In the US State Department ‘USIA United States Information Agency Wireless File’, issued on 23 November 1995, it was made public, for the first time, the ‘outer wall’ of sanctions concept.1 It contained the following message: “A resolution will be introduced in the UN Security Council to lift the arms embargo against all of the states of former Yugoslavia. Trade sanctions against Serbia will be suspended, but may be re-imposed if Serbia or any other Serb authorities fail significantly to meet their obligations under the Peace Agreement. An ‘outer wall’ of sanctions will remain in place until Serbia addresses a number of other areas of concern, including Kosovo and cooperation with the War Crimes Tribunal.”