To avoid disadvantages to individual passport holders, the Council agrees that  ordinary passports of the former RBiH should be further recognized before 30th of June 1999, in accordance with the decision of the BiH parliament on 8 December 1998. The Council warns the parties that the 30th of June 1999 would be the final cut- off date after which these passports would not be recognized any more by all PlC members. The Council hereby decides that old service and diplomatic passports of RBiH will not be considered as valid travel documents as from 31 December 1998.

The Council believes that BiH citizens should have the ability, should they so wish, to hold passports that confirm their BiH citizenship without imposing de facto differentiation by Entity.

The Council therefore requests that such a passport be stablished.

13. Freedom of movement: The Council commends the parties, the High Representative and the UNMIBH for the swift and efficient implementation of the new uniform licence plates and common vehicle registration document. It notes that this has dramatically improved freedom of movement.

The Council:

• supports the High Representative's efforts to introduce a Common Driving  Licence and calls for its implementation without delay. It endorses the intention of the High Representative to recommend to governments that, from 1 May 1999, they permit only citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina carrying the  new Common Driving Licence to drive across international borders.

14. Religious Reconciliation: The Council urges the authorities at all levels in BiH to demonstrate their commitment to reconciliation, including by facilitating the reconstruction of religious monuments and buildings, especially those of particular importance to respective faiths, without delay. The Council calls upon the Entities to implement the decisions of the Commission for National Monuments in BiH and to protect the monuments, ruins and sites inscribed by the Commission on the list of National Monuments.

15 War crimes and co-operation with the International Criminal Tribunal: The Council welcomes the transfer of indictees to The Hague, where 26 are now in custody. This has strengthened the peace implementation process. The Council remains convinced that all indictees, including Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic, must be brought before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and calls upon the authorities of BiH and all relevant countries to co-operate fully with the ICTY to ensure this obligation is met.

The Council:

• calls upon all states concerned to abide by the relevant terms of UNSC 1207  (1998) and to cooperate with the ICTY as set out therein;
• condemns those governments that have failed to execute arrest warrants issued by the Tribunal and individuals who aid and abet indictees;
• welcomes progress made in Republika Srpska with the surrender of indictees and increased co-operation with the ICTY in the exercise of search warrants. It calls upon the new President of Republika Srpska to ensure that the obligations

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