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Contents

--Articles--
1. Bosnia ....................................................................
2. Charter (Original Text) ...................................................
*3. List of Relief Agencies ...................................................
4. Bosnia News on Internet ...................................................
5. FTP Sites for Bosnia Info .................................................
6. World Wide Web (WWW) Home Page on Bosnia ..................................
7. Need for this Newsgroup ...................................................
8. Detailed info on Relief Agencies ..........................................
9. UN Resolution 947 .........................................................
--Announcements--
9. Moderation Policy .........................................................
10. Moderators List & Guidelines ..............................................
11. Administrativa 001: Oct 03, 1994 ..........................................
12. Administrativa 002: Oct 27, 1994 ..........................................
13. Administrativa 003: Feb 17, 1995 ..........................................
14. Where & How to send your submissions ......................................
15. How to reach Moderators & Facilitators ....................................
16. E-Mail Subscription to misc.news.bosnia ...................................
17. History of this newsgroup .................................................
18. This FAQ: Archive Info, History & Credits .................................

*New or updated in this revision of FAQ.

Articles .....................................................................

1. Bosnia ....................................................................

Probably the most appropriate person to talk about Bosnia is the
President of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

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Following is from speech of Mr. Alija Izetbegovic,President of
Bosnia and Herzegovina, for the 49 session of General Assembly of
the United Nations. 27th of September 1994.

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Mr. Secretary General, Distinguished delegates,

Allow me at the outset, to commend His Excellency Mr. Samuel Insanally
for the able manner in which he conducted the work of the 48th Session
of the General Assembly. I would also like to congratulate H.E. Mr.
Amara Essy for his election as the President of this 49th Session. I
wish him all success in pursuing this very important task.

I would like to thank the President for giving me this opportunity to
speak on behalf of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina at this
distinguished gathering. I thank you all for your attention.

Mr. President, I come from Bosnia and Herzegovina, a far away country
that has currently been the subject of many discussions.

Unfortunately, I have to begin my statement by repeating facts that for
the majority of you may be or should be well known.

At the time - some three years ago, when Yugoslavia underwent its
dissolution, we were doing our best to conduct this separation in a
peaceful fashion and without any violence. For reasons already known to
us all, our initiatives bore no fruits.

When Slovenia and Croatia had seceded , and the dissolution of
Yugoslavia had become inevitable, we organized a referendum in order to
decide, in a democratic manner, about the fate of Bosnia. By two-thirds
majority ( that is, exactly: 64,4%) of the registered voter body,
citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina opted for the independence of the
country at the referendum of March 1, 1992. The international
recognition of our country followed soon after, and so did the
aggression against it. The decision of recognition was made on April 5,
1992, and it was announced the following day, April 6, 1992. The Serbian
and Montenegrin aggression against Bosnia and Herzegovina began on April
5, 1992, the same day when the decision on recognition was passed.

The aggression continues to this day, with more or, at times, less
intensity, and without any prospects of it coming to an end soon.

War, that was forced upon Bosnia and Herzegovina and its peoples, and
has now entered its 31st month, belongs to the bloodiest wars in the
history of mankind. In its very beginnings, it was not a war, but an
attack of a well armed and equipped army, the former Yugoslav Army,
against defenseless citizens.

The results of this uneven struggle are as follows: 70% of our country
fell under occupation in the first months of the war, more than 200 000
civilians have been killed, over 1,000 000 ( or one fourth) of our
inhabitants have been expelled from their homes, hundreds of cities and
villages destroyed and burnt. This cannot be described as a classic
example of a warfare between two armies. This has been a war of an army
against

civilians, followed by genocide and, until this time, unprecedented
destruction of cultural and religious objects. The world has not
responded in an appropriate manner to such barbarism.

Whether it was because of the brutality of the attack, or being morally
and psychologically unprepared, or perhaps, due to the entanglement in
its contradictory interests, the world appeared confused and hesitant.

When the news and pictures of new concentration camps in the heart of
Europe came out, the public was astonished, but the responsible ones
mostly kept silent. Tens of thousands of people have perished in these
camps, and many thousands of them have disappeared, without any trace.

The more brutal an attack, the more hesitant the world became. The free
world neither defended, nor supported freedom.

Our people, facing the threat of extermination and a clearly pronounced
death sentence, decided to defend itself.

