United Nations Security Council resolution 757 was adopted on 30 May 1992. After reaffirming resolutions 713 (1991), 721 (1991),

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(1991), 727 (1992),

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(1992)

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(1992), 749 (1992) and 752 (1992), the Council condemned the failure of the authorities in the

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(Serbia and Montenegro) to implement Resolution 752. After demanding the

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respect the article 4 of the Resolution 752, the Council stated that all states should abide by the following rules, until Resolution 752 had been implemented. It demanded that all Member States should: :(a) prevent the import of all products and commodities from Yugoslavia or any activities by their nationals to promote such exports; :(b) prevent the sale of all products and commodities to Yugoslavia, except for humanitarian need; :(c) not make available any commercial, industrial, or public utility, funds or financial resources to Yugoslavia; :(d) deny permission to aircraft to take off from, land or overfly their territory if it is destined to land or has arrived from Yugoslavia, except on humanitarian grounds; :(e) prohibit the maintenance servicing or engineering of aircraft in or operated by Yugoslavia; :(f) reduce the level of diplomatic and consular staff in Yugoslavia; :(g) prevent the participation of persons and teams representing Yugoslavia in sporting events hosted on their territory; :(h) suspend scientific, technical and cultural exchanges and visits. The Council further decided that the sanctions should not apply to the

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, the Conference on Yugoslavia or

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Monitoring Mission. It also called for a security zone to be established in

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and its airport, further calling on the security council committee established in Resolution 724 should monitor the arms embargo, and that the council as a whole will keep the situation under review. Resolution 757 was adopted by 13 votes to none against, with two abstentions from China and

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Sports sanctions

The Yugoslavia football team won qualifying Group 4 for the Euro 1992 finals in June but was disqualified under the UN sanctions; group 4 runner-up

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replaced Yugoslavia at the finals and won the tournament. The resolution came just before the start of the

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, and the

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reached a compromise with the UN whereby the

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was not invited to the games but Yugoslav athletes were permitted to compete under the label Independent Olympic Participants, and likewise at the

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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
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