United Nations Security Council Resolution 740

United Nations resolution adopted in 1992

15 voted for

None voted against

None abstained

ResultAdoptedSecurity Council composition

Permanent members

China
France
Russia
United Kingdom
United States

Non-permanent members

Austria
Belgium
Cape Verde
Ecuador
Hungary
India
Japan
Morocco
Venezuela
Zimbabwe

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United Nations Security Council resolution 740, adopted unanimously on 7 February 1992, after reaffirming resolutions 713 (1991), 721 (1991), 724 (1991) and 727 (1992) and considering a report by the Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the Council approved plans for a peacekeeping mission in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

The Council expressed its desire to deploy the force after the "remaining obstacle in the way" is removed, calling on the Serbian leaders to accept the United Nations peace plan.^[1] Then Croatian President Franjo Tuđman had accepted the plan. It also approved the increase of the military liaison commission to a total of 75 officers, up from 50.^[2]

The resolution went on to call on all parties to co-operate with the Conference on Yugoslavia to reach a settlement of the issue consistent with the principles of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, and also to all states to continue to observe the arms embargo on the country.

References

^ Mayall, James (1996). The New interventionism, 1991–1994: United Nations experience in Cambodia, former Yugoslavia, and Somalia. Cambridge University Press. p. 171. ISBN 978-0-521-55856-3.
^ Croft, Stuart (1996). Strategies of arms control: a history and typology. Manchester University Press ND. p. 171. ISBN 978-0-7190-4877-7.