A/RES/50/190 Page 2 Taking note of Commission on Human Rights resolution 1995/89 of 8 March 1995 7/ and recalling previous Commission resolutions 1992/S-1/1 of 14 August 1992, 8/ 1992/S-2/1 of 1 December 1992, 9/ 1993/7 of 23 February 1993 10/ and 1994/76 of 9 March 1994, 11/ Taking note also of the reports of the Special Rapporteurs of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the territory of the former Yugoslavia, in which they describe the situation in Kosovo, the various discriminatory measures taken in the legislative, administrative and judicial areas, acts of violence and arbitrary arrests perpetrated against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo and the continuing deterioration of the human rights situation in Kosovo, including: Police brutality against ethnic Albanians, the killing of ethnic (a) Albanians resulting from such violence, arbitrary searches, seizures and arrests, forced evictions, torture and ill-treatment of detainees and discrimination in the administration of justice, including the recent trials of ethnic Albanian former policemen; (b) Discriminatory and arbitrary dismissals of ethnic Albanian civil servants, notably from the ranks of the police and the judiciary, mass dismissals of ethnic Albanians, confiscation and expropriation of their properties, discrimination against ethnic Albanian pupils and teachers, the closing of Albanian-language secondary schools and the university, as well as the closing of all Albanian cultural and scientific institutions; (c) The harassment and persecution of political parties and associations of ethnic Albanians and their leaders and activities, their maltreatment and imprisonment; (d) The intimidation and imprisonment of ethnic Albanian journalists and the systematic harassment and disruption of the news media in the Albanian language; (e) The dismissals from clinics and hospitals of doctors and members of other categories of the medical profession of Albanian origin; (f) The elimination in practice of the Albanian language, particularly in public administration and services; 7/ See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1995, Supplement No.3 and corrigenda (E/1995/23 and Corr. 1 and 2), chap. II, sect. A. 8/ sect. A. Ibid., 1992, Supplement No. 2A (E/1992/22/Add.1/Rev.1), chap.II. 9/ Ibid., Supplement No. 2B (E/1992/22/Add.2), chap. II, sect. A. 10/ Ibid., 1993, Supplement No. 3 (E/1993/23), chap. II, sect. A. 11/ Ibid., 1994, Supplement No. 4 and corrigendum (E/1994/24 and Corr. 1), chap. II, sect. A. /...