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  1. “Peace can be achieved only through a painstaking and very difficult - but attainable - political process, in which the vital interests of all peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina will be satisfied. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is ready to make the greatest effort towards the achievement of lasting peace in the Balkans. We pledge that we will do our utmost to ensure that a balanced and equitable compromise is achieved on the basis of the basic principles which have been agreed upon in Geneva today. However, if the cruel bombardment of the Bosnian Serbs continues, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia cannot be responsible for the tragic consequences that could ensue.”

    1995-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3575 (1995) · source

  2. “Rightly, the Russian Federation has expressed strong concerns about not having been consulted about the air strikes, and has vigorously opposed the decision of NATO to pursue them. We welcome such an approach by the Russian Federation, since it is in full compliance with the position that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has advocated from the beginning of the crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina - namely, that a political settlement is the only possible solution if the international community truly seeks to achieve peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina and stability in the entire territories of the previous Yugoslavia. NATO's credibility cannot be strengthened by forcing the Bosnian Serbs into accepting solutions contrary to their vital interests.”

    1995-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3575 (1995) · source

  3. “At a time when a real chance for a just and lasting peace, which would satisfy the Vital interests of all three peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina is at last within reach, it is essential that this opportunity should not be missed and that all measures be taken so that NATO air strikes which threaten to undermine the entire peace process are immediately stopped. The conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina is having a severely destabilizing and dangerous effect not only on the Balkans, but also on the future of peace and security in Europe as a whole. By deciding to side with the Bosnian Muslims against the Bosnian Serbs, NATO has raised serious questions about the future of security and cooperation in Europe.”

    1995-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3575 (1995) · source

  4. “By ruthlessly attacking the Bosnian Serbs, NATO is in fact giving an unambiguous signal to the Bosnian Muslims that it is prepared to fight a war on their side, and to weaken the Bosnian Serbs to such an extent that the Muslim army will be in a position to achieve a significant military advantage. This is certainly not a policy that can lead to peace, but can only be conducive to an uncontrollable escalation of the conflict and its spillover throughout the Balkan region and beyond, with unforeseeable consequences. By departing from the traditional principles of peace- keeping, neutrality and impartiality, the United Nations and NATO have set out on a slippery slope which can lead them to further involvement on the side of the Bosnian Muslims and full-scale war against the Bosnian Serbs.”

    1995-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3575 (1995) · source

  5. “It is absolutely incomprehensible why NATO and the United Nations pursue their ruthless air and ground campaign against the Bosnian Serbs, while important breakthroughs have been made at today's ministerial meeting in Geneva of the Foreign Ministers of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where basic principles for the establishment of a just and lasting peace have been adopted. The continuation of the air strikes can only fuel the ambitions of those parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina who are in favour of pursuing a war option.”

    1995-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3575 (1995) · source

  6. “The question must be raised: what possible moral authority do NATO and the United Nations have to pursue a relentless campaign of mass bombardment of the Republic of Srpska, causing unprecedented material damage and numerous civilian casualties? The continuation of air and other attacks, with simultaneous calls for negotiations, is unacceptable and incomprehensible, when it is known that the leadership of the Republic of Srpska has accepted the negotiations and shown readiness to resume, together with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the efforts aimed at finding a solution acceptable to all parties to the conflict. The continuation of NATO air strikes and the actions of the United Nations Rapid Reaction Force are a direct attack on the ongoing peace negotiations.”

    1995-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3575 (1995) · source

  7. “The NATO air strikes commenced as a retaliation for the shelling of Sarajevo, for which the culprits have never been clearly and unambiguously identified. However, the scale, intensity and duration of the strikes go far beyond mere retaliatory measures, and their clear aim is to inflict serious injury on the Bosnian Serb military capability, economic infrastructure and even civilian facilities. The scope and intensity of the bombing greatly exceed the mandate that was given to the Secretary-General and NATO by relevant Security Council resolutions with the aim of protecting the safe areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

    1995-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3575 (1995) · source

  8. “Mr. Djokic: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia most energetically demands of the Security Council that it take most resolute and urgent measures to end the ruthless and senseless North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) air strikes and attacks by the Rapid Reaction Force against Bosnian Serb military and civilian targets. Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina cannot be achieved by merciless bombardment of one of the parties to the conflict, the Bosnian Serbs, in an attempt to make them succumb to the will of the Western alliance. As has been the position of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from the beginning of the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina, peace can be attained only with full and equal respect of the vital interests of all three peoples.”

