United Nations Security Council resolution 786, adopted unanimously on 10 November 1992, after reaffirming
Resolution 781 (1992), the Council approved a recommendation by the Secretary-General
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
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to increase the strength of the
United Nations Protection Force
The United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR; also known by its French acronym FORPRONU: ''Force de Protection des Nations Unies'') was the first United Nations peacekeeping force in Croatia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Yugoslav War ...
(UNPROFOR) in
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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by 75 observers to monitor the ban on military flights over the country.
The resolution reaffirmed the
no-fly zone
A no-fly zone, also known as a no-flight zone (NFZ), or air exclusion zone (AEZ), is a territory or area established by a military power over which certain aircraft are not permitted to fly. Such zones are usually set up in an enemy power's te ...
relating to military flights over Bosnia and Herzegovina and welcomed the advance deployment of observers from UNPROFOR and the
European Community Monitoring Mission
The European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM), between 1991 and 2000 known as the European Community Monitoring Mission (ECMM), was a mission of the European Union in the former Yugoslavia.
History
The European Union Monitoring Mission began opera ...
at airfields in Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Croatia
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and the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...
(Serbia and Montenegro). It called on all parties concerned and governments to co-operate with the United Nations Force, asking them to direct all requests for authorisations of all flights relating to UNPROFOR and
humanitarian assistance
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to the Protection Force.
The council also reiterated its determination to consider all violations of the no-fly zone, noting it would consider further measures if necessary.
See also
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Breakup of Yugoslavia
The breakup of Yugoslavia occurred as a result of a series of political upheavals and conflicts during the early 1990s. After a period of political and economic crisis in the 1980s, constituent republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...
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Bosnian War
The Bosnian War ( sh, Rat u Bosni i Hercegovini / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. The war is commonly seen as having started ...
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(1991–1993)
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Yugoslav Wars
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of separate but related#Naimark, Naimark (2003), p. xvii. ethnic conflicts, wars of independence, and Insurgency, insurgencies that took place in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, SFR Yugoslavia from ...
References
External links
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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
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