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Nobilo

lines on the record: 159
first: 1992-11-16
most recent: 1995-12-15
sittings or episodes: 18
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“The promising process that began in November with the European Union Action Plan and culminated with the Washington agreements of 18 March for Bosnia and Herzegovina and the 29 March cease-fire agreement for United Nations protected areas in Croatia is now in jeopardy. While my Government will pursue all possible avenues so that those agreements are maintained, the international community will need to respond quickly with most decisive measures, which make it clear to the belligerent side that the agreements and the Security Council resolutions do in fact correctly represent the will of the international community.”
1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source
“Their leadership has now raised frivolous obstacles regarding the venue for the second round of the peace talks, stubbornly refusing to accept the implementation of the Security Council resolutions and the gradual reintegration of the United Nations protected areas into the legal system of the Republic of Croatia. Further, they have taken dangerous steps in violation of the 29 March cease-fire agreement. The Security Council's lack of resolve to respect its own resolutions and to protect its own assets and personnel in Bosnia and Herzegovina has had a debilitating effect on the peace process in the region.”
1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source
“A North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) threat of wider, ultimatum-type air strikes could give a new opportunity for finding a political settlement in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Without such a credible threat of force, no new negotiations will be possible. This will be true not only for Bosnia and Herzegovina, but also for Croatia. NATO's lack of response to the Bosnian Serbs' aggressive acts against the community of civilized nations in Gorazde has made negotiations with them a mockery. They have agreed to a cease-fire in Gorazde just about every day in the last seven days without any genuine commitment to respect it. Similarly, last week the Serb insurgents in Croatia decided to disregard the agreement on confidence-building- measures talks with my Government.”
1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source
“After two years of unthinkable suffering, and with 150,000 innocent lives lost, the time has come to impose peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A credible threat of resolute force combined with equally assertive diplomatic efforts should finally bring peace to the impoverished people of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The initiative presented yesterday by the President of the United States is a firm step in such a direction. Diplomacy may work with politicians, but only force will work with wayward generals and militant fanatics. My delegation therefore strongly supports President Clinton's call that the Sarajevo model of a clear ultimatum be extended to Gorazde and other safe areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source
“At first there were Vukovar and Dubrovnik, and after that there was Sarajevo, and after Sarajevo came Srebrenica, then Gorazde, a Maglaj or two in between; and, then again Sarajevo - and Gorazde again. This vicious circle of terror promoted by extremist Serb leaders - in the words of Vitaly Churkin, "obsessed with war" against their neighbours - must finally come to an end. The international community has made many attempts to bring this tragedy to an end, but without much success. The horrors of "ethnic cleansing" continue unabated not only in Gorazde, but also in Banja Luka, Mrkonjic-Grad, Prijedor and elsewhere in Bosnia. Intensive attacks against the Usora region in the Posavina corridor have not let up since January.”
1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source
“In those enclaves there are about 150,000 civilians whom the Security Council cannot protect, even though it is equally obliged to do so under its humanitarian mandate, while Croatian public opinion and basic moral law demand that they be provided for. These paradoxes are two of many about the Bosnian conflict that make a solution so difficult. But a solution must come - through negotiation. A military solution to the hundreds of Similar paradoxes would lead to an abyss of despair. The Council can avoid that abyss at this critical time by remaining determined to stay the course set forth in the 9 February 1994 decision of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and by giving its full and unconditional support today to the European Union Action Plan of 22 November 1993.”
1994-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption1 (1994) · source
“I am pleased to inform the Council today that my Government has already approached the Secretary-General to consider a mechanism that would meet the demands of the Security Council's presidential statement of 3 February 1994. In conclusion, I must emphasize that it is very much in the interests of Croatia that the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina should come to an end. Croatia may be a hostage to the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in more ways than one. Consider, for instance, that Croatia is pursuing a peaceful dialogue with the Serbs in Croatia, while some promote more war between Serbs and Croats, on behalf of Muslims, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Consider, too, the plight of Croatian citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina under siege by the Bosnian Muslim army in the encircled enclaves of Vitez, Kiseljak, Zepce and Usora.”
