Noting the progress made by the countries of the region, including those of the Stabilization and Association Process, in fulfilling the criteria for membership in the European Union and, in this context, the start of the accession negotiations of Croatia and Turkey, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia becoming a candidate country for membership in the European Union, the signing of the Stabilization and Association Agreement with Albania and the opening of the negotiations for a stabilization and association agreement with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, as well as resuming stabilization and association agreement negotiations with Serbia, pending full cooperation with the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991,
注意到该地区各国，包括稳定与结盟进程各国，在执行加入欧洲联盟标准方面取得的进展，并在这方面注意到克罗地亚和土耳其的加盟谈判业已开始，前南斯拉夫的马其顿共和国成为欧洲联盟成员的候选国，与阿尔巴尼亚签署《稳定与结盟协定》，波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那及黑山开始关于稳定与结盟协定的谈判，以及与塞尔维亚恢复稳定与结盟协定的谈判（待其与起诉应对1991年以来前南斯拉夫境内所犯严重违反国际人道主义法行为负责者的国际法庭充分合作），