Security Council Resolution 824 (1993) [on Treatment of Certain Towns and Surroundings in Bosnia and Herzegovina as Safe Areas]

S/RES/824(1993)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Security Council, under agenda item 61 The situation in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, published in 1993.

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18 subjects

Bihac (Bosnia and Herzegovina)Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Situation Ceasefires Former Yugoslavia Situation Freedom of Movement Gorazde (Bosnia and Herzegovina)Humanitarian Assistance Military Personnel Peacekeeping Operations Safe Areas Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)Serbs Srebrenica (Bosnia and Herzegovina)Staff Security Troop Withdrawal Tuzla (Bosnia and Herzegovina)Zepa (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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11 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the report of the Mission of the Security Council established pursuant to resolution 819 (1993), and in particular its recommendations concerning safe areas;

Demands that any taking of territory by force cease immediately;

Declares that the capital city of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, and other such threatened areas, in particular the towns of Tuzla, Zepa, Gorazde, Bihac, as well as Srebrenica, and their surroundings should be treated as safe areas by all the parties concerned and should be free from armed attacks and from any other hostile act;

Further declares that in these safe areas the following should be observed:

The immediate cessation of armed attacks or any hostile act against these safe areas, and the withdrawal of all Bosnian Serb military or paramilitary units from these towns to a distance wherefrom they cease to constitute a menace to their security and that of their inhabitants to be monitored by United Nations military observers;

Full respect by all parties of the rights of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) and the international humanitarian agencies to free and unimpeded access to all safe-areas in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and full respect for the safety of the personnel engaged in these operations;

Demands to that end that all parties and others concerned cooperate

fully with UNPROFOR and take any necessary measures to respect these safe areas;

Requests the Secretary-General to take appropriate measures with a view to monitoring the humanitarian situation in the safe areas and to that end, authorizes the strengthening of UNPROFOR by an additional 50 United Nations military observers, together with related equipment and logistical support; and

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in this connection, also demands that all parties and all others concerned cooperate fully and promptly with UNPROFOR;

Declares its readiness, in the event of the failure by any party to comply with the present resolution, to consider immediately the adoption of any additional measures necessary with a view to its full implementation, including to ensure respect for the safety of United Nations personnel;

Declares also that arrangements pursuant to the present resolution shall remain in force up until the provisions for the cessation of hostilities, separation of forces and supervision of heavy weaponry as envisaged in the peace plan for the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, are implemented;

Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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