International Community
2004
SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC’S TRIAL IN THE HAGUE: As Milosevic’s trial in The Hague entered its final phase, the Civic League released Shirley Cloyes’ analysis of his opening testimony, which was submitted at the request of the War Crimes Tribunal in advance of oral testimony given by DioGuardi and Cloyes at The Hague in March 2003. August 2004. Click here for the full text in English and Albanian. Milosevic blamed Joe DioGuardi and the Civic League for his fate. Click here to listen to Milosevic’s testimony in low bandwidth and high bandwidth.
EXERT MORE PRESSURE ON BELGRADE TO DEMOCRATIZE. A comment about Western foreign policy for Serbia published by Shirley Cloyes DioGuardi in The Financial Times of London. March 2004. Full text available here.
2001
GOVERNOR GEORGE PATAKI PROCLAIMS NOVEMBER 28, 2001, AS ALBANIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY IN NEW YORK STATE. November 2001. Full text available here.
CONGRESSMAN DANA ROHRABACHER REAFFIRMS HIS SUPPORT FOR ALBANIAN FREEDOM. July 2001. Full text available here.
2000
THE CIVIC LEAGUE DENOUNCES EXIT STRATEGY FOR MILOSEVIC. Letters to The Washington Post and The New York Times. June-July 2000. Full text of letter to the Washington Post available here. Letter to the New York Times available here.
ALBANIAN AMERICAN CIVIC LEAGUE CALLS FOR THE DEFEAT OF THE CHINA TRADE BILL. In light of the Chinese Communist government’s support of Serbian dictator and indicted war criminal Slobodan Milosevic, the Albanian American Civic League called on the U.S. Congress to defeat legislatio that would grant permanent normal trade status to China. May 2000. Full text available here.
1999
JOE DIOGUARDI SENDS A LETTER TO PRESIDENT CLINTON ABOUT STOPPING THE GENOCIDE AGAINST KOSOVAR ALBANIANS. April 1999. Full letter available here.