S/RES/855(1993) SC

Resolution 855 (1993) of 9 August 1993 The Security Council, Taking note of the letters of 20 127 and 23 July 128 1993 from the Chairman-in-Office of the Council of Ministers of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Also taking note of the letters of 28 July 129 and 3 August 130 1993 circulated by the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), Deeply concerned at the refusal of the authorities in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) to allow the CSCE missions of long duration to continue their activities, Bearing in mind that the CSCE missions of long duration are an example of preventive diplomacy undertaken within the framework of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and have greatly contributed to promoting stability and counteracting the risk of violence in Kosovo, Sandzak and Vojvodina, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), Reaffirming its relevant resolutions aimed at putting an end to conflict in the former Yugoslavia, Determined to avoid any extension of the conflict in the former Yugoslavia, and in this context attaching great importance to the work of the CSCE missions and to the continued ability of the international community to monitor the situation in Kosovo, Sandzak and Vojvodina, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), Stressing its commitment to the territorial integrity and political independence of all States in the region, 1. Endorses the efforts of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe as described in the letters noted above from the Chairman-in-Office of the Council of Ministers of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe; 2. Calls upon the authorities in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) to reconsider their refusal to allow the continuation of the activities of the CSCE missions in Kosovo, Sandjak and Vojvodina, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), to cooperate with the Conference by taking the practical steps needed for the resumption of the activities of these missions and to agree to an increase in the number of monitors as decided by the Conference; , 3. Also calls upon the authorities in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) to assure the monitors’ safety and security and to allow them free and unimpeded access necessary to accomplish their mission in full; 4. Decides to remain seized of the matter. Adopted at the 3262nd meeting by 14 votes to none, with I abstention (China) 127 Official Records of the Security Council, Forty-eighth year, Supplement for July, August and September 1993, document S/26121 128 Ibid., document S/26148. 129 Ibid., document S/26210. 130 Ibid., document S$/26234.