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note] had said that Srebrenica must not fall because otherwise dreadful massacres wouldtake place, which was underscored by the specific character of the situation in thisregion.’]17. Milosevic’s statement to Owen that a Bosnian-Serb capture of Srebrenica would lead toa blood bath is also contained in the NIOD Report (see page 2891). That thought wasalso widely present among Bosniacs, which later, at the time of the fall of the Safe Area,prompted them to flee in great numbers. It was borne in mind that the VRS would wreakvengeance for the murders committed in 1992 and 1993 by Bosniacs in Serb villages(which in turn led to the response of Serb massacres and ethnic cleansing) (see page2479 of the NIOD Report).18. The international community, most particularly the UN, decided, against the backgroundoutlined above, to create the so-called ‘Safe Areas’, inter alia, in the area aroundSrebrenica Town.I.2. UN resolutions19. Before examining further the relevant passages in the various UN resolutions of theSecurity Council, Plaintiff will provide below a brief survey of the resolutions that relateto the United Nations Protection Force (see Dutch Parliamentary Enquiry, page 26):- UN resolution 713 (25 September 1991): promulgation of a weapons embargoagainst all parts of the former Yugoslavia;- UN resolution 743 (21 February 1992): establishment of a United NationsProtection Force (UNPROFOR);- UN resolution 758 (8 June 1992): enlargement of UNPROFOR’s duties withresponsibility for the unimpeded provisioning of Sarajevo and other areas in Bosnia;- UN resolution 770 (13 August 1992): approval of the use of ‘all necessarymeasures’ for the provision of humanitarian relief;- UN resolution 781 (9 October 1992): establishment of a no-fly zone over Bosnia tocounter disruption of humanitarian flights to Sarajevo and bombing by BosnianSerbs;© Van Diepen Van der Kroef Advocaten 2007www.vandiepen.com16