Demand for respecting the professional ethics

In the round table "Truth against the aggression on FRY" in "Sava" center, they proposed that a world network be created through which those media would be able to spread true information, all this in order to put down the shameful and powerful NATO propaganda.

German journalist, Jirgen Elzeser, assessed that suchlike assemblies be organized more often in order to create greater cooperation between independent world media and to expose the lies of NATO propaganda.

Elzeser pointed out that many media manipulations and lies of this propaganda have been revealed, but unfortunately late, as it happened with the so-called massacre in Racak.

"Berliner zeitung" published the report of a group of pathologists on the event in this village in Kosmet, but late, and it was all confirmed by Italian "Manifesto", he said.

Stressing that annex B of the so-called agreement in Rambouillet would not be accepted by any country, he reminded that the details of that document were revealed when the war against Yugoslavia has already started.

Israel journalist, Pasit Rowena, speaking about the analytical role of the media in the Kosmet events, stressed that journalists` profession was divided into mercenaries and victims, which started by a TV film on the Bay war.

TV spectacle was also made out of the "Marcale" case, and journalists have become "captives of the information only one center produces", she concluded.

According to the opinion of Israel journalist, NATO aggression of FRY brought into question the role of the United Nations and, as she assessed, by this war started a new war era.

Rowena suggested that Yugoslav journalists, together with their colleagues from Iraq and Israel, on the international scene pose the question of depleted uranium use for practicing genocide on people.

Mexican Luis Gutieres expressed satisfaction for speaking with colleagues who are real professionals and not the instruments of the western propaganda machinery.

Pointing out that Mexican public was exposed to manipulations spread by leading world agencies and networks serving to western powers, Gutieres sad that truth and important information about the Balkans and about situation and events in Yugoslavia they received thanks to the Press Agency Tanjug.

Czech journalist, Ian Hrobar, noticed that truth and justice are hard to reach the world and he thanked Yugoslav colleagues for making it possible for journalists from all parts of the world to be informed on the goings-on during the NATO aggression.

Speaking about the media in Czechoslovakia, which are mainly in the hands of the strangers, above all German capital, he concluded that this fact explained their supporting NATO       and American propaganda.

Hrobar said that Czech public opinion, in spite of such attitude of the media, was against the NATO aggression since, as he said, national conscience started to work as well as the historic memory.

Agamemnon Stavru from Cyprus assessed that mankind is confronted with great dangers for peace, stability and cooperation between peoples.

He stressed that in barbaric aggression of NATO, principles of the UN Resolution were broken as well as all international laws.

Condemning the air strikes of NATO on Yugoslavia, he said that they were precisely directed towards civil targets, and the assertation that they were directed towards the military ones was public deceit, as well as the assertation that military intervention had humanitarian character.

The US and NATO caused psychic trauma to the entire Yugoslav nation, and during the last two days I saw the optimism of Serbian people, who were trying to maintain the sovereignty and territorial integrity, he concluded.

Chinese journalist, Tang Jin Hui, reminded that western media before the bombing had prepared the terrain for NATO war against Yugoslavia by stories about Albanian refugees and humanitarian catastrophe, which became means in the hands of NATO military machinery.

NATO aggression also destroyed journalism, he said, and concluded that western journalists who were consciously or subconsciously NATO means should read once again the first lesson of journalism - the truthful reporting.

Asad Azuni from Jordan assessed that the aggression on FRY was based on great lies concerning media, the lies with which America tried to conceal its real aims - realizing its interests and turn Yugoslavia from producer into consumer and into their own market place.

Barbaric aggression on FRY was overcome by Serbian mentality, dignity and reconstruction spirit, which we had the opportunity to see while visiting objects built in a short period of time, he concluded.

Iraq journalist, Mohamed Nasser, pointing out that Baghdad severely condemned NATO aggression, just like Belgrade condemned the bombing of Iraq, said that he saw on the spot the crime done by NATO aviation.

He judged every kind of violence and said that he convinced himself that NATO had not chosen the targets in Yugoslavia, reminding that in Iraq, due to American attacks and sanctions, mortality of women and children was doubled.

Journalist from the United Arabic Emirates, Nihal Sing, expressed his enthusiasm by the reconstruction of a country destroyed in aggression and pointed to danger from Albanians, who in spite of the UN Security Council 1244 have aspirations for the independence of Kosovo-Metohija region.

Stressing the importance of truthful reporting, he assessed that the Journalists` Association of Serbia should be actively on the Internet, especially concerning Kosmet and the events from that Province.

Greek Nikos Miletis and Italian Massimo Navo expressed the need for closer cooperation between western and Serbian sources, especially when it comes to reporting from Kosmet, and they appealed for objective reporting.

On Kosmet events, Miso Vujovic from the Temporary Executive Board in Kosovo-Metohija informed the participants, and he invited the journalists to come to the southern province and spread truth on the events taking place there.

According to his opinion, that was a debt to the profession, to Serbian and other non-Albanian colleagues, who were deprived of the possibility to work and live there in spite of the presence of 50 000 soldiers of the peace mission.

Cuban journalist, Elson Concepcion Peres pointed out that NATO aggression on FRY was the act of "genocide on a nation in the Balkans".

On behalf of all his colleagues, he expressed gratitude for the privilege of seeing the real truth by his Yugoslav colleagues.

He judged that the campaign of disinformation was produced in Washington and concluded "Pentagon and NATO killed the information".

Participants of the four-days-long gathering, which is to end tomorrow with a meeting with Federal Prime Minister, Momir Bulatovic, supported the accepting of declaration in which a wish was expresses that aggression on media, like the one from 1999, would never and nowhere be repeated again.