The investigating judge of the district court in Vranje, Dragan Tomic, said that Musliu was killed by two blows to the head and one to the chest. Although the cause of death has not been determined, it is assumed that the crime was committed by Albanian terrorists as the deceased Musliu was a loyal citizen of Serbia.
Only a day after the murder of Musliu, another crime occurred. Agim Aliju (36) from the village of Veliki Trnovac was found murdered on the driver's side of a Volkswagen "Golf" in the village of Samoljici. He was killed by eight shots. It is believed that he was killed only because he maintained friendly relations with Serbs.
These two murders have greatly upset the residents of Bujanovac, especially Albanians loyal to the Serbian government. The motives for the murders of two other Albanians loyal to Serbia, Xhemal Mustafa, the director of the primary school in Muhovac, and game warden Ejup Asani from the village of Letovice near Bujanovac are also still unresolved. There is reason to believe that they, too, were the victims of Albanian terrorists.
"We have also determined the names of some of the people who are heading these concentration camps, and we have determined the name of the man - the chief of the secret police - who heads all concentration camps in Kosovo," said Alomerovic during an interview given to Beta, adding that "in three instances there is enough evidence to initiate a serious investigation".
"In two instances it is clearly apparent that an indictment can be initiated because there exist dozens of witnesses and material evidence that two men from Plav were killed on the order of Besim Ceku, a brother of the commander of the Kosovo Protection Corps, general Agim Ceku," says Alomerovic.
"Besim Ceku is the head of the KLA secret police, located in the offices of the Raj Bank in Pec," said Alomerovic and added that representatives of the Committee have told KFOR officials the name of the man who is heading these concentration camps after which "they got very excited and left the office". "Panic broke out and then they began to question how we knew this and who told us this. Despite promises, they did not allow one of the relatives of those kidnapped to see the place where a concentration camp is located," said Alomerovic.
He said that the International Committee of the Red Cross had also been advised of the existence of these concentration camps and an initiative started for the exchange of all those kidnapped who are in the concentration camps in Kosovo for imprisoned Albanians who are in Serbian jails.
"There is a large number of kidnapped non-Albanians, several hundred at least, and a large number of their family members are distressed because they do not even know if their relatives are alive," said Alomerovic.
He advised that the Helsinki Committee in Novi Pazar has produced a report on the position of Bosniaks in Kosovo after the arrival of KFOR.
"According to our evidence, 65 Muslims-Bosniaks have been killed in Kosovo since the arrival of KFOR, and according to assessments on the basis of indirect data, more than 100,000 Bosniaks have been expelled from Kosovo," he said.
Alomerovic said that in the area of Sandzak, during the period of the crisis in the region of the former Yugoslavia, human rights were most greviously violated "even more so than in Kosovo".
"Until the beginning of the war in Kosovo in 1998 in that province not a single village was ethnically cleansed, not a single Albanian was kidnapped, not a single Albanian home was bombed or set on fire. In Sandzak, in the years prior to the signing of the Dayton agreement, more than 50 villages were completely ethnically cleansed. Six abductions took place; in them more than 50 people were kidnapped and all of them were killed. In addition, in Sandzak 36 Bosniaks were killed at work, in apartments and homes. The Helsinki Committee has documented 16 classic armed attacks on villages during which people were killed and their houses set on fire," said Alomerovic.
Yesterday at 4:00 a.m. south of the central bridge in Kosovska Mitrovica shots were fired but so far details of this incident have not been determined.
Two nights ago in Kosovo Polje the "celebration" of the anniversary of the bombing of Yugoslavia began. Gatherings of Albanians began around 6:00 p.m. when approximately 10,000 Albanians met in the city center in front of the ZTO administration building. They later marched down the streets of Kosovo Polje carrying lighted candles: "They stopped at all the Serb houses and, with threats and curses, stoned almost all residences in the part of the city on the right side of the road Pristina-Pec," Blic was told by the Center for Peace and Tolerance.
Yesterday at 11:00 a.m. in front on the bakery in the center of the city, approximately 3,000 Albanian youths and students from all local schools gathered allegedly to celebrate the renaming of the street from "Emperor Dusan Street". In Stimlje in two separate incidents hand grenades were thrown at Serb houses located right next to a KFOR installation but fortunately, they did not explode. KFOR confirmed that in Kosovo Polje two nights ago hand grenades were thrown at Serb houses but there were no victims.
