Back to Introduction Back to Politics and Theology    Slobodan Milosevic's Opening Statement Tuesday, 31 August 2004   Taken from transcript at http://www.un.org/icty/transe54/040831ED.htm Paragraph divisions, the divisions into parts and the subtitles are my own. Some passages, indicated with dotted lines, have been edited out, including exchanges with the court.   Part one The Destruction of Yugoslavia The Secession of Slovenia The Secession of Croatia Bosnia-Herzegovina International Recognition of the Secessionist States Legality of the Tribunal Part two The Role of Germany European Recognition of Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina Germany's Motives The Myth of the Greater Serbia Origin of the First World War Origins of Yugoslavia Friedrich Neumann, The Destruction of Serbia and the German Liberal Party Germany, Serbia and the Second World War Part three Role of the Vatican The Role of the United States The Role of the European Community Ethnic Cleansing of Serbs in Kosovo Part four Foreign Involvement in the Creation of the KLA KLA as a Terrorist Organisation Pretext for the Nato Intervention Consequences of the Invasion Chemical Warfare Part five Warren Zimmerman on the Slovenian/Croatian Assault on the Yugoslav Army (JNA) Croatia and Yugoslavia after the Second World War The Rise of Tudjman and the HDZ The Serb Reaction Gospic and Vukovar Settlement of the Krajina Problem Part six Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Rise of Political Islam Izetbegovic. The Testimony of Izet Adil Zulfikarpasic An American Assessment Serb Objectives in Bosnia-Herzegovina Part seven Failure of the Prosecution to make its Case Record of the Serb Government in Prosecuting Criminals Plea Bargaining Witnesses: Erdemovic and Deronjic Milosevic's 1989 Speech in Kosovo Polje Policy Statement on Kosovo, 1998 Cynicism of the Court