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Bombing of Yugoslavia violated environmental regulations
December 19, 2000

Belgrade, December 18 (Tanjug) - NATO operations in Yugoslavia
have "dramatically aggravated" the environmental situation and will in
the long run affect the health and quality of life of the generations to
come, it is said in today's statement of the environmental protection
committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
submitted to Tanjug from Paris.

In the draft recommendation, the Committee quotes that the countries that
had participated in military operations ignored international regulations
aimed at curbing environmental hazards in military conflicts, especially
article 55 and 56 from the first additional protocol of Geneva Convention
from 1949.

European MPs recommended further financial assistance for
non-government organizations dealing with environmental pollution after
wars. They also urged the drafting of an international convention for
limiting even further environmental pollution during military conflicts.

In his report, Ukrainian Sergey Kuryukin said that the circulation of
pollutants through the air, water, and soil, resulting directly or indirectly
from the war campaign in FR of Yugoslavia, affected the entire
southeastern Europe. According to Kuryukin, warheads charged with
depleted uranium, discharge of toxins into the river Danube, fires in
industrial facilities, and exhaust fumes from NATO planes were the most
prominent causes of pollution.

Kuryukin, who represents the "Green party" in Ukrainian Parliament, said
that pollutions of the environment were evident from the beginning and so
"we can assume that they were deliberate".