European parliament adopts resolution on Kosova
TIRANA, July 17
(ATA) - The European parliament in a meeting in Strasbourg on July 16 adopted
a resolution on Kosova. Its member states decided:
1. to strongly
condemn the continuing and ever increasing violations of basic human rights,
the process of ethnic cleansing and the extremely violent aggression carried
out by the Serbian special police units of the Yugoslav army and paramilitary
forces against the population of Kosova and continue to condemn the rise
of violence by all parties.
2. to call on
the Belgrade regime to put an immediate end to the indiscriminate attacks
by special police unit of the Yugoslav army and paramilitary forces against
the population of Kosova;
3. to call on
both the Belgrade regime and the representatives of the Kosova people to
immediately create the necessary conditions for a political solution to
the conflict in Kosova through a full and meaningful dialogue on its future
status with international mediation, possibly through the organisation
of an international conference;
4. to welcome
the position taken by the Council, aimed at continuingly increasing the
pressure on the Serbian authorities, but call at the same time on the Council
and the member states to take all further measures that are considered
necessary to stop the process of ethnic cleansing, aggression and destabilisation
by the Belgrade regime and to promote actively a decision by the UN Security
Council permitting the possible use of military force which may be deemed
necessary to achieve this goal; therefore to support the preparations for
possible military intervention on the basis of the NATO/WEU framework,
both to protect the people of Kosova and to prevent the conflict from spreading
to neighbouring states;
5. to call on
the Council to launch a strong political initiative to open up negotiations
between the parties and to suggest to them the establishment of further
confidence-building measures, such as a no-fly zone over Kosova;
6. to call on
the Commission, the Council and the member states to give their fullest
possible support to the neighbouring countries and regions, including support,
where necessary within the framework of the WEU and NATO, to guarantee
their security and stability in the region;
7. to call on
the Commission and the Council to provide all necessary humanitarian aid
to the victims of and the refugees from the acts of violence and call on
member states to stop returning refugees and asylum seekers to Kosova where
protection cannot be guaranteed;
8. to call on
the Council and member states to contribute as soon as possible to the
sending of monitors to Kosova and to promote the establishment of a long-term
OSCE mission in the region as soon as possible, call on both parties in
the conflict to guarantee the safety of international observers in the
region;
9. to give
full support to all persons and organisations within and outside Kosova
who are still seeking to resolve the conflict in Kosova by a political
solution through dialogue;
10. to instruct
president to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council, the
WEU, NATO and the UN security Council, the presidents and governments of
the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbia and the representatives of
the population in Kosova. ake/ak/
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