Fighting escalates, UN role in question.(United Nations role in Bosnia-Herzegovina)

From: UN Chronicle | Date: September 1, 1995 | Copyright information

The UN Security Council authorized a 12,500-member rapid reaction force for Bosnia in June 1995 after the suspension off the humanitarian airlift and the capture of UN Protection Force members by Bosnian Serbs. The situation in Croatia is also deteriorating.

With escalation of bitter and bloody fighting and ensuing deterioration of the situation throughout the former Yugoslavia, UN peace-keepers have found themselves in a predicament that is "no longer tolerable", Secretary-General...

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