13 July -- The Security Council today authorized the United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka (UNMOP) to continue monitoring the demilitarization of the strategically important peninsula for six more months, until 15 January 2001.
Unanimously adopting resolution 1307 (2000), the Council called upon the two parties to the dispute over Prevlaka -- Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia -- to cease all violations of the demilitarized regime in the UN-controlled zone, and to take further steps to reduce tension and improve safety in the area.
The Council also urged the parties to abide by their mutual commitments and implement the 1996 Agreement on Normalization of Relations, especially their commitment to reach a negotiated resolution of the dispute.
When it met this morning, the Council had before it Secretary-General Kofi Annan's latest report on Prevlaka, released last week, in which he stresses that UNMOP's continued presence is necessary for the peninsula's stability, which in turn is a requirement for progress towards a political settlement.
UNMOP is an independent mission, but for administrative and budgetary purposes it is treated as part of the UN Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH). In June, the General Assembly appropriated some $158.7 million for UNMIBH for July 2000-June 2001, from which UNMOP's costs are to be met.
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