But then it encountered a new absurdity. It had found its hands tied.
Namely, before the war was waged against Bosnia and Herzegovina, The
United Nations imposed an notorious resolution that banned any import of
weapons in the territory of Former Yugoslavia. Everything changed, the
war began, the aggressor and the victim emerged, but the arms embargo
has remained in place, as if nothing had happened in the meantime.
Justice has turned into injustice, because the aggressor had weapons -
which had been stock - piled over 40 years time - while the victim was
unarmed and its hands were kept tied.

The resolution on the arms embargo became its own contradiction. By
maintaining the imbalance in weaponry, it has prolonged the war, and it
has turned peace negotiations into diktats by the better armed
aggressor.

We told the world: you do not have to come to defend us, but do untie
our hands and allow us, at least, to defend ourselves. While they kill
our children, rape our women, and destroy all our relics, do recognize
our right to self - defense.

However, the arms embargo has remained in place until present times.
Practically, with only guns and rifles in our hands, our defenders have
stood against artillery and tanks. We have lost many people. Data
reports indicate that more than 90% of them have been killed by grenades
and artillery shells. Our cities and villages have been left at the
mercy of this powerful military technology in the hands of the
murderers.

In the capital of Sarajevo alone, more than 10 000 have been killed, and
more than 50 000 wounded. There is not a single family without
casualties - killed or wounded.

To all this, the world has sent us only one message: negotiate.

Believing that the only right path was to continue to defend our land
and in this just struggle to be supported by the peace and freedom
loving world, we refused to negotiate with war criminals for a very long
time.

Finally, faced with the unbearable plight of our people and the
indifference of the world, and without any choice, we accepted the
negotiations.

It turned out that the aggressor had only used negotiations as a bargain
for time and a cover up for the continuation of the aggression.

In March, 1993, after long and painful negotiations, and with many a
concession from our side, we signed the Vance / Owen Plan. The aggressor
rejected it.

The next bloody round of war came about, followed by another round of
negotiations.

As a result was a Peace Plan of July 5, 1994, by the Contact Group,
consisting of the world's 5 most powerful states, (USA, United Kingdom,
France, Germany and Russian Federation) . This time again, we have
chosen peace and the attackers have, once again, opted for a
continuation of the war.

We have accepted the unjust peace offer in order to halt the war in
Bosnia and Herzegovina. We have done so hoping that the injustice of the
peace plan could still be corrected in the years of peace. Knowing the
soul of Bosnia, we believed and we still believe that peace rescues and
war destroys everything that we call Bosnia.

And what we call Bosnia is not only a small peace of land in the
Balkans. For many of us, Bosnia and Herzegovina is not just a homeland,
it is an idea. It is a belief that peoples of different religions,
nationalities and cultural traditions, can live together. If it happened
that this dream was forever buried, and this idea of tolerance among the
peoples in these areas was irretrievably gone, the guilt would lie not
only with the ones who have been relentlessly killing Bosnia with their
mortars for over thirty months, but nonetheless, with many of the
powerful from the rest of the world who could have helped, yet have
chosen to do otherwise.

Two days ago, I left Sarajevo. I did not leave by plane, because the
airport was closed. I had to take land routes through woods that are
constantly exposed to fire and where many people are killed daily. For
days, there is no electricity, water and gas in the city. The capital is
completely blocked and it is virtually dying.

Yesterday, after I had arrived to the United Nations building, I
received a letter from Srebrenica, a small town on the river Drina. The
letter was supposed to be a report, but it is moreover a cry from a real
human hell. I could find no strength to read this letter for the second
time.

It has been over three months, since a new wave of ethnic cleansing
reignited. Thousands of civilians, whose only fault was that they were
not Serbs, have been expelled from their homes in Banja Luka, Bijeljina,
Janja and other towns under the control of Karadzic's army.

Once again, nothing has been done. The world seems to have gradually
gotten accustomed to unpunished violations of the basic norms of
international law. This is an ill stage, that concerns every man and
every woman in the world, no matter how close or far from Bosnia they
may be.

For a very long period of time, I have rejected - and still reject- "a
theory of conspiracy", that is, that all this that has befallen Bosnia
is because the majority nation is a Muslim people and that there are
some dark powers who have consciously pushed Serbs towards the
extermination of Bosnian Muslims.

