The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
1996
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SymbolA/RES/51/203
TitleThe situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
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Summary
Demands the full, comprehensive and consistent implementation of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina; insists upon the need to deliver all indictees to the International Tribunal to stand trial, notes that the Tribunal has the authority to address individual responsibility for the perpetration of the crime of genocide, crimes against humanity and other serious violations of international humanitarian law committed, including in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and reiterates that all parties should arrest and surrender to the Tribunal all indicted persons in territories under their control, and to otherwise fully comply with the orders of the Tribunal and to cooperate with its work, including with exhumations and other investigative acts; urges Member States, taking into account the orders and requests of the International Tribunal, to offer the Tribunal their full support, including financial support, in order to ensure the completion of the Tribunal's purpose, and to carry out their obligations under its statute and all relevant Security Council resolutions; strongly condemns all acts of intimidation designed to discourage the voluntary return of refugees and displaced persons, in particular the destruction of housing units; demands that all parties comply fully with the Agreement on Subregional Arms Control, including the accurate reporting of existing levels of armaments and the destruction of the required amounts of armaments and urges Member States and the appropriate regional organizations to assist in the implementation and verification of the said Agreement.
Action note1996-12-17
Vote summary
Adopted 149-0-2, 88th meeting
Meeting record
A/51/PV.88
Agenda information
A/51/251 56 Situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA SITUATION
Date[New York] : UN, 26 Feb. 1997.
Description
6 p.
Notes
Adopted at the 88th plenary meeting, 17 Dec. 1996.