4BosniaHow

How did the world react to this genocide

Two UNPROFOR soldiers deployed to Bosnia in 1994.

The response to "ethnic cleansing" remained indifferent, as it had in 1991 when the serbs under Milosevic slaughtered Croatians. The U.N. enforced economic sanctions against Serbia and deployed troops to protect the distribution of food and medicine. However, the U.N. troops were prohibited from interfering militarily against the Serbs. The U.N. also established a total of 6 Safe Havens in 1993, with U.N. peacekeepers supervising the Havens.

In 1994, Serbian motors landed in a market place in Sarajevo, 200 people where wounded and 68 where killed. This caused the world to demand military intervention against the Serbs. U.S. President Bill Clinton issued a ultimatum through NATO, warning the Serbs to withdraw their artillery from Sarajevo. The Serbs complied, and a NATO-imposed ceasefire was declared in the area.

Next, the U.S. tried to unite the Muslims and Croats against the Bosnians through diplomatic efforts. However,this Muslim-Croat alliance had failed to stop the Serbs from attacking a muslim Safe Haven. Serbs also attacked peacekeepers.

In response to Serbian military action against U.N. peacekeepers, NATO forces launched limited air strikes against Serb ground positions. The Serbians replied by taking U.N. peacekeepers as hostages, and chaining them to military targets such as ammo supply dumps. This was to prevent NATO from bombing such targets. A U.S. fighter apart of the 1995 NATO bombing campaign against the Serbians.

In 1995, the U.S. led a massive NATO bombing campaign in response to the Srebrenica Massacre. The Serbs soon faced defeat, as the heavy NATO bombardment and Muslim-Croat alliance began to cripple the Serbs. A series of ground losses to the Muslim-Croat alliance and the heavy bombardment caused Milosevic start peace talks, which were held in Wright-Patterson Air Force base in Ohio. After three weeks of negotiatinos, peace was declared. The war criminals where handed over for trial, and 60,000 NATO troops where deployed to enforce the peace.

NATO forces stationed in Bosnia to ensure peace, 1997

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Work Sources: http://www.unitedhumanrights.org/Genocide/bosnia_genocide.htm

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