Five artillery shells were launched at a Muslim house in the village of Donji Streoc, and one Serb was arrested in Lepina following a search of the houses there. The Center for Peace and Tolerance in Obilic reports that the barricades on the road Crkvene Vodice-Obilic have been removed after major Anderson agreed to meet the Serb demands. In Obilic two nights ago the house of the Dosljak couple was set on fire, and several Serb houses were stoned.
According to information from the Church National Council, at the meeting with the Serbs and KFOR representatives, the Albanians from the village of Koretin criticized members of the international forces from the U.S. and Russia for not doing enough to protect people and property. According to the Church National Council, they said that American soldiers free disruptive Albanians after only two or three days under arrest, after which they resume mistreating the residents in the surrounding villages.
The Albanians from the village of Koretin said at the meeting that they cannot influence the behavior of their extremist compatriots and asked KFOR troops to take more decisive action against trouble makers.
KFOR spokesperson lieutenant-colonel Philip Anido confirmed that approximately 40 Albanians in Koretin stoned two Serb cars. When the KFOR military police arrived to intervene, the group grew to 120 people who dispersed upon the arrival of KFOR reinforcements, he advised. He added that one Serb house was set on fire in Prizren, and five more in Obilic and Kosovo Polje. The fires were put out by local firefighting brigades with the assistance of KFOR troops, said Anido.
In High Decani Street in Kosovo Polje two nights ago the house of Zivorad Stepic was set on fire. Stepic was killed a few months ago in a bomb attack on the market in Bresje. The house was deserted and occupied primarily by criminals. The Center for Peace and Tolerance several days ago asked that the international police conduct a search and empty the Stepic house; the throwing of a Molotov cocktail and setting of the fire appears to be connected with the police announcement that criminals would be chased out.
While the number of attacks on Serbs is decreasing, the number of long-time residents of Kosovo Polje who are asking for the assistance of UNMIK and the Center to prevent the sale of their houses is growing. Certain Zivojin Velickovic submitted a land title showing that he was the owner of his house, not his son, who attempted to sell his father's house to the Albanians. The Center said that there are many such cases and as a result assistance has been sought from the Legal Assistance Service of the appropriate ministry in the Serbian government which recently opened an office in Kosovo Polje. They have also been requested to intervene in cases where irresponsible attorneys in Kosovo Polje and Pristina are attempting for a ten percent commission to assist endangered, ill and weary Serbs to sell their property for next to nothing. On the other hand, property is being sold behind closed doors for a higher price, while owners, especially Serbs, are presented with title transfers on which the stated price does not exceed 100,000 German marks, even though the real value of the house exceeds 300,000 German marks.
The president of the executive board of the Serb National Council, Oliver Ivanovic, reached agreement two days ago with the commander of the French sector of KFOR, general Pierre Saqui de Sannes and UNMIK head Bernard Kouchner that Serb bridgekeepers would withdraw twenty meters back from the point where they formerly kept watch, while patrols of French KFOR troops will remain close to the bridge.
Two days ago in north Mitrovica a conflict occurred between Serbs and French KFOR troops who tried to establish a security zone 100 meters wide in the Bosnjacka Mahala quarter of north Mitrovica by assuming control over approaches to the east bridge. 15 civilians were injured in the conflict, two of them seriously.
"This decision means that reason has prevailed and demonstrates that interethnic conflicts cannot be resolved by the use of force," assessed Trajkovic.
According to him, the agreement between the Serbs, KFOR and UNMIK shows also shows that the Serbs from north Mitrovica cannot be circumvented in resolving problems in that divided city.
Trajkovic pointed out that the main difficulty was that problems in Kosovo were being resolved piecemeal. "The crisis in Mitrovica cannot be resolved without a concrete agreement as to what will happen in Pristina, Pec, Prizren, Urosevac, Gnjilane and other Kosovo cities," he assessed.
Trajkovic stated that the Serb National Council of Kosovo and Metohija believes that the creation of safety zones must be accompanied by the establishment of security throughout Kosovo and the simultaneous return of Serbs who have fled from the province.
"This would restore faith in the international community among the Serbs and make the question of Mitrovica far easier to resolve," he said.
Trajkovic announced that the Serb National Council of Kosovo and Metohija was preparing plans for the return of Serbs to Kosovo which included security, economic and humanitarian components and expressed the hope that these plans would receive the support of the leading representatives of the international community in Kosovo.
