Commends the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) for the fulfilment, in cooperation with UN, of the role assigned to it by the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the annexes thereto, in particular for: (a) The successful supervision of the preparation and the conduct of the elections held on 14 Sept. 1996; (b) The monitoring, together with other international organizations, of the development of human rights standards; (c) The support offered to the Human Rights Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina; (d) The agreements concluded under its auspices on confidence- and security-building measures, as well as on subregional arms control; underlines the responsibility of the parties to organize free and fair municipal elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina; fully supports the activities of OSCE to achieve a peaceful solution to the conflict in and around the Nagorny Karabakh region of Azerbaijan; supports the activities of OSCE aimed at contributing to stability and the maintenance of peace and security within its region, and stresses the importance of the work done by its field missions; requests the Secretary-General to continue exploring with the Chairman-in-Office of OSCE possibilities for further enhancement of cooperation, information exchange and coordination between UN and OSCE, avoiding as much as possible duplication and overlapping in those areas where both organizations have their own respective roles to play.

Adopted 158-0-4, 81st meeting

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Adopted at the 81st plenary meeting, 12 Dec. 1996.