Adopted by the Security Council at its 4011th meeting,
on 10 June 1999
The Security Council,
Bearing in mind the purposes and principles of
the Charter of the United Nations, and the primary responsibility
of the Security Council for the maintenance of international
peace and security,
Recalling its resolutions 1160 (1998) of 31 March
1998, 1199 (1998) of 23 September 1998, 1203 (1998)
of 24 October 1998 and 1239 (1999) of 14 May 1999,
Regretting that there has not been full compliance
with the requirements of these resolutions,
Determined to resolve the grave humanitarian situation
in Kosovo, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and to provide
for the safe and free return of all refugees and displaced
persons to their homes,
Condemning all acts of violence against the Kosovo
population as well as all terrorist acts by any party,
Recalling the statement made by the Secretary-General
on 9 April 1999, expressing concern at the humanitarian tragedy
taking place in Kosovo,
Reaffirming the right of all refugees and displaced
persons to return to their homes in safety,
Recalling the jurisdiction and the mandate of
the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia,
Welcoming the general principles on a political
solution to the Kosovo crisis adopted on 6 May 1999 (S/1999/516,
annex 1 to this resolution) and welcoming also the acceptance
by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia of the principles set
forth in points 1 to 9 of the paper presented in Belgrade
on 2 June 1999 (S/1999/649, annex 2 to this resolution),
and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's agreement to that
paper,
Reaffirming the commitment of all Member States
to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia and the other States of the region,
as set out in the Helsinki Final Act and annex 2,
Reaffirming the call in previous resolutions for
substantial autonomy and meaningful self-administration for
Kosovo,
Determining that the situation in the region continues
to constitute a threat to international peace and security,
Determined to ensure the safety and security of
international personnel and the implementation by all concerned
of their responsibilities under the present resolution, and
acting for these purposes under Chapter VII of the
Charter of the United Nations,
1. Decides that a political solution to the
Kosovo crisis shall be based on the general principles in
annex 1 and as further elaborated in the principles and
other required elements in annex 2;
2. Welcomes the acceptance by the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia of the principles and other required
elements referred to in paragraph 1 above, and demands
the full cooperation of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
in their rapid implementation;
3. Demands in particular that the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia put an immediate and verifiable end
to violence and repression in Kosovo, and begin and complete
verifiable phased withdrawal from Kosovo of all military,
police and paramilitary forces according to a rapid timetable,
with which the deployment of the international security
presence in Kosovo will be synchronized;
4. Confirms that after the withdrawal an
agreed number of Yugoslav and Serb military and police personnel
will be permitted to return to Kosovo to perform the functions
in accordance with annex 2;
5. Decides on the deployment in Kosovo, under
United Nations auspices, of international civil and security
presences, with appropriate equipment and personnel as required,
and welcomes the agreement of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
to such presences;
6. Requests the Secretary-General to appoint,
in consultation with the Security Council, a Special Representative
to control the implementation of the international civil
presence, and further requests the Secretary-General
to instruct his Special Representative to coordinate closely
with the international security presence to ensure that
both presences operate towards the same goals and in a mutually
supportive manner;
7. Authorizes Member States and relevant
international organizations to establish the international
security presence in Kosovo as set out in point 4 of
annex 2 with all necessary means to fulfil its responsibilities
under paragraph 9 below;
8. Affirms the need for the rapid early deployment
of effective international civil and security presences
to Kosovo, and demands that the parties cooperate
fully in their deployment;
9. Decides that the responsibilities of the
international security presence to be deployed and acting
in Kosovo will include:
(a) Deterring renewed hostilities, maintaining and
where necessary enforcing a ceasefire, and ensuring the
withdrawal and preventing the return into Kosovo of Federal
and Republic military, police and paramilitary forces, except
as provided in point 6 of annex 2;
(b) Demilitarizing the Kosovo Liberation Army
(KLA) and other armed Kosovo Albanian groups as required
in paragraph 15 below;
(c) Establishing a secure environment in which
refugees and displaced persons can return home in safety,
the international civil presence can operate, a transitional
