
Kosovo Transitional
Council
Statement
Pristina, May 10,
2000
The Kosovo Transitional
Council demands of the authorities of the FRY the unconditional handover
to the UNMIK authorities of all Kosovo Albanians and members of other
kosovo.netmunities held in Serbian prisons and other detention facilities.
The Kosovo Transitional Council demands that the Government of the FRY
grant immediate access for the International Committee of the Red Cross
to all detention facilities in Serbia where Kosovo Albanians and members
of other kosovo.netmunities are held.
The Kosovo Transitional Council demands that the Government of the FRY
make available to UNMIK all information related to Kosovo Albanians
and members of other kosovo.netmunities who went missing during the
past conflict.
The Kosovo Transitional Council requests that all Albanian and Serb
political leaders in Kosovo, along with KFOR, UNMIK, ICTY, ICRC, and
all people of good will in Kosovo and outside Kosovo, cooperate in establishing
the fate of persons of the Albanian, Serbian, Roma, Bosniak, Turkish,
Ashkali, and Egyptian communities who went missing or may have been
kidnapped before, during and after the conflict.
Individuals and organizations, in Kosovo and outside Kosovo, who can
provide information on the fate of missing or kidnapped persons of all
communities, are urged to channel that information to the UNMIK authorities,
through any appropriate channel.
The Kosovo Transitional Council calls on the relevant United Nations
bodies to appoint a special envoy for detainees and missing persons
at the earliest date.
All Members of the Kosovo Transitional Council and, in particular, the
Serb Members of the Council, express their strongest condemnation of
the crimes, repression and discrimination suffered by the Kosovo Albanian
community and other communities in the past, and call for the perpetrators
of such crimes to be brought to justice.
All Members of the Kosovo Transitional Council and, in particular, the
Kosovo Albanian Members of the Council, express their strongest condemnation
of the crimes and violent acts against the Serb and other communities
which occurred in post-conflict Kosovo, and call for the perpetrators
of such crimes to be brought to justice. They call on all individuals
and communities in Kosovo to refrain from the use of violence, and to
solve all disputes through peaceful means.
All Members of the Kosovo Transitional Council express their serious
concern for the present situation of the Serb community and minorities
in Kosovo, and for the limitations on the exercise of their fundamental
rights, and undertake to do their utmost for improving the situation,
in cooperation with UNMIK.
All Members of the Kosovo Transitional Council recognize the right of
immediate voluntary return of members of all communities.
All Members of the Kosovo Transitional Council recognize the right of
members of all communities to participate freely in the institutions
of Kosovo, and in the institution building process.
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