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Operation Maritime Guard was a NATO blockade, in the international waters of the Adriatic Sea, of the former Yugoslavia. ==Scope== The operation began on November 22, 1992.〔 It followed NATO Operation Maritime Monitor, and was in support of UN Security Council Resolution 787, which called upon states acting individually or otherwise to enforce the UN embargoes of the rump Yugoslavia ("calls upon States ... to use such measures commensurate with the specific circumstances as may be necessary" to enforce the embargo).〔〔 It authorized NATO to use force, and included stopping, inspecting, and diverting ships bound for the former Yugoslavia.〔 All ships bound to or coming from the territorial waters of the former Yugoslavia were halted for inspection and verification of their cargoes and destinations.〔("Interoperability of U.S. and NATO Allied Air Forces: Supporting Data and Case Studies" ), RAND, 2003〕 With support from Turkey, the Netherlands, and Germany, the operation was strengthened to allow for NATO aircraft to shoot down aircraft that violated the blockade. An article in the academic journal ''International Affairs'' stated that Operation Maritime Guard was: "the first authorized use of force to back a UN Security Council resolution".〔("NATO: from Kosovo to Kabul" ), 2009〕 In April 1993, a NATO official said that warships would shoot if necessary to stop a ship to enforce the blockade, with inert munitions which could include machine gun bullets and armor-piercing cannon shells.〔("NATO Agrees to Blockade Serbs; Clears Ships to Fire," ''Toledo Blade'', April 29, 1993 )〕〔("NATO Approves Blockade of Yugoslavian Coastline, ''The Times-News'', April 29, 1993 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Operation Maritime Guard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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