1994-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption1 (1994) · source
“It also calls for a cease-fire agreement between the Bosnian Croat army and the Bosnian Muslim army within seven days. Further, it was agreed to intensify the talks regarding the unconditional exchange of all detainees; to secure the return of all refugees after the establishment of peace, irrespective of future political arrangements; and to intensify negotiations on all models for future relations between the constituent nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and between the two States. This agreement, like the Declaration with Belgrade, follows the logic of peace and not the logic of war. That logic, we firmly believe, will also lead to an acceptable resolution of the issue relating to the presence of elements of the Croatian army on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
1994-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption1 (1994) · source
“My Government's 19 January 1994 joint declaration with the Belgrade authorities should be viewed in the same way as my Government's 7 February 1993 agreements with Slovenia and the 10 January 1993 treaty proposal to the Bosnian Muslim side. None of these documents can be viewed as an alliance against the non-participating States, but as an alliance for peace with all Sides. Tuesday's joint statement by the Foreign Minister of Croatia and the Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a further step in the direction of an alliance for peace. The agreement, reached in a friendly and constructive atmosphere, requests international control of the borders of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in accordance with Security Council resolution 787 (1992) and resolution 838 (1993).”
1994-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption1 (1994) · source
“My Government has not only supported the international community's intermediation in the region, but has also been at the forefront of promoting bilateral political solutions, beginning with President Tudjman's peace initiative of 2 November 1993, and it has been at the forefront of contributing towards the international community's humanitarian policy in respect of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Croatia has already spent an estimated $832 million in direct financial outlays for the care of 280,000 Bosnian refugees - mostly Muslim - in Croatia, and has provided logistic support for other operations essential for the functioning of the Sarajevo Government.”
1994-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption1 (1994) · source
“My Government, particularly because of the latter fact, will continue to support a political settlement of the conflict, and in this regard stands firmly behind the European Union Action Plan of 22 November 1993. Furthermore, it is the view of my Government that the Council should also give its uneguivocal support to the European Union Action Plan. The Council must be aware that the parties have been negotiating for more than a year now, and that this process must reach fruition guickly, despite some local political opposition, for the benefit of the innocent people of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The longer we allow the settlement to be delayed, the more likely is a permanent polarization of the three communities. Such a delay would be more costly not only for the civilian population in the region, but also for the international community.”
1994-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption1 (1994) · source
“This is why my Government accepted the Vance plan for Croatia, and this is why my Government advocated first the Cutiliero plan, then the Vance-Owen plan and the Owen-Stoltenberg plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina, and now the European Union Action Plan for Croatia and for Bosnia. We believe that accepting international mediation is the best policy under the circumstances. Of course, there were better solutions. After what has happened, however, there are no longer any ideal solutions for Bosnia and Herzegovina: there are only least painful solutions. The Bosnian conflict is doubly tragic, first because of the lack of appropriate international response in the beginning, and, secondly, because, as the Council is well aware, the victims in this war have been, primarily and overwhelmingly, Bosnian civilians and not military personnel.”
1994-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption1 (1994) · source
“It must also guide all humanitarian efforts and all proposals for a political settlement in the region. If Belgrade's aggression is allowed to go unchecked, even in political terms, it is bound to return and to spill over, probably at even greater cost to the international community. The Government of the Republic of Croatia, aware of the fact not only that the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina would come at enormous cost in human life, but also that the security and stability of Croatia would be seriously affected by it, has always advocated a peaceful, political settlement of the conflict. We firmly believe that continued warfare and human suffering can lead only to a permanent polarization between the nations of the former Yugoslavia, the type of polarization that neither outside force nor international law can overcome.”
1994-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption1 (1994) · source
“Yet we warmly welcome the consensus between the United States, the Russian Federation, the European Union and other countries finally to act together. In fact, a number of measures against any side in Bosnia and Herzegovina that chooses not to abide by the peace logic on the ground should be considered. What is needed in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a carefully balanced policy of a credible threat of force and straightforward support for the peace plans at present under discussion. This approach must be founded on one essential principle: it is the Serbian aggression against Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina that started the biggest European crisis in the last 40 years and that remains the core of regional instability. This aspect of the conflict must guide all possible actions with respect to the balance of power in the region.”
