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PRESHEVE, MEDVEGJE, AND BUJANOC 2003: A REPORT FROM GILAN by Shirley Cloyes DioGuardi.July 2003. Full text available here.

PRESHEVE:  WHERE WE STAND IN 2002.   Part 3 of a series on the Albanian national question published in Illyria by Shirley Cloyes DioGuardi.March 2002. Full text available here.

THE ALBANIAN AMERICAN CIVIC LEAGUE VISITS UCPMB HEADQUARTERS IN THE PRESHEVA VALLEY:  On March 1, Joe and Shirley DioGuardi met with Shefket Musliu and Sami Azemi at UCPMB headquarters in the Presheva Valley, where they were given an original copy of the Albanian platform for the resolution of the conflict between the Albanian majority in Presheva, Medvegja, and Bujanoc and the Serbian government on the very day that it was submitted to NATO.  Later, Shirley edited the English translation of this historic document. Full text available here.

 
Joseph DioGuardi's Congressional Records
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The work of the Albanian American Civic League for Kosova and the Albanian national cause since 1989 is well documented on this web site (please see the AACL ten-year history). But what is not so well known are the many Congressional Resolutions, statements, letters, and hearings that were sponsored and promoted by Congressman Joe DioGuardi from 1985 to 1988 to publicize the terrible plight of the Albanian people of Kosova and to expose the terror imposed on them by Slobodan Milosevic. Here is the first installment of this important part of the foundation on which the independent State of Kosova is being built today.

Albanians a People Undone - This article, featured in the February 2000 issue of National Geographic,  discusses the history and culture of the Albanian people in the Balkans and is accompanied by a beautiful photographic layout.

The Agony of Kosova - Joseph DioGuardi provides in this well-documented work a clear picture the systematic repression and atrocities that Kosovar Albanian have suffered under Serbia's domination, and he demonstrates the need for Kosova's indepenence as the only just and lasting solution to the Balkan conflict.
(In progress - sections will be added shortly)

The Expulsion of the Albanians - a memorandum presented in March 7th, 1937 (two years before the "final solution" was formulated in Nazi Germany) showing how the Serbian regime planned to brutally repress, expel, and exterminate the Albanians of Kosova.

Rescue in Albania - written by a prominent Jewish American, this book tells how every Jew who was fortunate enough to make it to Albanian lands during WWII was saved from the Holocaust through the heroic deeds of the Albanian people.