administration can be established, and humanitarian aid
can be delivered;
(d) Ensuring public safety and order until the
international civil presence can take responsibility for
this task;
(e) Supervising demining until the international
civil presence can, as appropriate, take over responsibility
for this task;
(f) Supporting, as appropriate, and coordinating
closely with the work of the international civil presence;
(g) Conducting border monitoring duties as required;
(h) Ensuring the protection and freedom of movement
of itself, the international civil presence, and other
international organizations;
10. Authorizes the Secretary-General, with the
assistance of relevant international organizations, to establish
an international civil presence in Kosovo in order to provide
an interim administration for Kosovo under which the people
of Kosovo can enjoy substantial autonomy within the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia, and which will provide transitional
administration while establishing and overseeing the development
of provisional democratic self-governing institutions to
ensure conditions for a peaceful and normal life for all
inhabitants of Kosovo;
11. Decides that the main responsibilities
of the international civil presence will include:
(a) Promoting the establishment, pending a final
settlement, of substantial autonomy and self-government
in Kosovo, taking full account of annex 2 and of
the Rambouillet accords (S/1999/648);
(b) Performing basic civilian administrative functions
where and as long as required;
(c) Organizing and overseeing the development
of provisional institutions for democratic and autonomous
self-government pending a political settlement, including
the holding of elections;
(d) Transferring, as these institutions are established,
its administrative responsibilities while overseeing and
supporting the consolidation of Kosovo's local provisional
institutions and other peace-building activities;
(e) Facilitating a political process designed
to determine Kosovo's future status, taking into account
the Rambouillet accords (S/1999/648);
(f) In a final stage, overseeing the transfer
of authority from Kosovo's provisional institutions to
institutions established under a political settlement;
(g) Supporting the reconstruction of key infrastructure
and other economic reconstruction;
(h) Supporting, in coordination with international
humanitarian organizations, humanitarian and disaster
relief aid;
(i) Maintaining civil law and order, including
establishing local police forces and meanwhile through
the deployment of international police personnel to serve
in Kosovo;
(j) Protecting and promoting human rights;
(k) Assuring the safe and unimpeded return of
all refugees and displaced persons to their homes in Kosovo;
12. Emphasizes the need for coordinated humanitarian
relief operations, and for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
to allow unimpeded access to Kosovo by humanitarian aid
organizations and to cooperate with such organizations so
as to ensure the fast and effective delivery of international
aid;
13. Encourages all Member States and international
organizations to contribute to economic and social reconstruction
as well as to the safe return of refugees and displaced
persons, and emphasizes in this context the importance
of convening an international donors' conference, particularly
for the purposes set out in paragraph 11 (g) above, at the
earliest possible date;
14. Demands full cooperation by all concerned,
including the international security presence, with the
International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia;
15. Demands that the KLA and other armed
Kosovo Albanian groups end immediately all offensive actions
and comply with the requirements for demilitarization as
laid down by the head of the international security presence
in consultation with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General;
16. Decides that the prohibitions imposed
by paragraph 8 of resolution 1160 (1998) shall not
apply to arms and related matériel for the
use of the international civil and security presences;
17. Welcomes the work in hand in the European
Union and other international organizations to develop a
comprehensive approach to the economic development and stabilization
of the region affected by the Kosovo crisis, including the
implementation of a Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe
with broad international participation in order to further
the promotion of democracy, economic prosperity, stability
and regional cooperation;
18. Demands that all States in the region
cooperate fully in the implementation of all aspects of
this resolution;
19. Decides that the international civil
and security presences are established for an initial period
of 12 months, to continue thereafter unless the Security
Council decides otherwise;
20. Requests the Secretary-General to report
to the Council at regular intervals on the implementation
of this resolution, including reports from the leaderships
of the international civil and security presences, the first
reports to be submitted within 30 days of the adoption of
this resolution;
21. Decides to remain actively seized of
the matter.
