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31 March 1998 · 1998

Security Council Resolution 1160

On 31 March 1998 the Security Council, acting under Chapter VII, condemned excessive force by Serbian police against civilians and peaceful demonstrators as well as acts of terrorism by the KLA or any other group, and imposed an arms embargo on the FRY.
Evidence status: Documented. Supported by contemporaneous documents, institutional reports or independent studies that corroborate one another.The 1998–1999 warDiplomacy

Editorial status: Awaiting verificationDrafted from the cited sources; not yet fully reviewed by the editors.

Key facts

Date
31 March 1998
Place
Unknown
Sources
2
Evidence status
Evidence status: Documented. Supported by contemporaneous documents, institutional reports or independent studies that corroborate one another.

The wording is in the third preambular paragraph, not an operative paragraph; the arms embargo is in paragraph 8. China abstained [1] [2].

How do we know this?

Sources

  1. [1]Këshilli i Sigurimit i OKB-së. Security Council Resolution 1160 (1998). 1998-03-31. S/RES/1160 (1998). https://docs.un.org/en/S/RES/1160(1998). Accessed 2026-09-16.
  2. [2]Fred Abrahams, Benjamin Ward. Under Orders: War Crimes in Kosovo. 2001-10-26. https://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/kosovo/. Accessed 2026-09-16.

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