4. Urges all States Members of the United Nations to take joint and separate action, in cooperation with the United Nations, to bring about an end to this despicable practice; 5. Reaffirms that all persons who perpetrate or authorize crimes against humanity or other violations of international humanitarian law are individually responsible for those violations and that those in positions of authority who have failed to ensure that persons under their control comply with the relevant international instruments are accountable, together with the perpetrators; 6. Urges States Members of the United Nations to exert every effort to bring to justice, in accordance with internationally recognized principles of due process, all those individuals directly or indirectly involved in these outrageous international crimes; 7. Encourages the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the territory of the former Yugoslavia to continue to pay particular attention to the widespread occurrence of rape, particularly in Bosnia and Herzegovina and acknowledge the work done by his team of female experts; 8. Urges all States and relevant organizations immediately to give serious consideration to the recommendations of the Special Rapporteur in his reports, in particular the recommendation for the provision for the continuation of necessary medical and psychological care to victims of rape within the framework of programmes to rehabilitate women and children traumatized by war; 9. the issue envisaged of sexual Supports the Commission of Experts in its initiative to investigate of systematic rape of women in the former Yugoslavia through its plan of action in which special emphasis will be given to allegations assault; 10. Urges the Commission of Experts to treat its investigation on this issue as a matter of priority and welcomes its intention to reflect the results of its study in its final report, to be submitted by the end of April 1994; 11. Calls on all States to cooperate with 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 and the Office of the Prosecutor in the investigation and prosecution of persons accused of using rape as a weapon of war, and in the provision of protection, counselling and support to victims and witnesses; 12. Calls on all States that host refugees from the former Yugoslavia to provide the necessary assistance to the Commission of Experts in its efforts to interview those refugees or otherwise collect evidence for its investigation of the systematic practice of rape of women; 13. Declares that rape is a heinous crime and encourages the International Tribunal to give due priority to the cases of the victims of rape in the areas of armed conflict in the former Yugoslavia, in particular in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina; 14. Urges all States and all relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, including the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the World Health Organization, to continue to provide to the victims of such rape and abuse appropriate assistance for their physical and mental rehabilitation; -27-