1994-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption1 (1994) · source
“My delegation believes that the decision by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to relieve the siege of Sarajevo follows the Security Council's logic of peace and is mandated by the Council's existing resolutions. We also believe that the Bosnian Serb side will abide by this decision if it is indeed ready for a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is to be regretted that this decision was not made much earlier; if the international community had issued so firm an ultimatum to the Serbian side at the time when Vukovar, Dubrovnik and other Croatian cities were under brutal Serbian gunfire, hundreds of thousands of lives could have been saved and a peaceful settlement to the region's problems could have been secured much earlier.”
1994-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption1 (1994) · source
“If there is to be a lifting of the arms embargo, the Croatian Government can only support a general lifting for all the victims of Serbian aggression. A selective approach to this issue will only aggravate the ongoing situation, and it would only mean more war in Bosnia. My Government is not prepared to be an endless hostage to the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is blocking the attainment of peace in the occupied territories of the Republic of Croatia. We also believe that trere will be no genuine and lasting peace in the region until the territorial integrity of all Member States in the region is fully respected and their peaceful coexistence and cooperation are restored.”
1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source
“Unfortunately, after all the destruction and horrivle crimes which have been committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, there are no ideal solutions which present themselves. We need acceptable solutions for all three constitutive nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, especially for the Muslims, who have suffered the most in this war. The Croatian peace initiative is the last chance to end the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We ask the international community to call on all sides to adhere strictly to the cease-fire agreement of 15 June. We also ask the international community to urge President Izetbegovic to join the other members of the collective presidency at the negotiating table in Geneva and to support the plan for peace.”
1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source
“My Government has supported the lifting of the arms embargo as a measure complementary to an international military intervention which would provide air and naval support for the joint defence efforts of the Bosnian Croats and Muslims, which would be conducted in cooperation with the Republic of Croatia. Unfortunately, this solution was not accepted, nor was our offer to put observers along all the borders of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Faced with these realities, Croatia has launched a peace initiative designed to preserve the international sovereignty of Bosnia and Herzegovina while reorganizing it into three confederal units. What we need is a Switzerland of the Balkans ind not a new Lebanon in the heart of Europe.”
1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source
“Some local units of the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) are now finding themselves and their families enclosed in pockets which are surrounded by rampaging Muslim forces, causing local commanders to adopt emergency measures that, although contradictory to the stated HVO policy, represent desperate acts aimed at pure survival. The international community must stop the tragedy which is occurring in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. But we do not believe that providing more arms to the Bosnian Muslims would accomplish that purpose. Of course, the imposition of the arms embargo against the victims of Serbian aggression was a wrong decision. Particularly cynical was the decision of the international mediators to allow the withdrawal of most of the arsenal of the Yugoslav army from Slovenia and Croatia to Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source
“The divided international community shares the biggest responsibility for the anarchy that followed, in which all three sides are now fighting one another in order to secure living space. The fact that Muslims have, unfortunately, been the principal victims of Serbian aggression in the former Yugoslavia does not give them the right to continue with their policy of "ethnic cleansing" in central Bosnia, from which tens of thousands of Croats have been expelled and where thousands have been killed. Regrettably, the Security Council has never discussed this humanitarian tragedy affecting the Croats in central Bosnia.”
1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source
“The Bosnian Croat leaders, however, stated that they would be ready to abolish that structure once the Vance-Owen plan began to be implemented in the Croatian and Muslim provinces, as a start of the overall process. Unfortunately, the Security Council never endorsed the Vance-Owen plan, nor was it ready to enforce it. As a result, the divided international community was again humiliated by the Serbian obstruction of this plan, although they signed it in Athens on 2 May 1993. Similarly, the so called Cutileiro plan, which was most similar to the latest peace initiative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, was also signed by all three parties in March 1992, but President Izetbegovic later withdrew his signature.”