Those who claim so, have their own arguments . I believe You have heard
them before : namely, an obvious aggression, followed by genocide,
concentration camps and other forms of the darkest fascism are on stage
in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The world can only be blind not to see it. Is
it blind, or does it consciously accept all these evils? Blind it is
not, therefore, the other possibility remains. This is their argument
that has gained ever more supporters.

It will not be good if a billion Muslims in the world accept this
argument.

The latest events in and around the Plan of the Contact Group have given
the supporters of "theory of conspiracy" an additional argument.

Namely, Bosnia and Herzegovina has been offered a proposal that was
backed by five major powers, and therefore, by the majority in the
international community. It was clearly stated that the side who
rejected the plan would be punished, while the side who accepted the
plan would be protected.

The opposite happened: Serbs rejected the Plan and they have been
rewarded by the suspension of sanctions. We have accepted the Plan and
we have been punished by a complete blockade of Sarajevo. Both processes
ran parallelly and simultaneously.

These days, the highest United Nation's civilian and military
authorities are warning us: If you demand and succeed in the lifting of
the arms embargo, UNPROFOR will pull out from the Republic of Bosnia and
Herzegovina, etc., etc.

I have, certainly, not undertaken this long and arduous trip from Bosnia
to America only to convey the facts that may be known to the majority of
you.

We, in Bosnia believe that Good and Justice, despite the hardships,
cannot be defeated. We do not give up faith that the world could be
better and that we should all work and we should all try over and over
again in order to make it better.

With this conviction, I have come to speak before you and to present
some of our proposals, despite all our disappointments and frustrations.

From this General Assembly and the Security Council, we ask:

1. That all Resolutions on Bosnia and Herzegovina adopted by the
Security Council and General Assembly be implemented;

2. That measures be taken in order to effectively monitor the border
between Serbia and Montenegro on one side, and Bosnia and Herzegovina on
the other side, so that any transport of troops, weapons and military
equipment over this border be prevented or timely detected;

3. Should this transport occur, that the decision on suspension of some
of the sanctions against Serbia and Montenegro ( Security Council
resolution 943/1994) be immediately recalled and tightened sanction
measures be imposed in accordance with the Plan of the Contact Group of
July, 1994;

4. That there will be no further easing of the sanctions towards Serbia
and Montenegro until they recognize Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia
within its internationally recognized borders;

5. That a resolution be adopted, without delay, which would strengthen
the protection of and mandate the extension of the safe areas as in
Security Council Resolutions 824 and 836, and in accordance with
provisions of Article 6, of the Contact Group Plan;

6. That decisions be taken that would prevent and ensure an immediate
end to the strangulation of Sarajevo. As an integral part, these
measures should envisage the opening of the city along the north
communication route ( road and highway), by creating a demilitarized
belt , 2,5 kilometers wide, on both sides of these routes. In this
demilitarized belt, only the United Nations troops and police may
remain. Potential use of force against the strangulation of Sarajevo, as
is envisaged under Article 4, of the NATO decision of February 9, 1994.

Provided that the above conditions be fulfilled, and with a condition
that UNPROFOR continues to carry out its mission, the Government of the
Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina would be willing to accept a new,
modified formula for the problem of the arms embargo.

Namely, we would limit our demand for the lifting of the arms embargo
only to the adoption of formal decision, while its application, or its
consequences, would be deferred for another six months.

In this case, UNPROFOR troops could remain in Bosnia and Herzegovina,
the Contact Group would fulfill its promise, and a clear message would
be conveyed to Karadzic's Serbs.

At the end, we would also like to state our two commitments:

1. Our irrevocable objective is a democratic Bosnia and Herzegovina
within its internationally recognized borders, and with full ethnic,
religious and political rights for all its citizens. Within a such
Bosnia and Herzegovina as envisioned, the Serbs will have all rights up
to the highest level of autonomy, but they cannot have a state within a
state.

2. We consider that as all other nations, we have the unalienable right
to self-defense. Therefore, should for any reason, our compromising
proposal on the arms embargo be rejected, we will then seek from our
friends that this embargo be lifted immediately, and even unilaterally.

In closing this statement, I take this opportunity to express our
sincere gratitude to all friends of Bosnia who have supported its
struggle for survival and freedom.

I thank You, Mr. President.

2. Charter (Original Text) ...................................................

The purpose of this newsgroup is to provide prompt & timely information
on Bosnia. This may include variety of items including, summary of news
reports, upcoming events, nato briefing, coverage of Bosnia by
international press, international news agencies, wire news services,
announcements & info by U.S. state department, listing of relief
organization and much more.

