The Security Council Resolution 1160 sanctioned the shipment of arms and ammunition into Kosovo. Enforcement of that Accord would have been the stabilising factor on the border with Yugoslavia which the British Government did nothing to enforce. Most people in Yugoslavia of whatever political persuasion regard the intervention of NATO and the bombing of Yugoslavia as an act of aggression and criminality. The Sanctions imposed on Serbia and Montenegro for the last seven years have exhausted the economy of Yugoslavia. NATO bombing all but devastated it.
Basic commodities are in short supply.
Raw materials cannot be imported. The manufacturing industry is crippled. Due to the shortage of fuel most institutions including hospitals, schools, sanatoriums and old peoples homes are constantly without adequate sources of power and heating. Operations and basic laboratory analyses cannot be carried out. Medicines and medical equipment are desperately needed.