    1995-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3575 (1995) · source

  9. “If they were lifted, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia would become a full and equal partner in the peace process and could even more effectively contribute to the attainment of a just and lasting settlement in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We would like to believe that the Security Council will soon summon the strength - and the wisdom, in particular - to take this step.”

    1995-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3551 (1995) · source

  10. “If the Security Council wishes truly to open the road towards peace in the former Yugoslavia, it must have the courage to make a resolute move and lift the sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia altogether. That would undermine the position of extremists in all camps who see the sanctions as a pretext for pursuing the war option. The view that by lifting the sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia the international community would lose its leverage and influence on the policies of Belgrade is absolutely false. The sanctions only foster resistance and set limits within the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on greater cooperation with the international community.”

    1995-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3551 (1995) · source

  11. “The perpetuation of the sanctions, and the setting of more unjustified conditions for their lifting, is absolutely absurd. There were never any justified reasons for introducing the sanctions in the first place. Their maintenance is all the more untenable now, when the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is investing major efforts to contribute to the search for a just and peaceful settlement of the crisis. Those who continue to insist that they remain in place obviously have other goals in mind and are not motivated by a sincere wish to find a political solution to the crisis. Only negotiations, and not the use of force, the lifting of the arms embargo or the deployment of new troops, can be conducive to such an outcome.”

    1995-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3551 (1995) · source

  12. “We can only interpret such blatant fabrications as a form of extracting even more concessions from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and particularly its early recognition of Bosnia and Herzegovina. On the other hand, the Security Council turns a blind eye to the flagrant breaches of the arms embargo by the Bosnian Muslim and Croatian Governments, as well as to the presence of the regular army of Croatia in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is prepared to recognize the borders of Bosnia and Herzegovina once the political problems affecting its nations are on the way to being resolved. Also, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia insists that the sanctions first be lifted before any recognition moves are made.”

    1995-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3551 (1995) · source

  13. “On the other hand, had the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia not acted in such a way and if the hostages were still being held, it would have been condemned for not having done enough to ensure their release. Whatever the outcome, it seems that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia does not get the benefit of the doubt or the credit that it is due. Reports of alleged cooperation of the Yugoslav army with the Bosnian Serbs are absolutely not true and are regularly portrayed as false by the reports of the Co- Chairmen. It is indeed indicative that no Government has submitted official information on such violations to the Co- Chairmen, yet these concerns are raised within the Security Council.”

    1995-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3551 (1995) · source

  14. “On the contrary: they tend to stiffen resolve and promote a general feeling of conspiracy among the people against which they are implemented. What is taking place in Bosnia is a civil war based on century-old animosities. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, as has been repeatedly stated in the reports of the Secretary-General, is not a party to this war and is, on the contrary, investing great efforts to facilitate a negotiated settlement. Recently, for example, the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia helped in resolving the hostage crisis. Criticism has now arisen that since the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia managed to broker the release of the hostages, it is evident that its influence over the Bosnian Serbs is still overwhelming.”

    1995-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3551 (1995) · source

  15. “Cultural cooperation has also been hampered for the same reasons. As a policy instrument, the sanctions have been an outright failure. They have not stopped the bloodshed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, nor it can be hoped that they will ever do so. They have served only to conceal, like a fig leaf, the failure of the policies of the international community in its attempt to resolve the crisis in the former Yugoslavia. Historically, sanctions have proved to be a blunt and ineffective instrument. They cause tremendous humanitarian suffering among the civilian population, where children, the weak and the elderly are as a rule the hardest hit, and they very seldom fundamentally influence the policy of target countries.”

    1995-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3551 (1995) · source

  16. “The policy of sanctions is having a very serious detrimental and destabilizing effect on the whole of south- east Europe. Traditional trading patterns have been severed, regular transit routes disrupted and the inclusion of this region within European integration processes postponed. Even the very limited suspension of sanctions has been fraught with many problems, due primarily to the unwillingness of some States to implement relevant resolutions of the Security Council. For instance, it is still impossible to buy or reserve an aeroplane ticket from the territory of the United States to Belgrade. Because of the short time-frame of the sanctions relief, it has also been very difficult for Yugoslav sportsmen and teams to take part in many international competitions which are scheduled for periods longer than 75 days.”

