               United Nations                                                                   S/RES/1345 (2001)
               Security Council                                               Distr.: General
                                                                              21 March 2001




               Resolution 1345 (2001)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 4301st meeting, on
               21 March 2001

                    The Security Council,
                    Recalling its resolutions 1160 (1998) of 31 March 1998, 1199 (1998) of 23
               September 1998, 1203 (1998) of 24 October 1998, 1239 (1999) of 14 May 1999 and
               1244 (1999) of 10 June 1999 and the statements of its President of 19 December
               2000 (S/PRST/2000/40), 7 March 2001 (S/PRST/2001/7) and 16 March 2001
               (S/PRST/2001/8),
                    Welcoming the steps taken by the Government of the former Yugoslav
               Republic of Macedonia to consolidate a multiethnic society within its borders, and
               expressing its full support for the further development of this process,
                    Also welcoming the plan put forward by the Government of the Federal
               Republic of Yugoslavia to resolve peacefully the crisis in certain municipalities in
               southern Serbia, and expressing encouragement for the implementation of political
               and economic reforms designed to reintegrate the ethnic Albanian population as full
               members of civil society,
                     Welcoming international efforts, including those of the United Nations Interim
               Administration Mission in Kosovo, the International security presence in Kosovo
               (KFOR), the European Union, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the
               Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in cooperation with
               the Governments of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Federal
               Republic of Yugoslavia and other States, to prevent the escalation of ethnic tensions
               in the area,
                     Further welcoming the contribution of the European Union to a peaceful
               solution to the problems in certain municipalities in southern Serbia, its decision
               substantially to increase the presence of the European Union Monitoring Mission
               there on the basis of its existing mandate, and its wider contribution to the region,
                    Welcoming the cooperation between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
               and the authorities of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Federal
               Republic of Yugoslavia in addressing the security problems in parts of the former
               Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and certain municipalities in southern Serbia,
                     1.   Strongly condemns extremist violence, including terrorist activities, in
               certain parts of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and certain
               municipalities in southern Serbia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and notes that


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               such violence has support from ethnic Albanian extremists outside these areas and
               constitutes a threat to the security and stability of the wider region;
                    2.    Reaffirms its commitment to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of
               the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
               and the other States of the region, as set out in the Helsinki Final Act;
                    3.   Reiterates its strong support for the full implementation of resolution
               1244 (1999);
                     4.   Demands that all those who are currently engaged in armed action
               against the authorities of those States immediately cease all such actions, lay down
               their weapons and return to their homes;
                    5.   Supports the Government of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
               and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in their efforts to end the violence in a
               manner consistent with the rule of law;
                     6.    Underlines the need for all differences to be resolved by dialogue among
               all legitimate parties;
                     7     Further underlines the requirement for all parties to act with restraint and
               full respect for international humanitarian law and human rights;
                     8.    Welcomes the efforts of the Government of Albania to promote peace in
               the region and isolate extremists working against peace, and encourages it and all
               States to take all possible concrete steps to prevent support for extremists, taking
               also into account resolution 1160 (1998);
                     9.    Calls on Kosovo Albanian political leaders, and leaders of the ethnic
               Albanian communities in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, southern
               Serbia and elsewhere, publicly to condemn violence and ethnic intolerance and to
               use their influence to secure peace, and calls on all those who have contact with the
               extremist armed groups to make clear that they have no support from any quarter in
               the international community;
                     10. Welcomes the efforts of KFOR to implement resolution 1244 (1999) in
               cooperation with the authorities of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and
               the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and calls on KFOR to continue further to
               strengthen its efforts to prevent unauthorized movement and illegal arms shipments
               across borders and boundaries in the region, to confiscate weapons within Kosovo,
               Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and to continue to keep the Council informed in
               accordance with resolution 1160 (1998);
                     11. Calls on States and appropriate international organizations to consider
               how they can best give practical help to efforts in the region further to strengthen
               democratic, multiethnic societies in the interests of all and to assist the return of
               displaced persons in the areas in question;
                     12. Calls on all States in the region to respect each other’s territorial integrity
               and to cooperate on measures that foster stability and promote regional political and
               economic cooperation in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, the
               basic principles of the OSCE and the Stability Pact for South East Europe;
                     13. Decides to monitor developments on the ground carefully and remain
               actively seized of the matter.



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