"We expect the democratic opposition in Serbia to lend us its concrete support in the preparation of these plans and in their realization in accordance with previous agreements," Trajkovic said.
Olivera Nastic of Zvecan had to undergo an amputation of her left foot because of injuries inflicted by a stun grenade, and serious leg injuries were also sustained by Dragan Pelevic, who was transferred to the Belgrade Clinical Center. Stevo Zigic, Branko Pantic, Jelena Pavicevic, Dusan Vrzic, Milan Radicevic, Budimir Lukic and Zorica Vukosavljevic required surgical intervention; the president of the executive board of the Serb National Council, Oliver Ivanovic, was also lightly injured.
The conflict between KFOR and the Serbs began slightly after 10:00 a.m. in front of the east bridge on the Ibar, and occurred due to the decision of the commander of KFOR sector north, Pierre de Saqui de Sannes, to form a "safe area" near the east bridge in Bosnjacka Mahala, thus prohibiting the presence of the "Bridge" group which kept watch.
At 7:00 a.m. KFOR troops and Italian carabinieri began a campaign to take over control over approaches from the bridge which connect Bosnjacka Mahala with the southern part of the city, inhabited by Albanians. Approximately 250 troops, supported by armored transporters, formed a cordon on the north approach to the bridge, ordering the four Serbs who were on watch to move away, which they did. Then, approximately 300 Serbs gathered surrounding the security cordon approximately 250 meters from the bridge. The Serbs were attempting to pass through to their houses in that quarter through the cordon of international forces, but the French refused to allow this. The French soldiers then fired tear gas and stun grenades at the gathered Serbs.
The place of the conflict was visited by the commander of KFOR sector north, Pierre de Saqui de Sannes, who reached an agreement with the president of the executive board of the Serb National Council, Oliver Ivanovic, for the Serbs to refrain from protests until the arrival of Bernard Kouchner, while KFOR will withdraw its cordon 20 meters closer to the bridge. The decision of de Sannes will be either confirmed or rejected by Kouchner and Reinhardt.
In the meanwhile, a group of Albanians from the southern part of the city crossed the east bridge into Bosnjacka Mahala but the French soldiers turned the group back to south Mitrovica.
"A zone of absolute insecurity will be created by distancing the 'Bridge' people from the other, eastern bridge on the Ibar. Because of this decision by the French general in the northern part of Mitrovica there has been an increase in tension, and according to the decision only two Serbs can be next to the bridge in coooperation with KFOR. De Sannes made this decision after criticism that he was pro-Serb, and now is pretending he is a bigger American than the Americans," said Ivanovic, announcing that the Serbs, if the decision is confirmed, will hold big demonstrations. He added that "KFOR reacted brutally against peaceful demonstrators" and added:
"We have neither an army nor a police force and so we cannot resist. We believe that this 'safe zone' will become a zone of insecurity. When a 'safe zone' is created in Bosnjacka Mahala, in which Albanians also live, KFOR intends to establish full control over approaches to the main bridge on the Ibar and thus take another step forward toward the uniting of the city, which is the goal of the international community."
Ivanovic said that KFOR, if it continues to insist on the formation of the "safe zone", will be faced with the complete civil disobedience of the Serbs. "We will not cooperate and we will not honor the curfew," said Ivanovic.
The Serbs in the northern part of Mitrovica are afraid that by this campaign and plan of KFOR for the creation of a "safe zone", the Albanians from the southern part of the city will be enable to pass unhindered into Bosnjacka Mahala, in the north of Mitrovica, through which they can easily pass to reach any part of northern Mitrovica.
The Americans immediately started search in the northern part of the city. They first entered Mihajlo Petrovic Alas School, the Faculty of Mining and Metallurgy, Children Clinic and several residential buildings. The Americans entered the faculty building by force, breaking cupboards and offices. They injured with spray two Serbs trying to prevent them. The Serbs soon gathered in large numbers. They protested and did not allow American soldiers to continue the action. They were throwing stones at the Americans. While the Americans were "retreating", the Serbs cried several times "French soldiers".
"Americans behave like savages. They even strip women naked", says Milan K, a Serb. He requested that his family name not to be mentioned.
"The French have come here first. We do not need Americans. We know what happened in Gnjilane. The Americans cooperate with the Albanians", Zoran, a student, said.
