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26.
Urges the Secretary-General, within existing resources, to make
all necessary resources available for the Special Rapporteur to carry out her
mandate and in particular to provide her with adequate staff based in the
territories of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) to ensure effective continuous monitoring
of the human rights situation there and coordination with other United Nations
bodies involved, including the United Nations Peace Forces;
27.
Welcomes the effort by the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina to
uphold human rights in its territory, and urges it to fulfil the human rights
commitments it has made;
28.
Notes with concern that many of the past recommendations of the
Special Rapporteur have not been fully implemented, in some cases because of
resistance by the parties on the ground, and urges the parties, all States and
relevant organizations to give immediate consideration to them, in particular
the calls of the former and the current Special Rapporteurs:
For the de facto
(a)
for humanitarian monitors to
the Banja Luka region and to
thousands of missing persons
Bosnian Serb authorities to provide prompt access
territories controlled by them, in particular to
Srebrenica, emphasizing that the fate of
from Srebrenica requires immediate clarification;
(b)
For the Government of Croatia to fulfil its responsibilities to
secure the human rights of the remaining ethnic Serb population in all
recently retaken territories and to remove all legal and administrative
hurdles which are preventing the return of refugees and displaced persons;
(c)
For greater cooperation between Governments and non-governmental
organizations, recognizing that the work and role of non-governmental
organizations is vital to the promotion and protection of the rights of the
individual and respect and protection of human rights in the region;
(d)
For the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) to
undertake measures to respect fully the rights of persons belonging to
national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities;
29.
Invites the Commission on Human Rights, at its fifty-second
session, to request the Special Rapporteur to report to the General Assembly
at its fifty-first session;
30.
Decides to continue its examination of this question at its fiftyfirst session under the item entitled "Human rights questions".
99th plenary meeting
22 December 1995