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UN Asked to Impose Sanctions on Serbia for War Crime Suspects
‘We will continue to demand sanctions against Serbia to the extent that one nation and one entity in Bosnia have not complied with the terms of the Dayton agreement.’
Ambassador Muhamed Sacirbey also called on the United States to declare publicly whether it considered Karadzic’s decision to give up all political power enough to remove the threat of renewed international sanctions. Karadzic, who has been indicted for war crimes in the 3˝-year Bosnian war, yielded to international pressure and gave up all his powers Friday.
The announcement followed marathon talks in Belgrade between U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke, who brokered the Dayton peace agreement, and Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic. Holbrooke threatened renewed sanctions against Serbia if Karadzic did not step aside.
In a letter to the council, Sacirbey said the Muslim-led Bosnian government hoped "that no deals have been made" that would circumvent demands that Karadzic, his Bosnian Serb military leader Gen. Ratko Mladic and others face prosecution. "We will continue to demand sanctions against Serbia to the extent that one nation and one entity in Bosnia have not complied with the terms of the Dayton agreement," Sacirbey told reporters.
He said Karadzic’s resignation was a "partial success" in forcing compliance with the peace agreement. But he said full compliance would not be achieved until those indicted for war crimes are brought to justice. "If, in fact, there is no will within any capital, including Washington in particular, to pursue sanctions, then we would like to see that fact brought out and find out what other alternatives are available to bring this goal to fruition," Sacirbey said.
Sacirbey said the Bosnian government had a right to know if Washington and other major powers were no longer prepared to reimpose sanctions against Serbia. "The Security Council must now press ahead with full compliance, including pressing forth with sanctions with respect to the non-compliant," Sacirbey said, referring to Serbia. |
UNITED NATIONS, July 22 (AP) -- Saying the resignation of Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was not sufficient, Bosnia’s U.N. ambassador urged the Security Council on Monday to impose sanctions on Serbia for failing to arrest war crimes suspects.
Karadzic’s resignation clears the way for elections in September that diplomats consider critical to building peace in Bosnia. But it did not satisfy requirements of the Bosnian peace agreement, negotiated last year in Dayton, Ohio, that Karadzic and others indicted for war crimes be arrested and prosecuted before the international tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands.
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