expanse about the size of 80 football fields. As many as 31,000
refugees -- most of them children -- have crowded into the camp in the last
six weeks.
It was a hot, dry day when I arrived at Stenkovac to meet some of the men,
women and children who have made this tent city their temporary home. Most
were separated from a family member in the crush to get out of Kosovo alive,
and everyone is surviving on the hope that one day soon they will return to
their villages and be reunited with their loved ones.
A 63-year-old woman told me she doesn't know where her daughter and
grandchildren are. They were with the daughter's in-laws when Serb police
stormed the house, held guns to their throats and ordered them to leave.
One of the men I met cried when he remembered the funeral of a friend in
his village: Serb police surrounded the mourners as they stood at the grave,
threatening to kill them all. Then, they stripped the Albanians of their
money and valuables and drove them away.
I also spoke with a man who, in fluent English, told me that his wife and
children were visiting her father when the Serbs arrived, forcing him to
flee without them. Six weeks later, he is still trying to find them.
I will never forget the last story I heard that day. A woman described the
crush of refugees being herded onto trains to leave Kosovo. She held tightly
to the hand of her oldest daughter who, in turn, held onto the younger
children. Horrified, she felt her daughter's hand slip away. Forced by the
authorities to board a train, she realized that her girls and her husband,
who was trying to find them, were lost. Today, she, too, lives without any
word of where they are or even whether they are still alive.
For 10 years, Milosevic has oppressed the Albanian population in Kosovo.
First, they were forbidden to go to the theater or sporting events, and
their schools were closed. Then, block by block, Milosevic began ordering
families out of their homes, until he was expelling Kosovar Albanians in the
massive numbers we have witnessed in the last two months.
Once, these people lived in their own homes. Parents worked, and children
went to schools. Today, they huddle in crowded tents. They wait in line for
food -- bread, canned fish, cheese, juice and milk. They wait in line to use
portable toilets and phones, and to get word of missing loved ones.
And these are the lucky ones.
Although the conditions they live in are unimaginable to most of us, they
have food and rudimentary shelter. A remarkable assemblage of some 20 relief
organizations, led by Catholic Relief Services and under the authority of
the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, runs the Stenkovac I camp,
providing care for the children, medical treatment and social services.
There are two UNICEF schools and a youth center run by an Israeli
organization, where children of all ages can enjoy arts, crafts, games and
music. The German Red Cross has opened a hospital. Medical teams have
arrived from France and as far away as Taiwan. The International Rescue
Committee, an American group, is trying to reunite families. And many of the
refugees themselves are volunteering their services around the camp.
Every single person I met at Stenkovac has one thing in common: Each one
wants to go home. And, despite the horrors they have endured, they all told
me how grateful they are to the United States and the NATO allies for
standing up to Slobodan Milosevic. As the refugees told me their stories,
their eyes filled with tears, just as their hearts are filled with hope.
Veton Sylejmani, who came to this country with his wife and 7-month-old
son, Albert, summed it-up best at the White House this week when he said, "I
don't know what else to say except God bless America."
We cannot let these people down. We must tell and retell their stories,
because there is no more powerful argument for why the United States and our
NATO allies are in Kosovo. There is no more powerful justification for why
we will not give up until the evils perpetrated by Milosevic have ended and
these refugees are once again living in their own homes in peace and
security.
If you are interested in making a financial contribution to the refugee
effort, you can call 1-800-USAID-RELIEF (1-800-872-4373) for a list of
agencies. For information on helping to bring refugees to this country, the
number is 1-800-727-4420.
To find out more about Hillary Rodham Clinton and read her past columns,
visit the Creators Syndicate web page at www.creators.com.
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HEADLINE: Superman joins First Lady in lesson about land mines; Man of Steel
teaches Bosnian children to stay safe
DATELINE: WASHINGTON, D.C.
