A/RES/53/35 Page 5 of the Peace Agreement, and urges the relevant international organizations to continue to provide assistance to meet the infrastructural needs of the common institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina; 8. Recognizes that responsibility for consolidating the peace lies primarily with the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as was confirmed in particular in the joint declaration adopted at Geneva on 14 August 1996; 9. Also recognizes that the role of the international community remains essential, and welcomes the readiness of the international community to continue its efforts towards a self-sustaining peace; 10. Underlines that the assistance provided by the international community remains strictly conditional upon compliance with the Peace Agreement and subsequent obligations, including, in particular, cooperation with the International Tribunal and facilitation of the return of refugees and displaced persons; 11. Welcomes the vital contribution of the multinational Stabilization Force in providing a secure environment for the implementation of civilian aspects of the Peace Agreement, calls upon all parties to cooperate fully with it, and in this context, welcomes the authorization by the Security Council of the extension of the mandate of the Force; 12. Expresses its full support for the efforts of the United Nations International Police Task Force in carrying out its mandate, and calls for the fullest cooperation by all parties in this regard; 13. Stresses the importance of the full, comprehensive and consistent implementation of the Peace Agreement, including cooperation and compliance with the International Tribunal, the establishment of the necessary conditions for the voluntary return of refugees and displaced persons and the establishment of the necessary conditions for freedom of movement; 14. Welcomes the successful implementation of the 1997 municipal elections in the overwhelming majority of municipalities, requests the full implementation of the results, and urges the elected authorities to work in a spirit of reconciliation; 15. Underlines the importance of establishing, strengthening and expanding throughout all of Bosnia and Herzegovina free and pluralistic media, welcomes the establishment of the Independent Media Commission in order to promote free, independent and fully restructured media, and stresses the importance of continuing the implementation and development of a truly public television broadcasting service throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina; 16. Insists upon the need to surrender all indictees to the International Tribunal for trial, notes that the Tribunal has the authority to address individual responsibility for the perpetration of the crime of genocide, crimes against humanity and other serious violations of international humanitarian law, including in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and demands that all the parties fulfil their obligations to hand over to the Tribunal all indicted persons in territories under their control and otherwise to comply fully with the orders of the Tribunal and to cooperate with the work of the Tribunal, including with exhumations and other investigative acts, in accordance with article 29 of the statute of the Tribunal, with all relevant Security Council resolutions and in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Peace Agreement, in particular the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina; /...