1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source
“Croatia has helped hundreds of thousands of Bosnian refugees to reach other countries and at present shelters 271,000 Muslim refugees on its soil. Without the support of the Bosnian Croats at the referendum for the independence of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which the Serbs boycotted, the Bosnian Muslims would not have been able to win the vote alone. The tragic breakup of the Croatian-Mislim defence alliance started when 100,000 Muslim refugees, who were hosted in predominantly Croatian areas, were used by some Muslim political and military leaders to try to establish political and military control over the Croatian community of Herceg-Bosna, which was formed by the Bosnian Croats as a provisional structure to organize their defence and fill the legal and economic vacuum in the country.”
1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source
“I should like to take this opportunity to commend you, Mr. President, on your prudent and exceptional leadership in your capacity as President of the Security Council for the month of June. The Republic of Croatia was the first country to provide assistance to the Bosnian Croats and Muslims in their legitimate defence agiinst Serbian aggression and "ethnic cleansing". Most of the Muslims who escaped Serbian slaughter and fled to Croatia and other countries did so through the territory defended by Bosnian Croats. The Bosnian Croats even built the only road through the mountains in order to save the refugees and provide international humanitarian assistance. Croatia initiated defence cooperation with the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was formalized in two agreements.”
1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source
“We firmly believe that international guarantees for the implementation of Security Council resolutions are of the utmost importance in bringing peace to the Republic of Croatia, as well as to the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
1993-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3174 (1993) · source
“The Republic of Croatia is prepared to implement Security Council resolution 802 (1993) as a first step in the demilitarization process that will be fully established through the implementation of Security Council resolutions 762 (1992) and 769 (1992) and that will enable a comprehensive political solution to be reached under the auspices of the Conference on the Former Yugoslavia. Croatia finds that Security Council resolutions have been of crucial importance in stopping the aggression against my country. The Croatian Government is fully confident that the future decisions of this body will give added credibility to the UNPROFOR operation and provide it with effective mechanisms so that it can attain all the goals foreseen in the Vance plan.”
1993-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3174 (1993) · source
“I should like to refer to my letter dated 12 February 1993 (8/25288) to the Secretary-General and stress once again the basic elements on which future United Nations operations in the Republic of Croatia must be based: complete demilitarization of the United Nations protected areas and "pink zones"; voluntary return of the refugees; control of Croatian international borders; confidence-building measures as a part of the process of reintegration of these areas into the Croatian State and its society; and protection of the rights of national minorities and other human rights.”
1993-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3174 (1993) · source
“My Government is grateful for the opportunity to express the official position of the Republic of Croatia regarding prolongations of the United Nations peace operation on its territory. I have instructions from my Government to support the Secretary-General's proposals for the provisional extension of the mandate of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) up to 31 March 1993. This will provide enough time for substantial negotiations concerning all the aspects of the UNPROFOR operation and for full implementation of the Vance plan.”
1993-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3174 (1993) · source
“Croatia wants Bosnia to have peace and to retain its integrity, not only for the sake of the legitimate rights of the Croatian population in our neighbouring States, but also for the sake of the historical, geopolitical, economic and strategic ties between the two countries. In urging the Security Council to create the necessary conditions for UKPROFOR to conclude its mandate in Croatia successfully we are trying to enable the United Nations to transfer the brave and noble peace-keeping forces to the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where Serbian aggression is still continuing. Croatia's ultimate goal remains firm bilateral relations ard continued friendship with Bosnia and Herzegovina based on a constitutional solution fully acceptable to all three of the constituent nations of that country.”
1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source
“There is no doubt that in the horrible war in the former Yugoslavia, the Serbian side is the aggressor and Croats, Muslims and other non-Serbs are the victims. It is high time for determined action by the Security Council. It is time to halt the aggression and isolate and punish the aggressor. It is time to enable Bosnia and Herzegovina to assume its legitimate right of self-defence. It is time to force the Serbian insurgents in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Croatia, and their Belgrade masters, finally to accept the principles and decisions of the International Conference on the Fori.er Yugoslavia.”