Annex 1
Statement by the Chairman on the conclusion of the
meeting
of the G-8 Foreign Ministers held at the Petersberg
Centre
on 6 May 1999
The G-8 Foreign Ministers adopted the following general
principles on the political solution to the Kosovo crisis:
- Immediate and verifiable end of violence and
repression in Kosovo;
- Withdrawal from Kosovo of military, police
and paramilitary forces;
- Deployment in Kosovo of effective international
civil and security presences, endorsed and adopted by
the United Nations, capable of guaranteeing the achievement
of the common objectives;
- Establishment of an interim administration
for Kosovo to be decided by the Security Council of
the United Nations to ensure conditions for a peaceful
and normal life for all inhabitants in Kosovo;
- The safe and free return of all refugees and
displaced persons and unimpeded access to Kosovo by
humanitarian aid organizations;
- A political process towards the establishment
of an interim political framework agreement providing
for a substantial self-government for Kosovo, taking
full account of the Rambouillet accords and the principles
of sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia and the other countries of the
region, and the demilitarization of the KLA;
- Comprehensive approach to the economic development
and stabilization of the crisis region.
Annex 2
Agreement should be reached on the following principles
to move towards a resolution of the Kosovo crisis:
1. An immediate and verifiable end of violence and
repression in Kosovo.
2. Verifiable withdrawal from Kosovo of all military,
police and paramilitary forces according to a rapid timetable.
3. Deployment in Kosovo under United Nations auspices
of effective international civil and security presences,
acting as may be decided under Chapter VII of the Charter,
capable of guaranteeing the achievement of common objectives.
4. The international security presence with substantial
North Atlantic Treaty Organization participation must be
deployed under unified command and control and authorized
to establish a safe environment for all people in Kosovo
and to facilitate the safe return to their homes of all
displaced persons and refugees.
5. Establishment of an interim administration for
Kosovo as a part of the international civil presence under
which the people of Kosovo can enjoy substantial autonomy
within the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, to be decided
by the Security Council of the United Nations. The interim
administration to provide transitional administration while
establishing and overseeing the development of provisional
democratic self-governing institutions to ensure conditions
for a peaceful and normal life for all inhabitants in Kosovo.
6. After withdrawal, an agreed number of Yugoslav
and Serbian personnel will be permitted to return to perform
the following functions:
- Liaison with the international civil mission and
the international security presence;
- Marking/clearing minefields;
- Maintaining a presence at Serb patrimonial
sites;
- Maintaining a presence at key border crossings.
7. Safe and free return of all refugees and displaced
persons under the supervision of the Office of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and unimpeded access
to Kosovo by humanitarian aid organizations.
8. A political process towards the establishment
of an interim political framework agreement providing for
substantial self-government for Kosovo, taking full account
of the Rambouillet accords and the principles of sovereignty
and territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
and the other countries of the region, and the demilitarization
of UCK. Negotiations between the parties for a settlement
should not delay or disrupt the establishment of democratic
self-governing institutions.
9. A comprehensive approach to the economic development
and stabilization of the crisis region. This will include
the implementation of a stability pact for South-Eastern
Europe with broad international participation in order to
further promotion of democracy, economic prosperity, stability
and regional cooperation.
10. Suspension of military activity will require
acceptance of the principles set forth above in addition
to agreement to other, previously identified, required elements,
which are specified in the footnote below.1 A
military-technical agreement will then be rapidly concluded
that would, among other things, specify additional modalities,
including the roles and functions of Yugoslav/Serb personnel
in Kosovo:
Withdrawal
- Procedures for withdrawals, including the
phased, detailed schedule and delineation of a buffer
area in Serbia beyond which forces will be withdrawn;
Returning personnel
- Equipment associated with returning personnel;
- Terms of reference for their functional responsibilities;
- Timetable for their return;
- Delineation of their geographical areas of
operation;
- Rules governing their relationship to the
international security presence and the international
civil mission.
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Notes
1 Other required elements:
- A rapid and precise timetable for
withdrawals, meaning, e.g., seven days to complete
withdrawal and air defence weapons withdrawn outside
a 25 kilometre mutual safety zone within 48 hours;
- Return of personnel for the four functions
specified above will be under the supervision of
the international security presence and will be
limited to a small agreed number (hundreds, not
thousands);
- Suspension of military activity will
occur after the beginning of verifiable withdrawals;
- The discussion and achievement of
a military-technical agreement shall not extend
the previously determined time for completion of
withdrawals.
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