    1995-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3551 (1995) · source

  17. “Despite the evident constructive and peace-oriented policy of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - which has been increasingly acknowledged and appreciated - and the fact that it has fulfilled absolutely all the conditions set forth by the resolutions by which the sanctions were introduced, the Security Council has not been able to muster the political will to lift the sanctions unconditionally and, in so doing, to achieve a significant breakthrough in the status quo and a substantial step towards peace. Instead, the Council is continuing to pursue a stubborn and myopic policy by collectively punishing the peoples of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and causing enormous damage to overall economic and social development in Yugoslavia, as well as in neighbouring countries.”

    1995-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3551 (1995) · source

  18. “In these nine months the Co-Chairmen of the Steering Committee of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia have regularly submitted reports to the Council in which they stated that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was fully living up to its commitment to close its border with the Bosnian Serbs and that its decision to break off political and economic links with the Bosnian Serb leadership was being continually respected. This was, of course, a unilateral decision by my Government, which was adopted with the aim of influencing the Bosnian Serb leadership to accept the Contact Group peace plan as a starting point for further negotiations in the search for a political solution to the Bosnian crisis.”

    1995-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3551 (1995) · source

  19. “Mr. Djokic: Let me begin by expressing regret that previous speakers have once again used a meeting of the Security Council to advance untrue and malicious allegations against my country, which we categorically reject. The situation in the former Yugoslavia is far too serious for the Council to be manipulated in order to satisfy the domestic and political propaganda needs of certain countries. The delegations that have again chosen to voice such allegations have thus shown that they are not striving for the attainment of a just and lasting peaceful solution. Two hundred and seventy-five days have passed since the Security Council first decided to suspend a very limited and virtually symbolic number of sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.”

    1995-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3551 (1995) · source

  20. “It is not prepared, however, to accept provocations and unprincipled demands, conditions or blackmail which are contrary to the Charter of the United Nations and international legal norms. Such attempts by some Powers it has always rejected, and I wish to assure the Security Council that this time again Yugoslavia will do the same thing, most resolutely.”

    1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source

  21. “The responsibility for all negative consequences on the peace process in the territory of the former Yugoslavia that might ensue would rest solely with those members of the Security Council that, by their absurd demands on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, give obvious proof that they do not seek an urgent and comprehensive political solution and the restoration of peace. Instead, they abuse the Security Council to pursue their own political interests. Fully convinced that a peaceful settlement of the conflict in the former Yugoslavia can be achieved only by political means and negotiations conducted by equal partners, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia stands ready to do all it can to facilitate the peace process.”

    1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source

  22. “The decision by the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to cut political and economic links with the Bosnian Serb leadership was completely unilateral. It is being pursued as a form of pressure on Pale to convince it to accept the Contact Group plan as a basis for negotiations on the final settlement. Yugoslavia accepted the ICFY Mission as a way of facilitating its unilateral decision. If, however, further pressure and new unprincipled and totally meaningless conditions are brought to bear on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, it must be very clear that the Yugoslav Government will have to respond to great internal pressure and reject all forms of blackmail and coercion and call into question the activities of the ICFY Mission as a whole on Yugoslav soil.”

    1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source

  23. “The aim of such unprincipled provocations is to undermine the constructive and peace-oriented policy that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is following and is basically geared towards the continuation of the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Unjustified calls for the cutting off of telecommunications links between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Bosnian Serbs, demands for ridiculous control of fuel supplies in Yugoslav Airline planes and the Bar-Bari ferryboats, demands that the partial suspension be continued for only 30 days: all these are absolutely counterproductive and can only strengthen the hand of those that do not wish the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to continue to cooperate with the international community.”

    1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source

  24. “In spite of very clear-cut reports by the ICFY Mission that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is fully cooperating with the mission personnel and doing everything it possibly can to fulfil its commitment to keeping the border closed except for humanitarian foodstuffs, medical supplies and clothing, it is constantly being subjected to provocations and absurd allegations that it is supplying the Bosnian Serbs with military materiel. Preposterous reports on massive helicopter flights from Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia are circulated despite the fact that they have never been verified by the ICFY Mission on the ground.”