1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source
“In that regard, we are ready to accept any negotiated solution agreed between the three constituent nations of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Croatia has made a significant effort to stop the distressing, though isolated, incidents between Croatian and Muslim forces in some areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina. These incidents have largely been orchestrated attempts to split the Croatian-Muslim alliance against Serbian aggression, or reflected the then differing views of Muslims and Croats concerning the constitutional future of Bosnia and Herzegovina. To our great discontent, we must stress that Croatia has time and again been used as a scapegoat for the mounting human tragedy that is spreading throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina. We do not think that the way towards peace is to say that the aggressor and his victim are both equally guilty.”
1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source
“Croatia, and Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina, were the first to support the constitutional framework proposed by Co-Chairmen Mr. Cyrus Vance and Lord Owen at the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia. We also strongly support the negotiations in the Mixed Military Working Group and & common political and defence alliance between Muslims and Croats aimed at achieving a cessation of hostilities and providing political solutions. Peace and post-war recovery are our priorities: we would certainly not like to be drawn into the endless bloodshed in Bosnia and Herzegovina. But we remain determined in supporting a constitutional and political solution in Bosnia and Herzegovina that will also afford equal rights for the Croatian people.”
1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source
“Not only has the United Nations Protection Force never opened the corridor, but neighbouring cities in Croatia, particularly Slavonski Brod, were shelled, barbarously, for months. The Croatian units have therefore been forced to retreat. We faced the same challenges and doubts once normalization cf Croatian-Serbian relations began under the auspices of the Geneva conference, because many tried to interpret this, unjustifiably, as a betrayal of the Muslims in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Unfortunately, no further progress has been made in this regard so far, owing to the lack of decisive international pressure on the Belgrade authorities. There has been no change in the policy of the Republic of Croatia with regard to the integrity and sovereignty of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source
“Croatia has - in accordance with the Joint Agreements signed by the Presidents of the two Republics - offered military help to the Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina and to the Bosnian Government forces in an effort to prevent, or at least to ease, the terrifying consequences of the genocidal policy of "ethnic cleansing" that is being executed by the Serbian side. Despite thia fact, Croatia has constantly been accused of invading and occupying Bosnia ane Herzegovina. Croatia nas been naned a traitor to the Muslims, and accused of holding secret negotiations with the Serbs on the partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina, even though Croatian forces have been bravely defending Bosanski Brod, hopelessly waiting for the international humanitarian corridor to be established along that route.”
1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source
“Croatia has already proposed establishing safe sones for the refugees in Bosnis and Herzegovina ss the most efficient and, from a political point of view, the most valuable approach to this appalling situation. 'These safe zones should primarily be organized in and around major besieged towns in Bosnia and Herzegovina by lifting the Serbian sieges and by opening permanent humanitarian corridors through to them. Any other solution would only contribute to the ongoing Serbian "ethnic cleansing". The international community also launches enormous diplomatic and media pressure against Croatia whenever the defence and survival of Bosnia and Herzegovina sre at stake.”
1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source
“The result has been devastating inflation and such a serious deterioration of the standard of living in my country that the majority of the population is facing the Janger of mainutrition. In the territory of western Herzegovina, where Croats make up 90 per cent of the total population, there are today more Muslim refugees than Croat residents. Aceas under the control of the Croatian Defence Council are the enly part of Bosnia and Herzegovina where Muslims can feel safe and secure from the Serbien onslaught. In spite of that, while the world passively watches the Serbian conquests and continuation of "ethnic cleansing" in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia is criticized for its unwillingness to receive every new wave of refugees.”
1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source
“Intensified Serbian aggression and constant "ethnic cleansing" are making the already catastrophic situation even worse. New tides of refugees are putting on Croatia an even bigger burden than the sanctions imposed by Security Council resolution 757 (1992) have put on Serbia and Montenegro. The Republic of Croatia was among the first countries in the world to recognize the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In defending Bosnia and Herzegovina from Ceshian saareeeion and in eholtering Roeniate vafunses, Croatia an@ Cros Bosnia and Herzegovina have done more than a1] the other countries combined. The total number of refugees in the Republic of Croatia - 750,000 - is almost equal to the number of people employed in that country.”
1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source
“Therefore, ongoing preparations for the plebiscite for the unification of these territories should be condemned by the Security Council and prevented by UNPROFOR. Freezing the ongoing situation inside the United Nations Protected Areas has enabled Serbian forces to transfer the majority of their manpower to the battlefront in Bosnia and Herzegovina. From the occupied territories in Bosnia and Hersegovina new attacks are being launched on the territory of the Republic of Croatia, and a constant tlow of supplies is making possible the engoing occupation of Croatian soil. At the same time, people in Bosnia and Herzegovina are starving to death because the essential humanitarian corridors - provided for in Security Council resolution 776 (31992) - have not yet been established.”
1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source
“Furthermore, failure of the peace-keeping plan in the Republic of Croatia would open the deor for recognition of the fruits of the eggression launched against Bosnia and Hersegovina. New militarisation of the United Hatioas Protected Areas has resulted in increasing Serbian Zirepower being suppjied across the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovins. The weakness of UNPROFOR and ite lack of determination are providing fruitful soil for the rise of an aggressive Serbian policy, which was bluntly demonstrated in a recent attempt to proclaim the unification of the occupied territories in Croatia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina into a Serbian artificial State entity - the final goal being to become a part of greater Serbia.”
1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source
“We should like to see, through implementation of Security Council resolutions and broadening of the mandate of UNPROFOR, the establishment of the conditions for the gradual reintegration of the United Nations Protected Areas into the legal, politicsi, economic and social system of che Republic of Croatia. We believe it is necessary to underline the serious deterioration of the Vance plan, because what is happening in the United Nations Protacted Areas cannot be separated fran the political, military and humanitarian situation in neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina. If the United Nations peace plan in Croatia is not implemented, that will decrease chances for the success of the 6ven Bore complex peace pian in Bosnia.”
1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source
“Therefore, President Tudjman has proposed the consistent and immediate implementation of all the relevant Security Council resolutions, and has asked for the strengthening of the UNPROFOR mandate in accordance with Chapter VIT and Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations. Croatia finds it necessary to require enforcement of the UNPROFOR actions so that all paramilitary formations inside the United Nations Protected Areas can be disarmed, the expulsion of the noa-Serl population halted and the unbearable anarchy in the United Nations Protected Areas brought to an end.”
1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source
“At this moment we are witnessing the consistent militarization of the United Nations Protected Areas in spite of the fact that all the Serbian insurgents and paramilitary forces should have been disarmed and disbanded a long time ago. Refugees and displaced persons still are not able te return to their homes in the United Nations Protected Areas; the Croatian Government is still not allowed to establish its control inside the "pink zones"; big parts of the Croatian international boundaries - recognized by the international community - are not yet under the control of UNPROFOR authorities; essential eonditions for establishing a framework fer the reintegration of all the occupied territories - through implementation of the constitutional Law on Minorities and the Law on Abolition - have not been met.”
1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source
“In his recent letter to the Secretary-General, tha President of the Republic of Croatia, Franjo Tudjman, welcomed the indisputable results that the United Nations Protection Force (UNPPOFOR) had achieved in putting an end to the war in Croatia and in initiating the withdrawal of the Yugoslav army from the occupied territories south of Dubrovnik. Unfortunately, implementation of the existing Vance plan is still being seriously delayed and the situation in the occupied areas is continuously deteriorating. These disturbing facts have been officially confirmed by the highest officials of t? .ited Nations and of UNPROFOR.”
1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source
“My country is honoured by the opportunity to address the Security Council for the first time. Let me express our special and deepest admiration for you, Mr. President, for the Secretary-General, for the Co-Chairmen of the Confarence on the Former Yugoslavia, for the Special Rapporteur on human rights in Yugoslavia and for the High Commissioner for Refugees for their brave efforts to restore peace and bring an end to human suffering. Croatia is grateful for all the efforts that the Security Council has made to stop the aggression against two States Members of the United Nations - the Republic of Creatia and the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. We are also grateful to the troop-contributing countries, which are sparing no effort and no risk in order to help.”
