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6.
Welcomes also the conclusions of the London Peace Implementation
Conference,4 held on 4 and 5 December 1996, at which the Bosnian parties and
the international community committed themselves to a detailed action plan to
implement the Peace Agreement, and calls upon all parties, as signatories to
the Peace Agreement and immediate neighbours, to continue to work for a
peaceful, reintegrated and stable Bosnia and Herzegovina in accordance with
the Peace Agreement;
7.
Recognizes that responsibility for consolidating the peace lies
primarily with the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as was confirmed in
particular in the joint declaration adopted at Geneva on 14 August 1996;
8.
Also recognizes that the role of the international community
remains essential, and welcomes the readiness of the international community
to continue its efforts;
9.
Underlines the relationship between the fulfilment by the parties
of their commitments under the Peace Agreement and the readiness of the
international community to commit resources for reconstruction and
development;
10.
Welcomes the formation of the multinational Stabilization Force
authorized by the Security Council as the successor to the Implementation
Force, and calls upon all parties to cooperate fully with it;
11.
Stresses the importance of the full, comprehensive and consistent
implementation of the Peace Agreement, including cooperation and compliance
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, the establishment of the
necessary conditions for the voluntary return of refugees and displaced
persons, and the establishment of the necessary conditions for freedom of
movement;
12.
Calls upon all the parties to cooperate fully, and in good faith,
in the prompt formation and functioning of all of the new common institutions
of Bosnia and Herzegovina and in establishing the necessary conditions for
holding democratic, free and fair local elections at the municipal level in
accordance with the relevant provisions of the Peace Agreement, and urges the
relevant international organizations to consider the provision of assistance
to meet the infrastructural needs of the new common institutions of Bosnia and
Herzegovina, particularly in Sarajevo, the capital of the State and Federation
of Bosnia and Herzegovina;
13.
Insists upon the need to deliver all indictees to the
International Tribunal to trial, notes that the International Tribunal has the
authority to address individual responsibility for the perpetration of the
crime of genocide, crimes against humanity and other serious violations of
international humanitarian law committed, including in Bosnia and Herzegovina,
and reiterates that all parties should arrest and surrender to the Tribunal
all indicted persons on territories under their control, and to otherwise
fully comply with the orders of the Tribunal and to cooperate with the work of
the Tribunal, including with exhumations and other investigative acts, in
4
Ibid., document S/1996/1012.
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