A/RES/59/59 the role of the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the European Union in successfully promoting regional disarmament; 4. Calls upon all participants in the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe, as well as all concerned international organizations, to continue to support the efforts of the States of South-Eastern Europe towards regional stability and cooperation so as to enable them to pursue sustainable development and integration into European structures, taking also into account trans-Atlantic relations; Calls upon all States and relevant international organizations to 5. contribute to the full implementation of Security Council resolution 1244 (1999), on Kosovo, Serbia and Montenegro, as well as of Council resolutions 1345 (2001) of 21 March 2001 and 1371 (2001) of 26 September 2001, and emphasizes the importance of the standards review process, of the implementation of the “Standards for Kosovo” document 3 endorsed by the Security Council in its presidential statement of 12 December 2003 4 and of the Kosovo Standards Implementation Plan of 31 March 2004; 5 6. Recognizes the efforts made and activities undertaken in Kosovo by the United Nations and the Kosovo Force for the establishment of a multi-ethnic and stable Kosovo, thus contributing to a further improvement of the overall security situation in the region; Rejects the use of violence in pursuit of political aims, and stresses that 7. only peaceful political solutions can assure a stable and democratic future for SouthEastern Europe; Stresses the importance of good-neighbourliness and the development of 8. friendly relations among States, and calls upon all States to resolve their disputes with other States by peaceful means, in accordance with the Charter; Urges the strengthening of relations among the States of South-Eastern 9. Europe on the basis of respect for international law and agreements, in accordance with the principles of good-neighbourliness and mutual respect; 10. Recognizes the efforts of the international community, and welcomes in particular the assistance already provided by the European Union and the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe, as well as other contributors, in promoting the longterm process of democratic and economic development of the region; 11. Calls upon all States to intensify cooperation with and render all necessary assistance to the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 to bring all at-large indictees to surrender to the Tribunal in line with Security Council resolutions 1503 (2003) of 28 August 2003 and 1534 (2004) of 26 March 2004; 12. Stresses the importance of enhanced regional cooperation for the development of the South-Eastern European States in the priority areas of infrastructure, transport, trade, energy and environment, as well as in other areas of common interest; _______________ 3 See UNMIK/PR/1078. S/PRST/2003/26. 5 Available from www.unmikonline.org. 4 3

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