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"...what I think is inevitably going to happen is a free and independent Kosova.....
with God's good will, with our brains, and with the resolve you have shown for so many years...."
Senator Joseph R. Biden
Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
April 28, 2002, Sheraton Hotel, New York City
Dear fellow Albanian American,
On April 28, 2002, at the Sheraton Hotel in New York City, the Albanian American Civic League did something special. We brought together Senator Joseph Biden (Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee), Congressmen Ben Gilman and Tom Lantos (leading members of the House International Relations Committee), Senator Charles Schumer, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, seven Albanian leaders from Kosova, Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Presheve, and eight hundred Albanian Americans in a "Salute to Albanian Freedom."
The occasion was the anniversary of the dinner that was held in the same place and on the same date in 1990, when the Civic League brought academic and civic leaders from Kosova to expose the brutal occupation of Kosova by Serbian dictator, now indicted war criminal, Slobodan Milosevic. This event and the Congressional hearing that preceded it on Capitol Hill marked the beginning of our struggle for Albanian freedom in the Balkans. Twelve years later, the 2002 dinner and delegation to Washington opened a new chapter in our quest to empower all Albanians in the Balkans.
Last summer the Civic League introduced a Congressional Resolution in support of the independence of Kosova in order to jump-start the debate on final status at a time when the international community would not even talk about the issue, let alone act on it. It worked. We have Congressmen Lantos and Gilman to thank for this courageous action, which broke the silence and generated a worldwide discussion about Kosova's future as an independent state. Now, with the retirement of Ben Gilman after thirty years in the House, Congressman Henry Hyde, Chairman of the House International Relations Committee, reintroduced our Resolution (H.Res.11) for the independence of Kosova with Tom Lantos on January 7, 2003, the opening day of the new Congress.
As we plan our work with the new Congress in 2003 to meet the challenges that Albanians face for Kosova's independence, genuine democracy in Albania, and equal rights in Macedonia, Montenegro, Presheve, and Chameria, we need your help. Please become a card-carrying member of our lobby in Washington by clicking on the membership card icon, completing the application form, and using your credit card to make a contribution. If you prefer, you may mail the application form with your contribution to the Albanian American Civic League at P.O. Box 70, Ossining, NY 10562.
If you have any doubts about our commitment, track record, and effectiveness in Washington, please click on the video to hear Senator Biden ask you to support the Civic League. Also, listen to him talk about how we have educated him for the past twenty years, and, above all, listen to his message of hope for justice for Albanians in our time.
Warm regards,
Joe and Shirley
