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GENERAL
A/RES/50/193
11 March 1996
Fiftieth session
Agenda item 112 (c)
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None the less gravely concerned at the human tragedy that has occurred
in the territories of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of
Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) and at
the massive and systematic violations of human rights and international
humanitarian law,
12/ See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1995,
Supplement No. 3 and corrigenda (E/1995/23 and Corr.1 and 2), chap. II, sect. A.
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Noting with appreciation the efforts of the United Nations Peace Forces
to help to create the conditions for the peaceful settlement of the conflicts
in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia and to
provide protection for the delivery of humanitarian aid and the protection of
human rights, and also noting the obstacles faced by those forces in the
performance of their mandates,
Welcoming the efforts of the European Union to promote respect for human
rights and fundamental freedoms, and endorsing the recommendation of the
Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human
rights in the territory of the former Yugoslavia that economic and other aid
must be made conditional upon meaningful progress in human rights,
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context of the odious practice of ethnic cleansing, which has been the direct
cause of the vast majority of human rights violations there and whose
principal victims have been the Muslim population, as well as the Croats and
others,
Alarmed that the conflict in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and
in the Republic of Croatia has also been characterized by the systematic
destruction and profanation of mosques, churches and other places of worship,
religious buildings and sites of cultural heritage,
Expressing its particular concern for the situation of the children and
the elderly as well as other vulnerable groups in the area,
Expressing its deep appreciation for the activity and efforts of the
previous Special Rapporteur, Mr. Tadeusz Mazowiecki, in the discharge of his
mandate,
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11. Demands that all parties refrain from any action intended to
destroy, alter, conceal or damage any evidence of violations of human rights
and international humanitarian law and that they preserve such evidence;
14. Also condemns all attacks on the United Nations Peace Forces and
on personnel working with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees and other humanitarian organizations by parties to the conflict;
15. Expresses its outrage that the systematic practice of rape has
been used as a weapon of war against women and children and as an instrument
of ethnic cleansing, and recognizes that rape in this context constitutes a
war crime;
18. Cautions against any attempts to use Serb refugees to alter the
population balance in Kosovo, the Sandjak, Vojvodina and any other part of the
country, thus further suppressing the enjoyment of human rights in those
areas;
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Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 10/ and demands that the
parties cooperate fully with the International Committee of the Red Cross, the
Special Rapporteur and her staff, the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the
monitoring and other missions of the European Union and the Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe;
23. Also urges all parties to provide full access for monitoring the
human rights situation, including by allowing access to the missions of the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, including in Kosovo, as
called for by the General Assembly in resolution 49/196 and by the Security
Council in resolution 855 (1993) of 9 August 1993, and in the Sandjak,
Vojvodina and other affected areas, and requests that the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) permit the opening of a field office of the
Centre for Human Rights of the Secretariat as called for by the General
Assembly in resolution 49/196;
15/ See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1994,
Supplement No. 4 and corrigendum (E/1994/24 and Corr.1), chap. II, sect. A.
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28. Notes with concern that many of the past recommendations of the
Special Rapporteur have not been fully implemented, in some cases because of
resistance by the parties on the ground, and urges the parties, all States and
relevant organizations to give immediate consideration to them, in particular
the calls of the former and the current Special Rapporteurs:
(a) For the de facto Bosnian Serb authorities to provide prompt access
for humanitarian monitors to territories controlled by them, in particular to
the Banja Luka region and to Srebrenica, emphasizing that the fate of
thousands of missing persons from Srebrenica requires immediate clarification;