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Welcoming the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe initiated by the European Union, adopted in
Cologne, Germany, on 10 June 1999, and endorsed at the Sarajevo Summit of 30 July 1999, and stressing
the crucial importance of its adequate and timely implementation,
Taking note of the Sarajevo Summit Declaration, in which the participants affirm their collective and
individual readiness to give concrete meaning to the Pact by promoting political and economic reforms,
development and enhanced security in the region and also their commitment to make every effort to assist
countries in the region in making speedy and measurable progress along this road,
Noting, inter alia, the importance of the Process of Stability and Good-Neighbourliness in South-East
Europe (Royaumont Initiative), the South-East European Cooperative Initiative, the South-East European
Cooperation Process, the Central European Initiative and the Black Sea Economic Cooperation for the
implementation of the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe,
1. Affirms the urgency of consolidating South-Eastern Europe as a region of peace, security,
stability, democracy, cooperation, economic development, observance of human rights and goodneighbourliness, thus contributing to the maintenance of international peace and security and enhancing
the prospects for sustained development and prosperity for all peoples in the region as an integral part of
Europe;
2. Calls upon all participants in the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe, and all concerned
international organizations, to support the efforts of South-Eastern European States to overcome the
negative effects of the Kosovo crisis and to enable them to pursue sustainable development and integration
of their economies into the European and global economy;
3. Affirms the need for full observance of the Charter of the United Nations and for strict
compliance with the principles of sovereign equality, territorial integrity and inviolability of international
borders of any State;
4. Urges the normalization of relations among the States of South-Eastern Europe and the
strengthening of their mutual cooperation on the basis of respect of international law and agreements and
within the principle of good-neighbourliness and mutual respect;
5. Stresses the importance of good-neighbourliness and the development of friendly relations among
States, the solution of problems among States and the promotion of international cooperation in accordance
with the Charter of the United Nations;
6. Calls upon all States to solve their disputes with other States by peaceful means, in accordance
with the Charter of the United Nations;
7. Calls upon all States, the relevant international organizations and competent organs of the United
Nations to continue to take measures in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, as appropriate,
to eliminate threats to international peace and security and to help to prevent conflicts which can lead to
the violent disintegration of States;
8. Stresses the importance of regional efforts aimed at preventing bilateral conflicts endangering
the maintenance of international peace and security, and notes with satisfaction, in this regard, the
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