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Indication of Provisional Measures of Protection That Was Also Is As F Ollm Annex 1 to GEN 93/16 80PltrLMSmARY SOBlSISSIOLB Z19 SVOPO8T O? TZU APBLZCA'PZOH OF TBR Rwtlgtrc OF SOSHZA WD H~~UBGOVII~A IXSTI~IUGWQAL PROCttDIftOS A8ALXST YWQOSWfA (SERBIA AHD LaO#TrCIETIULLO) OH THO MIX8 Oh PBE 1988 O%EOCIL)B COmlmrOl AVD I10 THI: SOPrnRT OP STS BSQO~ST ma aw rmxcMrow OP PBOVISZ~~AL~CJULS~IC OP PILMSCIIOW. TO 111s Excellency, the President, to the Judges of tbe Intematicmal Court of Justice, the undersigned being duly authorized by the mlfcof Wsnia and Herzegovina: 5: have the hanor to refer r,o the Applicatiun Iostitutiag Proceedings tbat was go1;anitted t;o the Court fry the Republic of Bosnia and Henegovina cm 20 March 1993 against Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) on the basis of Article IX of the Genocide Convmtion of 9 December 1948 and the a- Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures of Protection that was also submitted to the Court on that date. In Section N of that Application IaIV. Judgment Regl~ested")Bosllia and Herzegovina reee- ite "...right to teNista, -1-t or amend this Application." Since the Appliazcian was filed, additianal evidence bas canre to the att8nt:Lon of the Agent for Bosnia an8 Herzeghna that he would like l:o dmw to the attention of the Court and hereby mxbit in ~narptrrtof our Application anti Ragzmst for Prawlsicmal Measures of metxion. This aclditional evidence is as f ollm below. 1. The folAawing events are categorize8 chranalogical~y. All cites refer to the same day edition of the &bxs-Y unless othEnwise noted. 2 March 11992 : Bosnia and Henegavfna held a refere&m approving i-epeazdence and sovereignty an kQirch 1. (btftu w,puge 2) 3 March 1992: Rebel Serbian forces begin attacks on the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, d:'~sruptingtravel into an8 out of Bosnia. (U., page 9 ) 'crl 28 wch 1992: Leaders of Bomia and Herzegaviaa appealsd to the united Nations to deploy peacekeeping forces in the Republic with the hopes of stcrpping or eluwiqr Serbian attacrks. (Ib., page 4) 7 April t992: The European Community recognized the independence of 3osnia and Herzegovina on April 6. Serbian forces bombarded the historic malim quarter of Sarajevo. (U.,page 3) 8 April 1992 : The United States recognized the indgpendence of Bosnia-Heneguvina on April 7. (U.,page 10) 22 Agril 1992: Serbian gusr:rilla units intensify attacks on Sarajevo. Dnlike other 8hel:Lings to thi~point, there is a possibility that the former Y~igoslav army did not participate. iU., page 10) w MY' 1992 13 my 1992 : The European Camunity and the United States rlartwed their anbassaUor6 f raw Belgrade. (Id., page 10) 17 May 1992: UN Peacekeeping Forces, originally placed to supervise a ceaoe-fire beroeen Serbia aoB Croatia, withdraw from Bosnia to Belgracle and Zagreb dtue to mortar and artillery attacks erupting around them. Only 120 troops remained in Sarajevo to help with food ccmwys an8 to seek a lasting cease-fire in Bosnia (~d-,page mi 21 May 1992: Serbian forces held 5,000 hostages fleeing the war ii. Bosnia until the government 02 Bosnia lifted blockades of the Yugoslav (Serbia and ilcmtemegro: &my barracks. , page 14) 22 May 1992: 5.000 hostages held by Serbian forces were released after the Bosnian government agreed to lift the blockade against Yugoslav (Serbia and Mntenegro) barracks, and to eupply the barracks wlth food and other supplies. t.. page 13) 30 my 1992: Serbian forces mleashed a new attack on Sarajm. the most severe attack on the Bosnian capital to date. (Ld-.Page 1) 31 May 1992: The United Nations Security Council voted 13-0 to impose economic sanctions against the Yugoslav (Serbia and Montenegro) gwemnt in an effort to fame Belgrade to bring peace to Bosnia and Benegaviaa . tU., page 1) 7 June 1992: Serbian forces attacked Sarajevo with the most sustained baubarmt from artillery, mortar and rocket batteries since the siege of the Bosnian capital began. (U.,Page 16) 11 June 1992: A United Nations convoy was attacked on the outskirts of Sarajevo by Serbian guerrilla forces. The team was heading to Sarajevo in the hopes of opening the airport. (U.. page 6) 20 June 1992: Serbian fighte!rs attacked the nearby auburb of Dobrinja with artillery. tanks and infantry. This attack dimned hopes of opening the airport for airlifts f 01 relief supplies. (LB.,pass 5) 21 June 1992: Statements are i~suedby survivors of a bus of refugees held hostage by Seeroian force6 outside of Sarajwo. Serbian gunmen opened fire an the bus with a bazooka and automatic weapons. As the dead and wour~ded lay in the bus, the attackers tossed hand grenades in the bus. Statements also ismad by survivors of rape and tomure at the hands of Serbian attackers. (a3., Page 1) 27 me1992: Sarajevo aifWxt truce is shattered rhon' Serbian force8 used tanks and artilleq to actack civilian buildings in an airport suburb. OH Security Council i~suesan ultimatum to Serbian forces to halt attacks and put their heavy guns under the United Nations' control. (u.,page 1) 28 June 1992: Despite an ultiniatm from the UN Security Council, Serbian forces continu& to she1.l Sarajevo with artillezy iire. (Id..page 1) 30 June 1992: UN troops toof;: control of Sarajevo airport an8 relief supplies began to arrive for the first time in 12 weeks. The UN planned to send 850 peace-keeping troops. (U.,page 1) 12 July 1992: Serbian forces attack Bosnian city of Gozarde, a city with a gopuhtian of SO, OOC persons. (U.,page 1) -<. 