    1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source

  25. “Even if recognition were granted, none of the problems of Bosnia and Herzegovina would be resolved. The civil war would continue. It would even gain in intensity as the Muslim Government forces could well interpret the recognition as giving carte blanche for continuing hostilities and intensifying their drive to impose their will to create a unitary State under Muslim domination, which is unacceptable to other peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is the main cause of the civil war.”

    1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source

  26. “The new conditions being set by some members of the Contact Group, especially the calls for the recognition by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia as a prerequisite for the further suspension of sanctions not only lack any basis in the Security Council resolutions by which the sanctions were introduced, but also represent a false and counterproductive form of pressure. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is not prepared to make the same grave mistake committed by the international community and recognize the separatist republics before the fundamental problems have been resolved between the peoples living in them. These calls for premature recognition are a classic example of putting the cart before the horse.”

    1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source

  27. “However, despite this non-paper and the clear call in Security Council resolution 943 (1994) on the Sanctions Committee concerning Yugoslavia to adopt appropriately streamlined procedures for consideration of applications concerning legitimate humanitarian assistance, the Committee has not meaningfully resorted to doing so, and the sanctions continue to be applied in a very strict manner. In addition, the Council has opted to ignore the request of the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia for a one-shot export of $70 million worth of goods, through which it would finance humanitarian imports of medicines and foodstuffs even though it was decided to allow similar operations under different sanctions regimes.”

    1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source

  28. “A similar appeal was adopted by the members of the Danube Commission in Budapest. The recent non-paper on the humanitarian impact of the sanctions which was circulated by the five permanent members of the Security Council focused on the need to improve the effectiveness of the Sanctions Committees in expediting humanitarian implications as much as possible. We have taken particular note of the proposal that it should be allowed to supply clearly defined categories of medical supplies and foodstuffs even without the notification of the relevant Sanctions Committees.”

    1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source

  29. “This policy of collective punishment is being carried out despite the increasing calls and appeals of numerous States, especially States of the region, on the superfluousness of the sanctions, their ineffectual nature and the extremely harmful and devastating effects on the economy and infrastructure of the whole of south-eastern Europe. At a meeting in Athens on 15 April, five countries of the Black Sea group adopted a declaration (S/1995/313, annex) in which they stated that the implementation of the sanctions could have a considerable negative impact on the overall political, economic, security and social situation in the region as a whole and called upon the Contact Group to continue efforts towards achieving a peaceful, just and lasting political solution to the crisis in parallel with the suspension and lifting of the sanctions.”

    1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source

  30. “The war-option mentality and ideology of extremists in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia would be seriously undermined. Most important, the Bosnian Serbs would be finally convinced that their recalcitrant approach has definitely been superseded and that they must accept the continuation of negotiations on the basis of the Contact Group as a starting point. By opting to maintain the greatest part of the most comprehensive sanctions regime adopted against any State Member of the United Nations, the Security Council is continuing to pursue the policy of punishment against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Serbian and Montenegrin people for things for which they bear no responsibility and which are out of their control.”

    1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source

  31. “Despite consistently positive reports by the Co-Chairmen of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia (ICFY) and the ICFY Mission that Yugoslavia is adhering to the unilateral commitment to close its border with the Bosnian Serbs, and despite the well-known fact that it has absolutely and completely fulfilled all the provisions of the relevant Security Council resolutions by which the sanctions were introduced, we note with regret that once again the Security Council cannot muster the political will to make a bolder decision and lift the sanctions against Yugoslavia altogether. This negative stand is indeed highly unfortunate, because by opting to lift the sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia the Council would be making a very significant breakthrough towards peace in the Balkans.”

    1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source

  32. “Mr. Djokic: At the outset, let me express on behalf of my Government profound condolences to the United States on the occasion of the tragic event that occurred in Oklahoma City, in which innocent citizens were Victims of an outrageous terrorist act. The Security Council is about to reach a decision on the further extension of the partial and very limited suspension of sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.”

    1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source

  33. “I should like to believe that the Security Council reached such a decision in particular circumstances, and that it is only an unwanted exception, which will not be repeated.”

