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3. Welcomes the establishment of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo and
the Kosovo Force, and calls upon all parties in Kosovo and the authorities of the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) to cooperate fully with the Mission and the Force in the fulfilment of
their respective mandates;
4. Also welcomes the work of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
in Kosovo and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the efforts of the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe;
5. Calls upon all parties in Kosovo to cooperate with the Mission in ensuring full respect for all
human rights and fundamental freedoms and democratic norms in Kosovo;
6. Calls upon all authorities in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), the local
Serb leaders in Kosovo and the leaders of the Albanian community in Kosovo to condemn all acts of
terrorism, sequestration or kidnapping and forced eviction from homes or places of work of any resident of
Kosovo, whatever the ethnic background of the victim and whoever the perpetrators, to refrain from all acts
of violence and to use their influence and leadership to cooperate with the Force and the Mission in stopping
these incidents and in bringing the perpetrators to justice;
7. Expresses its concern about the forced division of any part of Kosovo into ethnic cantons or
ethnically based divisions of any type, which is counter to Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) and to
the guiding principles of Rambouillet,7 and stresses the need for all parties in Kosovo to take all necessary
measures to stop or reverse any action that de facto or de jure permits such ethnic cantonization;
8. Calls upon all parties, in particular the authorities and representatives of the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) and the Kosovar Serb and Albanian leaderships, to cooperate with the
Mine Action Coordination Centre;
9. Demands that the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)
provide an updated list of all persons detained and transferred from Kosovo to other parts of the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), specifying the charge, if any, under which each individual
is detained, and that it guarantee their families and non-governmental organizations and international
observers unimpeded and regular access to those who remain in detention and release all individuals detained
and transferred from Kosovo prior to July 1999 in violation of international humanitarian and human rights
standards;
10. Calls upon the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) to open
to public observation trials or criminal prosecutions against all those charged in relation to the conflict in
Kosovo;
11. Calls upon the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) and
ethnic Kosovar Serb and Albanian representatives to allow for and to facilitate the free and unhindered return
to their homes, in safety and with dignity, of all displaced persons and refugees, of whichever ethnic
background, and expresses its concern about reports of continuing harassment or other impediments in this
regard;
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See S/1999/648, annex.
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