3. List of Relief Agencies ...................................................

BENEVOLENCE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION
P.O.Box 548 Worth, IL 60482 USA
Tel:708-233-0062
Fax:708-233-0069
e-mail:[email protected]

MERCY INTERNATIONAL-USA
P.O. Box 248, Garden City,
Michigan 48136-0248 U.S.A.
Telephone: (313)421-2273
FAX: (313)421-2022
Tax Id. Number (38-2846307) Contributions are tax deductable.

FRIENDS OF BOSNIA
47 East Street
Hadley, MA 01035
Tel: 413-586-6450
Fax: 413-586-2415
Email: [email protected]

THE BOSNIA RELIEF FUND USA INC.
Mailing : PO Box 91825 Elk Grove Village, IL 60009-1825
Shipping: 1024 Fairway Dr., Bensenville, IL 601016 USA
Telephone: (708) 616-8223
Fax : (708) 616-8389

NEW ENGLAND BOSNIAN RELIEF COMMITTEE
54 Ellery St Boston, MA 02127
(617) 269-5555 voice
(617) 464-4406 fax
[email protected]

WOMEN FOR WOMEN IN BOSNIA
P.O. Box 9733
Alexandria, VA 22304

STUDENTS AGAINST GENOCIDE-Project Bosnia
(SAGE Contact) [email protected]
Phone: 415-725-SAGE

MN COALITION FOR PEACE & HUMAN RIGHTS IN FORMER YUGOLAVIA
Melis Arik
c/o Institute for Education and Advocacy
1219 University Avenue SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414
(612) 378-9114
(612) 378-9132 (FAX)

GLOBAL CHILDREN'S ORGANIZATION
GCO Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovnia, Ms. Elma
Kucukalic-Selimovic TEL. (011 387 71) 444-296
GCO Zagreb, Croatia, Mr. Zoran Ivancic,
TEL/FAX (011 385 41) 382-660
GCO Berkeley, California, Ms Edie Heartshorne
TEL. (510) 526-4476

LIFEMISSION INC.
P.O.BOX 604331
FLUSHING, NEW YORK 11360-4331
TEL: (718) 767-7184

THE BOSNIAN STUDENT PROJECT
Box 271, Nyack, NY l096, USA
TEL. ++914-358-4601 Fax ++914-358-4924
Email: [email protected]

BALKAN MUSLIM ASSOCIATION
E-mail: [email protected]

Courtesy: Islamic Information & News Network ([email protected])
File:Bosnia Relief Agencies

4. Bosnia News on Internet ...................................................

BOSNET (English)
'Bosnet' is Bosnia News Network. It publishes daily event over internet.
BOSNET publications are posted to several news groups on USENET
including 'misc.news.bosnia.' One may subscribe to it by writing to
'[email protected].'

BOSNET (Bosnian Language)
'Bosnet' is also available in Bosnian language. To request subscription
write to: '[email protected].'

MISC.NEWS.BOSNIA Mailing List
Posting made to news group 'misc.news.bosnia' may be received as email
message. If interested write to: '[email protected]'

BOSNIA ACTION COALITION: 's weekly summary is available by e-mail. Titled,
"This Week in Bosnia-Hercegovina." Subscription request may be sent to:

[email protected]

5. FTP Sites for Bosnia Info .................................................

The info on Bosnia is located at the following anonymous FTP sites:

Login: anonymous
Password: _your_email_address_

A - SITE: triples.math.mcgill.ca
Directory: /pub/bosnia

B - SITE: ftp.cco.caltech.edu
Directory: /pub/bosnia

6. World-Wide Web (WWW) Home Page on Bosnia ..................................

http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~bosnia/bosnia.html

It is a very extensive home page on Bosnia, covering documents &
images, news reports and many more items.

7. Need for this Newsgroup ...................................................

Bosnia problem is over four years old by now and doesn't show much hope
of going away. A newsgroup can reach a lot more people than a mailing
list.

The information on Bosnia is scattered over different newsgroups in bits
& pieces, some mailing lists give a weekly report on Bosnia. This group
will also attempt bring all news & info on Bosnia in this newsgroup.
Daily postings & updates on Bosnia will be posted on this newsgroup

Discussions on Bosnia already take place on soc.culture.bosna-herzgvna.
Current proposed newsgroup will be news & info oriented newsgroup and
also to avoid junk appearing in this newsgroup, the newsgroup will be
moderated.

