European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday March 8, 1993 Balkan conflict the stars and stripes Pago 9u.n. Shaping bosnian peace Force by the Washington Post United nations the United nations is making plans to Field up to 50,000 peace keeping troops to enforce any agreement among warring factions in Bosnia and Herzegovina according to the world body Stop peace keeping official. The Force Wilf be coordinated through the North Atlantic treaty organization. The planning for the peace Force Marks the first time the United nations has worked on a blueprint for Tough peace keeping before negotiations Are Complete said Kofi Annan the . Undersecretary general for peacekeeping operations. Mediators Cyrus a Vance Ana lord David Owen have assured rigorous enforcement of any agreement to coax Bosnia a bitterly divided serbs slavic muslims and croats toward a peace Accord. It is also the first time that the United nations has approached a regional military Alliance like nato to use its resources to support a . Place a coping operation Annan said. The Clinton administration has offered to provide ground troops for place a coping efforts in Bosnia if talks at . Headquarters among the warring factions produce an Accord. After intense peace negotiations Here sunday Bosnia s Muslim president Alija Izet Begovic left for Sarajevo to Confer with his government. He said he will return to new York at the end of next week Quot with the intention of moving the discussions Forward to a successful mate Boban Leader of the bosnian croats a who like the muslims have been battling serbian militias for 11 months a said after negotiations saturday Quot i am positive that after his consultations president Izot Bogovic will sign the entire peace serbian Leader Radovan Karadzic also left saying he would consult with the legislature of the bosnian serbs self proclaimed three factions have agreed to proposals made by Vance and Owen regarding cease fire terms and a new bosnian Constitution. But disputes remain Over the concept of dividing the former yugoslav Republic into 10 Sam autonomous provinces most of which would be dominated by one faction. If Izet Bogovic approves the map Only Karadzic s assent will be needed to Complete the Accord. The mediators say they believe Karadzic would have difficulty holding out against worldwide pressure to arrives of photo a bosnian girl motions to her Mouth As she begs for Rood outside the Fence of the . Compound last week in the town of Gorade 39 Miles Southeast of Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina. The town wednesday received Only its fourth delivery of . Food since a siege by serbian forces began 11 months ago. Below a Soldier with the . Peace keeping Force tosses a Box of food to waiting residents of Gorade. General fails in Effort to evacuate wounded Tula Bosnia and Herzegovina apr . Refugee workers discovered thousands of wounded muslims trapped in Battle torn pockets of Eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina on saturday and a doctor said dozens were dying daily of sickness and hunger. A also saturday the commander of . Forces in Bosnia Gen. Philippe Morillon returned to Sarajevo after a daring Mission to the besieged enclave of Czerska. But he appeared to have failed in his goal of negotiating the immediate evacuation of wounded muslims. Officials with the . High commissioner for refugees said 2,200 wounded and sick muslims had been found in or near Czerska and More than 11,000 people mostly from Srebrenick Southeast of Tula had requested evacuation. Izumi Nakamitsu a . Refugee spokeswoman in Tula said Simon mar Tell a world health organization doctor in Srebrenick reported that of the wounded about 20 to 30 were dying daily. As Many As 35,000 could Stream out of the Region if . Officials managed to negotiate Safe passage to Tula said Anders Levinsen of the . Refugee Agency. Bosnian serbian commanders however have for the past week blocked evacuations. The wounded and others seeking to evacuate were discovered after Morillon set out for the Czerska Region Friday. He was on a Mission to secure an agreement with the serbs on Safe passage for the refugees. Morillon upon returning from touring Czerska said 1 Hope it will be Days not weeks Quot before a medical evacuation begins. But he said serbian commanders had linked any evacuation to permission for serbian officials to come to Tula and other Muslim areas to see How serbian residents there arc faring and for Assurance that they will be allowed to leave As Well. All the serbs remaining in Tula How i am an old Soldier. 1 have experience with the smell of death and i did t smell it Here a Gen. Philipp Morillon Ever Are believed to be supporters of the Muslim led bosnian government. Morillon said he planned to negotiate with Sefer Halilovic the head of bosnian government forces and serbian military Leader Gen. Ratko Mladic for a ceasefire that would allow an evacuation in Eastern Bosnia to begin. Morillon said he Quot did not Sec any signs of massacres Quot in the parts of Czerska he was Able to visit and that the situation there was less dramatic than had been feared. But . Refugee officials said Morillon did not visit Many outlying areas where Ham radio operators reported that entire villages had been set ablaze. Morillon said he saw Many shelled and gutted Homes during his one hour visit of the Czerska area but no dead bodies. To am an old Soldier Quot he said. Quot i have experience with the smell of death and i did t smell it it Morillon did say conditions were dire however in Srebrenick where 5,000 refugees from Czerska have fled. He said he had been told that in Srebrenick Cut off from Relief convoys since december children and elderly people were dying of hunger. He said the City now holding some 60,000 people would become the main target of . Concern. Earlier when it seemed an evacuation was imminent preparations for an influx of refugees reached a fever pitch in Tula where some 60,000 had already taken Refuge since the War began nearly a year ago. Muslim says serbian forces massacred Czerska refugees Zagreb Croatia apr a Muslim refugee in Eastern Bosnia told a Ham radio operator Friday that he survived a serbian massacre because corpses fell on him and protected him from gunfire. This and other accounts of a massacre wednesday of scores of people near the embattled Czerska Region could not be confirmed. Ham radio and . Officials have cited Many reports of serbian atrocities during an offensive that began feb. 28, but reporters Are unable to enter the serbian besieged area to investigate. According to various accounts serbian gunmen unleashed a barrage of gunfire and grenades on a group of about 100 refugees near mount Rog Asija about 25 Miles cast of Sarajevo. One report thursday said eight people died 20 were injured and 80 captured. Other reports have said Only a few people survived of a group of 100 who made a desperate bid to Cross the front line. The report by a Muslim refugee identified As Yesim Topalovic was received in Zagreb by Ham radio operator Nenad Nukic. According to the account Nukic said he got from Topalovic the man1 was one of Only three survivors of the assault who made it Back to the nearby Village of Konjevic polje