    1995-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3487 (1995) · source

  34. “My delegation categorically rejects the untrue and malicious allegations made by certain delegations. The situation in the former Yugoslavia is far too serious for the Council to be manipulated in order to satisfy the domestic and political propaganda needs of certain countries. Those delegations that have again chosen to put forward such allegations have thus clearly shown that they are not striving to reach a just and lasting peaceful solution. I must admit that my delegation is surprised and disappointed that the Security Council did not grant its request to sit at the Council table throughout the discussion of this item, which exclusively refers to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It is all the more incomprehensible why the Council decided to make this precedent, when such a request was granted in the past.”

    1995-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3487 (1995) · source

  35. “By pursuing this policy, the Security Council in fact continues the practice of punishing the citizens of a sovereign country for events over which it has no control, which is a definite abuse of Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations and is highly inhumane. In spite of the fact that the Security Council has failed so far to properly weigh the constructive role that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has been playing with regard to the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia will continue to pursue the option of a peaceful, negotiated settlement, which it continues to believe is the only one possible and which it is convinced is in the best interests of all the peoples of the Balkan region. I would like to offer the following comments in connection with some of the statements made during the debate.”

    1995-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3487 (1995) · source

  36. “The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is convinced that the plan of the Contact Group, as a basis for the continuation of the peace process, is the rational and viable way to end the crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina and to establish a just and lasting solution. For its part, it is prepared to continue to make efforts towards that end. In this framework, any linking of the further suspension of sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to conditions that were not valid at the time when the sanctions were imposed, or have no connection with the resolution of the crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina, cannot be acceptable.”

    1995-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3487 (1995) · source

  37. “Furthermore, even though resolution 943 (1994) clearly allowed all civilian passenger flights to and from Belgrade Airport, it has not yet been possible to purchase or even make reservations for tickets from United States territory to Belgrade, a matter about which the Mission of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia informed the Chairman of the sanctions Committee in its letter of 31 October 1994. As the Council has now decided to extend the partial suspension of the sanctions, it is to be hoped that these shortcomings and flaws in the interpretation of resolution 943 (1994) will be overcome.”

    1995-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3487 (1995) · source

  38. “The sanctions Committee has also steadfastly refused to allow the import into the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia of raw materials for the pharmaceutical industry, which is a necessary precondition for the regular supply of medicaments to the population. The Security Council for its part has ignored the request of the Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia for the one-shot export of $70 million worth of goods, whose proceeds would have been used for the import of emergency humanitarian products.”

    1995-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3487 (1995) · source

  39. “Despite a clear call by that resolution to the sanctions Committee to adopt appropriate streamlined procedures for expediting its consideration of applications concerning legitimate humanitarian assistance, the Committee has in fact resorted to an ever stricter implementation of the sanctions. Due to the inflexible positions of some delegations, the Committee consistently rejected requests for the export of gas for humanitarian purposes to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, even though all conditions concerning the monitoring and control by the World Health Organization of the consumption of the gas were met.”

    1995-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3487 (1995) · source

  40. “That the sanctions have never managed to accomplish the goals they were imposed for in the first place, except to severely punish the most vulnerable segments of the population, was unambiguously stated in the Secretary- General's "Supplement to An Agenda for Peace" (S/1995/1). By making a decision to lift or substantially alleviate the sanctions, the Council would marginalize those extremist positions and would indeed make a significant contribution to the peace process. Unfortunately, in the past hundred days the very limited suspension of the sanctions established by Security Council resolution 943 (1994) has also not been entirely fulfilled.”

    1995-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3487 (1995) · source

  41. “By opting again to maintain the greatest part of sanctions against Yugoslavia, the Security Council is in fact playing into the hands of the extremist elements in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, thus continuing to encourage the war option. This, of course, fuels the ambitions of the hardline Bosnian Muslim leadership, which feels that the continuation of the sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Serb nation as a whole is the shortest way to realize its extremist political goals. At the same time, the perpetuation of the sanctions also strengthens the hand of the Serb extremists, who argue that, no matter what the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is doing, the sanctions will remain in place and therefore the war option should be pursued.”

    1995-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3487 (1995) · source

  42. “The draft resolution, in fact, is not a mere extension of the partial suspension of the sanctions, but actually calls for the cessation of practically all economic relations between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Krajina Serbs. Moreover, it seeks to exact an indirect recognition of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is unacceptable to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia before the overall political solution to the crisis has been found and accepted by all parties concerned. This approach is counter-productive and harmful, particularly in this delicate phase of the peace process, which is demonstrating some signs of progress.”