8. Detailed Info on Relief Agencies ..........................................

a) WOMEN FOR WOMEN in Bosnia

The name of the organization is Women for Women in Bosnia and
here is how it works. You donate $20 each month along with a
short letter, and they deliver ALL the money along with your
letter and its translation to the woman you have chosen to
sponsor in Bosnia. Most of the women are in refugee camps, and
is $40 per month to sponsor a woman in Sarajevo.

The main thing to notice here is that all of the donation goes
to the sponsored woman. There is no cut for administrative
expenses or anything else. They will even try to send small
items like vitamins, underwear, etc. to your sponsee if you
choose to send something. The sponsees may choose to write
back or they may not, but even if they don't the aid workers
who deliver the money say that the letters they receive help
them tremendously. These women really need to feel like
someone in the world cares about them.

If men wish to participate they may pay the $20
per month, but a woman should always write the letter. I even
know several people who sponser one woman as a group because
they cannot individually afford to do so. Also, contributions
to the expenses of the organization are always needed.

If you wish to contact WWB, their address is:
Women for Women in Bosnia
P.O. Box 9733
Alexandria, VA 22304

b) S.H.A.R.P

Sarajevo Hospital Aid and Reconstruction Project

The Sarajevo Hospital Aid and Reconstruction Project (SHARP), a chapter of
the Bosnia and Herzegovina Relief Fund, is a nonprofit organization raising
funds to help rebuild Sarajevo's health care system and to provide financial
aid and educational opportunities for medical personal.

In addition to financial support, the organization is also seeking donations
of medical supplies, including medical textbooks and journals.

For information, please contact:

Ernesto A. Pretto, MD
Safar Center for Resuscitation Research
3434 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
tel:412-383-1904; fax:412-624-0943
e-mail: [email protected]

b) SAVEZ

It is an organization that wishes to help the Croats of Bosnia. We
stand for the unity among Croats and Bosnians, as well as for
Bosnia's internationally recognized borders. We seek to act as a
bridge between the Croats, and the Bosnians, using our talents to
help the federation. We also seek to promote the preservation of
Croats of BH, in full accordance of the Washington agreement, as well
as to have Croatia and Bosnia work together.

We have two organizations. The first is our sister organization in
Croatia, where on Oct 15, 1994, it was created. It received positive
coverage in the Croatian media. The other organization is the one
for North America, where we had our founding meeting Oct 22, 1994.
We were joined in our meeting by Sarajevo journalist Ivica Puljic, as well
as by his excellency Muhamed Sacirbey, who gave us encouraging words.

If you feel that your goals are similar to ours, and you would
like to get in contact with your local brance of SHBH, in North America,
drop me a line, and I will get you in touch with our local brances.

Contact Addres: [email protected]

c) LIFEMISSION INC

Lifemission Inc., a volunteer, non-profit organization was formed in
1993 to provide relief and medical services to the victim of war torn
Bosnia. Staffed by trained medical professionala, Lifemission Inc.
has now embarked on a mission to provide medical training to those
personnel interested in helping and aiding persons who seek medical
attention. Pre-hospital emergency care is one of the corner stones to
ensure prompt and definitive medical care to those who seek it, and will
aid in lessening the mortality rates in those regions...

Jim Schrang is the President of Lifemission Inc. He is planing
a new trip to East Mostar with medical equipment in January 1995.
Any assistance, financial or medical would be highly appreciated.

Please, contact Jim and Lifemission as soon as possible.

They need your help.

JIM SCHRANG LIFEMISSION INC.
19-10 PARSONS BLVD. P.O.BOX 604331
APT. 1 G WHITESTONE FLUSHING, NEW YORK 11360-4331
N.Y. 11357
phone: (718) 767-7184

d) BENEVOLENCE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION (BIF)

The Benevolence International Foundation (BIF) has been working in
partnership with the communities devastated by wars and catastrophes
through out the world for more than seven years.

The volunteers of BIF are risking thier lives to provide food, shel-
ter, and neccessary health care to the oppressed people of Bosnia,
Tajikstan, Burma, Afghanistan, and others.

Because of the help of GOD, BIF was able to provide to thousands of
children all over the world, the neccessary health care, nutrition,
education and training. But Millions of other children still despe-
rately need our help....YOUR help!

