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  1. “With every day that is lost, we will be faced with new challenges which will only make the situation more complex and more dangerous - and not only for the countries of that region. If the Security Council sincerely wishes to avoid that, it must act resolutely and immediately, without any further delay.”

    1995-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3563 (1995) · source

  2. “Trusting that Europe and the international community as a whole cannot accept the brutal creation of an ethnically pure Croatia based on the expulsion of more than 200,000 innocent civilians, we expect an immediate and effective response by this Council. Should it fail so to respond, the Security Council will become an accessory to bringing about a tragedy for an entire people who have lived in those territories for centuries, and it will not be able to evade its responsibility for all the consequences that may arise as a result of the brutal Croatian aggression. The time to take energetic action to reach a just political solution in the territories of the previous Yugoslavia is running out.”

    1995-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3563 (1995) · source

  3. “The resolution that the Council is about to adopt represents a pale and totally inadequate response to the drama that has been unfolding in Krajina. Once again the Security Council has not managed to rid itself of its persistent bias in treating the peoples of the previous Yugoslavia in an unequal manner. The greatest "ethnic cleansing" ever committed in the territories of the former Yugoslavia, the virtual expulsion of the Serbs from Krajina, has met with a much milder response than when the Council has taken action regarding atrocities committed against other peoples. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia reiterates its firm commitment to a political and negotiated solution of all problems in the territory of the previous Yugoslavia, and particularly those that have arisen due to the aggression of Croatia against Krajina.”

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  4. “The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is very disappointed that the Security Council did not most resolutely condemn the Croatian aggression and the crimes committed, particularly "ethnic cleansing" and other gross violations of fundamental norms of international humanitarian law, human rights and the principles of international law in times of war, in the light of the horrible crimes that the Croatian army committed against Serbian civilians and prisoners of war. It is particularly distressing that the Council did not demand that Croatian troops withdraw to the positions held prior to the aggression of 4 August 1995 and that the calls for the introduction of comprehensive sanctions against Croatia were ignored.”

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  5. “A week has passed without the Security Council condemning by even one word the massive bombardment of Krajina towns, destruction of water supply systems, shelling of hospitals and other civilian targets, premeditated killing of innocent civilians and commission of war crimes against them. Particular responsibility rests with the Security Council, whose primary role, under Chapter VII of the Charter, is to maintain peace and security and protect the victims of aggression. The Security Council, which has already admitted that such actions by Croatia seriously threaten to escalate the conflict, must take concrete and resolute measures against such criminal and genocidal acts by Croatia.”

    1995-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3563 (1995) · source

  6. “On the other side, the Security Council is regrettably not endeavouring even to secure the implementation of its own decisions and resolutions regarding the arms embargo on Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the prevention of "ethnic cleansing" and the prosecution of Croatian, as well as Bosnian Muslim and Bosnian Croat war criminals. The Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia notes with the utmost indignation and bitterness that the international community has not undertaken resolute measures to stop and "disenable" the monstrous policy of Croatia against the Krajina Serbs.”

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  7. “Even without the sanctions, which have disastrous effects, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia would hardly be in a position to effectively cope with the overwhelming burden caused by the latest influx of tens of thousands of new refugees regarding accommodation, food supplies, medicines and clothes, particularly since most of them are children, women, the elderly, the wounded and the sick. This is just one more reason for the legitimate request that the sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia be urgently lifted, since they stand in the way of the overall political solution to the Yugoslav (311818.”

    1995-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3563 (1995) · source

  8. “From the very beginning of the outbreak of the crisis in the territory of the previous Yugoslavia, the Security Council has directed its decisions and activities against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, imposing on it, without any justification, the most comprehensive, harsh and unprecedented sanctions in the history of the United Nations. The following question must be asked: what criteria is the Security Council now using, considering the open aggression of Croatia against Krajina and flagrant violations of humanitarian law?”

