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U.S. Orders Diplomatic Sanctions Against Serbia : Yugoslavia: Two of three consulates in U.S. will be closed. American ambassador won't return to Belgrade.

May 23, 1992 | NORMAN KEMPSTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Secretary of State James A. Baker III, angered at the world's failure to stop the bloodshed in Yugoslavia, ordered new American diplomatic sanctions against Serbia on Friday and challenged Europe to do the same. Standing in front of British Prime Minister John Major's 10 Downing St. residence, Baker said, "What is happening in Bosnia and Herzegovina is unconscionable." He referred to the situation as "a humanitarian nightmare."

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U.S. Orders Diplomatic Sanctions Against Serbia : Yugoslavia: Two of three consulates in U.S. will be closed. American ambassador won't return to Belgrade.

May 23, 1992 | NORMAN KEMPSTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Secretary of State James A. Baker III, angered at the world's failure to stop the bloodshed in Yugoslavia, ordered new American diplomatic sanctions against Serbia on Friday and challenged Europe to do the same. Standing in front of British Prime Minister John Major's 10 Downing St. residence, Baker said, "What is happening in Bosnia and Herzegovina is unconscionable." He referred to the situation as "a humanitarian nightmare."

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