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eference to the failure to act of Dutchbat and the failure to enforce provisioning andassistance, referred to the armament of a battalion of Scandinavian countries, Nordicbat,that partly comprised tanks. Eisele declared further on that on 5 April 2002 in the Argosradio programme of the VPRO:‘We could see that all the convoys with humanitarian relief supplies that were escortedby the Danes reached their destinations. The Danes put a tank in front of such a convoyand also a tank as last vehicle. These convoys reached their destination and thusachieved the objectives.’The success enforced by the Danes stood in stark contrast to the results of Dutchbat. Atany given time only 10% of the relief reached the place of destination because thewarring parties seized a part thereof underway as the price of allowing a convoy to pass(see page 101 of the Summary of the NIOD Report). As a result, relief supplies andprovisions mostly ended up with the Bosnian Serbs, who used them to further the war.71. In the spring of 1995 Dutch politicians were also expressing the view that Dutchbat wasin a muddle. The Summary of the NIOD Report states at page 206 that the Commanderof the Royal Netherlands Army, Lieutenant General Couzy, had previously advisedagainst the dispatch of Dutchbat and that he found it unpleasant to be proved right afterthe event. The VVD party leader, Bolkestein, demanded that the ‘muddling-throughscenario’ must be brought to an end.72. The situation in the Safe Area deteriorated in the spring of 1995. The UN could provideonly 30% of the food required in June 1995 (see page 1912 of the NIOD Report). Eventhe supplies situation within Dutchbat was exceptionally critical in the period May-July1995 (see page 1916 of the NIOD Report). There was a serious shortage of, inter alia,fighting rations, ammunition and diesel oil. In addition, there was a shortage of toiletpaper, and drinking water was rationed. Ammunition, diesel oil and food and watersupplies are, of course, essential for the performance of military duties. In the meantimethere was an increase in firing by the warring parties in the vicinity (see page 1919 et© Van Diepen Van der Kroef Advocaten 2007www.vandiepen.com39