It does'nt take much to help a needy person. By contributing your
little time, effort or money, you can actually help save lives!

Come and join others who have chosen not to remain silent against
oppression. Bring a little warmth and laughter to a childs face.
Act now as the time is running out.

If you would like to work with us or want to know on how you can
contribute and help, give us a call or write to us or send an
e-mail message at the following address.

Dear freind! You Can Help Change LIVES-And May be Even History!

Benevolence International Foundation
P.O.Box 548 Worth, IL 60482 USA
Tel:708-233-0062
Fax:708-233-0069
e-mail:[email protected]

A nonprofit organization working to relieve human suffering all over the world

9. UN Resolution 947 (1994) ..................................................

United Nations Security Council Resolution 947 (1994)

RESOLUTION 947 (1994)

Adopted by the Security Council at its 3434th meeting,
on 30 September 1994

The Security Council,

Recalling all its previous relevant resolutions on the
conflicts in the territory of the former Yugoslavia and

reaffirming in this context its resolution 908 (1994) of
31 March 1994, on the mandate of the United Nations Protection
Force (UNPROFOR),

Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General of
9 May 1994 (S/1994/555) and 17 September 1994 (S/1994/1067 and

Add.1),

Affirming its commitment to the search for an overall
negotiated settlement of the conflicts in the former
Yugoslavia ensuring the sovereignty and territorial integrity
of all the States there within their internationally

recognized borders, and stressing the importance it attaches
to the mutual recognition thereof,

Welcoming the continuing efforts of the Co-Chairmen of the
Steering Committee of the International Conference on the
Former Yugoslavia,

Welcoming also the efforts of Member States in the context
of the Contact Group, and emphasizing the utmost importance of
the work of the Contact Group and its role in the overall
peace process in the area,

Recognizing that the major provisions of the United
Nations Peace-keeping Plan for the Republic of Croatia
(S/23280, annex III) and relevant Security Council
resolutions, in particular resolution 871 (1993) of
4 October 1993, still remain to be implemented,

Stressing that UNPROFOR plays an essential role in
preventing and containing hostilities and thus creating the
conditions for achieving an overall political settlement,

Paying tribute to the UNPROFOR personnel in the

performance of the mandate of UNPROFOR, in particular in
assisting the delivery of humanitarian assistance and
monitoring the cease-fires,

94-38250 (E) /...

Reiterating its determination to ensure the security of
UNPROFOR and its freedom of movement for all its missions, and
to these ends, as regards UNPROFOR in the Republic of Croatia
and in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, acting under
Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,

1. Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General of
17 September 1994 (S/1994/1067), and approves the proposals
therein concerning UNPROFOR's activities in relation to mine-
clearance, public information and civilian police;

2. Decides to extend UNPROFOR's mandate for an additional
period terminating on 31 March 1995;

3. Urges all the parties and others concerned to
cooperate with UNPROFOR in carrying out its mandate, to
refrain from any hostile and provocative acts against UNPROFOR

personnel, and to ensure their security and their freedom of
movement;

4. Requests the Secretary-General to report no later than
20 January 1995 on progress towards implementation of the
United Nations Peace-keeping Plan for the Republic of Croatia

and all relevant Security Council resolutions, taking into
account the position of the Croatian Government, and decides
to reconsider UNPROFOR's mandate in the light of that report;

5. Requests also the Secretary-General, in the light of
resolution 871 (1993), to include in that report information

on progress towards (a) opening the road and railway
communications with the United Nations Protected Areas (UNPAs)
and the rest of the Republic of Croatia; (b) establishing the
water and electricity supply in all regions of Croatia for the
mutual benefit of all its citizens; (c) opening of the
Adriatic pipeline;

6. Invites the Secretary-General to update his report
submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 838 (1993)
of 10 June 1993, and to expand it as appropriate to cover
other areas where UNPROFOR is deployed;

7. Affirms the right of all displaced persons to return
voluntarily to their homes of origin in safety and dignity
with the assistance of the international community;

8. Reaffirms its support for the established principle

that all statements or commitments made under duress,
particularly those regarding land and ownership, are null and
void;

9. Calls on all parties and others concerned fully to
comply with all Security Council resolutions regarding the

situation in the former Yugoslavia, and concerning in
particular UNPROFOR in Croatia to create the conditions that
would facilitate the full implementation of its mandate;

