The following is the text of the draft resolution on Kosovo which was agreed yesterday by the G7 group of industrialised countries plus Russia. It seeks to give UN approval to the agreement reached on Friday which was approved by the Yugoslav parliament, the Finn- ish President, Mr Ahtisaari, and the Russian envoy, Mr Chernomyrdin. Information in brackets has been added by Reuters news agency.
The Security Council -
1. Decides that a political solution to the Kosovo crisis shall be based on the general principles of Annex 1 (the G8 principles agreed on May 6th in Bonn) and as further elaborated in the principles and other required elements in Annex 2 (the agreement reached in Belgrade with Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari and Russia Balkans envoy Viktor Chernomyrdin on June 4th).
3. Demands in particular that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia put an immediate and verifiable end to violence and repression in Kosovo and begin/complete verifiable, phased withdrawal from Kosovo of all military, police and paramilitary forces according to a rapid timetable, with which the deployment of the international security presence in Kosovo will be synchronised.
5. Decides on the deployment in Kosovo, under United Nations auspices, of civil and security presences, with appropriate equipment and personnel as required, and welcomes the agreement of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to such presences.
7. Authorises member states and relevant international organisations to establish the international security presence in Kosovo as set out in Annex 2.4 with all necessary means to fulfil its responsibilities. (Annex 2.4: The international security presence, with substantial NATO participation, must be deployed under unified command and control . . .)
14. Demands full co-operation by all concerned, including the international security presence with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
15. Demands that the KLA (Kosovo Liberation Army) and other armed Kosovo Albanian groups end immediately all offensive actions and comply with the requirements for demilitarisation as laid down by the head of the international security presence . . .