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| '''Note''': Reference information below: Milko Mikola- Crimes Committed by Totalitarian Regimes. Chapter 3. Mass killings without court trials. | | '''Note''': Reference information below: Milko Mikola- Crimes Committed by Totalitarian Regimes. Chapter 3. Mass killings without court trials. |
| :(organised by the [[Slovenia|Slovenian Presidency]] of the Council of the [[European Union]] and the ''European Commission'')<ref>[http://europa.eu/institutions/inst/comm/index_en.htm The European Commission:] | | :(organised by the [[Slovenia|Slovenian Presidency]] of the Council of the [[European Union]] and the ''European Commission'')<ref>[http://europa.eu/institutions/inst/comm/index_en.htm The European Commission:] |
− | *"The Commission is independent of national governments. Its job is to represent and uphold the interests of the EU as a whole. It drafts proposals for new European laws, which it presents to the European Parliament and the Council. | + | *"The Commission is independent of national governments. Its job is to represent and uphold the interests of the EU as a whole. It drafts proposals for new European laws, which it presents to the European Parliament and the Council. It is also the EU’s executive arm – in other words, it is responsible for implementing the decisions of Parliament and the Council. That means managing the day-to-day business of the European Union: implementing its policies, running its programmes and spending its funds." |
− | *It is also the EU’s executive arm – in other words, it is responsible for implementing the decisions of Parliament and the Council. That means managing the day-to-day business of the European Union: implementing its policies, running its programmes and spending its funds."
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| Like the Parliament and Council, the European Commission was set up in the 1950s under the EU’s founding treaties.</ref> | | Like the Parliament and Council, the European Commission was set up in the 1950s under the EU’s founding treaties.</ref> |
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| *'''(c)''' Information on some of Tito's government policies from the Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity: Yugoslavia by Ed. Dinah L. Shelton. Gale Cengage, 2005 | | *'''(c)''' Information on some of Tito's government policies from the Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity: Yugoslavia by Ed. Dinah L. Shelton. Gale Cengage, 2005 |
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− | *''Tito's regime created an official celebratory myth about the "People's Liberation War," denying partisan atrocities and negotiations with Germans and exaggerating their role in defeating the Axis. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enotes.com/genocide-encyclopedia/yugoslavia|title=www.enotes.com Yugoslavia: Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity. Ed. Dinah L. Shelton. Gale Cengage, 2005. eNotes.com. 2006. 26 Jun, 2010|}}</ref>}} | + | *''Tito's regime created an official celebratory myth about the "People's Liberation War," denying partisan atrocities and negotiations with Germans and exaggerating their role in defeating the Axis.'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enotes.com/genocide-encyclopedia/yugoslavia|title=www.enotes.com Yugoslavia: Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity. Ed. Dinah L. Shelton. Gale Cengage, 2005. eNotes.com. 2006. 26 Jun, 2010|}}</ref>}} |
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| *''' Harry Truman''' (the [[Directory:Harry S. Truman|President of USA]]) on the 23rd of April in 1948, in a speech stated: | | *''' Harry Truman''' (the [[Directory:Harry S. Truman|President of USA]]) on the 23rd of April in 1948, in a speech stated: |