| Date | 20 November 2000 |
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Agenda items 66 and 67
Development of good-neighbourly relations among Balkan States
Maintenance of international security
Report of the First Committee (A/55/552)
The President
The Assembly will now take a decision on the draft resolution recommended by the First Committee in paragraph 8 of its report.
The draft resolution is entitled "Maintenance of international security, -- good-neighbourliness, stability and development in South-Eastern Europe". The Secretariat was informed that no vote has been requested on that draft resolution.
May I therefore take it that the General Assembly wishes to adopt the draft resolution recommended by the First Committee?
The President
I call on the representative of Yugoslavia, who wishes to speak in explanation of position on the resolution just adopted.
Mr. Mladenovic (Yugoslavia)
This being the first time that I am addressing the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session, I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency and to express my greatest satisfaction with your stewardship of the Assembly's proceedings thus far. I would like also to thank the members of the Bureau.
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was not able to take an active part in the work of the United Nations at the time of the adoption of this resolution in the First Committee. Let me therefore take this opportunity to commend the wide support that the resolution received in the Committee and in the General Assembly today. This proves that the positions contained in the resolution are contributory to the efforts made by the countries of South-Eastern Europe to promote good-neighbourliness and cooperation and, by the same token, to consolidate peace and strengthen security in our region.
As the Assembly will recall, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has had the misfortune to be riven, in the last decade of the twentieth century, by war and conflict, and has had to endure enormous human suffering and material destruction. The profound democratic changes that have taken place in my country in the wake of the last elections have brought about the speedy reintegration of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia into the international community and accounted for the creation of a new atmosphere in the region. The basis for a new relationship among the countries in the region is emerging.
The commitment of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to the development of relations with all its neighbours on the basis of genuine good-neighbourliness, mutual respect and cooperation is an important factor in the promotion of peace and overall stability in the region. This is evinced also by the recognition rendered both to the new leaders and the people of my country for their courage and resolve in bringing about the change, expressed also in the resolution at hand.
Now, as a fully fledged Member of the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Stability Pact for South-east Europe, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia stands ready to bear its share of responsibility in the efforts aimed at fulfilling the goals and purposes enshrined in the basic documents of these organizations. In that way, my country will make a positive contribution to overcoming the traumas of the past and turn to solving, with the other countries of the region, the open questions through dialogue, cooperation and development. There is no doubt that this will help facilitate the integration of our region into the wider integrated processes of Europe.
My delegation is convinced that the consistent implementation of this resolution will make an important contribution to meeting the aspirations of all of the countries of our region.
May I take it that it is the wish of the Assembly to conclude its consideration of agenda items 66 and 67?
