as a gigantic hoax. Of course, no interpretation could be excluded a priori, but the hypothesis that it was a hoax involving a large number of actors, including children under four years of age, and made to seem authentic by dozens of false witnesses, including doctors, surgeons and university lecturers who had misled a number of foreign investigators, was really difficult to accept. 44. For example, at Pee the NGO visitors had received impressive evidence from some 10 doctors and departmental chiefs, but the head of the neuropsychiatric department, who was a Serb, had refused to talk to them. At two hospitals at Pee and Prizren, the NGO mission had been informed that the medical files relating to the poisoning had been confiscated by the police and never returned. 45. He was not, of course, in a position to demonstrate that there had in fact been a criminal poisoning by means of chemical agents, but neither had the Belgrade Government supplied proof that there had not been a poisoning. International opinion should therefore demand that full light be shed on the case and that a scientific investigation be undertaken by neutral experts. 46. The United Nations also had a duty to call upon the parties to try to understand one another. For the moment, the main effort had to be made by the Serbian side. It seemed absurd that an absolute majority of the deputies to an elected assembly should be prevented from taking their seats and should have to adopt a resolution standing on the steps outside the building: the resolution was not in itself incendiary, since it merely proclaimed that the territory had been converted into a federal republic. It seemed shocking to assimilate the political activity of the Albanians, who were claiming the right to manage their own affairs directly, to terrorist and fascist 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing a political and humanitarian crisis in Kosovo, specifically the situation of the Albanian population and the claims of a poisoning incident. It highlights the need for a scientific investigation and international intervention to resolve the crisis. The text also touches on the theme of political representation and the rights of the Albanian population.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, International relations, Health