120. Report of the Secretary-General Prepared pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1160 (1998), UN Doc. S/1998/834. 4 September 1998

I. Introduction

1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 1160 (1998) of 31 March 1998. It covers the period since my last report, of 5 August 1998 (S/1998/712).

II. Security Council Committee Established Pursuant to Resolution 1160 (1998)

2. As at 31 August 1998, in addition to those Slates listed in my earlier reports (S/1998/608 and S/1998/712), Albania, Chile, Croatia and the Republic of Korea reported to the Committee established pursuant to paragraph 12 of resolution 1160 (1998) on the steps they had taken to give effect to the prohibitions imposed by that resolution.

3. In a letter dated 18 August, the Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations, in his capacity as the representative of the Presidency of the European Union, transmitted to the Chairman of the Committee the first monthly report of the European Community Monitoring Mission containing observations on violations of Security Council resolution 1160 (1998). The report covered the Mission's activities in July and early August and was submitted in accordance with the European Union's earlier pledge to contribute to international efforts to monitor the embargo and to report to the Committee any relevant information.