RESOLUTION B3-0239, 0273 and 0277/93

Resolution on the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina

The European Parliament,

A.disturbed at the acts of violence in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the resumption of the conflict in Croatia and the threat of the hostilities spilling over into other parts or neighbouring regions of the former Yugoslavia,

B.repeating its outright condemnation of the horrific acts to which women, children and men have been subjected in this region of Bosnia-Herzegovina, as confirmed by the Warburton report,

C.condemning in the strongest possible terms the attacks on humanitarian convoys which are the sole source of hope for a people threatened by cold and famine,

D.noting the inability of the UN to enforce the agreement concluded a year ago on Krajina and other Croat regions occupied by the Serbs, and regretting the Croat attacks in Krajina,

E.taking account of the need to recognize the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, in order to achieve stability in the region, and of the Memorandum of the Greek Government submitted to the UN,

F.welcoming the measures of the Council to further the entry of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as a member of the UN and other international organizations,

G.recalling its previous resolutions on Bosnia-Herzegovina and in particular its resolution of 21 January 1993,

1.Reiterates its support for a diplomatic solution to the conflict and underlines the need for effective guarantees for the execution of any agreement reached; considers the US proposal to be useful;

2.Calls on the members of the United Nations Security Council to submit constructive proposals, as soon as possible, with a view to breaking the stalemate on the Vance-Owen plan; believes that changes to some parts of the plan are still possible, but warns against any initiative which would result in the entire process starting again from square one;

3.Resolves to send its own delegation to those parts of Bosnia where multi-ethnic coexistence has not yet been destroyed and must therefore be protected (e.g. Sarajevo and the Tuzla region), to the UNPR zones of Voivodina and to Kosovo and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, in particular to study the implications for the European Community of the Geneva accord;

4.Calls on the governments of Greece and of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to use the present possibilities to discuss under an arbitrator all problems mentioned in the Declaration of the Greek Government to the UN and other relevant points in order to reach arrangements for peaceful and constructive cooperation;

5.Calls on the Community to prepare the speedy participation of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in the aid programmes and other international projects of the Community;

6.Insists that minimum conditions for civilian life be restored in Kosovo, together with the constitutional guarantees which were abolished illegally; accordingly requests that international observers be sent to Kosovo;

7.Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the United Nations Security Council, the Geneva Conference negotiators, the Greek Government and the Government of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.