Development of Good-Neighbourly Relations Among Balkan States

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 81 Maintenance of international security, published in 1998.

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10 subjects

Balkan Region Bosnia and Herzegovina Situation Confidence-Building Measures European Security and Cooperation Foreign Relations Former Yugoslavia Situation Good Neighbourliness Regional Cooperation Treaties Zones of Peace

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11 operative paragraphs

Notes with interest the views of some States on the development of good-neighbourly relations among Balkan States, contained in the report of the Secretary-General;4

Emphasizes the importance for all Balkan States to promote mutual cooperation in all fields and, inter alia, in trade and other forms of economic cooperation, transport and telecommunications, protection of the environment, advancement of democratic processes, promotion of human rights and development of cultural and sports relations;

Calls upon all Balkan States to endeavour to promote good-neighbourly relations and continually to undertake unilateral and joint activities, including confidence-building measures as appropriate, in particular within the framework of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe;

Also calls upon all Balkan States and interested States outside the region to participate actively in and support the negotiations foreseen in annex 1 B, article V, of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina,1 with a view to reaching early results;

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 good-neighbourly relations among the Balkan States, and invites them to inform the Secretary-General of their activities and of their views on the subject;

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 good-neighbourly relations among all Balkan States;

Urges normalization of the relations among all States of the Balkan region;

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;

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;

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;

Decides to consider the report of the Secretary-General on the subject at its fifty-fifth session.

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