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obligation to cooperate with the Tribunal, in particular to arrest, detain and
facilitate the transfer to the custody of the Tribunal any and all indicted
war criminals who reside in or transit through or are otherwise present in
their respective territories;
11.
Demands that all parties refrain from any action intended to
destroy, alter, conceal or damage any evidence of violations of human rights
and international humanitarian law and that they preserve such evidence;
12.
Expresses its complete support for the victims of violations of
human rights and international humanitarian law, recognizes the right of
refugees and displaced persons freely to return to their homes of origin in
safety and dignity, to have restored to them property of which they were
deprived in the course of hostilities since 1991 and to be compensated for any
such property that cannot be restored to them, considers null any commitments
made under duress, and urges all parties to fulfil their agreements to this
end;
13.
Condemns all deliberate obstruction of the delivery of food and
medical and other supplies essential for the civilian population, which
constitutes a serious violation of international humanitarian law and
international human rights law, and of medical evacuations, and demands that
all parties ensure that all persons under their control cease such acts;
14.
Also condemns all attacks on the United Nations Peace Forces and
on personnel working with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees and other humanitarian organizations by parties to the conflict;
15.
Expresses its outrage that the systematic practice of rape has
been used as a weapon of war against women and children and as an instrument
of ethnic cleansing, and recognizes that rape in this context constitutes a
war crime;
16.
Condemns police violence against the non-Serb populations in
Kosovo, the Sandjak, Vojvodina and other areas of the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), particularly the systematic acts of
harassment, beatings, torture, warrantless searches, arbitrary detention and
unfair trials, including those directed mainly against members of the Muslim
population;
17.
Strongly urges the authorities of the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) to take appropriate measures to respect
fully all human rights and fundamental freedoms and to take urgent action to
ensure the rule of law in order to prevent arbitrary evictions and dismissals
and discrimination against any ethnic or national, religious and linguistic
group, including in the fields of education and information;
18.
Cautions against any attempts to use Serb refugees to alter the
population balance in Kosovo, the Sandjak, Vojvodina and any other part of the
country, thus further suppressing the enjoyment of human rights in those
areas;
19.
Strongly encourages all parties to fulfil the commitments made at
Dayton, Ohio, to release without delay all civilians and combatants held in
prison or detention in relation to the conflict, in conformity with
international humanitarian law and the provisions of the General Framework
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