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Srebrenica Siege Casualties Up Until January 1993
REPUBLIC OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
WAR PRESIDENCY OF SREBRENICA MUNICIPALITY
No. 176/93
Srebrenica, 22 January 1993.
Srebrenica Siege Casualties Up Until January 1993
REPUBLIC OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
WAR PRESIDENCY OF SREBRENICA MUNICIPALITY
No. 176/93
Srebrenica, 22 January 1993.
Srebrenica Siege Casualties Up Until January 1993
REPUBLIC OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
WAR PRESIDENCY OF SREBRENICA MUNICIPALITY
No. 176/93
Srebrenica, 22 January 1993.
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REPUBLIC OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA.
WAR PRESIDENCY OF SREBRENICA MUNICIPALITY,
No. 176/93
Srebrenica, 22 January 1993
- TO THE UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES
Mrs Sadako OGATA
- TO THE CO-CHAIRMEN OF THE PEACE CONFERENCE ON BI /Bosnia and
Herzegovina/
Mr VANCE
Mr OWEN
- TO THE PRESIDENCY OF THE REPUBLIC OF BOSNIA AND
HERZEGOVINA
Mr A. IZETBEGOVIC
~ TO THE UNHCR, SARAJEVO
Mr H. LARRY
Mr /2MENDULICE/
- TO THE UNICEF
Mr GRANT
- TO THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS
~ TO UNPROFOR, SARAJEVO
General MORILLION
SUBJECT: Appeal for Assistance
Srebrenica has been besieged for 292 days. The aggressor has decided that its
residents will perish as a result of starvation, disease and cold, unless it first eas the
title of another Guernica since the air force and artillery of the so-called Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia are incessantly and mercilessly bombing the town (of which
you are undoubtedly aware),
‘We wish to draw your attention to a few statistical data, and then leave it to
your conscience to decide if you are going to help the residents of this daomed town
to the best of your abilities.
At the moment, there are some 57,500 persons who have found shelter in
Srebrenica, which is a considerable increase over the previous numbers (the pro-war
population of Srebrenica was 37,200),
Since the beginning of the aggression, the aggressor has caused the following:
~ 1,720 persons were executed
- 912 persons were wounded
492 children were made orphans
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42 persons contracted gangrene; 25 of them died
700 persons suffer from tuberculosis, jaundice, typhoid, pneumonia,
entercolitis and other diseases
565 persons died of hunger, disease or cold
- over 70% of buildings have been burned down or destroyed
Bebind these dull figures‘iooms a tragedy of cosmic proportions. If the
aggressors are allowed to pursue their criminal intent to the end, a new term will have
to be invented for this crime because a Nazi holocaust will be too benign a term to
describe the monstrosity of this act.
Gentlemen, on behalf of the poptilation of Srebrenica, and in the name of
humanity and solidarity as universal UN principles, please ensure that “a rescue
convoy" arrives in Srebrenica as soon as possible because every lost day will only
bring more victims and suffering.
Are these data sufficiently inspiring for you to alert all UN agencies and other
international institutions to take swift and effective action? Are you going to be silent,
witnesses to a crime, or are you going to provide assistance and thus prove to the
people of Srebrenica that the principles of the UN Charter and international
humanitarian law are not just empty words but are being upheld by the international
conuuunity and conscience of mankind.
Unless aid in food, medicines, medical supplies, clothing and footwear comes
soon, we shall not appeal to you again. It will be a message to you that, before the
eyes of the whole world, the people of Srebrenica have been wiped off the face of the
earth.
‘This will send a signal to present and future criminals to continue committing
crimes elsewhere, as it pays off in a world lacking determination to take a firm stand
against them,
PRESIDENT OF THE WAR PRESIDENCY
Hajradin AVDIC
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