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  9. “The Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia urges the Security Council to make Croatia allow access to the representatives of the United Nations and humanitarian organizations to the territories of Krajina recently occupied by Croatian military forces in order to conduct a thorough and objective investigation into the monstrous crimes committed against the Krajina Serbs - massacres, torture, opening fire on columns of refugees, using Serb soldiers, civilians and United Nations representatives as human shields, as well as widespread looting.”

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  10. “We hope that the international community will demonstrate compassion and concern for the tragic destiny of the Krajina Serb population and urgently respond to the unprecedented humanitarian disaster, in which the Serb people from Krajina have lost virtually everything and are at the very limit of their endurance.”

    1995-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3563 (1995) · source

  11. “The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia expresses its utmost concern in the wake of the dramatic humanitarian situation caused by the Croatian aggression on Krajina. For its part, it has taken urgent and energetic measures, but we call upon the Security Council to engage all Members of the United Nations and international humanitarian organizations in providing urgent assistance to alleviate the tragic fate of more than 200,000 Serb refugees who were forced to flee Krajina. The most urgent needs include food, medicines, medical supplies, clothes, tents and blankets.”

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  12. “What should happen for the Security Council to decide to act and put an end to the cold-blooded aggression of Croatia against Krajina and the enormous threat to peace and security in the region, which could lead to an uncontrollable escalation with unforeseen consequences? After having previously committed seven armed attacks on the United Nations protected areas since they were established in 1992, in a brazen affront to the whole United Nations operation in the previous Yugoslavia, Croatia decided to do away with the protected areas and the United Nations peace-keeping mission altogether. Moreover, Croatia has totally ignored the calls of the international community to give up the military option and to show due respect for the United Nations representatives. Can this be allowed to go unpunished?”

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  13. “This cooperation has now borne fruit in the aggression of Croatia against Krajina. The Foreign Minister of Croatia himself confirmed that the United States gave advice to Croatia on how to execute the mass attack on Serb Krajina and tacitly approved such an operation. It is also evident from the ongoing aggression that the arms embargo against Croatia has been a sham, since from its introduction Croatia has been receiving the most sophisticated and modern weaponry. It is particularly worrisome and disconcerting that the Security Council and the international community have not condemned the brutal Croatian aggression.”

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  14. “These Powers have decided to shun the only possible policy for a just and lasting settlement of the Yugoslav crisis - the fully equal treatment of all Yugoslav nations and their interests - in favour of a policy of double standards and biased support for some sides and unprecedented condemnation and satanization of others. It has not escaped the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia that the United States of America has signed a military cooperation agreement with Croatia. United States military advisers are lending technical and logistical assistance to Croatian armed forces. The United States has also strongly backed the Bosnian Muslim-Croat Federation and its confederation with Croatia, in an attempt to create an anti-Serb front in the Balkans.”

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  15. “As has been the case on so many occasions when there was a possibility of achieving a peaceful negotiated settlement to the crisis in the former Yugoslavia, measures were taken to avert a political solution, and the war option once again prevailed. It is obvious that the Croatian Government would not have dared decide to undertake such a broad and meticulously planned aggression without the backing of some major Powers. From the time of the German-led premature recognition of Croatia and other former Yugoslav republics, such support has not been lacking.”

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  16. “Carl Bildt, condemned the Croat offensive in the strongest terms and raised the possibility of Mr. Tudjman's being indicted for war crimes. By mounting this aggression against Krajina, Croatia has clearly shown that it represents the greatest danger to peace in the Balkans. It is particularly noteworthy that Croatia's brutal aggression took place at the time of the resumption of direct negotiations between Knin and Zagreb, in which the Krajina side expressed the greatest readiness for a political solution to the status of Krajina, making serious concessions and accepting the seven-point plan for the urgent settlement of the crisis proposed by the Co-Chairman of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia, Mr. Stoltenberg.”

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  17. “The Croatian Government acted in total disregard of the unambiguous and clear-cut demands by the Security Council, set out in its resolution 994 (1995) and a number of presidential statements, that it refrain from taking any further military measures or actions that could lead to the escalation of the situation, and particularly that it cease all military actions in and around Sector South; and of warnings that in the event of failure to comply with this demand the Security Council would consider further steps to ensure such compliance. In its massive onslaught the Croatian forces have deliberately targeted United Nations peace-keepers, murdering and wounding many of them. It is no wonder that the Co-Chairman of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia, Mr.”

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  18. “By opting for all-out aggression against the Republic of Serb Krajina, the Croatian Government not only attacked the Serb population but also flagrantly violated the Security Council resolutions which established the United Nations protected areas in Krajina, with the aim of protecting the local population, and breached the Vance plan.”

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  19. “Long before the aggression against the Krajina Serbs, pressures and intensive preparations by Croatia had begun for a confrontation with the Serbs. More than 350,000 Serbs from the territories which are under Croat control had already fled. On the other hand, those who attempted to remain in their homes were mistreated in every conceivable way and many of them were forcibly converted to the Catholic faith. Discrimination in all areas of everyday life and work - eviction, lay-offs on grounds of nationality, and illegal seizure of property and gross violations of fundamental human and civil rights - were rampant. During Croatia's aggression against the Sector West United Nations protected areas in May of this year, virtually the whole Serb population was murdered, wounded, imprisoned or expelled from the region.”

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  20. “Tudjman is on the verge of achieving what the Croatian Ustashi fascists did not achieve during the nightmare of the Second World War, when 700,000 Serbs were slaughtered in the so-called "Independent State of Croatia": the total extermination and cleansing of the Serbs from their ancestral homes in Krajina. The overt genocide that the Croatian Government is conducting against the Krajina Serbs, the mass murder of civilians - women, children and the elderly - is telling proof that the fear that Mr. Tudjman's regime, and its checker-board flag under which so many Serbs were mercilessly killed during the Second World War, instilled in the Krajina Serbs was totally justified and that they had no choice but to rebel against it.”

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  21. “Regrettably, the Croatian strategy has been successful as columns of more than 200,000 Serbs, almost the entire population of the parts of Krajina seized in the latest Croat aggression, are now fleeing Krajina into neighbouring Bosnia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This no doubt represents the most massive and shameless example of large-scale "ethnic cleansing" since the crisis in the territory of previous Yugoslavia began in 1991. After more than 100 years, the final solution of Croatian extremists espoused in the infamous maxim of the leader of the Croatian Party of the Right, Ante Starcevic, in regard to resolving the Serb question to annihilate a third, expel a third and assimilate a third - is practically being realized. The regime of Mr.”

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  22. “Mr. Djokie: In the early morning hours of 4 August 1995, the Croatian Government and the regime of Mr. Tudjman embarked upon the final act to attain the goal of Croatian extreme nationalists and fascists to exterminate or expel the Serb people from Krajina. By the horrifying indiscriminate mass artillery and missile bombardment of predominantly civilian targets in all the towns of Serb Krajina, Croatia unambiguously demonstrated that one of its main goals, apart from imposing its sovereignty over Krajina, was to inflict heavy losses on the civilian population and by so doing incite a mass exodus of Serbs in order to create an ethnically pure Croat state.”

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  23. “In that process, Yugoslavia should be seen as a partner rather than as an adversary. As was stated by the Government of Yugoslavia on 18 April of this year, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia remains fully committed to the policy of peace and to overcoming the crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina by political means, on the basis of equal respect for the legitimate rights of all three constituent peoples. In that regard, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia will continue to cooperate closely with the United Nations and its representatives. However, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia will firmly defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity if forced to do so.”

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  24. “To this effect, the Government supported the appeal of the Bileea Assembly to the international community to help organize a bilateral meeting between the warring parties and offered its hospitality and good offices for early, direct negotiations between Bosnian Serbs and Bosnian Muslims and between Bosnian Serbs and Bosnian Croats. It is evident that lasting peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina cannot be achieved by imposing non-negotiable solutions on the parties involved. Undoubtedly, certain elements of the existing plan do not accommodate the interests of all sides, The only way to reinstate peace is patiently and tenaciously to continue negotiations so that the vital interests of all three nations are taken into account and agreement is reached by consensus.”

