Security Council resolution 819 (1993) [demanding that Srebrenica and the surrounding areas, Bosnia and Herzegovina, be treated as a safe area]

Demands that all parties concerned treat Srebrenica and its surroundings as a safe area which should be free from any armed attack or any other hostile act; demands the immediate cessation of armed attacks by Bosnian Serb paramilitary units against Srebrenica and their immediate withdrawal from the areas surrounding Srebrenica; demands that Yugoslavia immediately cease the supply of military arms, equipment and services to the Bosnian Serb paramilitary units in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina; requests the Secretary-General, with a view to monitoring the humanitarian situation in the safe area, to take immediate steps to increase the presence of UNPROFOR in Srebrenica and its surroundings, and demands that all parties concerned cooperate fully and promptly with UNPROFOR towards that end; condemns the deliberate actions of the Bosnian Serb party to force the evacuation of the civilian population from Srebrenica and its surrounding areas as well as from other parts of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of its overall campaign of "ethnic cleansing"; demands the unimpeded delivery of humanitarian assistance to all parts of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in particular to the civilian population of Srebrenica and its surrounding areas; demands that all parties guarantee the safety and full freedom of movement of UNPROFOR and all other UN personnel as well as members of humanitarian organizations; requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with UNHCR and UNPROFOR, to arrange for the safe transfer of the wounded and ill civilians from Srebrenica and its surrounding areas; decides to send, as soon as possible, a mission of members of the Security Council to the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina to ascertain the situation and report thereon to the Security Council.

Adopted unanimously, 3199th meeting

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Demands that Srebrenica and the surrounding areas, Bosnia and Herzegovina be treated as a safe area.