Bosnian Conflict (1995)
Following the break up Yugoslavia, multi-ethinic Bosnia quickly declared its own independence, and by 1992 was considered independent by the US and EU. Serbs in Bosnia, as well as Miloševic, all still strongly nationalist, responded by invading Bosnia under the pretense to "free" Serbs in Bosnian regions. By April of 1992, Serbia began its "ethnic cleansing" of Bosniaks (Muslim Serbs) in Bosnia, and had declared war, to try to gain control again over the region. The “ethnic cleansing” of Bosniaks in Bosnia included systematically removing all Bosniaks in Bosnia territory with military equipment, concentration camps, and buses to Muslim-controlled regions. Bosniaks were raped, starved, tortured, and killed.
In July 1995, Serbs committed the largest massacre since the Holocaust in Srebrenica (area marked as a demilitarized territory by the UN) in which an estimated 23,000 women and children were put on buses and relocated out of the city, and approximately 8,000 "military age" men were murdered.
Delegates, today, July,15th 1995, an emergency meeting has been scheduled after the Srebrenica Massacre.
Guiding Questions:
What is the UN response to the invasion of the safe area guarded by UN peacekeeping troops?
What measures will be taken to end this bloody war and genocide?
What sanctions can be imposed on Serbia?
Will UN intervene in this conflict?
What humanitarian aid can be sent to Bosnia?
How will UN help Bosnia in its reconstruction?
In July 1995, Serbs committed the largest massacre since the Holocaust in Srebrenica (area marked as a demilitarized territory by the UN) in which an estimated 23,000 women and children were put on buses and relocated out of the city, and approximately 8,000 "military age" men were murdered.
Delegates, today, July,15th 1995, an emergency meeting has been scheduled after the Srebrenica Massacre.
Guiding Questions:
What is the UN response to the invasion of the safe area guarded by UN peacekeeping troops?
What measures will be taken to end this bloody war and genocide?
What sanctions can be imposed on Serbia?
Will UN intervene in this conflict?
What humanitarian aid can be sent to Bosnia?
How will UN help Bosnia in its reconstruction?
Useful Links:
http://www.history.com/topics/bosnian-genocide
http://www.ppu.org.uk/genocide/g_bosnia.html
http://genocidewatch.net/2013/03/21/country-profile-bosnia-herzegovina/
http://www.gendercide.org/case_bosnia.html
http://combatgenocide.org/?page_id=80
http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1365562/Bosnian-conflict
http://www.history.com/topics/bosnian-genocide
http://www.ppu.org.uk/genocide/g_bosnia.html
http://genocidewatch.net/2013/03/21/country-profile-bosnia-herzegovina/
http://www.gendercide.org/case_bosnia.html
http://combatgenocide.org/?page_id=80
http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1365562/Bosnian-conflict