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Oct. 21, 1996--After decades of fighting menaces here and across the galaxy,
Superman faces one of his most difficult problems: how to teach the children of
Bosnia-Herzegovina about land mine safety. Today, he teams up with UNICEF, the
United Nations, IFOR (Implementation Forces in Bosnia), the Department of
Defense, Time Warner, U.N. Ambassador Madeleine Albright and First Lady
Hillary Rodham Clinton to show young people how to protect themselves. DC
Comics has published a comic book, Superman: Deadly Legacy, in three languages,
using the Cyrillic and Latinic alphabets, which will be distributed at no charge
to children through the Mine Action Center in Sarajevo. Participating
organizations assisted writer Louise Simonson and artists Kieron Dwyer and Dick
Giordano, providing research and reference materials to make the comic as useful
to the children as it is emotionally gripping. There are currently three
million land mines buried in Bosnian soil, and as many as three million
unexploded rounds of ordnance. There are 16,000 registered fields containing
land mines, and thousands more unidentified. Worldwide, there may be as many as
110 million unexploded land mines, and as many as 25,000 people die each year as
a result, many of them children. In Superman: Deadly Legacy, the Man of Steel
teaches young people the first steps in protecting themselves against these
dangers. DC Comics President and Editor-in-Chief, Jenette Kahn, said, "When
Judy Collins told me about the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, it sounded like
a problem where we could be of help. We chose Superman to carry the message
because he is uniquely renowned not only for his humanity and compassion, but
also as a citizen of the world. Because he cannot be everywhere at once,
Superman shares his knowledge of land mine peril with Bosnian children,
confident they will spread the word when he's gone. We're proud to be part of
this remarkable alliance of government agencies, non-profit advocacy groups and
private industry. DC Comics is a division of Warner Brothers, a Time Warner
Entertainment company. Since 1938, DC has created over 5000 characters,
including the world's most popular superheroes: Superman, Batman and Wonder
Woman. These and other characters have starred in comic books, movies,
television, the Broadway stage and cyberspace.
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TALKING IT OVER
BY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1999, AND THEREAFTER
During World War II, France's Vichy government asked Morocco's King
Mohammed V for a list of Jews to be handed over to the authorities. He
refused and called on all Muslims to stand together with their Jewish
brothers and sisters -- saying we aren't Jews or Arabs, only Moroccans.
As I've traveled in Morocco this week, I've witnessed many examples of how
this country continues to expand the circle of human dignity. And I've
imagined how life would be different in other parts of the world --
especially in Kosovo -- if all of the world's leaders worked for tolerance
and peace rather than divisiveness and war.
As the United States and its 18 NATO allies try to stop the ethnic
slaughter in Kosovo before it spreads and claims more innocent lives, it is
important to remember how the fighting in that region began.
The former Yugoslavia is home to many ethnic groups, standing as it does at
the crossroads of Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The ingredients for
conflict have always been present, but for the most part, people of
different religions and ethnic groups have found ways to live together for
generations.
The current violence began 10 years ago, when the leader of Serbia,
Slobodan Milosevic, fanned the flames of ethnic division for his own
personal political advantage and exploited the consequences to wage war on
his neighbors and his own citizens.
What we are seeing now in Kosovo, as was the case earlier in Bosnia and
Herzegovina, is nothing less than ethnic cleansing. Ethnic Albanian
refugees, most of whom are Muslims, are streaming by the tens of thousands
out of their homes, seeking refuge from the Serbian military and police
forces who, they report, are burning homes and entire villages, destroying
Albanian shops, separating men and boys from their families, executing them
in cold blood, and rounding up and murdering community leaders. Those who
are lucky enough to remain alive are told to leave Kosovo and never return
again.
Last year, I met a doctor who worked with the refugees of the violence in
Kosovo. She described what it was like to treat the displaced families as
they came down from the mountains, scared and sick with disease and
malnutrition. Even those who were not physically injured, she told me, bore
the psychological scars of what they had seen and experienced.
All this began long before NATO launched its air strikes against the forces
involved in the repression of this largely defenseless people. It is now
clear that, while the Kosovars were engaged in peace negotiations in France
with representatives of the Serbian government, President Milosevic was
planning a campaign for the systematic destruction of Kosovo -- a plan that
he is now executing. Had NATO stood by and done nothing, there is no doubt
that he would not only have begun his current offensive, but he would have
continued with impunity until he killed or displaced most of the Albanian
population.
That is why my husband and our NATO allies are determined to persevere
until Milosevic has embraced peace or we have significantly limited his
ability to wage war.
Achieving a permanent peaceful solution to the tragedy in Kosovo will not
come without a price. But we must do whatever it takes to ensure that ethnic
tensions are resolved by the force of argument, not the force of arms.
It is no easy task to expand the circle of dignity to all people. As we
have learned in the United States, and as I have seen in Morocco this week,
governments can enforce rights and create a fertile climate for tolerance,
but only individuals can decide whether to love or hate. Only individuals
can decide whether there will be genuine harmony between those of different
faiths, nationalities and ethnic groups.
In the last few days, I have asked some of the Moroccans I've met this
question: "How do your children learn tolerance?" In each case, I've
received the same answer: Children learn tolerance in their homes. They
learn it in their schools. They learn it in their places of worship. And
they learn it in their communities every time they see adults who refuse to
stereotype or degrade other human beings.
It is time to learn this lesson and to teach our children to be tolerant
and respectful of all people, to follow leaders who work for peace, and to
make sure that the circle of human dignity is finally wide enough to include
everyone.
To find out more about Hillary Rodham Clinton and read her past columns,
visit the Creators Syndicate web page at www.creators.com.
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