Recognizes the urgent need to assist States in coping with their special economic problems arising from the implementation of sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro); supports the recommendations of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 724 (1991) concerning Yugoslavia in which the Committee appealed to all States on an urgent basis to provide immediate technical, financial and material assistance to the affected States to mitigate the adverse impact on their economies and invited the competent organs and specialized agencies of the UN system, including the international financial institutions, and the regional banks to consider how their assistance programmes and facilities might be helpful to the affected States; requests the Secretary-General to seek on a regular basis information from States and the concerned organs and agencies of the UN system on action taken to alleviate the special economic problems of the affected States and to report thereon to the Security Council, as well as to submit a report on the implementation of the present resolution to the General Assembly at its 49th session.

Adopted without vote, 86th meeting

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Adopted at the 86th plenary meeting, 21 Dec. 1993.