June 17, 1986 - Congressman Joe DioGuardi introduces H.Res. 358, condemning the repression of ethnic Albanians by the Government of the Socialist Federated Republic of Yugoslavia.
June 18, 1986 - Senator Bob Dole introduces S.Con. Res 150, expressing concern over the conditions of ethnic Albanians living in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
June 18, 1986 - Congressman Joe DioGuardi letter to Congressional colleagues on the repression of ethnic Albanians in Yugoslavia.
August 8, 1986 - Congressman Joe DioGuardi letter to Congressman Steny Hoyer requesting hearings by the Helsinki Commission on the treatment of ethnic Albanians by the government of the Socialist Federated Republic of Yugoslavia.
October 2 & 8, 1986 - Foreign Affairs Committee - Hearing on the Persecution of the Albanian Minority in Yugoslavia - Congressman Joe DioGuardi Convinces the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Dante Fascell, to hold the first hearing on Albanian rights in Yugoslavia.
November 25, 1986 - Senator Bob Dole Letter to Congressman Joe DioGuardi on Visit to New York & meeting Albanian Americans for a luncheon at Bruno's Restaurant.
June 4, 1987 - Congressman Joe DioGuardi Letter to Congressman Ben Gilman on the Plight of Ethnic Albanians in Yugoslavia.
July 15, 1987 - Congressman Joe DioGuardi introduces H. Con. Res. 162, expressing concern over the conditions of ethnic Albanians living in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, with co-sponsors Congressmen Tom Lantos & Henry Hyde.
October 15, 1987 - Congressman Gus Yatron Letter to Congressman Joe DioGuardi on a hearing of the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations on human rights abuses in Yugoslavia.
November 20, 1987 - Fr. Antonio Bellusci letter to Congressman Joe DioGuardi following his visit to the Arberesh town of Greci, Italy.
December 7, 1987 - U.S. State Department letter to Congressman Joe DioGuardi regarding U.S. foreign policy toward Albania.
December 8, 1987 - U.S. State Department letter to Congressman Joe DioGuardi regarding the reservations of the State Department about H. Con. Res. 162.
December 10, 1987 - Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations letter to Congressman Dante Fascell on H. Con. Res. 162, a concurrent resolution expressing concern over the conditions of ethnic Albanians living in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
December 14, 1987 - Congresswoman Helen Bentley, a Serbian-American, gives a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to oppose the claims of Albanians that they were being treated as third-class citizens in Yugoslavia. The fact was, however, that the ethnic Albanians in Yugoslavia were one of the worst treated minority groups in Europe at the time.
January 15, 1988 - Miftar Spahija Thaci letter to Congressman Joe DioGuardi on H. Con. Res. 162.
February 24, 1988 - Congressman Joe DioGuardi letter to Fr. Antonio Bellusci on Arebersh heritage and visit to Greci, Italy.
October 12, 1988 - Congressional letter to Secretary of State George P. Shultz on the human rights of ethnic Albanians Yugoslavia. The letter's authors include Congressmen Joe DioGuardi and Tom Lantos, and Senators Bob Dole and Larry Pressler.
April 19, 1988 - Lidhja, the Albanian-Italian Culture magazine, publicizes the visit of Congressman Joe DioGuardi to Greci, Italy and the story of the DioGuardi family- by Fr. Antonio Bellusci.
June 20, 1988 - Congressman Joe DioGuardi letter to the Human Rights Caucus in support of H.Res. 411, urging Yugoslavia immediately release Adem Demaci from prison.
July 14, 1988 - Joe DioGuardi Letter to Regis Philbin on Arberesh Heritage.
August 6, 1988 - Congressman Joe DioGuardi Speech to the Albanian American National Convention in Rye, New York: "A New Perspective Based On Three Great Symbols."
August 18, 1988 - Dr. Sami Repishti responds to Congresswoman Helen Bentley on the history of Kosova.
September 27, 1988 - Vice President George H.W. Bush letter to Congressman Joe DioGuardi regarding the human and political rights of all ethnic groups in Yugoslavia.
