AKIP letër të hapur letër Ambasadorit Üzümcü: Mos përzgjidhni Shqipërinë, ja arsyet

Nga OraNews Përditësimi i fundit 14 Nëntor 2013, 15:39

Aleanca Kundër Importit të Plehrave i kërkon Organizatës për Ndalimin e Armëve Kimike që të mos përfshihet Shqipëria në demontimin e tyre. Me anë të një letre të hapur AKIP i ka kërkuar drejtorit të përgjithshëm të Organizatës për Ndalimin e Armëve Kimike, Ambasadorit Ahmet Üzümcü që vendimi i nesërm për armët kimike të mos përfshijë Shqipërinë.

AKIP numëron disa arsye pse armët kimike të Sirisë nuk duhet të shkatërrohen në territorin e vendit tonë. Sipas kësaj aleance ambjentaliste,  Shqipëria nuk është pjesë e Organizatës për Ndalimin e Armëve Kimike, por ajo nuk duhet të jetë destinacion për armët kimike pasi territori ynë është i vogël.

“Shqipëria nuk është pjesë e mirqënë e Organizatës për Ndalimin e Armëve Kimike. Siç mund ta dini dhe ju Shqipëria është aktualisht në borxh dhe nuk ka paguar detyrimet e saj në OCPË që nga viti 2012.  Ndër të tjera Shqipëria nuk është në përputhje me kriteret e Konventën e Armëve Kimike. Por  siç mund ta dini Shqiperia ka ende mbetje kimike ne territorin e saj te cilat vijne si rezultat i shkaterrimit te armeve ne vitin 2007, në bazen e Qafë Mollës, e cila eshte më pak se 10 km nga kryeqyteti.  E gjitha kjo eshte realizuar ne nje proçes te pasigurt dhe efektet mund të ndjehen ende në mjedis. Sipas AKIP, Shqipëria për me tepër nuk ka një baze teknologjike për shkaterrimin e këtyre armeve siç kerkojnë standartet europiane. Dhe per te arritur kete qellim duhen shume vite. Një proçes i tille do te ballafaqonte Shqiperine me probleme te medha sigurie mjedisore” thekson AKIP.

Në letër thuhet se Shqiperia mesa duket eshte mes nje obligimi te konventes se shkaterrimit te armeve dhe zerit te qytetareve, prandaj kerkohet që te behet  transparent plani i shkaterrimit të ketyre armeve, sigurinë që ofrojnë vendet partnere dhe natyren e vertetë te ketyre lendeve kimike.

“Shqiperia nuk duhet te konsiderohet si destinacion i fundit qe e detyron te pergjigjet me po kerkeses se SHBA nga te gjitha vendet ne liste, por eshte vendi me territorin me te vogel gje qe nuk e ndihmon ne kryerjen e kesaj detyre. Per me teper sipas konventes se shkaterrimit te armeve nese asnje nga vendet e sygjeruara nuk pranon te shkaterrojë armet ne territorin e saj ,Siria eshte e detyruar te kryejë kete proçes ne territorin e saj.Se fundmi ju bejme me dije shqetesimin tone duke shqyrtuar se ligjet e Kushtetutes shqiptare nuk  pranojne transferimin e arsenalit te ketyre armeve.Per kete arsye problematika te kësaj natyre parlamenti eshte i detyruar te konsultohet jo vetem ne mbledhjet parlamntare, por edhe me zerin e shoqerise civile” përfundon AKIP.

Letra e plote ne versionin anglisht drejtuar Ambasadorit nga AKIP:

Honorable Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü:

First, we take this opportunity to commend your Organization, the OPCW, and you personally for the very important work you are doing and to congratulate you on the well-deserved Nobel Peace Prize.

We are representatives of the Alliance Against the Importation of Waste (AKIP), an Albanian NGO duly registered under Albanian law.  Last year we successfully campaigned against the importation of all waste – hazardous and non-hazardous – in Albania by collecting over 65,000 signatures in support of a national referendum on this matter. Our request passed all constitutional hurdles and the referendum date was set for December 2013. The referendum became unnecessary  when the new Parliament  in Albania decreed a stop to all waste importation.

Our relief has been short-lived, however, as press reports state that Albania will accept and then destroy Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal.  We understand the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons will make a decision by Friday on the intermediate Syrian chemical weapons destruction milestones.

We would object to any such decision that would result in Syria’s chemical weapons entering Albanian territory.  We urge Your Excellency to put our objection on the record and to join us in opposing making Albania a dumping ground.

At the 34th Meeting of the OPCW Executive Council on 5 November 2013 in the Hague, you declared that “I have reviewed the [Syrian] submission closely and have concluded that the proposal by Syria that the destruction of chemical weapons be carried out outside its territory constitutes the most viable option available to fulfill the requirements established under EC decision [EC-M-33/DEC.1] and UNSC resolution for the safe and expeditious elimination of chemical weapons in Syria.”

The Albanian people are very upset about the possibility that Albania could be considered as “the most viable option.”  We urge Your Excellency to inform the Executive Council of the following facts:

 

  1. Albania is not a member in good standing of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. As you may be aware, Albania is presently in arrears and has not paid her dues to the OCPW since 2012.

 

  1. Albania is not in compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention. You may note that to this day, Albania’s own hazardous chemical waste resulting from her chemical weapons destroyed in 2007, lies in Qafë Mollë – less than 10 km from the capital city of Tirana –in unsecure and unfit containers that are reportedly leaking.  Moreover, Albania does not possess a formal hazardous waste disposal site, and it will take several years to build one in accordance with EU standards.  It would thus be impossible to meet the UN-imposed deadline of 30 June 2014.  These serious shortcomings, therefore, place Albania in violation of the strong public safety and environmental protection principles and provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention.
  1. Albania may presently be in breach of its fundamental obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention. In that regard, we urge you to investigate reports of a huge cache of approximately 80 tons of military “surplus chemicals”, whose destruction is ostensibly being handled by the OSCE. We urge the Technical Secretariat to determine the true nature of such chemicals covered under the OSCE-Albania Agreement of 16 April 2012 and to promptly inspect and verify whether they are within any of the Schedules of the Annex on Chemicals of the Chemical Weapons Convention. If it is indeed determined that such chemicals fall within the Schedules, then Albania is in direct breach of the Convention.
  1. Albania should not be a destination of last resort.  Our territory is small compared to that of many of the states who have already made their objections known.  Moreover, to comply with the Chemical Weapons Convention, Syria is obligated to undertake the destruction on her own territory.  Though that may presently be impractical, merely requesting of Albania to serve as a surrogate destruction venue places her unnecessarily under duress.

For all the above reasons, we believe that the Executive Council cannot in good conscience suggest, propose, recommend or decide that the Syrian chemical weapons arsenal ought to enter Albania for any reason. Albania clearly is not in a position to even be considered for such a task, which would constitute a direct violation of the spirit and letter of the Chemical Weapons Convention.

Finally, we respectfully alert Your Excellency that the Albanian Constitution and laws prohibit the transfer and destruction in Albania of Syria’s chemical weapon arsenal.  Indeed, for matters of such importance the Constitution relieves the decision-making process from the executive and legislature and gives it directly to the people.

We respectfully urge Your Excellency to submit for the record to the Executive Council that any decision suggesting that Albania receive the Syrian chemical weapons is the referendum and will be subject to Albania’s domestic Constitution and laws. Such language should also be included in the Council’s Decision.