Resolution 771 (1992) / adopted by the Security Council at its 3106th meeting, on 13 August 1992.
1992
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SymbolS/RES/771(1992)
TitleResolution 771 (1992) / adopted by the Security Council at its 3106th meeting, on 13 August 1992.
Other titles
Security Council resolution 771 (1992) [on violations of humanitarian law in the territory of the former Yugoslavia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina]
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Summary
Reaffirms that all parties to the conflict are bound to comply with their obligations under international humanitarian law and in particular the Geneva Convention of 12 Aug. 1949, and that persons who commit or order the commission of grave breaches of the Conventions are individually responsible in respect of such breaches; condemns any violation of international humanitarian law, including those involved in the practice of "ethnic cleasing"; demands that relevant international humanitarian organizations, and in particular the International Committee of the Red Cross, be granted immediate, unimpeded and continued access to camps, prisons and detention centres within the territory of the former Yugoslavia and calls upon all parties to do all in their power to facilitate such access; calls upon States and international humanitarian organizations to collate substantiated information in their possession or submitted to them relating to the violations of humanitarian law, including grave breaches of the Geneva Convention, being committed in the territory of the former Yugoslavia and to make this information available to the Council; requests the Secretary-General to collate the information submitted to the Council and to submit a report to the Council summarizing the information and recommending additional measures that might be appropriate; decides, acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of UN, that all parties and others concerned in the former Yugoslavia, and all military forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina, shall comply with the provisions of the present resolution.
Action note1992-08-13
Vote summary
Adopted unanimously, 3106th meeting
DraftS/24422
Meeting record
S/PV.3106
Agenda information
S/47 [105] BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA SITUATION
S/47 [98] FORMER YUGOSLAVIA SITUATION
S/47 [113] HUMAN RIGHTS--FORMER YUGOSLAVIA
S/47 [98] FORMER YUGOSLAVIA SITUATION
S/47 [113] HUMAN RIGHTS--FORMER YUGOSLAVIA
Date[New York] : UN, 13 Aug. 1992.
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Concerns violations of humanitarian law in the territory of the former Yugoslavia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina.