A/RES/52/139 Page 2 Noting with concern the use of force by Serbian police against peaceful Albanian student protesters of Kosovo on 1 October 1997 and the failure of the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to make reasonable accommodation to address the legitimate grievances of the students, 1. Expresses its deep concern about all violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Kosovo, in particular the repression of the ethnic Albanian population and discrimination against it, as well as acts of violence in Kosovo; 2. Calls upon the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: (a) To take all necessary measures to bring to an immediate end all human rights violations against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, including, in particular, discriminatory measures and practices, arbitrary searches and detention, the violation of the right to a fair trial and the practice of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and to revoke all discriminatory legislation, in particular that which has entered into force since 1989; (b) To release all political prisoners and to cease the persecution of political leaders and members of local human rights organizations; (c) To allow the return in safety and dignity of Albanian refugees from Kosovo to their homes; (d) To allow the establishment of genuine democratic institutions in Kosovo, including the parliament and the judiciary, and to respect the will of its inhabitants as the best means of preventing the escalation of the conflict there; (e) To allow the reopening of the educational, cultural and scientific institutions of the ethnic Albanians; 3. Urges the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to pursue constructive dialogue with the representatives of the ethnic Albanians of Kosovo; 4. Welcomes the visits to Kosovo of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the territory of the former Yugoslavia and her relevant reports,5 and calls upon her to continue to monitor closely the human rights situation in Kosovo and to continue to pay due attention to that matter in her reporting; 5. Urges the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to allow the immediate unconditional return of the mission of long duration of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to Kosovo, as called for in Security Council resolution 855 (1993) of 9 August 1993; 6. Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in Kosovo,6 submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 51/111 of 12 December 1996, and requests him to continue his efforts to seek ways and means, including through consultations with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and relevant regional organizations, to establish an adequate international monitoring presence in Kosovo and to report thereon to the Assembly at its fifty-third session; 6 A/52/502. /...