RGA/6/4
Sponsored by Braxtyn Woodring, Chloe Park, Ottokar Shlu, Tristan Hudacko of Rossview High School
The delegates above represented the Delegation of Albania.
This legislation was filed in the Disarmament and International Security category
Presented as part of the MUN B 2023 conference
| 1 | To the General Assembly; |
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| 3 | Acknowledging that out of the approximately 1.2 million civilians that occupy the country |
| 4 | Kosovo, just over 1% of them are Serbs. The Serbian minority, although small, does |
| 5 | have sizable claims to the area of Northern Kosovo; |
| 6 | |
| 7 | Affirms that Kosovo, specifically majority of the Albanian population within its borders, |
| 8 | are under threat of imminent ethnic violence and perhaps may even be a victim of an |
| 9 | international conflict; |
| 10 | |
| 11 | Bearing in mind that the Serbian minority, particularly in Northern Kosovo, feels |
| 12 | threatened by a lack of representation within the parliament and feels as though their |
| 13 | claims to the land within Kosovo has been repeatedly infringed upon by the country’s |
| 14 | parliament; |
| 15 | |
| 16 | Recognizing that the Serbian minority has repeatedly enacted violence upon Albanians and UN |
| 17 | Peacekeepers within Kosovo due to this perceived underrepresentation, and further acknowledging |
| 18 | that the nation of Serbia has frequently threatened involvement in Kosovo’s domestic affairs; |
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| 20 | Recalling Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) of 10 June 1999, its previous resolution that |
| 21 | brought an end to the war and established a framework for the future of Kosovo, reinstating that |
| 22 | “the establishment of an interim political framework agreement providing for substantial self- |
| 23 | government for Kosovo, taking full account of the Rambouillet Accords and the principles of |
| 24 | sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia”, |
| 25 | |
| 26 | Confirming that Kosovo's proclamation of independence did not infringe on the standard |
| 27 | principles of international law nor the UN Security Council resolution 1244, or the Constitutive |
| 28 | framework; |
| 29 | |
| 30 | Reiterating its call for the need for all concerned to refrain from hostilities and acts of |
| 31 | violence, and reiterating its call to the parties involved to continue political dialogue, |
| 32 | |
| 33 | Expressing concern at the ongoing political, security, economic, and humanitarian |
| 34 | challenges in Kosovo relating to the tensions between Albania and Serbian ethnicities, |
| 35 | violence between the UN peacekeepers and Kosovo-Serbs; |
| 36 | |
| 37 | Further noting that a conflict between Kosovo and Serbia would likely cause a spike in refugees |
| 38 | from Kosovo to Albania, which may further lead to a refugee crisis that |
| 39 | Albania does not currently have the resources to handle; |
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| 41 | Realizing that the primary problem within Kosovo is the perceived underrepresentation |
| 42 | of Serbians; |
| 43 | |
| 44 | The Delegation of Albania hereby: |
| 45 | |
| 46 | Considers amending the Kosovo parliament to reserve 32 of their 120 seats for ethnic minorities, |
| 47 | with 12 seats going to the Serbs; |
| 48 | |
| 49 | Further encourages Kosovo to grant major enclaves of Serbians relative autonomy from Kosovo’s |
| 50 | government in order to avoid the potential of Kosovo trampling upon the rights and requests of |
| 51 | those that live within these enclaves; |
| 52 | |
| 53 | Further calls for UNMIK (United Nations Missions in Kosovo) to dedicate an appropriate share of |
| 54 | their resources to maintaining the security and peace within these ethnic enclaves, as to keep |
| 55 | violence perpetrated against certain ethnic groups within the area to an absolute minimum; |
| 56 | |
| 57 | Recommends the UNMIK budget be raised to 250 million USD and the number of active personnel |
| 58 | be raised to 2500 in order to be able to provide assistance for mediation and confidence building |
| 59 | between different ethnic communities including the Serbian and Albanian peoples within Kosovo, |
| 60 | facilitate talks with political and civic figures to address conflicts before they arise, and reduce |
| 61 | potential drivers and sources of conflict within Kosovo; |
| 62 | |
| 63 | Expresses its hope that all Member States to prevent the spread of inequity towards any |
| 64 | ethnic or religious based minorities, and incitement to hatred; |
| 65 | |
| 66 | Requests United Nations peacekeeping and special political missions, within the limits of |
| 67 | their mandates, to monitor the acts of extremism and militancy that could potentially |
| 68 | have a negative affect on international peace and security within the ethnic enclaves of Kosovo; |
| 69 | |
| 70 | Decide to remain actively engaged in the situation and to keep it under its close and |
| 71 | continuous review with the authority of temporary member of the UNSC, |
| 72 | |
| 73 | Requests the Secretary-General, the leaders of Member States in SFR Yugoslavia, and |
| 74 | relevant United Nations entities to bring the resolution to the attention of the international |
| 75 | community in order to improve international coordination and cooperation, and to ensure |
| 76 | necessary funding and contributions for reforming the Parliament and maintaining International |
| 77 | peace and security. |
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