New Force for Eastern Slavonia
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UNITED NATIONS — The Security Council on Monday authorized a new force of about 5,000 troops, backed by NATO air power, to demilitarize the last Serb-held region of Croatia and eventually return it to Croatian control.
The council vote was a unanimous 15-0 to send a military and civilian mission to volatile Eastern Slavonia, a sliver of Croatian territory that borders the republic of Serbia. Jacques Klein, a former U.S. Air Force general, will head the U.N. operation.
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