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the rule of law, in conformity with international standards, the issue of property rights, to make a
sustained effort to ensure the provision of equal access to protection and to social and housing
reconstruction assistance regardless of ethnicity and to investigate and arrest those responsible for acts of
violence and intimidation aimed at driving people away;
28. Urgently calls upon all States and all parties to the Peace Agreement to meet their obligations
to cooperate fully with the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious
Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since
1991, as required by Security Council resolution 827 (1993) of 25 May 1993, including with respect to
surrendering persons sought by the International Tribunal, urges all States and the Secretary-General to
support the Tribunal to the fullest extent possible, in particular by helping to ensure that persons indicted
by the Tribunal stand trial before it, and urges all States to consider providing the Tribunal with legal and
technical expertise not available to the organization, as provided for in General Assembly resolution
51/243 of 15 September 1997;
29. Strongly condemns the continuing refusal of the authorities of the Republika Srpska and the
Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to arrest and surrender indicted war criminals known
to be present in their territories, as they have agreed to do;
30. Welcomes with satisfaction the measures recently taken by the Government of the Republic of
Croatia to facilitate the voluntary return of ten persons indicted by the International Tribunal, in
accordance with the Peace Agreement, and welcomes in this regard the increased cooperation with the
Tribunal by the Republic of Croatia and the central authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which have
enacted implementing legislation and have transferred indictees to the Tribunal;
31. Demands that the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in particular the authorities of the
Republika Srpska, and the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ensure full and free access
to their territories to all institutions and organizations concerned with the implementation of the present
resolution, including non-governmental organizations;
32. Welcomes the reports on the situation of human rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina,6 the Republic
of Croatia7 and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia8 submitted by the Special Rapporteur, and commends
her and the United Nations Human Rights Field Operation in the Former Yugoslavia for their continuing
efforts;
33. Urges all parties to implement fully the recommendations of the Special Rapporteur;
34. Calls upon the authorities of the States and entities within the mandate of the Special Rapporteur
to cooperate with her and to provide her on a regular basis with information about the actions they are
taking to implement her recommendations;
35. Welcomes technical cooperation and assistance programmes planned by the Office of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in consultation with the Government of Croatia, and calls
upon the Office of the High Commissioner to initiate, at the earliest possible opportunity, projects
emphasizing human rights training for professionals involved in law enforcement and the rule of law, as
well as human rights education;
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