(11 Nov 1995) T/I: 11:00:27
Belgrade residents expressed mixed feelings over Friday night's
(10/11) approval of the UN Security Council's sanctions committee
to allow new fuel shipments for Serbia over a period of two
months. While welcoming the news, many said they were cynical over
the short time limit set to lift the embargo. With the onset of winter,
which has come unusually early this year, Belgrade had braced
itself for the long cold months ahead. Coal and firewood is on
sale at 70 to 80 Deutschmarks per cubic metre, which is almost
beyond the reach of the majority who have suffered from Serbia's
beleaguered economy following three years of UN sanctions. The
announcement of imports of large quantities of natural gas, liquid
petroleum gas and heating oil from Russia is seen by local
newspapers' reports as another step towards peace in Bosnia.
SHOWS:
BELGRADE, SERBIA 11/11
Parked trucks with piles of firewood on open-air market
Firewood in piles by snow-covered ground on outskirts of Belgrade
Merchant sitting on top of his truck with fire-wood
Buyers passing by
Trucks driving to the market
Peasant warming himself by campfire
Smoke from fuel wood or coal rising from Belgrade chimneys
Snow-covered rooftops with chimneys and smoke rising from burning
fuel
Central heating network building with smoke-stacks
"Danger" sign by gas pipe-lines
CU of gas pipe-line system
People in winter clothes hurrying by on Belgrade streets
Children in winter-wear feeding pigeons
VOX POPS in English (Young Man): "I think it's just temporary
(lifting of sanctions) and I doubt that it will last a long time
-- I don't know what the next step of our authorities will be, I
am very suspicious"
Older man SOT: "I think it's about time, people here have been
suffering for a long time. I have no idea why it didn't happen
before."
Older man SOT: "It's a great honour for the Serbian nation to have
these anti-human sanctions of the architects of the new world
order."
Headlines of major Belgrade newspapers quoting the fuel shipment
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