United Nations Security Council resolution 1207, adopted on 17 November 1998, after recalling all
resolutions concerning the conflicts in the
former Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yu ...
, in particular
Resolution 827 (1993), the Council condemned the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (
Serbia and Montenegro) for its failure to execute arrest warrants issued by the
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
The Security Council recalled the
General Framework Agreement and deplored the lack of co-operation by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia with the ICTY.
Acting under
Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the Council reminded all states of their obligation to co-operate with the Tribunal, including the execution of
arrest warrants. It called on countries which had not yet done so, including the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, to take measures under their domestic law to implement Resolution 827; it could not invoke provisions of domestic law to account for its failure to meet its obligations under
international law
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.
The resolution condemned that arrest warrants had not been issued for three suspects charged with a massacre of 200
Croat
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s and demanded the immediate and unconditional execution of those arrest warrants and a transfer to the Tribunal. The authorities in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia,
Kosovo
Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...
and other countries were urged to co-operate with the
Prosecutor at the ICTY for alleged
war crimes.
Finally, the President of the Tribunal was urged to keep the Council informed on developments.
Resolution 1207 was adopted by 14 votes to none against, with one
abstention from
China, which argued that the ICTY was not a permanent court of law and therefore could not interfere in the internal affairs of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and other countries.
See also
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Kosovo War
The Kosovo War was an armed conflict in Kosovo that started 28 February 1998 and lasted until 11 June 1999. It was fought by the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (i.e. Serbia and Montenegro), which controlled Kosovo before the wa ...
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(1998–2000)
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Yugoslav Wars
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of separate but related Naimark (2003), p. xvii. ethnic conflicts, wars of independence, and insurgencies that took place in the SFR Yugoslavia from 1991 to 2001. The conflicts both led up to and resulted from ...
References
External links
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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
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