Spokesman of KFOR regional commanded reported that in both parts of the city certain quantity of weapons and ammunition was found. Two Albanians and one Serb were arrested.
The French soldiers carried out action in the Children Clinic. According to doctors, the soldiers were behaving correctly although they were searching for weapons even under babies` beds.
The house of Trajan Savic is located only thirty meters from a KFOR check-point, claim Serb sources.
Three nights ago at approximately 10:30 p.m. six strong detonations resonated very near the Monastery of High Decani, ham-radio operators reported. Two mines exploded on the part of the road between a KFOR base and the monastery, while four were placed along the road of so-called "Kinetu-nasip". According to the same source, the road was damaged to great extent by the explosions but there were no other consequences.
Members of the KFOR Italian contingent immediately began an investigation. There are 22 monks and one civilian person in the monastery who have not been targeted since the deployment of KFOR. The placement of explosive devices and mines on the road which leads from Decani to the monastery appears to be connected with the commemoration of the anniversary of the formation of the KLA in the region of Decani and the Junik mountains.
The KFOR spokesperson, Canadian lieutenant colonel Philip Anido, advised that during the previous 24 hours no serious incidents appeared in Kosovo but that members of the multinational forces were investigating the explosions which occurred in the vicinity of the Monastery of High Decani.
The KFOR spokesperson said that one person of Albanian nationality was arrested yesterday when found to be in possession of a "Kalashnikov" and two magazines of ammunition while, at the same time, Polish soldiers belonging to KFOR confiscated 12 hunting rifles and a large quantity of ammunition found in buses transporting passengers from Turkey.
Norwegian soldiers belonging to KFOR reported an explosion two nights ago in front of an Albanian house in Kosovo Polje. No one was injured in that explosion while the house bears signs of lesser damage, said Anido, adding that on the same night a hand grenade was thrown at an Albanian-run café in Istok but without consequences.
"The Liberation Army of Presevo, Medvedja and Bujanovac has its headquarters in Dobrosin, a village in the municipality of Bujanovac, about 500 meters from the administrative border with Kosovo," writes "Zeri".
According to accounts of eyewitnesses, who were stopped yesterday near Dobrosin by a seven man patrol, the members of this formation are dressed in green uniforms similar to those worn by Canadian KFOR soldiers in Kosovo and they are armed with automatic rifles. On their heads they wear black berets. Witnesses claim that they ran into the UCPBM patrol only fifty meters after passing an American check-point, the last in Kosovo when heading toward Dobrosin and the municipality of Presevo. Dobrosin is located in a hardly accessible, mountainous terrain encircled by forests in the five kilometer-wide buffer zone inside Serbian territory. During the conflict in Kosovo, these forests were the sanctuary of the members of the KLA. There have been no women and children in Dobrosin since January 26, claim witnesses, as they withdrew to the Gnjilane region.
One KFOR source told Beta that multinational forces intelligence people claim that "there are people in Kosovo, as well, who are connected with events in Presevo". The source did not wish to say who these people were. He also said that "information exchanges between KFOR and Yugoslav security forces regarding the situation in this region occur regularly".
In his first statement for the Pristina paper "Zeri", a man who introduced himself as the commander of the UCPMB but whose name was not revealed said that his movement "has a fully military structure" and assumed responsibility for the attack on Saturday in which policeman Slavisa Dimitrijevic was killed and three others wounded near the village of Konculj. "Our people were on patrol. They ran into the Serbian patrol and were forced to open fire. Unfortunately, one of our own men was killed," said the commander of that formation.
"Zeri" states that armed and uniformed men with the insignia of the UCPMB are training and patrolling in the demilitarized zone which was established alongside the administrative border. "We appeared in public on January 26 at the funeral of the Shaqiri brothers in Dobrosin," he stated.
He further noted that "paramilitary forces accompanying police are entering without any controls into the villages of Kormijan, Domoroc and Ranilug in Kosovo because they are not being controlled by the Russians at check-points on the administrative border".
According to Hennings, KFOR will not allow the same or similar actions to be initiated from the territory of Kosovo which will result in escalated tension in the southeast part of Kosovo, in the area of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja". "KFOR will do everything possible," stressed Hennings, "to stop the spreading of the conflict to the territory of the south of Serbia".
The KFOR spokesperson stated that in the area of Decani two Albanians have been arrested under suspicion on carrying out an artillery attack on the Monastery of High Decani on Sunday evening.
