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SC/6183

SUSPENSION OF SANCTIONS IMPOSED ON BOSNIAN SERBS ANNOUNCED BY YUGOSLAV SANCTIONS COMMITTEE

27 February 1996


Press Release
SC/6183


SUSPENSION OF SANCTIONS IMPOSED ON BOSNIAN SERBS ANNOUNCED BY YUGOSLAV SANCTIONS COMMITTEE

19960227 The following statement was issued today by Ambassador Juan Somavia (Chile), Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 724 (1991) concerning Yugoslavia, on behalf of the members:

The Security Council was informed on 26 February, through the appropriate political authorities, that, in the assessment of the commander of the Implementation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Serb forces had withdrawn from the zones of separation established in the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the annexes thereto (collectively "the Peace Agreement"). Therefore, in accordance with the provisions contained in paragraph 2 of Security Council resolution 1022 (1995), the measures imposed on the Bosnian Serb party are suspended indefinitely, starting on 27 February.

At the same time, the embargo on deliveries of weapons and military equipment to all constituent republics of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia continues to remain in force, in accordance with Security Council resolution 1021 (1995).

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