1.   The border has been a constant source of frustration for the UN since it instituted a weapons embargo on the warring parties in Bosnia.

2.   The resolution, expected to sail to passage as early as Friday, could presage more pressure on the Taliban, including a worldwide weapons embargo, diplomats said.

3.   The resolution, expected to pass easily, could presage more pressure on the Taliban, including a worldwide weapons embargo, diplomats said.

4.   The weapons embargo has been one of the most controversial elements of Western policy throughout the bloody fighting in the former Yugoslavia.

5.   Yugoslavia is the subject of a U.N. weapons embargo.

6.   A draft resolution on Afghanistan calls for a cease-fire by the Afghan warring parties, a weapons embargo and cooperation with U.N. peace efforts.

7.   Bosnian leaders have said that the weapons embargo cemented the huge imbalance in artillery and tanks between Bosnian Serb forces and the Muslim-led army.

8.   Germany has tended to support U.S. calls to do more for the Bosnian Muslims, including lifting a weapons embargo.

9.   In the meantime, they said, Commonwealth members should observe U.N. oil and weapons embargoes and trade and travel sanctions against Sierra Leone.

10.   Iraq is stymied by the U.N. weapons embargo and Iran is reliant on North Korea and other foreign sources for technology.