UNITED NATIONS: Delegates voted overwhelmingly Sept.22 to expel Yugoslavia from the General Assembly in a new attempt to pressure the Belgrade government to make peace with its Neighbors in the shattered Balkan federation.
The assembly voted 127-6 to ban Yugoslavia, now consisting only of Serbia and Montenegro, from voting and speaking in the General Assembly and its committees,
The action was unprecedented in its severity, going beyond the revocation of South Africa’s voting rights in the General Assembly in 1974.
Article extracted from this publication >> October 2, 1992
