Menu Search Account

LegiStorm

Get LegiStorm App Visit Product Demo Website
» Get LegiStorm App
» Get LegiStorm Pro Free Demo

Humanitarian Intervention: Effectiveness of U.N. Operations in Bosnia

  Premium   Download PDF Now (50 pages)
Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date April 13, 1994
Report No. NSIAD-94-156BR
Subject
Summary:

Evidence does not exist to support allegations that the United Nations withheld humanitarian assistance to pressure the Bosnian Muslims into an unfavorable peace settlement. On the contrary, U.N. and international relief efforts are credited with preventing starvation in Bosnia over the course of two winters. However, too few troops and weaknesses in U.N. leadership and coordination have hindered efforts to deliver aid and to protect Bosnians. These factors, coupled with the Serbs' encirclement of Muslim enclaves such as Gorazde, and the internal community's sense of urgency in finding a peace formula, created an environment in which the allegations seemed plausible. At the time of GAO's review, the U.N. High Commissioner for refugees and the U.N. Protection Force had improved coordination and were working with NATO to deliver humanitarian assistance and to protect designated areas.

« Return to search Government Accountability Office reports