    1995-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3487 (1995) · source

  43. “It ignores the fact that the decision to close the border with the Bosnian Serbs was a unilateral one, for which the Yugoslav Government asked for the assistance of the Mission of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia. References in the draft resolution concerning the export of products from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to the Krajina Serbs have absolutely nothing to do with the primary objective of the closure of the border, which is to influence the Bosnian Serbs to accept the Contact Group's peace plan. It represents an attempt to impose new conditions on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which is unacceptable.”

    1995-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3487 (1995) · source

  44. “This has been clearly confirmed by the reports of the Co-Chairmen of the Steering Committee of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia, which have certified that the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is continuing to meet its commitment to close the border between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Srpska. Therefore, the decision by the Council to extend only the very limited partial suspension of the sanctions for just another 100 days and to put forward new conditionalities and restrictions is certainly very disappointing. It reflects a lack of political will to assess objectively the positive and constructive role of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the search for a peaceful solution to the civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

    1995-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3487 (1995) · source

  45. “As is well known, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has fulfilled all the obligations and met all the conditions set by the relevant Security Council resolutions by which the sanctions regime was established. In addition, Yugoslavia has accepted the peace plan of the Contact Group on Bosnia and Herzegovina, as it has accepted all the other peace proposals, and has done everything in its power to influence the Bosnian Serbs to do the same. In this framework, my Government has consistently fulfilled its commitment to sever all political and economic contacts with the Bosnian Serb leadership.”

    1995-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3487 (1995) · source

  46. “Mr. Djokic: May I at the outset congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of January this year. I should also like warmly to welcome the Foreign Minister of Italy, His Excellency Mr. Antonio Martino, with whose country Yugoslavia has had a long history of friendly and good neighbourly relations. The decision that the Security Council is about to take on the extension of the partial suspension of sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is a thoroughly inadequate response to the great efforts and contribution that Yugoslavia has been making in the search for a just and lasting solution to the crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

    1995-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3487 (1995) · source

  47. “Those delegations that have again chosen to put forward such allegations have thus obviously shown that they are actually not striving to reach a just and lasting peaceful solution. On the contrary, by constantly advocating the lifting of the arms embargo, air strikes, and even a full-scale intervention those delegations are generating a further escalation of the ethnic and civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. As we have repeatedly stated in the Security Council and elsewhere, peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina cannot be achieved through military means or by threatening and punishing one side while at the same time encouraging the other side to continue with provocations and military 33 offensives. The only solution to the Bosnian crisis is, as it has always been and must be, a political and negotiated one.”

    1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3454 (1994) · source

  48. “The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia calls upon the Security Council to abandon its one-sided approach to the crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the interest of urgently ending the war and creating favourable conditions for an overall, peaceful and negotiated settlement to the crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as in the entire region of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. In connection with some of the statements made during the debate I should like to offer the following comments. My delegation categorically rejects the untrue and malicious allegations that have been advanced by certain delegations. The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina is far too serious for the Council to be manipulated in order to satisfy the domestic and political propaganda needs of certain countries.”

    1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3454 (1994) · source

  49. “Yugoslavia calls upon all sides in the civil war to cease immediately and unconditionally all military activities and to abide strictly by the cease-fire agreement. It also calls upon all other States not to support, directly or indirectly, the sides in the civil war which are responsible for breaches of the cease-fire, to oppose the escalation of the war and to support the peace process. The approach pursued so far in the search for a resolution of the crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina has obviously been ineffective. The urgent and unconditional lifting of all sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia would create conditions for the establishment of an early, just and lasting peace.”

    1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3454 (1994) · source

  50. “They are obviously aimed at obscuring the real state of affairs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, to back up the claims of the predetermined, one-sided guilt of the Serb side for the crisis in the territories of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina in particular. The Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has repeatedly invited international humanitarian organizations to visit Yugoslavia and verify for themselves that such allegations are absolutely unfounded. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is convinced that the plan of the Contact Group and the continuation of the peace process is the only rational and viable way of ending the crisis and establishing a just and lasting solution.”

    1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3454 (1994) · source