Prevlaka

Security Council extends UN mission in Prevlaka peninsula for six months

The Security Council today authorized United Nations military observers to continue monitoring the demilitarization of the Prevlaka peninsula - a strategic area disputed by Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - until 15 January 2002.

Six-month extension recommended for UN mission in Prevlaka

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has recommended a six-month extension of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Prevlaka peninsula, a strategic area disputed by Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Security Council members urge confidence-building steps to solve Prevlaka dispute

Noting a lack of progress towards a political settlement of the Prevlaka dispute between Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, members of the United Nations Security Council today encouraged the parties to move forward speedily on the confidence-building measures conveyed informally to them by the UN in 1999.

Annan urges end to security violations in Prevlaka and resumption of peace talks

Despite an absence of significant incidents in Prevlaka over the past three months, Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia "unfortunately did not take advantage of the prevailing calm" to move towards a political settlement of their dispute, Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in a report issued today at UN Headquarters in New York.