14 July 1992: Serbian naticmal:~stforce8 cmtinwCq their siege on Sarajevo by dynamiting four gmrer-tranemisaion line8 that aweU tbe city, knocking out electricity to the 400,000 person6 that raarain in the city and idling the gurnps that p&& the residents with running water. (Id.,page 1) 21 July 1992: Due to cantimed Serbian attacks in Sarajwo, an BrC brokered treaty failed and the Sarajwo airport is closed, (S., page 1) w 29 mly 1992: Reports publi8heCl of Serbian forces force thcrusaads of mslims in western Bosnia tc) flee. Refugees described terror tactice and of being forced tci sign away their property. Ud., pas0 4) 3 ~ugust1992 : A bus carrying children frm Bosnia to satety in Germany was actacked by Serbian artillery fire. A 14 -mnth-old buy anB a 3-year-oldgirl were killed. (Xf., page 1) 4 August 1992: Initial reports begin to surface abaut the Serbian concentrat ion ems. Survivors give detailed and consistent accounts of torture, rape and killings of Bosnian prieaners. (U., Page 1) 5 August 1992: h Sarajevo family burying a young girl killed during a Serbian attack, ia attacked by Serbian sniper fire in the Safajevo cemetery. (U.,page 1) w 6 August 1992: Serbian forces pound Sarajevo witb a raa6eive artillery barrage into heavily populated civilian districts. indepexadent and consistent re;>orts f rmL survivors of Setbian concentration camps describe horrific treatment of prieoners; cfmrgarisons to Nazi-style death camps are Bxawn by historians. (Ld., We8 1,8) 8 -gust 1992: mzi-style conditions of Serbian concentration cazqxi are con£inned in part by Elritiah video of earaciated Bosnian prisoners in a Serbian camp. Tnis video is bruadtaet throughout Eurape and the United States. (=I., page li 9 August 1992: Serbian forces surround the northwest corner of Bosnia, cutting off 300,000 Bosnians from food deliveries and e~caperoutes. (Id., page 10) 21 Auguet 1992: Bosnian Serbs declare the formation of a new Republic (the Serbian Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina) from territory seized frtm Bosnia. (International recognition does not follow). (U.,page I). 22 August 1992 : Rad- Kaadzic, leadex of the Serbian forces in Bosnia, pledged to close Serbian pri~oncas@a, return grqperty his amhad 8ei~edby force, and a.llcw relief camoys free access to Sarajwo and other encircled towns. (Later, Karadzic wcruld be shawn to befailed to ateet thwe praaises) . (U.,page 3) 25 August 1992: Fighting in Sarajevo intensified as Serbian fo~ceeshelled the center of the city and hit the HoZibay Inn. The intensity of the attack forced suspension of relief flights. (&I.,page 8) 26 Auguet 1992: A6 peace talk8 convened in Lontkm, Serbian forces continued pormaing Sarajevo with artill- fire, setting afire the city's main library. Serbian forces aleo continued their attack on WBtar, and Serbian planes branbed Navi Travnik. I=. , page 8 ) 27 August 1992 : Serbs launch an artillery attack in Sarajevo, striking Nuslim nte=digvzl 9cild.in.g~acd the main libraxy. (U., page 10). 29 August 1992: Semian leader Radwan Kadzic prase8 to &It sieges on 4 major Bosnian cities &ring the London peace talks. Hawever, only hours after the c!onclusion of these talks, Sarajwo was bmbd by fierce mortar an5 artillery barragee. At lea8t 10 pereons were killed, and Sara.jevoes main hospital said it had treated 60 wounded people in a four-hour period. U.,page 5) 29 August 1992 : New reports by laurVj.vors of Serbian ccaceatratiorn camp0 desr=ribe the death and torture Bosnian prisoners face at the bands of their Serbian captors. la.,page 1) 30 August 1992: Bosnia Serb leader Radovan Karadzic announces the lifting of the siege of the Bosnian tom of -rake, but the Bosnian government stated the fighting there continued. (Id g. 18) . 31 August 1992: 15 Bosnians; were killed and about 100 were wounded in a crowded Sarajevo market when an artillery shell launched by Serbian farces exploded in the middle of the market. (Id.,page 6) 1 Seg&ember 1992: A grenade was thrown into a cemetery during a Boanian soldier's funeral, killing me person and wounding three.
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