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resolution 1199 (1998) of 23 September 1998, in accordance with Security Council resolution 1203 (1998)
of 24 October 1998;
9. Welcomes the readiness of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to continue
to fulfil the role assigned to it in the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and
Herzegovina,4 in cooperation with the United Nations, to which new elements have been added during
1998 in the fields of reform of the police, the judiciary and human rights;
10. Fully supports the continued provision by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in
Europe of advice and assistance within its field of experience to Albania, also by furnishing the overall
framework for the Group of Friends of Albania, which brings together countries and international
institutions that actively wish to support Albania in its development efforts, and by co-chairing the Group
together with the European Union at the international level;
11. Commends the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe for the provision of civilian
police monitors who have assumed the responsibilities of the United Nations Police Support Group in the
Danubian region of Croatia;
12. Fully supports the activities of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to
achieve a peaceful solution to the conflict in and around the Nagorny Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, and
welcomes the cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation
in Europe in this regard;
13. Welcomes the cooperation between the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and
the United Nations in the peace process in Georgia, including through the Human Rights Office in
Sukhumi;
14. Fully supports the efforts of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe aimed at
achieving a settlement of the problems in the eastern zone of the Republic of Moldova, and welcomes the
commitment of that organization to facilitating the implementation of the relevant decisions of the
Budapest and Lisbon Summits;
15. Requests the Secretary-General to continue exploring with the Chairman-in-Office and the
Secretary-General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe possibilities for further
enhancement of cooperation, information exchange and coordination between the United Nations and the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe;
16. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fourth session the item entitled
“Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe”,
and requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session a report
on cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
in implementation of the present resolution.
80th plenary meeting
7 December 1998
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A/50/790–S/1995/999; see Official Records of the Security Council, Fiftieth Year, Supplement for
October, November and December 1995, document S/1995/999.