Situation in “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”

Recommendation 1528 (2001)

Author(s):

Parliamentary Assembly

Origin

Assembly debate on 28 June 2001 (22nd Sitting) (see Doc. 9146, report of the Political Affairs Committee, rapporteur: Mr Jakič). Text adopted by the Assembly on 28 June 2001 (22nd Sitting).

Thesaurus

1. The Assembly refers to its Resolution 1255 (2001) on the situation in “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”.

2. The Assembly recommends that the Committee of Ministers intensify its co-operation programmes with Macedonia [(1) The use in the text of the term “Macedonia” is for descriptive purposes and the convenience of the reader: it does not prejudge the position of the Assembly on the question of the name of the state.] with a view to assist it in the implementation of the necessary reforms, in particular as regards improving inter-ethnic dialogue, education, media, local government and the development of civic education.

3. The Assembly recommends that the Committee of Ministers provide financial and logistic help to the Macedonian authorities in organising a reliable population census, following the experience of the extraordinary census in 1994.

4. The Assembly also recommends that the Committee of Ministers call upon all governments of the member states of the Council of Europe to freeze the bank accounts and forbid the financing of the extremist groups who support from abroad the illegal activities of the extremists in “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”.

5. The Assembly asks the Committee of Ministers to inform it at its next part-session about the follow-up given to this recommendation.