United Nations Security Council Resolution 1160: Difference between revisions

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|document = https://undocs.org/S/RES/1160(1998)

|image = Locator map Kosovo in Yugoslavia.svg

'''United Nations Security Council resolution 1160''', adopted on 31 March 1998, after noting the situation in [[Kosovo]], the council, acting under [[Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter]], imposed an [[arms embargo]] and economic sanctions on the [[Serbia and Montenegro|Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]], hoping to end the use of excessive force by the government.<ref>{{cite web|title=A Kosovo Chronology|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/kosovo/etc/cron.html|publisher=PBS|access-date=28 October 2012}}</ref>

Some countries had suggested a comprehensive arms embargo to be imposed against Serbia and Montenegro, including Kosovo. The Security Council condemned the violence that the Serbian police used against peaceful demonstrators, and the terrorist acts of the [[Kosovo Liberation Army]].

Yugoslavia was urged to seek a political solution to the conflict, while the Kosovar [[Albanians]] were called upon to condemn all terrorist actions and pursue their goals through peaceful means. It was stated that the only way to avoid further violence was to allow the Kosovar Albanian community a genuine political process and prospects for meaningful [[autonomy]] and [[self-determination]].

Acting under Chapter VII, the Council imposed an arms embargo on Serbia and Montenegro, and established a Committee to monitor its implementation and suggest improvements. The measures would be revised if it noted in reports from the Secretary-General [[Kofi Annan]], the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]], Contact Group and [[European Union]] that Serbia and Montenegro had begun a dialogue, withdrew its police forces, allowed access to [[humanitarian aid]] agencies and accepted missions from the OSCE and [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]] to the region.<ref>{{cite book|last=Krieger|first=Heike|title=The Kosovo conflict and international law: an analytical documentation 1974–1999|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2001|page=207|isbn=978-0-521-80071-6}}</ref>

The resolution concluded by asking the [[Prosecutor]] at the [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]] to begin gathering information on [[War crimes in the Kosovo War|human rights violations]], affirming that further measures would be imposed if there was no constructive progress.<ref>{{cite book|last=Latawski|first=Paul Chester|author2=Smith, Martin A. |title=The Kosovo crisis and the evolution of post-Cold War European security|publisher=Manchester University Press|year=2003|page=94|isbn=978-0-7190-5980-3}}</ref> The arms embargo was lifted under [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1367|Resolution 1367]] (2001).<ref>{{cite book|last=Brzoska|first=Michael|author2=Lopez, George A. |title=Putting teeth in the tiger: improving the effectiveness of arms embargoes|publisher=Emerald Group Publishing|year=2009|page=56|isbn=978-1-84855-202-9}}</ref>

Resolution 1160 was approved by 14 votes to none against, with one [[abstention]] from [[China]], which argued that it was an internal matter.<ref name="un">{{cite news|url=https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/1998/19980331.SC6496.html|title=Security Council imposes arms embargo on Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, pending further action to resolve Kosovo crisis|date=31 March 1998|publisher=United Nations}}</ref>

The [[Kosovo Verification Mission]] sought to verify compliance with resolution 1160.<ref>{{cite web|title=OSCE mission in Kosovo|url=http://www.osce.org/kosovo/43378|publisher=OSCE|access-date=28 October 2012}}</ref> The resolution was disregarded:

{{quotation|United Nations Security Council Resolution 1160 laid economic sanctions on Belgrade on March 31, and Clinton froze Yugoslavia's assets in the United States. But the spring and summer brought greater carnage, and a quarter-million Albanians were left at least temporarily homeless.<ref>{{cite news|title=Slaughter in Racak Changed Kosovo Policy|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/policy041899.htm|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=28 October 2012|date=18 April 1999}}</ref>}}

NATO then planned to [[Operation allied force|intervene by force]].

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