Ham-radio operators have transmitted that several explosions were heard yesterday from the area of the municipality of Vitina. Official sources claim that this was part of a military exercise by the peacekeeping forces; however, many KFOR troops were seen in transporters and armored vehicles yesterday passing through Pristina in the direction of Podujevo, Mitrovica and the northern part of Kosovo. Official KFOR and UNMIK sources have not made a statement regarding this movement of troops but it was unofficially learned that the UNMIK command issued an order to increase the number of soldiers along the administrative border with Serbia due to the forthcoming KFOR maneuvers.
The central protest meeting called "Against NATO, against sanctions" began at 11 a.m. at Nikola Pasic Square in Belgrade. At the meeting, the organizer, the Association of Unions of Serbia, asked for the lifting of sanctions, consistent application of the UN Security Council Resolution 1244 and the return of all persons expelled from Kosovo and Metohija to their homes.
Tomislav Banovic, president of the Association of Unions of Serbia, in his address to several thousand people sent a message to all the freedom-loving people of the world, unions, governments and parliaments of all the countries in the world, to the UN Security Council and to the free world that "March 24 must never be repeated", but neither should it be forgotten.
In Tasmajdan Park a monument was revealed dedicated to the children killed in the bombing. The monument, initiated by "Vecernje Novosti" daily newspaper, was uncovered by the brothers and sisters of the children who were killed. Elementary school pupils from Belgrade, Loznica and Banja Luka read 80 names of children killed in the bombing. Engraved on the monument, in both English and Serb languages, is the inscription "We were only children".
The ceremony was also attended by representatives of the Belgrade municipal authorities; the bishop of Hvost, Atanasije; Belgrade cardinal, France Perko; representatives of the Yugoslav Army and the Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs; and the Greek ambassador in Yugoslavia.
The event held on Republic Square was called "Music for Peace" as were the concerts held every day during the bombing. During the war concerts were also held on the bridges of Belgrade, where the beginning of the bombing was commemorated by a series of events called "Not to be forgotten".
About 200 people started out shortly after 9 a.m. from the Yugoslavia Hotel in a run called "Peace Marathon-Vidovdan 99". Joining the run to commemorate the beginning of the aggression were soccer players, students and members of athletic clubs. The race that began at 9 a.m. in front of the Yugoslavia Hotel. The route led by almost all bombed locations in Belgrade. The participants stopped and laid wreaths and flowers at all these locations.
The delegation of the Belgrade government yesterday lit candles in the Church of St. Marko for the victims of the NATO bombing. After that representatives of the municipal government visited the monument in Aberdareva Street, laid a wreath on it and paid their respects to those killed with a minute of silence. The laying of the wreath was also attended by relatives of workers killed in the bombardment of the Radio Television of Serbia (RTS).
City official Ratko Bulatovic who lost both legs in the bombing of Belgrade was the first to enter the Church of St. Marko and light a candle for all victims of aggression.
RTS general director Dragoljub Milanovic laid wreaths in Aberdareva Street, on the spot where 16 workers of RTS lost their lives during the bombing. Wreaths were also laid by the delegation of the Association of Journalists of Serbia led by president Milorad Komrakov.
The president of the executive council Bosko Perosevic laid a wreath yesterday from the remains of the Freedom Bridge and in front of several dozen people into the Danube River "in commemoration of all victims of NATO aggression against FRY".
At a commemorative session held yesterday the president of the executive council of Nis, Branislav Jovanovic, read the names of 55 residents of Nis municipality who were killed during the aggression, including 25 civilians, 9 policeman and 21 soldiers and reservists.
Approximately 1,000 people participated in a protest meeting two nights ago called "We stand steady" in front of the American Cultural Center in Podgorica marking the anniversary of the NATO aggression on FRY. The demonstrations began with Yugoslav anthem and a minute of silence to honor those killed. At the end of the protest Bill Clinton and Madeleine Albright were burnt in effigy.
More than 2,000 people paid their respects to those who lost their lives in the train attacked by missiles shot from NATO planes by the Bistrica railway bridge crossing the South Morava River, near Grdelica. More than 50 passengers were killed in that train.
A ceremony marking the beginning of construction of a monument dedicated to the victims of the bombing was held in the park in downtown Kursumlija. The president of municipal government Borivoje Urosevic said that 42 members of the Yugoslav Army and Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs from Kursumlija municipality lost their lives.
