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long-term missions of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, as called for by the Security
Council in its resolutions;
47. Concerned by the continued grave infringements upon freedom of expression in the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), in particular with regard to the exploitation of the crisis
in Kosovo as a means to stifle and suppress views opposing the Government in power, a violation of the basic
right of free speech;
48. Denounces the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) for
its legal and physical intimidation of peaceful political opposition and of individuals who express views that
differ from those of the Government, and demands that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and
Montenegro) respect the fundamental rights of individuals to free assembly and free speech;
49. Insists that the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)
support the activities of the international community and the United Nations Interim Administration Mission
in Kosovo to rebuild and facilitate the multi-ethnic society in Kosovo that the policy of ethnic cleansing,
intimidation and discrimination largely destroyed, in particular by using the influence of the Government of
the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) among the local Serb representatives in Kosovo
and by working in good faith with the local Albanian representatives to that end;
50. Calls upon the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) to
implement fully, with dispatch and in good faith, their obligations under the Peace Agreement, notably to
cooperate fully with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other
humanitarian organizations to alleviate the suffering of refugees and internally displaced persons and to assist
in their safe and voluntary return to their homes;
51. Calls upon States to consider additional voluntary contributions to meet the pressing human rights
and humanitarian needs in the area, and underlines the need for continued coordination among States,
international organizations and non-governmental organizations of initiatives and programmes with the aim
of avoiding duplication, overlap and working at cross-purposes;
52. Decides to continue its examination of this question at its fifty-fifth session under the item entitled
“Human rights questions”.
83rd plenary meeting
17 December 1999