Security Council resolution 855 (1993) [on the refusal of the authorities in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) to allow the CSCE special missions in Kosovo, Sandjak and Vojvodina]
Symbol: S/RES/855(1993)
Date: 1993-08-09
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/48 [98] FORMER YUGOSLAVIA SITUATION
Subjects: Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe|SPECIAL MISSIONS|FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT|KOSOVO (SERBIA)|VOJVODINA (SERBIA)|SANDZAK REGION|YUGOSLAVIA|FORMER YUGOSLAVIA SITUATION|STAFF SECURITY
Votes in favour: 14
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 1
Voting record:
country: BRAZIL
vote: yes
country: CAPE VERDE
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: abstention
country: DJIBOUTI
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: HUNGARY
vote: yes
country: JAPAN
vote: yes
country: MOROCCO
vote: yes
country: NEW ZEALAND
vote: yes
country: PAKISTAN
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: SPAIN
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes
country: VENEZUELA
vote: yes

Resolution 855 (1993)
of 9 August 1993

The Security Council,

Taking note of the letters of 20 127 and 23 July 128 1993 from the
Chairman-in-Office of the Council of Ministers of the Conference on
Security and Cooperation in Europe,

Also taking note of the letters of 28 July 129 and 3 August 130 1993
circulated by the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
(Serbia and Montenegro),

Deeply concerned at the refusal of the authorities in the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) to allow the CSCE
missions of long duration to continue their activities,

Bearing in mind that the CSCE missions of long duration are an
example of preventive diplomacy undertaken within the framework of
the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and have
greatly contributed to promoting stability and counteracting the risk of
violence in Kosovo, Sandzak and Vojvodina, the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro),

Reaffirming its relevant resolutions aimed at putting an end to
conflict in the former Yugoslavia,
Determined to avoid any extension of the conflict in the former
Yugoslavia, and in this context attaching great importance to the work
of the CSCE missions and to the continued ability of the international
community to monitor the situation in Kosovo, Sandzak and Vojvodina, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro),

Stressing its commitment to the territorial integrity and political
independence of all States in the region,

1. Endorses the efforts of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe as described in the letters noted above from the
Chairman-in-Office of the Council of Ministers of the Conference on
Security and Cooperation in Europe;

2. Calls upon the authorities in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
(Serbia and Montenegro) to reconsider their refusal to allow the
continuation of the activities of the CSCE missions in Kosovo, Sandjak
and Vojvodina, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and
Montenegro), to cooperate with the Conference by taking the practical
steps needed for the resumption of the activities of these missions and
to agree to an increase in the number of monitors as decided by the
Conference; ,

3. Also calls upon the authorities in the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) to assure the monitors’ safety and
security and to allow them free and unimpeded access necessary to
accomplish their mission in full;

4. Decides to remain seized of the matter.

Adopted at the 3262nd meeting by 14 votes to
none, with I abstention (China)



127 Official Records of the Security Council, Forty-eighth
year, Supplement for July, August and September 1993, document S/26121
128 Ibid., document S/26148.
129 Ibid., document S/26210.
130 Ibid., document S$/26234.