UN General Assembly
1993

been no progress in halting that abominable practice. The most serious violations of human rights continue to be the order of the day. In the meantime, there is already evidence Forty-eighth session - 1 October l993 9 that the cruel methods used by the aggressor have been emulated by the victims. Austria has condemned this criminal behaviour in the strongest terms and will tirelessly continue to demand that it cease, no matter where it takes place or who its victims are. Fundamental principles of international order, as they were precisely defined and affirmed at the London Conference in August last year, continue to be grossly disregarded. Specific resolutions, such as the monitoring of frontiers between Bosnia and Serbia or the return of refugees, have still not been implemented. The arms embargo decreed by the Security Council in September 1991 has done nothing but hurt the victims of aggression. As a result, the legitimate Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina is in effect being hindered from fully exercising its right to self-defence, under Article 51 of the United Nations Charter,