10. Expresses its concern that the necessary
arrangements, including, where appropriate, agreements on the
status of forces and other personnel, have not yet been
concluded by the Republic of Croatia, the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

(Serbia and Montenegro), and calls upon them to conclude such
arrangements without delay;

11. Requests the Secretary-General to keep the Council
regularly informed on progress with regard to the
implementation of UNPROFOR's mandate and to report, as

necessary, on any developments on the ground and other
circumstances affecting the mandate of the Force;

12. Urges the Bosnian Serb party fully to respect the
territorial integrity of the Republic of Croatia and to
refrain from any actions that are threatening its security;

13. Urges also that the pilot project described in
paragraph 39 of the report of the Secretary-General of
17 September 1994 (S/1994/1067) be put into effect as soon as
possible;

14. Declares that the restoration of the authority of
the Republic of Croatia in the "pink zones", to the extent
that it is compatible with the 29 March 1994 cease-fire
agreement, must be accomplished under the close supervision of
UNPROFOR, and in such manner as to avoid any further
destabilization of the region;

15. Decides to remain seized of the matter.

Announcements ................................................................

9. Moderation Policy .........................................................

Misc.News.Bosnia is group moderated.

Moderators will post only news & info related directly or indirectly to
Bosnia.

Rejected items will include, discussions, test messages, anonymous
message & posting which are not in proper USENET format, (to spell out),
80 characters in width & more quoted text than original.

10. Moderators List & Guidelines ..............................................

LIST OF CHARTER MODERATORS for misc.news.bosnia
_______________________________________________
Dated: September 05, 1994

[email protected] Syed Irfan Ashraf
[email protected] Iraj Ali-Mughal
[email protected] Murat Erkocevc

Additional Moderators Dated: October 03, 1994

[email protected] Ahmet Kirac
[email protected] Asim Mughal

Additional Moderator Dated: Feb 17, 1995

[email protected] Ayhan Irfangolu

GUIDELINES:

To spell out guidelines, moderators may resign voluntarily, new
moderators may be selected by the preceding ones.

MODERATION SETUP:

As pointed out, this newsgroup is group moderated. Submissions are sent
to one of the active moderatos. The moderator reviews the submission and
takes appropriate action.

The moderation is based at 'gnu.ai.mit.edu' site. The articles submitted
are forwarded from the above site to the moderators. The moderators use
Automatic Posting Scripts to faciliate the review & posting of
submissions.

In addition to the moderators, the newsgroup has two facilitators. Ahmet
Kirac ([email protected]) and Asim Mughal
([email protected]), for advice & coordination among moderators.
The newsgroup host site, Automatic Posting Script & this document is
maintained by Asim Mughal.

11. Administrativa 001: Oct 03, 1994 ..........................................

ADMINISTRATIVA 001: Oct 03, 1994 Facilitators appointed Moderators

To: Readership of 'misc.news.bosnia'
From: Moderators (Irfan Ashraf, Iraj Ali-Mughal, Murat Erkocevc)

The moderators of misc.news.bosnia, in accordance with the voted
moderation policy, excerise their right to appoint two additional
moderators for the news group 'misc.news.bosnia.'

The moderators of misc.news.bosnia, hereby, appoint the current
facilitators, as listed as below as the moderators of misc.news.bosnia,
making a total of five (5) moderators.

Moderator-4 : Asim Mughal ([email protected])
Moderator-5 : Ahmet Kirac ([email protected])

UPDATED COMPLETE LIST OF MODERATORS: as of Oct 04, 1994

[email protected] Syed Irfan Ashraf
[email protected] Iraj Ali-Mughal
[email protected] Murat Erkocevc
[email protected] Asim Mughal
[email protected] Ahmet Kirac

RELEVANT VOTED GUIDELINES:

" To spell out guidelines, moderators may resign voluntarily, new
moderators may be selected by the preceding ones. "

LIST OF FACILITATORS: from FAQ

"In addition to the moderators, the newsgroup has two facilitators.
Ahmet Kirac ([email protected]) and Asim Mughal
([email protected]), for advice & coordination among moderators.

The newsgroup host site, Automatic Posting Script & this document (FAQ)
is maintained by Asim Mughal."

End of Administrativa 001: Oct 03, 1994.

12. Administrativa 002: Oct 27, 1994 ..........................................

ADMINISTRATIVA 002: Oct 27, 1994 Anyone at American University? Help!

