United Nations Security Council Resolution 1058
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 1058
, adopted on May 30, 1996, after recalling previous resolutions including resolutions 1027
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1027
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1027, adopted unanimously on November 30, 1995, after recalling previous resolutions including Resolution 983 on Macedonia, the Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force until May 30, 1996.The Security Council...

 (1995) and 1046
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1046
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1046, adopted unanimously on February 13, 1996, after recalling previous resolutions including Resolution 1027 on the extension of the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force until May 30, 1996, the Council authorised an increase in strength of...

 (1996), the Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP) in Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...

 until November 30, 1996.

The UNPREDEP mission played an important role in maintaining peace and stability in Macedonia and the security situation had improved. On April 8, 1996, Macedonia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro was a country in southeastern Europe, formed from two former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia : Serbia and Montenegro. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was established in 1992 as a federation called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...

) signed an agreement and both were now called upon to define their common boundary.

All Member States were urged to positively consider requests from the Secretary-General for assistance to be provided to UNPREDEP, requesting the Secretary-General to report by September 30, 1996 on the situation in the country and the strength and mandate of UNPREDEP.

Resolution 1058 was adopted by 14 votes to none against, with one abstention
Abstention
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 from Russia
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.

See also

  • Bosnian War
    Bosnian War
    The Bosnian War or the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between April 1992 and December 1995. The war involved several sides...

  • Breakup of Yugoslavia
  • Croatian War of Independence
    Croatian War of Independence
    The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between forces loyal to the government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia —and the Serb-controlled Yugoslav People's Army and local Serb forces, with the JNA ending its combat...

  • List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1001 to 1100 (1995 – 1997)
  • Macedonia naming dispute
    Macedonia naming dispute
    A diplomatic dispute over the use of the name Macedonia has been an ongoing issue in the bilateral relations between Greece and the Republic of Macedonia since the latter became independent from former Yugoslavia in 1991...

  • Yugoslav Wars
    Yugoslav wars
    The Yugoslav Wars were a series of wars, fought throughout the former Yugoslavia between 1991 and 1995. The wars were complex: characterized by bitter ethnic conflicts among the peoples of the former Yugoslavia, mostly between Serbs on the one side and Croats and Bosniaks on the other; but also...


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