On 21 February 1992, the United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 743 (1992) and established the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR). The Council confirmed that UNPROFOR should be an interim arrangement to create the conditions of peace and security required for the negotiation of an overall settlement of the Yugoslav crisis.
UNPROFOR civilian police officers attend a briefing at police headquarters in Skopje, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. [May 1994]