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Security Council members urge confidence-building steps to solve Prevlaka dispute

Security Council members urge confidence-building steps to solve Prevlaka dispute

Noting a lack of progress towards a political settlement of the Prevlaka dispute between Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, members of the United Nations Security Council today encouraged the parties to move forward speedily on the confidence-building measures conveyed informally to them by the UN in 1999.

"Members of the Security Council welcomed the fact that the situation remains stable and calm and voiced their continuing support for the chief military observer in Prevlaka and for UNMOP [the UN Mission of Observers in Prevlaka]," Ambassador Greenstock of the United Kingdom, the Council's current President, told the press today after the 15-member body discussed the issue in closed consultations.

"They expressed concern about the long-standing violations of the security regime in the UN-controlled zone and called for unrestricted freedom for UNMOP," he said.

Ambassador Greenstock added that Council members welcomed Secretary-General Kofi Annan's intention to assess the situation before the end of UNMOP's present mandate on 15 July with a view to exploring with the parties ways of moving the political process forward.