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The Security
Council,
Recalling its
resolutions
1160 (1998) of 31 March 1998,
1199 (1998) of 23 September 1998, and
1203 (1998) of
24 October 1998, and the statements of its President of 24 August
1998 (S/PRST/1998/25), 19 January 1999 (S/PRST/1999/2), and 29
January 1999 (S/PRST/1999/5), |
Bearing in mind the
provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and guided by the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the international covenants
and conventions on human rights, the Conventions and Protocol
relating to the Status of Refugees, the Geneva Conventions of 1949
and the Additional Protocols thereto of 1977, as well as other
instruments of international humanitarian law,
Expressing grave
concern at the humanitarian catastrophe in and around Kosovo,
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, as a result of the continuing
crisis,
Deeply concerned by
the enormous influx of Kosovo refugees into Albania, the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and other
countries, as well as by the increasing numbers of displaced
persons within Kosovo, the Republic of Montenegro and other parts
of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia,
Stressing the
importance of effective coordination of humanitarian relief
activities undertaken by States, the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and international organizations
in alleviating the plight and suffering of refugees and internally
displaced persons,
Noting with
interest the intention of the Secretary-General to send a
humanitarian needs assessment mission to Kosovo and other parts of
the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia,
Reaffirming the
territorial integrity and sovereignty of all States in the region,
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Commends the efforts that have been taken by
Member States, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR) and other international humanitarian relief
organizations in providing the urgently needed relief assistance
to the Kosovo refugees in Albania, the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and urges them and
others in a position to do so to contribute resources for
humanitarian assistance to the refugees and internally displaced
persons;
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Invites the UNHCR and other international
humanitarian relief organizations to extend relief assistance to
the internally displaced persons in Kosovo, the Republic of
Montenegro and other parts of the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia, as well as to other civilians being affected by the
ongoing crisis;
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Calls for access for United Nations and all
other humanitarian personnel operating in Kosovo and other parts
of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia;
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Reaffirms the right of all refugees and
displaced persons to return to their homes in safety and in
dignity;
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Emphasizes that the humanitarian situation
will continue to deteriorate in the absence of a political
solution to the crisis consistent with the principles adopted by
the Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan,
the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland and the United States of America on 6 May 1999
(S/1999/516), and urges all concerned to work towards this aim;
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Decides to remain actively seized of the
matter.
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