•HCON 24 IH
Whereas Serbian forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina have caused
innocent people to be killed, tortured, or driven from
their homes in violation of international law and the Ge-
neva Conventions of 1949;
Whereas the people of Bosnia-Herzegovina face the threat of
death through starvation or exposure to extreme cold
during the winter months;
Whereas Muslim prisoners in Serbian prison camps have been
subjected to inhumane conditions, including torture, ex-
treme food deprivation, and inadequate shelter and sani-
tation;
Whereas the United Nations, particularly the United States
and the European Community, must reassess and redou-
ble their efforts to end the crisis and alleviate the suffer-
ing of the victims of the civil war;
Whereas preliminary talks on the future of Bosnia-
Herzegovina have begun in Geneva between leaders of
various factions;
Whereas President Bush and French President Francois
Mitterand warned that the United Nations could move
quickly to enforce a ‘‘no-fly’’ zone over Bosnia-
Herzegovina if the peace talks in Geneva fail;
Whereas the London Conference of August 1992, called on
all participants in the conflict to place their heavy weap-
ons under United Nations supervision;
Whereas on August 13, 1992, the United Nations Security
Council adopted Resolution 770, which called upon states
to facilitate the delivery by relevant United Nations hu-
manitarian organizations of humanitarian assistance to
Sarajevo and wherever needed in other parts of Bosnia-
Herzegovina;
•HCON 24 IH
Whereas the world community, including the United States,
has not done enough to absorb or assist refugees dis-
placed and ravaged by the war;
Whereas the recent presidential election in Serbia has not re-
sulted in the election of officials who are committed to a
peaceful resolution of the crisis;
Whereas the United States Government has warned that in
the event of conflict in the formerly autonomous province
of Kosovo, the United States will be prepared to employ
military force against the Serbians in Kosovo and in Ser-
bia proper; and
Whereas continued Serbian aggression could produce cir-
cumstances in which the conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina
could explode into a general regional war: Now, therefore,
be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that—
(1) hostilities, war crimes, and all violations of
human rights in Bosnia-Herzegovina should cease
immediately;
(2) in the event of continued Serbian attacks on
defenseless civilians in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the
United States and the European Community should
persuade the United Nations Security Council to lift
the arms embargo against Bosnian Muslims so that
they may secure the means to defend themselves;
(3) the United Nations should promptly author-
ize the enforcement of the ‘‘no-fly’’ zone over
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Bosnia-Herzegovina to prevent Serbian military air-
craft from violating Bosnian airspace;
(4) the United States Government and the
members of the European Community, under the
framework of the United Nations and the Con-
ference on Security and Cooperation in Europe,
should propose and support decisive international ef-
forts to achieve a prompt cessation of hostilities and
alleviate the suffering of the civilian population in
Bosnia-Herzegovina;
(5) United Nations Security Council Resolution
770, which authorizes the use of all measures nec-
essary to deliver humanitarian relief whenever it is
needed to Bosnia-Herzegovina, should be fully imple-
mented;
(6) the conclusions of the London Conference,
including agreements between the parties of the con-
flict to collaborate in delivery of humanitarian relief
in Bosnia-Herzegovina, should be fully implemented;
(7) the United States Government should im-
plement the emergency provisions of the Refugee Act
of 1980 to admit Bosnian refugees to the United
States, with preference given to children, the elderly,
and individuals requiring urgent medical attention,
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while encouraging members of the European Com-
munity to initiate reciprocal action;
(8) the United Nations and all relevant inter-
national relief organizations should be given unre-
stricted access to all prisoners of war in the former
Republic of Yugoslavia to monitor human rights con-
ditions in the camps as demanded by United Nations
Security Council Resolution 770 and the Geneva
Conventions of 1949; and
(9) the United States Government, in conjunc-
tion with the United Nations and the European
Community, should support and encourage the for-
mation and development of an international war
crimes commission to assist in the prosecuting of
war crimes, including crimes against women, and
other 
human 
rights 
violations 
in 
Bosnia-
Herzegovina.
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