UNITED NATIONS : Embargo on Arms to Balkans Lifted
From Times Wire Reports
The United Nations ended its 4 1/2-year arms embargo against the former Yugoslav republics after an agreement was reached in Florence, Italy, on Friday that limits the number of tanks, heavy artillery, armored vehicles, combat aircraft and attack helicopters in the region. The Security Council had agreed to end its weapons embargo in stages after the November peace agreement was reached in Dayton, Ohio, that ended fighting in the former Yugoslav federation.
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