Commemorative services dedicated to all people killed in the bombing were held in all monasteries and churches of the bishopric of Montenegro-Primorje. The bishop of Budimljane, Joanikije, held commemorative services at Cetinje Monastery and said that the innocent victims had been killed by the most powerful military machine in the history of the world.
He prayed that the people and leaders of Serbia and Montenegro "remember the innocent blood that has been shed for defense of the country and see reason because evil can only come from them, and not from the people".
The Serbs are asking that checkpoints be set up at the entrance and exit to the village and which Norwegian KFOR troops would prevent the bringing of weapons into the village, as well introduction of patrols from Crkvena Vodica to Obilic and that they are provided with accompaniment once a week should they wish to visit relatives in the region of Kosmet.
The Serbs have said that the road Obilic-Veliki Belacevac will remain blocked until their demands are met.
The Serbs in the municipality of Lipljan also protested yesterday because of the arrest of Dejan Slavic from the village of Lepina for an alleged car theft. Because of this local residents of Lepina have blocked the road which leads to Kosovo Polje, report ham-radio operators from Kosmet.
Two nights ago troops from the Finnish KFOR contingent, acting on the order of investigating judge Haki Lecaj, first blocked the village off with armored transporters and then arrested Slavic. Albanian members of the local police participated in the arrest. The KFOR troops also loosened dogs to attack the gathered local residents who were blocking the road. Local resident Zoran Slavic, according to reports of radio-amateurs, bled profusely as a result of dog bites but he was not permitted to go to the hospital in Kosovo Polje.
KFOR soldiers arrested the leaders of the protest, Jovica Mitrovic (51) and Mladen Mitrovic (45), and afterwards also arrested Dejan Rasic and Goran Radic and brought them to the police station.
After their return from a visit to the U.S., which they described as "the most productive so far", they said that American officials expressed "great readiness" to work on the project of securing conditions for the return of the Serb and other non-Albanian population in Kosovo. They indicated that Kosovo would soon be visited by a representative of the State Department, the Orthodox priest of Serb descent Milan Sturgis, who will coordinate the activities of the American administration, the Serb Orthodox Church and the Serbian Unity Congress with respect to refugee returns.
They described the incidents near the administrative border between Kosovo and Serbia as the attempts of Albanian extremists to provoke a reaction by the regime and thus "pull NATO into a new conflict" with Serbia.
Father Sava accused the Kosovo Albanians of "stubbornly attempting to force the international community to accept the idea that they will leave the Serbs in peace and give them the status of a minority" if Kosovo becomes independent. In his opinion, the great powers are hesitating "to unpack the Albanian problem as a whole" because this would open up problems in Macedonia, Montenegro and in the north of Greece, as well.
"It is not without reason that Madeleine Albright made a trip to Albania and said that Greater Albania is out of the question," assessed Father Sava.
In a statement issued in the Patriarchy it is said that the Holy Synod is also concerned that the appropriate social and state organs have not responded to and for years have ignored the appeals of the Church for the return of confiscated church property, registration books and endowments, as well as introduction of religious education in the schools.
The Holy Synod also considered the situation in Kosovo: "Of special concern is that international forces and factors have not fulfilled their promises in Kosovo and Metohija - they have not upheld UN Security Council Resolution 1244. Thus, the situation in Kosovo and Metohija, instead of improving, has grown worse and worse since KFOR and UNMIK came to power there. One gains the impression, unfortunately, that everything that is being done has the goal of preventing the return of hundreds of thousands of expelled Serbs and other ethnic minorities to their ancestral homes. We are concerned because the country has been led into a hopeless situation and it is declining more and more each day," it is said in the statement.
Blic has learned that the Synod, in a meeting which lasted two days (it began on Thursday and concluded yesterday) invited the priesthood and the faithful, during the period of the forthcoming Easter fast, to pray each Sunday following liturgy for the salvation and deliverance of the Serb people and our country from the sanctions of the international community, for the return in the near future of those expelled from Kosovo and Metohija and other parts of the former Yugoslavia to their ancestral homes, as well as for the healing of our society. The Synod appeals that the people be permitted "to democratically express their free will", as well as for the creation "of conditions which will help our country to establish healthy international relations, lead us out of isolation, assist the resolution of accumulated internal political, economic, state and other problems, and encourage the people to embark on the paths of true advancement, spiritual, moral and general social transformation and the rebirth of all spheres of its life".