September 27, 1988 - Congressional letter to Federal Secretary of Foreign Affairs - Embassy of the S.F.R. of Yugoslavia, Budimir Loncar, on concern for human rights in Yugoslavia. The letter's authors include Congressmen Joe DioGuardi, Tom Lantos, and Dante Fascell, and Senator Larry Pressler.
September 29, 1988 - Congressman Joe DioGuardi press release on the human rights of ethnic Albanians in Yugoslavia.
September 30, 1988 - Meeting with U.S. State Department regarding the issue of human rights for ethnic Albanians in Yugoslavia - office of Congressman Tom Lantos.
October 12, 1988 - Congressman Joe DioGuardi Congressional Record - Letter from Sami Repishti to Congresswoman Helen Bentley on Kosova.
February 20, 1989 - David Phillips, Executive Director of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, letter to Kieran Mahoney on the Economic Development Field Investigation in Yugoslavia.
February 28, 1989 - Congressman James Traficant gives a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Yugoslavia and the right to self-determination for Albanians in Kosova.
February 28, 1989 - Congressman Bill Broomfield House Floor Speech on the human rights of ethnic Albanians in Yugoslavia.
March 1, 1989 - Congressman Bill Broomfield Letter to Secretary of State James Baker on the human rights of ethnic Albanians Yugoslavia.
March 9, 1989 - Senator Larry Pressler Resolution on the human rights of ethnic Albanians in Yugoslavia.
April 1, 1989 - First meeting of the Albanian American Civic League - official minutes.
April 4, 1989 - Congressman Bill Broomfield introduces H.Con. Res 84, expressing the sense of the Congress criticizing the infringement of ethnic Albanian rights in Yugoslavia.
May 1, 1989 - The Albanian Eagle - The Official Publication of the Albanian American Civic League - Volume 1, Number 1.
June 14, 1989 - AACL Rally in Washington, DC for Kosova, with Senators and Congressman, in front of the U.S. Capitol Building.
June 20, 1989 - Congresswoman Helen Bentley, a Serbian-American, gives a speech regarding the 600th Anniversary of the Battle of Kosova on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.
June 20, 1989 - Congressman Tom Lantos introduces amendment H.R. 2655, in response to the barbaric crackdown by the Yugoslavian government in the province of Kosova.
August 1989 - Fr. Antonio Bellusci Visit to the United States at the office and home of Joe DioGuardi.
September 1, 1989 - The Albanian Eagle - The Official Publication of the Albanian American Civic League - Volume 1, Number 2.
September 3, 1989 - Gannett Westchester Newspapers: Albanian-Americans ask Congress to monitor homeland.
September 25, 1989 - The Albanian American Civic League and its supporters rally at the United Nations to protest Serbian domination of ethnic Albanians in Kosova.
Fall 1989 - Joe DioGuardi meets with Albanian-Americans in Waterbury, CT.
December 1989 - Joe DioGuardi meets with Albanian-Americans in Stamford, CT.
February 1990 - DioGuardi goes to Belgrade with the staff of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, chaired by Congressmen Lantos and Porter, to conduct a press conference in Belgrade about Serbian oppression of Kosova’s Albanians.He then makes an unannounced visit to Kosova to meet leading intellectuals, journalists, and activists, including Dr. Zekeria Cana, Zenun Celaj, Bajram Kelmendi, Ibrahim Rugova, Rexhep Qosja, and Vetton Surroi.
February 1990 - DioGuardi joins Rugova in Ljubljana to meet with the Albanian community to promote freedom for Kosova and to support the first democratic elections in Slovenia.
February 1990 - Kosovar activist Enver Hadri is assassinated in Brussels, and DioGuardi is invited to give a eulogy at his funeral before thousands of mourners.Afterwards, he travels to Geneva at the request of Hadri’s widow and son to deliver to the United Nations Human Rights Commission the list of 34 peaceful Albanian demonstrators killed by Serbian authorities that was found on Hadri’s body at the time of his death.
February 23, 1990 - Senator Larry Pressler letter to Frans Andriessen - V.P. Commission of the European Community - Trade Agreements with Yugoslavia.
March 15, 1990 - President George H.W. Bush Letter to Congresswoman Susan Molinari on Kosova.
April 1, 1990 - The Albanian Eagle - The Official Publication of the Albanian American Civic League - Volume 2, Number 1.
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