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United Nations S/PV.4250

Security CouncilFifty-fifth year

4250th meetingTuesday, 19 December 2000, 1.20 p.m.

New York

Provisional

This record contains the text of speeches delivered in English and of the interpretation of

speeches delivered in the other languages. The final text will be printed in the Official Records

of the Security Council. Corrections should be submitted to the original languages only. They

should be incorporated in a copy of the record and sent under the signature of a member of the

delegation concerned to the Chief of the Verbatim Reporting Service, room C-178.

00-80507 (E)

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President: Mr. Lavrov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Russian Federation)

Members: Argentina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. Cappagli

Bangladesh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. Sorcar

Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. Heinbecker

China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. Zhou Fei

France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. DoutriauxJamaica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miss Durrant

Malaysia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. Amran

Mali . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. Toure

Namibia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Ashipala-Musavyi

Ne therlands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. Scheffers

Tunisia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. Cherif

Ukraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. Sobko

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland . . . . Mr. Harrison

United States of America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. Cunningham

Agenda

Security Council resolutions 1160 (1998), 1199 (1998), 1203 (1998), 1239 (1999)

and 1244 (1999).

Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration

Mission in Kosovo (S/2000/1196).

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The meeting was called to order at 1.20 p.m.

Adoption of the agenda

The agenda was adopted.

Security Council resolutions 1160 (1998), 1199 (1998),

1203 (1998), 1239 (1999) and 1244 (1999)

Report of the Secretary-General on the United

Nations Interim Administration Mission in

Kosovo (S/2000/1196)

The President (spoke in Russian): The Security

Council will now resume consideration of the item on

its agenda. The Council is meeting in accordance with

the understanding reached in its prior cons ultations.

Members of the Council have before them the

report of the Secretary-General on the United NationsInterim Administration Mission in Kosovo, which is

contained in document S/2000/1196.

After consultations among members of the

Security Council, I have been authorized to make the

following statement on behalf of the Council.

The Security Council welcomes the

briefing by Mr. Annabi on 19 December and the

presence of the Foreign Minis ter of the Federal

Republic of Yugoslavia at the meeting.

The Security Council expresses its grave

concern at the situation in certain municipalitiesin southern Serbia, Federal Republic of

Yugoslavia, and particularly in the ground safety

zone, as defined in the military-technical

agreement referred to in annex 2 of resolution

1244 (1999) of 10 June 1999. It strongly

condemns the violent action by ethnic Albanian

extremist groups in southern Serbia and calls for

an immediate and complete cessation of violence

in this area. The Council reiterates its resolution

1244 (1999) in its entirety.

The Security Council calls for the

dissolution of ethnic Albanian extremist groups.

The Council also calls for the immediate

withdrawal from the area, and in particular from

the ground safety zone, of all non-residents

engaged in extremist activities.

The Council welcomes the start of a

dialogue between the Serbian and Yugoslav

authorities and representatives of the affected

communities, which could facilitate a lasting

settlement to the problem.

In this regard, the Council welcomes the

commitment of the Yugoslav authorities to worktowards a peaceful settlement, based on

democratic principles, and to respect the

pro visions of resol ution 1244 (1999) and the

military-technical agreement, as expressed in the

letter of the President of the Federal Republic of

Yugoslavia to the President of the Security

Council of 13 December 2000 (S/2000/1184).

The Security Council welcomes specific

measures taken by the international security

prese nce (KFO R) to address the problem,

including increased surveillance of the border,

confiscation of weapons and the disruption of

identified and illegal activity within Kosovo in

the vicinity of the eastern administrative

boundary. It welcomes the constructive dialo gue

between KFOR and the Yugos lav and Serbian

authorities, including through the Joint

Implementation Commission. The Council calls

on KFOR and the United Nations Interim

Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) to

continue to make all necessary efforts to address

the problem. The Council also calls on Kosovo

Albanian leaders to contribute to the stability of

the situation.

The Security Council welcomes the

detailed public statement of the Secretary-

General of the N orth Atlantic Treaty Organization

of 29 November 2000, and the strong message

which this sent to extremist groups in the

Presevo-Medveda-Bujanovac area.

The Security Council will remain actively

seized of the matter.

This statement will be issued as a document of

the Security Council under the symbol

S/PRST/2000/40.

The Security Council has thus concluded theprese nt stage of its consideration of the ite m on its

agenda.

The meeting rose at 1.25 p.m.