YUGOSLAV ARMS EMBARGO TERMINATED

18 June 1996

Press Release
SC/6235

YUGOSLAV ARMS EMBARGO TERMINATED

19960618 The following statement was issued today by Ambassador Juan Somavía (Chile), Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 724 (1991) concerning Yugoslavia, on behalf of the members:

Members of the Security Council received several reports by the Secretary-General on the implementation of Annex 1-B (Agreement on Regional Stabilization) of the Dayton Peace Agreement. By his report dated 13 June 1996 (document S/1996/433), the Secretary-General conveyed a communication from the Representative of the Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), describing progress achieved in implementing confidence- and security-building measures in Bosnia and Herzegovina, stipulated in article II of the Agreement on Regional Stabilization. By his report dated 17 June 1996 (document S/1996/442), the Secretary-General forwarded further communications from the Representative of the Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, informing of the implementation of the measures for subregional arms control, as envisaged in article IV of the Agreement on Regional Stabilization and as agreed by the parties.

Therefore, in accordance with subparagraph 1(c) of Security Council resolution 1021 (1995), all provisions of the embargo on deliveries of weapons and military equipment imposed by resolution 713 (1991) have been terminated.

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