i draw up and fund co-operation programmes
aimed at reinforcing democratic institutions, human rights and the
rule of law in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, particularly
in the fields of the judiciary, education, combating corruption
and organised crime, and combating intolerance and racism;
ii issue a further invitation to the member states to provide
massive and rapid humanitarian assistance to the Federal Republic
of Yugoslavia and encourage them to contribute to the stabilisation
of the situation in the country, particularly in southern Serbia;
iii invite member states and the United States of America
to actively support the genuinely voluntary return of refugees from
the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia by increased financing of reconstruction
of the whole region and return-related projects within the framework
of the Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe;
iv follow up the conference organised in December on the
functioning of media in a democratic society and support media reform;
v back the conference for the promotion of multicultural
society in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, organised by the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Federal Ministry for Minorities and
Ethnic Communities, which will take place in Belgrade on 2 and 3
February 2001;
vi give full support to the Conference on Compatibility with
the European Convention on Human Rights and other European Standards,
organised in conjunction with the federal authorities, the competent authorities
of Serbia and Montenegro and non-governmental human rights organisations,
which will take place on 16 and 17 February 2001. This conference,
which will launch a substantial programme to reform the legislation
of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, represents a major event
in co-operation between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the
Council of Europe;
vii find the necessary resources to ensure that this conference
is followed up;
viii fully support the work of NGOs like the Humanitarian Law
Center, the Helsinki Committee on Human Rights in Serbia, the Center
for Cultural Decontamination, the Women in Black, in Belgrade, and
the League of Albanian Women in Pristina, which are trying to start
a process of reconciliation between Serbs and Albanians from Kosovo;
ix participate in work on restoring the federal parliament
building, which was badly damaged on 5 October 2000, a date that
truly marked the changing of the country’s regime. A financial contribution
to this restoration would be a powerful symbol of the Council of
Europe’s determination to participate, in all spheres, in the rebirth
of democracy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
