United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/55/27
Distr.: General
20 December 2000
Fifty-fifth session
Agenda items 66 and 67
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the First Committee (A/55/552)]
55/27.
Maintenance of international security – goodneighbourliness, stability and development in
South-Eastern Europe
The General Assembly,
Recalling the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and
the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, signed at
Helsinki on 1 August 1975,
Recalling also the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 1
Welcoming the democratic changes in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and
their positive effects on the peace, stability and development of South-Eastern
Europe,
Recalling its resolutions 48/84 B of 16 December 1993, 50/80 B of
12 December 1995, 51/55 of 10 December 1996, 52/48 of 9 December 1997, 53/71
of 4 December 1998 and 54/62 of 1 December 1999,
Recalling also the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe initiated by the
European Union, adopted at Cologne, Germany, on 10 June 1999 and endorsed at
the Sarajevo Summit of 30 July 1999, and stressing the crucial importance of its
implementation,
Recalling further the Sarajevo Summit Declaration, in which the participants
affirm their collective and individual readiness to give concrete meaning to the
Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe 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,
Emphasizing the crucial importance of the full implementation of Security
Council resolution 1244 (1999) of 10 June 1999 on Kosovo, Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia,
Noting the importance of the activities of the international organizations, such
as the European Union, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe,
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Resolution 55/2.