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BELGRADE -- The Yugoslav government held a session Thursday chaired by Prime Minister Momir Bulatovic, and adopted a Memorandum on the implementation of the Security Council Resolution 1244 and addressed it to the SC president and the UN secretary-general, the federal information secretariat said in a statement.
The Memorandum notes that the security and overall situation in Serbia's Kosovo-Metohija province after the deployment of KFOR peacekeepers and UN civilian Mission UNMIK is characterized by mass terror against Serbs and non ethnic Albanians.
The murders of 447 Serbs and members of other ethnic communities, the abduction of 648 people and the expulsion of over 330,000 Serbs, Montenegrins and other non ethnic Albanians from the province are a direct result of the irresponsible and indolent attitude of KFOR and UNMIK, and particularly of Bernard Kouchner, special representative of the UN secretary-general, the government underlined.
As Yugoslavia has fully honored all its commitments set out in the Resolution and other relevant documents, the government demands that all other factors, above all KFOR and UNMIK, also honor their commitments fully and without delay. This is a pre-condition for realizing the fundamental goals and tasks of the international presence in Kosovo-Metohija whose framework is clearly defined by the Resolution 1244, the statement says.
On the basis of respect of Yugoslavia's sovereignty and territorial integrity, the government will not recognize KFOR's and UNMIK's decisions which are not in line with the Resolution 1244. Yugoslavia, as a sovereign country and UN member, has willingly accepted the deployment of international forces under UN aegis in its territory, but insists that the Security Council ensure the full respect of its sovereignty and territorial integrity and to take all measures set out in its Resolution 1244 in this regard, the statement says.
The Yugoslav government insists that all Bernard Kouchner's illegal decrees and decisions violating Yugoslavia's sovereignty and territorial integrity, such as the introduction of a separate currency, customs duties, arbitrary appointment of judges, opening of the Pristina airport for civilian flights, etc, be nullified. It also demands that all illegally seized state, public, social and provate property be returned to its legal owners.
The government again demands, in line with the resolution 1244 and the military-technical agreement, that the Yugoslav Army and Serbian police forces be enabled to return to Kosovo-Metohija in order to pacify the security situation in the province and prevent the exodus of the remaining Serb and other non ethnic Albanian inhabitants, the statement says.
The government firmly demands that the document on the transformation of the self-styled KLA be nullified and that the KLA be immediately, unconditionally and fully disarmed, and that its leaders who are accountable for mass crimes and systematic ethnic cleansing be taken to justice, the statement says.
The Yugoslav government also demands from the Security Council to guarantee free and safe return of all Serbs and other citizens expelled in the ethnic cleansing campaign since UNMIK's and KFOR's arrival in the province. It also demands the expulsion of all foreign nationals who have entered Yugoslavia's territory illegally.
The government reiterates its demand that an all-round agreement be signed by Yugoslavia and the UN on regulating the status of the international presence under UN aegis in Kosovo-Metohija, and on creating a committee to monitor the implementation of the resolution 1244 and other relevant documents, the statement says.