Disarmament – 1996

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Disarmament – 1996

1996

Intermediate Implementation Intermediate implementation

On January 15 1996, UNTAES was established under UN Resolution 1037. In the resolution the demilitarization of the region was to begin within 30 days of the military component of UNTAES being deployed. On 20 May 1996, 5,349 UNTAES troops are fully deployed. On 21 May, the Transitional Administrator announces that the process of demilitarization has begun.1 In June 1996, UNTAES force commander (Schoups) and two generals (one from the Serbian army and one from the Croatian Army) announced that all heavy weapons, including tanks, artillery, mortars and anti-aircraft guns, belonging to the Serbian army, had been turned over to UNTAES forces.2 On 2 October 1996, UNTAES initiated a weapons buy-back program in the region to help collect small arms.3

  1. “Brief Chronology,” UNTAES.
  2. “Report of the Secretary-General on UNTAES,”United Nations (S/1996/622).
  3. “UNTAES, Brief Chronology.”