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The Yugoslav Wars

Jul 2, 1991 – Dec 17, 1995 · yugoslav-wars

The term "ethnic cleansing" entered common use through these wars: populations were driven out to make areas ethnically uniform. The UN tribunal for the former Yugoslavia was set up in 1993, while the war was still going on, and convicted over ninety people. The war also showed how little UN peacekeepers could achieve without a mandate to use force.

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