Commends the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) for the relevant decisions and declarations adopted at its 10th Ministerial Council, regarding prevention and combating terrorism, trafficking in human beings, tolerance and non-discrimination, electoral standards and peacekeeping operations; praises the close cooperation between OSCE institutions and relavant UN bodies; encourages further efforts of OSCE to foster security and stability in its region through early warning and conflict prevention; notes with appreaciation the active involvement of OSCE in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, including Kosovo; underlines the importance of regional cooperation as a means of fostering good-neighbourly relations, stability and economic development and welcomes the implementation of the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe; fully supports the activities of OSCE to achieve a peaceful solution to the conflict in and around the Nagorny-Karabakh region; remains deeply concerned at the failure to achieve a settlement of the Nagorny-Karabakh conflict and reaffirms that the prompt resolution of that conflict will contribute to the lasting peace, security and stability of the South Caucasus region.

Adopted 147-0-3, 79th plenary meeting

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