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  25. “In that context, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has supported the Vance-Owen plan as a useful basis for further negotiations aimed at achieving a consensus on the proposed maps. The Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia accords absolute priority to immediate and unconditional cessation of the military conflict and to the continuation of the negotiations on a peace plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Yugoslav Government is convinced that the remaining contentious issues related to the proposed maps can be resolved and that they should not put the peace process in jeopardy.”

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  26. “However, further sanctions cannot objectively stop the civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina and bring us any closer to a just and lasting peace. This is best evidenced in the period since the sanctions were imposed nearly a year ago. The efforts that Yugoslavia has undertaken to facilitate the peace process are the result not of pressure and sanctions, but of genuine interest that peace should prevail in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in the territories of the former Yugoslavia. The Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia had sought to bring about a peaceful solution t. the crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina, ever since its beginning, on the basis of respect for the legitimate interests of all three peoples and their consensus on the form of their life together.”

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  27. “The most vulnerable segment of the population in Yugoslavia - children, the sick, the elderly and the frail - are those hardest hit. The isolation of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the quarantine imposed on its people cannot lead to peace; it can only contribute to the ruining of a whole nation, the creation of more hotbeds of crisis, social and national destruction in the territory of the former Yugoslavia and the destabilization of the entire Balkan region. The closing of the international waterway and the prohibition of navigation on the Danube is itself a measure which poses a great danger to the region as a whole. The introduction of new punitive measures can only cause more innocent victims, suffering and instability.”

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  28. “As it strives further to increase the economic sanctions, isolation and collective punishment of the people of Yugoslavia, the Security Council will add to the tragedy that has befallen the people of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The sanctions trample upon numerous international conventions on human rights, and all Yugoslavs have been demonized and turned into pariahs. While seeking to avert the ongoing tragedy and suffering of the innocent victims of the civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina by imposing and now expanding sanctions, the Security Council is inflicting hardships and suffering on all citizens of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, who can in no way be responsible for the war in their vicinity.”

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  29. “The sanctions violate fundamental human rights, punishing innocent people and leaving them without medicine, food and other elementary goods to keep them alive. With those sanctions the Security Council is making the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia into a concentration camp, punishing the Serbian people as a whole, which is an attempt to commit the third genocide in that veople's history. This is not a series of technical and economic measures; it is practically a death sentence proclaimed by the Security Council on a whole people. The first victims have already been struck down as a consequence of the present sanctions: newborn babies are dying in the hospitals because of the lack of medicines and instruments.”

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  30. “Vance's contribution very much, and we look forward to working closely with his successor, Mr. Stoltenberg. Yugoslavia has spared no effort in searching for a just and lasting solution to the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We have fully cooperated with the special envoys ~ Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, Mr. Vitaly Churkin, and Ambassador Reginald Bartholomew of the United States of America - in their endeavours. The Security Council has decided on a series of inhumane and totally unjustified measures whose aim is to tighten the noose and strangle the people of my country regardless of the fact that humanitarian law and rules do not recognize collective punishment.”

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  31. “That, however, cannot be achieved by isolating one side and by exerting unprecedented pressure and imposing new sanctions on the people of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, although it is not a party to the conflict, with the aim of implementing unjust solutions that cannot last. It would be unfortunate indeed if the peace process, which has already yielded tangible results, were discontinued. We believe that negotiations should be urgently resumed, as there are possibilities, particularly through direct talks by the parties concerned, for agreeing on pending issues if necessary revisions are made to accommodate all sides, We are confident that the tireless efforts of the Co-Chairmen, Mr. Vance and Lord Owen, have not been to no avail, and that there is potential for the continuation of the negotiation process. We appreciate Mr.”

