A consultation on Kosova was held in Kuala Lumpur on 3-4 April 1998 ... initiated by the International Movement for a Just World with the cooperation of the Institute for Policy Research.
The Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia Data' Seri Anwar Ibrahim participated in the Consultation (alongwith) 250 ... diplomats, administrators, politicians, social activists, academics and students ... The consultation adopted the Kuala Lumpur Declaration on Kosova.
The Kuala Lumpur Consultation on Kosova:
1) Expresses profound concern over the critical situation in Kosova brought about by the aggressive and belligerent attitude and approach of the Serbian leadership in Belgrade towards the Kosova Albanians.
2) Deplores the state backed terrorism of the Serbian leadership to suppress peaceful and legitimate political and social activities of the majority community in Kosova.
3) Condemns in particular the massacre of 80 Kosova Albanians, including many women and children, in early March 1998 by Serbian security forces.
4) Calls upon the Serbian leadership in Belgrade to desist from the use of force and from committing any act of violence whatsoever, against the people of Kosova, (lift the) Martial Law ... immediately and (withdraw) the Serbian army and para military forces from Kosova.
5) To release all (political) prisoners ... and to refrain from committing human rights violations.
6) To cease to obstruct the rights of the Kosova Albanians to education, health care, employment and the media.
7) To initiate serious negotiations with the leaders of Kosova on the future of Kosova on all issues pertinent to the conflict including the question of independence ... under the auspices of an international mediator.
8) Calls upon United Nations and its Secretary General in particular to remain engaged in the process of seeking an early, just and durable solution to the Kosova conflict and to appoint a special rapporteur.
9. Calls upon the international community to use whatever leverage they have with the Belgrade leadership in order to persuade it to enter into unconditional negotiations with the Kosova Albanians.
10) Calls upon the international media ... to maintain a regular objective and balanced focus on ... Kosova so as to serve as a moral driving force for peace and justice and for the promotion of human dignity in the region.
11) Calls upon the Contact Group countries and the international community to impose economic ... and other types of sanctions aimed at the government rather than the people of Serbia and Montenegro. ...