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torture, rape, detentions, beatings, arbitrary searches, destruction of
houses, illegal evictions and other acts of violence aimed at forcing
individuals from their homes;
3.
Condemns in the strongest terms all violations of human rights and
international humanitarian law by the parties to the conflict, recognizing
that the leadership in territories under the control of Serbs in the Republic
of Bosnia and Herzegovina and formerly Serb-held areas of the Republic of
Croatia, the commanders of Serb paramilitary forces and political and military
leaders in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) bear
primary responsibility for most of those violations and that persons who
commit such acts will be held personally responsible and accountable;
4.
Condemns the attacks on the safe areas of Srebrenica and Žepa by
Bosnian Serb forces, which led to gross abuses of human rights and grave
breaches of international humanitarian law and the disappearance of thousands
of persons, as detailed in the reports of the former and the current Special
Rapporteurs;
5.
Also condemns the indiscriminate shelling of civilians in the safe
areas of Sarajevo, Tuzla, Bihac
´ and Goražde and the use of cluster bombs on
civilian targets by Bosnian Serb and Croatian Serb forces;
6.
Further condemns violations of human rights and international
humanitarian law, including killings, the burning and looting of houses, the
shelling of residential areas, harassment of and attacks on refugees, the
elderly and the infirm perpetrated by members of the Croatian armed forces and
civilians in the formerly Serb-controlled regions of Croatia during and
subsequent to the military operations there in August 1995;
7.
Welcomes the withdrawal of the heavy weapons surrounding Sarajevo
following the decision to implement Security Council resolution 836 (1993),
reinforced by the London conference of 21 July 1995, to respond to attacks on
safe areas, and notes that this opened Sarajevo to badly needed humanitarian
relief;
8.
Notes with appreciation the efforts of the International Tribunal
for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of
International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former
Yugoslavia since 1991, established pursuant to Security Council resolutions
806 (1993) of 5 February 1993 and 827 (1993) of 25 May 1993, notes the
issuance of indictments against individuals, and urges that the Tribunal be
given the resources it needs;
9.
Requests States, as a matter of urgency, to continue to make
available to the International Tribunal expert personnel, adequate resources
and services to aid in the investigation and prosecution of persons accused of
having committed serious violations of international humanitarian law;
10.
Reminds all States of their obligation under Security Council
resolution 827 (1993) to cooperate with the International Tribunal, including
through compliance with requests for assistance and orders issued by a trial
chamber of the Tribunal, and, in this regard, urges the parties to allow the
establishment of offices of the Tribunal in their territories and draws the
attention of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), the
Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina to their
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