A/RES/52/48 Page 3 5. Calls upon the relevant international organizations and competent bodies and organizations of the United Nations system to continue to support and assist the ongoing process of development of goodneighbourly relations among the Balkan States, and invites them to inform the Secretary-General of their activities and of their views on the subject; 6. Stresses that the closer engagement of Balkan States in cooperation agreements on the European continent will favourably influence the political and economic situation in the region, as well as the goodneighbourly relations among all Balkan States; 7. Urges normalization of the relations among all States of the Balkan region; 8. Affirms the need for strict compliance with the principles of sovereign equality, territorial integrity or political independence, the inviolability of international borders and non-intervention in matters that are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any State; 9. Stresses the urgency of the realization of the aim of the Balkans to become a region of peace, stability, security, cooperation and sustained economic development; 10. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to seek the views of Member States, particularly those from the Balkan region, and of the relevant international organizations and competent bodies and organizations of the United Nations system, on the development of good-neighbourly relations in the region and on measures aimed at the creation of peace, stability, security, cooperation and sustained economic development in the Balkan region, and to submit a report to the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session, taking into account, inter alia, the views expressed by Member States on the subject; 11. Decides to consider the report of the Secretary-General on the subject at its fifty-fifth session. 67th plenary meeting 9 December 1997