“With the 4 month cessation of hostilities in place, many Western governments, in an excess of relief, turned away from BiH. Sense of urgency faded. So it was until march 1995 that the Contact Group launched a serious initiative with… — Jan Willem Honig Copy Share Image
“Opposing redeployment US and Dutch ambassadors were making more robust action impossible.” — Jan Willem Honig Copy Share Image
“Smith proposed not to use air power, but to employ an ad hoc group to open Mount Igman road into Sarajevo. This was the last attempt (in Split) he made to come out on top in the face-off with the Bosnian Serbs. Again, Janvier rejected his proposal…"We are a peacekeeping mission. We do not have the option of going to… — Jan Willem Honig Copy Share
“When Karremans made this comment on 23 July 1995, he clearly did not yet realize what horrific fate had befallen men of Srebrenica. He… — Jan Willem Honig Copy Share Image
“While the US stumped for the Bosnians, Russians defended the interests of Milošević (as distinct from the Bosnian Serb leader) and Germans supported Croats. …Srebrenica itself was indefensible as Izetbegović admitted to a senior UN official 22 Sep 1994. …Silajdžić indicated that if the Serbs traded Sarajevo for the enclaves he would be prepared to go to Srebrenica and explain… — Jan Willem Honig Copy Share
“Back in Washington Frasureˇs delicate diplomacy was supported by his direct superior flamboyant Assistant Secretary of State R.H. To Vice-President Al Gore, Secretary of State Christopher, Ambassador Albright and Leon Fuerth, Gores representative on the National Security Council, any lifting of sanctions against the Serbs would be anathema. They still believed that Serbs had to be punished not wooed. …Frasure… — Jan Willem Honig Copy Share
“Muslims in general were aware of the fate that awaited them. Their desparate attempt, en masse to break through Bosnian Serb lines from the night of 11-12 July onwards reflected this. Very few politicians and soldiers ever questioned this premise of impartiality. Few accepted that one could force such an obstreperous party into allowing convoys through and still remain impartial.… — Jan Willem Honig Copy Share
“Although Mrs Albright stopped calling for further air strikes she still lamely insisted that the UN Sec General should consider cost of backing down… — Jan Willem Honig Copy Share Image
“Mladić harboured a particular resentment towards the Dutch, whose successive governments had consistently called for a tougher action against the Serbs since the beginning of the war. Virtually all the captured men, guilty or not, were executed, an act that con stituted the most serious single war crime in Europe since WWII. Executing prisoners violates Geneva Convention but it is… — Jan Willem Honig Copy Share
“Ambassador Albright reportedly threatened to resign over what she called "softly-softly" pact with Milošević.” — Jan Willem Honig Copy Share Image
“Albright and Biegman told Janvier that while the status quo was untenable and a more effective and robust UNPROFOR required, she could not accept… — Jan Willem Honig Copy Share Image
“Frasure was one of the most experienced diplomats in the State dept. In June 1991, President Bush awarded him Presidential Medal for Exceptional Service… — Jan Willem Honig Copy Share Image
“The most fundamental dillemma of all, which the international community to its detriment never resolved was a moral one. How could one combine moral… — Jan Willem Honig Copy Share Image
