ALPE-ADRIA CHANCELLORS' CONFERENCE DISCUSSES KOSOVO CRISIS

ZAGREB, June 2 (Hina) - The Chancellors' Conference of the Alpe- Adria regional organisation most strongly condemned the campaign of ethnic cleansing which the Yugoslav authorities are conducting in Kosovo, read a resolution on solving the Kosovo crisis, adopted by the organisation in May. The Chancellors' Conference of the Alpe-Adria working community includes 48 universities and institutions of high education from Austria, Bavaria, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia and Hungary. At a meeting held on May 8 in Graz, on the occasion of its 20th anniversary, the Conference adopted the above-mentioned resolution, which Hina received today from the Zagreb University Chancellor's Office. The Chancellors' Conference advocates the protection of human rights as stated in the United Nations' Charter, and emphasises that human dignity and conscience stand above the sovereignty of a state. Calls for the respect for those rights must not be dismissed as "interference with internal affairs". Citizens must be protected from the arbitrariness of their own government, the resolution reads. The Chancellors' Conference expressed their solidarity with the Pristina University since the violence in Kosovo had started with the violation of the province's autonomy and expulsions of university professors and students. The Chancellors' Conference of the Alpe-Adria Working community also called on the European Chancellors' Conference to establish an international tribunal for the protection of autonomy of universities. (hina) jn rml