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  32. “The conviction that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Serbia can order the Serbs in Bosnia to accept something that is a threat to their survival and that the Bosnian Serbs are ready to obey orders from Belgrade is illusory and false, We are advising them, and we are doing our utmost in that regard, but we cannot order people - who are dying and sacrificing everything they have in order to survive on their land - to capitulate. We share the concern and impatience of the international community and fully understand the responsibility of the Security Council in its effort to reinstate peace and security in the region as a whole.”

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  33. “The question now arises: What is the motive behind ignoring the adopted principles? Is it to seek an end to the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina or to seek an excuse for the perpetuation and stepping up of pressure against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia with a view to achieving other ends? The international community is holding the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia hostage to the Bosnian Serbs, Muslims and Croats.”

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  34. “The maps that were drawn up and are now being imposed are not wholly acceptable to the Bosnian Serbs because they are unjust and jeopardize the existential interests of the Serbs while clearly favouring Croatian and Muslim interests. The plan is seen as unacceptable by the Bosnian Serbs as it unjustly divides the area and its mineral resources, energy potential and industrial infrastructure, and does not correspond to the ethnic composition of the population. A deadline given as an ultimatum to the Serbs in Bosnia to accept and sign the Vance-Owen peace plan in its entirety runs counter to the conclusions of the Geneva negotiations and the adopted principles that agreement would be sought on the basis of consensus among all three constituent peoples and that no solution would be imposed.”

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  35. “It is well known that the leadership of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Republics of Serbia and Montenegro played a very important role in facilitating acceptance by the Bosnian Serbs of significance elements of the peace pian. In assisting the peace process we were inspired by the basic premise that there can be no lasting solution unless it takes into account the vital interests of all three constituent peoples in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Nor can a just peace be established by forcibly imposing it on any of the parties. Unfortunately, in the final elaboration of the Vance-Owen plan insufficient efforts were exerted to ensure full equality.”

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  36. “The international community had in a matter of months accepted and even encouraged a the breakup of Yugoslavia, a founding Member of the United Nations. The right to self-determination of Slovenes, Croats and Muslims was honoured, while the same right was denied to the Serbs. The Serbs in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina are not aggressors. They are fighting for their survival on their own land, where they have lived for centuries. Yugoslavia has endeavoured to play a constructive role throughout the peace talks on the former Yugoslavia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In Geneva and here in New York we have spared no effort in assisting the Co-Chairmen in their search for a viable solution and an end to the hostilities and suffering.”

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  37. “In hasty attempts to address the crisis, the European Community, and later the international community as a whole, made a series of grave mistakes with far-reaching conseqneuces. It is now generally recognized that the premature recognition of former Yugoslav republics before an overall political settlement was reached triggered the civil war. Numerous statements by leading political figures including Lord Carrington, Mr. Cyrus Vance and Lord Owen give clear evidence of this. In an unprecedented train of events in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, secession was rewarded, with priority given to internal borders fashioned in an arbitrary and undemocratic manner over external, internationally recognized, ones.”

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  38. “In that regard, the Government of Yugoslavia supports and is cooperating with the Commission of Experts-established by resolution 780 (1992). With the facts distorted and ignored, however, a false picture has been projected: that the Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in the United Nations protected areas are the only culprits. Putting the blame solely on the Serbs and demonizing the Serbian nation as a whole will not, however, help resolve the conflict, as there can be no winners in the civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. From the outset of the crisis and the outbreak of hostilities on the territory of the former Yugoslavia, the history of the region and the root causes of the underlying tensions have been seriously underestimated.”

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  39. “That did not draw the attention of the world media or that of the Security Council, In their efforts to provoke foreign military intervention and involve the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the war, Muslim forces have even gone so far as to attack the territory and population of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia itself. Our constant appeals to stop Muslim and Croatian aggression were not heeded by the Security Council. For its part, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia exerted maximum restraint and kept its response to the lowest possible level. Horrible crimes and atrocities have been committed by all warring parties on the territory of the former Yugoslavia. Those responsible for war crimes and violations of humanitarian law should be brought to justice.”

