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indicted war criminals known to be present in their territories, as they have
agreed to do under the Peace Agreement;
23.
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),
including with respect to surrendering persons sought by the International
Tribunal, and 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;
24.
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 (Serbia and Montenegro) 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;
25.
Welcomes the interim reports8,9 of the Special Rapporteur of the
Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the territories
of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia and the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), and commends the Special Rapporteur and
the Human Rights Field Operation in the former Yugoslavia for their continuing
efforts;
26.
Urges all parties to implement fully the recommendations of the
Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights;
27.
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;
28.
Reaffirms, as recommended previously by the Special Rapporteur,
that major reconstruction aid must be made conditional on demonstrated respect
for human rights, emphasizes in that context the necessity of cooperation with
the International Tribunal, and welcomes in this regard the conclusions of the
meeting of the ministerial Steering Board and the Presidency of Bosnia and
Herzegovina,12 held in Paris on 14 November 1996;
29.
Welcomes the efforts of the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe, the Council of Europe, the European Community
Monitoring Mission and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
in monitoring and strengthening the respect for human rights and fundamental
freedoms in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the region;
30.
Calls upon the parties to the Peace Agreement to take immediate
steps to determine the identity, the whereabouts and the fate of missing
persons, in particular near Srebrenica, Zepa, Prijedor, Sanski Most and
Vukovar, including through close cooperation with the International Commission
on Missing Persons in the Former Yugoslavia, other international humanitarian
organizations and independent experts, and commends the work undertaken by the
expert member of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
of the Commission on Human Rights, the Special Rapporteur, the Working Group
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