Security Council resolution 824 (1993) [on treatment of certain towns and surroundings in Bosnia and Herzegovina as safe areas]

Demands that any taking of territory by force cease immediately; declares that the capital city of Sarajevo, and other threatened areas, in particular the towns of Tuzla, Zepa, Gorazde, Bihac, and Srebrenica, and their surroundings should be treated as safe areas by all parties concerned and should be free from armed attacks and from any other hostile act; declares that in these safe areas the following should be observed: (a) the withdrawal of all Bosnian Serb military or paramilitary units from these towns to a distance wherefrom they cease to constitute a menace to their security; (b) full respect by all parties of the rights of UNPROFOR and international humanitarian agencies to free and unimpeded access to all safe-areas and full respect for the safety of personnel engaged in these operations; demands all parties concerned to cooperate fully with UNPROFOR; requests the Secretary-General to take appropriate measures to monitor the humanitarian situation in the safe areas and to that end, authorizes the strengthening of UNPROFOR by an additional 50 UN military observers, together with related equipment and logistical support; declares its readiness, in the event of failure by any party to comply with the present resolution, to consider immediately adoption of additional measures necessary for full implementation; declares that arrangements pursuant to the present resolution shall remain in force until provisions for the cessation of hostilities, separation of forces and supervision of heavy weaponry as envisaged in the peace plan for the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, are implemented.

Adopted unanimously, 3208th meeting

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Declares that Sarajevo, Tuzla, Zepa, Gorazde, Bihac and Srebrenica should be treated as safe areas.