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  1. “Should all three parties accept the peace plan, these areas without military activities would have to he demilitarized. "3, For the maintenance of peace in the protected areas, additional United Nations peace~keeping forces may be required. "4, It may be necessary that the Security Council issue a warning to all parties to the conflict that those who decline to cooperate in this endeavour will be subject to the possible use of all available means stipulated by the United Nations Charter." The main thrust of the proposal advanced by the Slovenian Foreign Minister is clear: immediate deployment of the United Nations peace-keeping forces in the territories controlled by the parties which have accepted the Vance-Owen peace plan. There are several reasons which support that line of action.”

    1993-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3201 (1993) · source

  2. “It will be recalled that the proposal was communicated to the Foreign Ministers of all States members of the Security Council and to the Secretary-General. The essence of the proposal is expressed in the following four points - and I quote from the letter from the Foreign Minister: "1, The United Nations Security Council should immediately send its peace-keeping forces to those areas that are under the control of the parties who have accepted the Vance--Owen peace plan and in which there are no major military activities. It is of special importance to deploy peace-keeping forces on the territories still under Muslim control. "2. For the protection and defence of these areas, the international community would have to provide the necessary means, including military forse.”

    1993-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3201 (1993) · source

  3. “"Ethnic cleansing" committed by Serbs against others in Bosnia is a deliberate method and not a side effect of that war. Security Council resolution 820 (1993) represents a step in the right direction. Slovenia supports that resolution and joins all other Members of the United Nations in the efforts to implement it. On the other hand, we are also aware of the need to give further thought to pursuing the resolution's operative paragraph 8, concerning the measures for the implementation of peace, particularly in case the Vance-Owen peace plan is not accepted by all parties or if it is accepted in bad faith. The Foreign Minister of Slovenia, Mr. Lojze Peterle, made a specific proposal on 8 April 1993 for peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

    1993-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3201 (1993) · source

  4. “The stakes are high indeed, for - as a prominent commentator emphasized in a powerful opinion published recently ~ the unpunished aggression against Bosnia and Herzegovina has put the whole moral foundation of the United Nations in jeopardy. One thing is clear: The need for action by the international community is becoming more and more cnmpelling, and traditional rationalizations for insufficient action - including those which describe the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina as a civil war or ethnic conflict arising from centuries-old hatreds - simply will not do. It is necessary that the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina be finally recognized for what it really is: a war of aggression, a war for territory fought with ferocious brutality.”

    1993-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3201 (1993) · source

  5. “More than ever before, it is clear that action, or inaction, by the Security Council will have a decisive bearing upon the questions of life and death - namely, questions of, first, the existence - or extinction - of a United Nations Member State; and, secondly, the survival - or genocidal extermination ~ of a people: the Muslims of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Last Saturday, the Security Counckil started to act with vigour and determination by adopting its resolution on additional sanctions against Serbia and Montenegro. Now there is a need to demonstrate persistence and commitment to the cause of real peace. The key question is this: will the current debate actually result in meaningful further action?”

    1993-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3201 (1993) · source

  6. “May I begin, Sir, by emphasizing how pleased we are to see you in the presidency of the Security Council. We are convinced that under your guidance the work of the Council will be successful. We are also grateful to Ambassador Terence O'Brien of New Zealand for his tireless and successful work as the President of the Security Council in the month of March, The Security Council is meeting today to discuss the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina and to contemplate further measures necessary for the restoration and maintenance of international peace and security. The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and in particular its eastern part, has deteriorated very considerably over the past few weeks. This has necessarily, among other things, heightened what is expected of the Security Council.”

    1993-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3201 (1993) · source

  7. “However, we wished to conceatrate on the essential aspects of the action required. Two notions are central in this context: first, the urgency of humanitarian action and, secondly, the consistency of measures to be taken. We hope that the Security Council will live up to the expectations of the world public and the Members of the United Nations and adopt appropriate @ecisions which will make United Nations action both effective in humanitarian terms and coherent in political terms.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source

  8. “All successors of the former Yugoslavia must be treated equally, and each of them must prove to be a peace-loving State, in accordance with Article 4 of the Charter; hence the need to insist on the principle that no successor State of the former, and therefore now non-existent, State of Yugoslavia could be granted automatic membership in the United Nations. I plead with the members of the Security Council to remain faithful to this principle, as formulated in the Council's resolution 77" (1992), and to insist that, as envisaged in that resolution, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - that is, Serbia and Montenegro ~ should apply for membership of the United Nations and fulfil the criteria of Article 4 of the Charter. Much more could be said about the tragedy of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source

  9. “We hoge that the Security Council will act to ensure the effectiveness of such sanctions. Moreover, requirements of coherence and credibility call for a consistent policy of the United Nations and all its organs with respect to the fact that the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has been replaced by its successor States. The former State of Yugoslavia has dissolved and ceased to exist. This basic circumstance must be fully appreciated. There is no future in any aspiration to re-establish that former State, either directly or indirectly.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source

  10. “While we must insist on such principles as the non-acceptance of the acquisition of territory by ferce, rejection of "ethnic cleansing" and reaffirmation of the principle of strict respect for the territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, it remAins necessary that sanctions he maintained and, indeed, made effective. Sanctions represent, after humanitarian action, the second major type of action likely to yield useful results. In this connection it is necessary to emphasise that in order to be effective the sanctions regime should be comprehensive and coherently appiied. We agree with the view expressed by many speakers in thie discussion that a sustained policy of effective economic sanctions, including in particular an effective o11 embargo, is necessary now.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source