1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source
“Croatia wants Bosnia to have peace and to retain its integrity, not only for the sake of the legitimate rights of the Croatian population in our neighbouring States, hut also for the sake of the historical, geopolitical, economic and strategic ties between the two countries. In urging the Security Council to create the necessary conditions for UNPROFOR to conclude its mandate in Croatia successfully we are trying to enable the United Nations to transfer the bruve and noble peace~keeping forces to the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where Serbian aggression is still continuing. Croatia's ultimate goal remains firm bilateral relations ard continued friendship with Bosnia and Herzegovina based on a constitutional solution fully acceptable to all three of the constituent nations of that country.”
1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source
“There is no doubt that in the horrible war in the former Yugoslavia, the Serbian side is the aggressor and Croats, Muslims and other non-Serbs are the victims. It is high time for determined action by the Security Council. It is time to halt the aggression and isolate and punish the aggressor. It is time to enable Bosnia and Herzegovina to assume its legitimate right of self-defance. It is time to force the Serbian insurgents in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Croatia, and their Belgrade masters, finally to accept the principles and decisions of the Internacional Conference on the Former Yugoslavia.”
1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source
“In that regard, we are ready to accept any negotiated solution agreed between the three constituent nations of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Croatia has made a significant effort to stop the distressing, though isolated, incidents between Croatian and Muslim forces in some areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina, These incidents have largely been orchestrated attempts to split the Croatian-Muslim alliance against Serbian aggression, or reflected the then differing views of Muslims and Croats concerning the constitutional future of Bosnia and Herzegovina. To our great discontent, we must stress that Croatia has time and again been used as a scapegoat for the mounting human tragedy that is spreading throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina. We do not think that the way towards peace is to say that the aggressor and his victim are both equally guilty.”
1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source
“Croatia, and Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina, were the first to Support the constitutional framework proposed by Co-Chairmen Mr. Cyrus Vance and Lord Owen at the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia. We also strongly support the negotiations in the Mixed Military Working Group and a common political and defence alliance between Muslims and Croats aimed at achieving a cessation of hostilities and providing political solutions. Peace and post-war recovery are our priorities; we would certainly not like to be drawn into the endless bloodshed in Bosnia and Herzegovina. But we remain determined in supporting a constitutional and political solution in Bosnia and Herzegovina that will also afford equal rights for the Croatian people.”
1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source
“Not only has the United Nations Protection Force never opened the corridor, but neighbouring cities in Croatia, particularly Slavonski Brod, were shelled, barbarously, for months. The Croatian units have therefore been forced to rotreat. We faced the same challenges and doubts once normalization ¢f Croatian-Serbian relations began under the auspices of the Geneva conference, because many tried to jaterpret this, unjustifiably, as a betrayal of the Muslims in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Unfortunately, no further progress has been made in this regard so far, owing to the lack of decisive international pressure on the Belgrade authorities. There has been no change in the policy of the Republic of Croatia with regard to the integrity and sovereignty of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source
“Croatia has - in accordance with the Joint Agreements signed by the Presidents of the two Republics - offered military help to the Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina and to the Bosnian Government forces in an effort to prevent, or at least to ease, the terrifying consequences of the genocidal policy of "ethnic cleansing" that is being executed by the Serbian side. VDespite this fact, Croatia has constantly been accused of {nvading and occupying Bosnia and Herzegovina. Croatia has been named a traitor to the Muslims, and accused of holding secret negotiations with the Serbs on the partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina, even though Croatian forces have been bravely defending Bosanski Brod, hopelessly waiting for the international humanitarian corridor to be established along that route.”
1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source
“Croatia has already proposed establishing safe sones for the refugees in Bosnia and Herzegovina as the most efficient and, from a political point of view, the most valuable approach to this appalling situation. These safe zones should primarily be organised in and around major besieged towns in Bosnia and Herzegovina by lifting the Serbian sieges and by opening permanent humanitarian corridors through to them. Any other solution would only contribute to the ongoing Serbian "ethnic cleansing". The international community also launches enormous diplomatic and media pressure against Croatia whenever the defence and survival of Bosnia and Herzegovina are at stake.”
1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source