From: [email protected] [Asim Mughal]
X-Receive-Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 09:36:50 -0700 (PDT)

Greetings,

Dear Readers,

A number of people have contacted us wanting to read the newsgroup
'misc.news.bosnia.' Unfortunately, most of them don't have USENET
access.

We have talked with gateway administration at American University.
They are willing to setup a mailing list and a gateway between the
mailing list & newsgroup 'misc.news.bosnia.' The setup will look like
the following:

misc.news.bosnia <---> Gateway <--> Mailing list

This will distribute all postings made on the newsgroup misc.news.bosnia
to those on the mailing list.

We need to have someone local at American University, who can be a student,
faculty or staff, to 'sponsor' before Mailing list can be setup.

If you are at American University, node AUVM, or know anyone at AUVM,
please contact us at:

[email protected]

We thank & appreciate your help!

Sincerely,

Asim Mughal
Facilitator,
misc.news.bosnia

13. Administrativa 003: Feb 17, 1995 ..........................................

ADMINISTRATIVA 003: Feb 17, 1995 Ayhan Irfanoglu selected as moderator

From: [email protected] [Asim Mughal- Facilitator/Moderator]
Subject: ADMIN 003: Ayhan Irfanoglu selected as moderator.

Greetings,

Dear Readers,

One of the moderators lost his network access, the current
moderators, under the authority given to them by the voted
charter of the newsgroup, hereby select the Ayhan Irfanoglu
([email protected]) as a moderator for misc.news.bosnia.

The following is an up-to-date listing: [Feb 17, 1995]

MODERATORS: Irfan Ashraf [on leave]
Iraj Ali-Mughal [on leave]
Ayhan Irfanoglu [active] {Mod #06}

FACILITATORS: Ahmet Kirac [active]
Asim Mughal [active]

Per ADMIN 001: Facilitators may also server as moderators.

SUBMISSION ADDRESS: [email protected]
MODERATING PANEL: [email protected]

## End of Admin 003 ## Feb 17, 1995 ##

14. Where & How to send your submissions ......................................

There are two ways to do so:

A- Thru USENET

While reading newsgroup 'misc.news.bosnia' simply respond to the artilce
or post a new article. The article will be automatically routed to one
of the active moderators for review.

B- Thru E-MAIL

You may submit your article to the following address. Again, your
article will reach one of the moderators for review.

The e-mail address is:

[email protected]

15. How to reach Moderators & Facilitators ....................................

If you wish to reach moderators & facilitators of this newsgroup. You
may send email to:

[email protected]

16. E-Mail Subscription to misc.news.bosnia ...................................

If you do not have access to usenet, you can still read
misc.news.bosnia by receiving all postings as e-mail
messages to your account.

Inclusion in email messages is done at the discretion
of the moderators due to limition on resources.

If interested, write to:

[email protected]

17. History of this newsgroup .................................................

Newsgroup: misc.news.bosnia
Description: News, Articles, Reports & Info on Bosnia.

Status: moderated

Proponent: Ahmet Kirac ([email protected])
Sponsor: Caltech MSA ([email protected])

Request for Discussion: June 21, 1994
Call for Votes: August 12, 1994
Voting Ended: September 03, 1994 23:59:59 UTC
Vote Taker: UVV
Votes: XXX in favor, XX against

18. This FAQ: Archive Info, History & Credits .................................

ARCHIVE INFO: This FAQ is archived & availble thru anonymous FTP & thru
world-wide web.

Anonymous FTP:
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1. SITE: rtfm.mit.edu
Directory: /pub/usenet/news.answers/bosnia-news-faq.Z

2. SITE: ftp.uu.net
Directory: /pub/usenet/news.answers/bosnia-news-faq.Z

3. SITE: ftp.cco.caltech.edu
Directory: /pub/calmsa/bosnia/bosnia-news-faq.Z

Word-Wide Web:
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URL for USENET FAQs:

http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/top.html

URL for this FAQ:

http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/bosnia-news-faq/faq.html

HISTORY:

Version 1.5 Released Mar 28, '96: Item # 3 updated.
Version 1.4 Released Aug 28, '95: Items 5 & 6 updated. New item 16.
Version 1.3 Released May 20, '95: Expanded from 16 to
Version 1.2 Released Mar 27, '95: Expanded from 13 to 16 items.
Version 1.1 Released Oct 20, '94: Expanded from 8 to 13 items.
Version 1.0 Released Sept 05, '94:

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