  11. “It is therefore important that immediate action along these lines be taken, since it would constitute a proper response to humanitarian needs, an effective form of peacemaking and peace-keeping, and tha necessary basis for lasting political arrangements to be devised in the future. We hope that the proposals for the establishment of safety areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina will be duly heeded by the Security Council and that appropriate action will be taken, and taken soon. As wa emphasized earlier, the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina is an dnternational armed conflict. This was internationally recognised in a variety of ways, including by the imposition of sanctiona against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - that is, Serbia and Montenegro.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source

  12. “While emphasizing the importance of the concept of safe areas, we wish to emphasize their preventive role in the overall context of the armed conflict. They would represent an effective instrument to prevent further "ethnic cleansing" and would provide a safe haven for people who may otherwise be forced to flee. Moreover, they would represent the first step in the process of repatriation of refugees, which, in turn, is a fundamental prerequisite for eny viable political and coustitutional solution in Bosnia and Hersegovina and for the preservation of its territorial integrity.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source

  13. “From the earliest stages we have advocated the need to provide appropriate armed protection for humanitarian-relief convoys and to develop appropriate safety zones in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. We presented proposals to that effect at the international meeting on humanitarian aid for the victims of the conflict in the former Yugoslavia, held in Gene We realize that the proposals concerning the establishment of safety zones in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina are now coming from a number of organizations and from a great number of Member States. We believe that it de high time - and perhaps the last opportunity - to give these proposals the attention they deserve and to act upon them. The role of the Security Council is particularly important in this context.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source

  14. “The Security Council has already established priorities of action with respect to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the humanitarian aspects of that action are among the main priorities. It is now necessary to take these steps that will prevent further deterioration of the humanitarian situation. Two such measures were proposed, inter alia, in the report prepared by Mr. Mazowiecki: first, an increase in humanitarian assistance; and, secondly, active pursuit of the concept of security zones or safe areas within the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Slovenia supports these ideas. From the very beginning, from the earliest stages of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, we have been aware of the need for urgent and vigorous international action in the humanitarian field; I emphasize "in the humanitarian field".”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source

  15. “Nor can we rule out the possibility that these situations will deteriorate oven further." Statements like that - made by the leading personalities seized of the humanitarian problems and the human-rights situation in Bosnia and , Herzegovina ~- must be not only an additional reason for concern, but also an additional reason for action. This brings us to the second question: what kind of action is needed, and on which rationale should it be based? The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina has given rise to enormous humanitarian problems, and represents a threat to international peace and security. It is an international armed conflict. Therefore, effective and vigorous international action for the restoration of peace and security and, above all, for the prevention of any further deterioration of this grave humanitarian crisis is legitimate.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source

  16. “Cornelio Sommaruga, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, emphasized several days ago in his statement in the Third Committee: "in Bosnia and Herzegovina, hundreds of thousands of helpless and utterly destitute civilians have been forced to take the road to exile; others have been arrested, tortured, massacred, becoming martyrs of inadmissible policies. When we weigh the impact of these tragic events against the efforts made to find solutions, we are forced to the distressing conclusion that the results are meagre indeed.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source

  17. “to a larae astent; hae slvesdy bssn achieved through killings, beatings, rape, destruction of houses and threats. Such practices have intensified in recent weeks and there is less and jess resistance on the part of the non-Serbian population, increasing mumbers of whom are ready to abandon everything and to flee their homeland." (S/24766,. para, 6). The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina is neither civil strife nor an ethnic conflict. It is a war for territory, in which the goal of ethnic homogeneity and the method of the so-called ethnic cleansing epitomize its most abominable aspect. The present fragile and precarious cease-fire in Sarajevo does not change anything in this picture. "Ethnic cleansing" continues unabated. Meanwhile, the overall humanitarian situation remains tragic. Mr.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source

  18. “A clear answer to this question is necessary if the international community is to devise appropriate and effective action to stop the war end restore peace. The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina is an international armed conflict, with specific objectives pursued by those who started it, and a war characterized by unprecedented brutality. In his recent report to the Security Council and the General Assembly, Mr. Tadeusz Mazowiecki, the Special Rapporteur, made a very pertinent point when he emphasized something which has often been quoted in this discussion: "the principal objective of the military conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina is the establishment of ethnically-homogenous regions. Ethnic cleansing does not appear to be the consequences of the war, but rather its goal. That qoal.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source

  19. “Much has already been said about the atrocities committed in that country and about the resulting threat to international peace ond security. All this has, indeed, shocked the conscience of humankind. At the sane time, however, the lack of success of the efforts to stop the violence and to find a political solution to the crisis gives rise to disappointment and concern. This is very disturbing. What wae see today is a clear and present danger of the annihilation of a Member State of the United Nations and of an entire people the Muslims of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Action is clearly needed, but before the debate on action there must be a Clear answer to the following question: what kind of war is being fought in Bosnia and Herzegovina?”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source

  20. “Sadako Ogata, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, for the thorough analysis in her statement at the beginning of this debate. We salute her and her team for the great work done under the most adverse conditions prevailing in the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We are grateful to Mr. Tadeusz Mazowiecki, the Special Rapporteur on the human-rights situation, for the thorough analysis and candid thoughts expressed in his second report, in particular those that are of direct relevance to the present discussion by the Security Council on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Security Council is meeting to consider one ef the most dangerous situations of our time, the tragedy of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source

  21. “The delegation of Slovenia appreciates this opportunity to speak before the Security Council. May I begin by emphasizing how pleased we are to see you, Sir, presiding over the Security Council. We continue to admire your work in the Council and your diplomatic skill and talent, and we are convinced that under your guidance the work of the Security Council will be successful, as it was under the exemplary chairmanship of Ambassafor Jean-Bernard Merimee of France, who presided over the proceedings of the Council in October. Our delegation appreciates the introductory statements made last Friday by Mr. Vance and Lord Owen, the co-Chairmen of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia. We are grateful to Mrs.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source