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those acts designed to discourage the voluntary return of refugees and displaced
persons, demands that such acts be investigated and prosecuted, supporting the
effective engagement of the Commission for Real Property Claims of Displaced
Persons and Refugees, and calls upon all sides to implement the property laws
imposed on 27 October 1999, in particular by evicting illegal occupants from the
homes of returning refugees, and to ensure respect for individual rights to return and
the establishment of the rule of law;
11. Encourages all concerned parties to provide information on all persons
unaccounted for through the tracing mechanisms of the International Committee of
the Red Cross and to cooperate fully with the Committee in its efforts to determine
the identities, whereabouts and fate of those persons;
12. Welcomes the efforts of international and regional organizations, Member
States and non-governmental organizations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including
through the Board of Donors and the Slovenian International Trust Fund for
Demining and Mine Victims Assistance, and calls upon Member States to continue
to support mine-action activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina;
13. Stresses the importance of establishing, strengthening and expanding
throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina a free and pluralistic media, and deplores any
actions that seek to intimidate or restrict the freedom of the media;
14. Also stresses the importance of the restoration and rebuilding of the
historical and cultural heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina in its original form;
15. Further stresses the need for a more comprehensive approach to
implementing economic reforms, and underlines the fact that a self-sustainable,
market-oriented economy operating in a single economic space, expeditious and
transparent privatization, improved banking and capital markets, reformed financial
systems, the provision of adequate social protection and the adoption by both
entities of a law on pension reforms that meet economic standards are crucial for
achieving lasting peace and stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina;
16. Supports the efforts by the High Representative and the Commander of
the multinational Stabilization Force to weaken the continued political and
economic influence of remaining parallel structures obstructing peace
implementation;
17. Notes that the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina have defined the
common defence policy of Bosnia and Herzegovina, affirming the importance for
the national development of Bosnia and Herzegovina of creating, on the basis of
agreed principles, a joint military command and seeking to establish a military
structure of the appropriate size based on future projections and the legitimate
security needs of Bosnia and Herzegovina which will contribute to regional security,
and encourages them to carry out its conclusions promptly, fully and in full
accordance with the Peace Agreement;
18. Commends the efforts of the international community, recognizes the
continued importance of its role, welcomes its readiness to continue and streamline
its efforts towards a self-sustainable peace, and recalls that the responsibility for
consolidating peace and security lies with the authorities of Bosnia and
Herzegovina;
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