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The Albanian Nation

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As a Section 501(c) (4) non profit organization under the Internal Revenue Code, the Civic League is registered to actively lobby the legislative and executive branches of the U.S. government. It files reports about its finances and activities every six months with the Secretary of the U.S. Senate and the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1990, the Board of the Civic League created the Albanian American Public Affairs Committee (AAPAC) to support elected officials who demonstrate their interest in and support of the issues affecting the human rights and the self-determination of Albanians in the Balkans. It also established the Albanian American Foundation, a publicly-supported charitable organization qualified as tax-exempt under the Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, to educate the public, press, and policy makers about the history of the Albanian people and the plight of the Albanians who live in the Balkans today, especially in Kosova.

Joe DioGuardi's Bio is available by clicking here. Shirley Cloyes is the Balkan Affairs Advisor, has made her bio available online.

 
Joseph DioGuardi's Congressional Records - 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.