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  40. “On 22 January 1993, the territory of Krajina, under the protection and presence of the United Nations, was flagrantly attacked by Croatian forces in clear violation of the Vance-Owen plan. Despite the demands contained in resolution 802 (1993), those attacks have continued unabated and most recently have even been intensified. No action was taken by the Security Council. The Muslim and Croatian forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina have continued their campaign of terror and provocation. During the offensive that was launched in January 1993, numerous Serbian villages were destroyed in eastern Bosnia and more than 1,200 Serbs, primarily children, women and elderly people, were murdered.”

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  41. “Unfortunately, in that resolution and in previous resolutions, the Security Council has totally ignored the positive role of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia by persistently treating it as a party to the conflict that should be punished. The Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and its people unreservedly condemned the abhorrent crime of "ethnic cleansing" by whomever it was committed and wherever it occurred. We have strongly opposed the holding of ethnic hostages, the shelling of cities, especially Sarajevo, and the destruction of villages, infrastructure, churches and cultural monuments. Despite our efforts, the Serbian population in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in the United Nations protected areas were for the past several months subjected to relentless attacks and aggression.”

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  42. “With a view to achieving a just and lasting solution, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has called for observers to be stationed at all its airports and along the borders between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina; proposed a normalization of mutual relations with the former Yugoslav Republics, but there was no response; took peace initiatives on a number of occasions and launched humanitarian actions; and permitted and assisted passage of humanitarian aid convoys for Bosnia and Herzegovina; and it is taking care of close to 700,000 refugees from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, among them 50,000 Muslims and 15,000 Croats.”

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  43. “Yugoslavia is vitally interested and fully committed to bringing an end to the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina by peaceful means and dialogue. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has invested great efforts to facilitate the peace process. We have accepted all the decisions and principles of the London Conference and supported the Vance-~Owen plan as a basis for ending the civil war and the suffering of all three nations. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has cooperated fully with the two co-Chairmen during the peace negotiations and has offered its good offices.”

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  44. “It has been stated on numerous occasions that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has no territorial claims on any of its neighbours, as was confirmed by the Declaration adopted by the Federal Assembly when the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was constituted on 27 April 1992. Ever since May 1992, not a single soldier of the Yugoslav army remains in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, while at the same time 40,000 to 50,000 Croatian troops have occupied parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, This was also confirmed in the report of the Secretary-General. Despite these facts, however, the international community in a relentless campaign continues to label Yugoslavia as the aggressor and calls for its punishment and isolation.”

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  45. “Resolution 820 (1993) continues arbitrarily to condemn the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia for its alleged involvement in the crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina, although it is evident that Yugoslavia cannot be responsible for either the outbreak or the continuation of the bloodshed in Bosnia and Herzegovina. What is at stake is an ethnic, religious and civil war in which the three nations making up Bosnia and Herzegovina - namely, Muslims, Serbs and Croats - are taking part. Such a war in Bosnia and Herzegovina is best exemplified by the ongoing fierce fighting between the Muslim and Croat forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina with heavy losses on both sides despite their agreement on military cooperation and joint military activities.”

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  46. “In doing so, the Security Council has disregarded the reports of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) and of the Secretary-General and has ignored the information provided by the Serbs from Bosnia. In that way, an inaccurate picture of the situation in Bosnia is being portrayed and, consequently, one-sided resolutions are adopted at an accelerated pace. The Council has in the course of the crisis and conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina acted very often under the erroneous assumption that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is responsible for the outbreak of war and that it can fundamentally influence the Bosnian Serbs to accept elements of the peace plan which they find contrary to their vital interests.”

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  47. “Mr. DJOKIE: Instead of meeting to consider the tragic situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina in its efforts to bring lasting peace to its peoples, the Security Council has succumbed to pressures for the staging of a general debate on this issue whose sole aim is apparently to condemn only one side. Moreover, we see no purpose to this debate since the Council has already adopted a series of new punitive measures against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia which can in no way contribute to achieving the goal of a just and durable peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Those measures are primarily directed at the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia which is not a party to the civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

    1993-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3203 (1993) · source