This is a developing situation. The AMUN Chronicle will update as more information comes in.

10:00 p.m.: 1 June 1993 – The armies of the Bosnian Serbs and Bosnian Croats have joined forces in a coordinated assault on the remaining Bosnian strongholds of Sarajevo, Srebrenica, Tuzla, Zepa and Gorazde. While UN presence seems to have protected the western Bosnian city of Bihac, Srebrenica is reported to be under close siege and Sarajevo is under a massive artillery barrage.

11:30 p.m. – The United Nations Security Council has begun discussions to decide their response to the ongoing crisis. Describing the crisis as a civil war, a Representative of China cautioned the body against taking military action to resolve the issue, citing the violation of state sovereignty as the potential issue. A Representative of the United Kingdom responded by stating, “If we cannot pass a resolution that allows for the use of force to protect the Bosnian Muslims through the United Nations, individual States would be forced to take action,” and expressed a strong preference against individual action.

12:40 a.m. – The Security Council has voted to bring in a Representative of Bosnia as a Party to the Dispute for 30 minutes.

12:45 a.m. – A Representative of Bosnia was available to join the UN Security Council as a Party to the Dispute for 30 minutes. The Representative of Bosnia identified the crisis as an issue of ethnic cleansing and urged the Security Council to take specific actions to restore the territorial integrity and prevent human atrocity. To these ends, the Representative identified four steps they would like the Security Council to take to aid the State of Bosnia: the instatement of a no fly zone in the area, the lifting of the existing arms embargo specifically for the State of Bosnia, the placement of UN Peacekeepers in all Bosnian cities and airstrikes targeting the shelling operations of the Bosnian Serbs. Since the Bosnian army is outgunned by opposing forces, the Representative emphasized the State’s need for more weapons to defend themselves. 

Member States of the Security Council questioned the Representative on several matters including their definition of ethnic cleansing and potential contradictions in the actions they have been asked to take. Representative of Bosnia said notably that no efforts to protect civilians are aiding ethnic cleansing efforts.

1:02 a.m.: 5 June 1993 – A dire situation in the Bosnian city of Srebrenica was narrowly avoided when General Philipe Morillon led a small contingent of UN staff into the city in order to negotiate on the ground with Bosnian Serb forces. General Morillon was able to establish a temporary ceasefire. Unfortunately, refugees in the city of Zepa are in an increasingly desperate situation because UN aid convoys have not been able to reach the city of Zepa in over a month due to the siege by Bosnian Serb forces.

1:19 a.m. – The body voted to suspend the meeting for 30 minutes in order to discuss developments in the ongoing crisis in Bosnia.

1:43 a.m. – Representative Jadon Cox of Hungary stated that during the Suspension of the Meeting they, “are working to get all Member States to outwardly support the sovereignty of the State of Bosnia and address the crisis in a more outward way.” The Representative also expressed difficulty in convincing all states to agree to take action.

1:50 a.m. – The Security Council passed a vote to suspend the meeting for 20 minutes of unmoderated caucusing.

2:00 a.m – “Through this resolution we are striving to maintain the ceasefire without any additional military resources, and we believe we will achieve that,” Representative Kian Williams of China said of a draft resolution they collaborated on during the Suspension of the Meeting.

2:15 a.m. – The Council debates the invitation of a Representative of Bosnia as Party to the Dispute for the remainder of the session.

2:24 a.m. – The motion to invite the Representative of Bosnia as a Party to the Dispute for the remainder of the session failed. Instead, the Council voted to invite a Representative of Bosnia as Party to the Dispute for just 30 minutes.

2:40 a.m. – The Bosnian Serbs and Bosnian Croats have set the goal of partitioning the state into 3 areas, ethnically cleansing Bosnian Muslims from the state and pushing them into one area, according to the Representative of Bosnia.

2:47 a.m. – The Security Council votes to suspend the meeting for 10 minutes.

20 June 1993 – The crisis in Bosnia has taken an alarming turn. After several weeks, a UN convoy was able to reach the Bosnian Muslim city of Tuzla where it found 600 Bosnian Serbs who had been living in the city when they were evidently killed in a revenge attack by the Bosnian Muslims. Previously, the two groups had been able to live in relative harmony possibly due to the presence of UN forces delivering aid. Additionally, the army of Bosnia-Herzegovina forced several Serbian Bosnians to flee after they burned the village of Bratunac; this village was also not a notable military target and was not prioritized by UNPROFOR for observation.

3:10 a.m. – Several Representatives state their condemnation of retaliative violence. The Representative of the United Kingdom condemns the violence while acknowledging the complicated nature of the situation.

3:40 a.m. – “I feel like there are some Draft Resolutions that could be helpful first steps, but are not enough to create effective change in the crisis in Bosnia-Herzegovina,” says Representative Hope Weeda of Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Representative also expressed dismay at their lack of voice during certain times during the session. Additionally, Representative Weeda feels that the Security Council has not fulfilled its duties in the protection of peace and security.

3:50 a.m. – Resolution HSC4 becomes available to the body. This Resolution requests strenghtened enforcement of the no-fly zone over Bosnia and that the UN delivers necessary humanitarian aid to besieged cities in Yugoslavia via airlift. Additionally, it authorizes UN peacekeepers to use defensive force when providing humanitarian aid and considers the redeployment of peacekeepers in stable areas near the cities in conflict.

3:53 a.m. – The body moves past debate and brings Resolution HSC4 to a vote.

3:55 a.m. – The Council votes unanimously to pass Resolution HSC4.

3:56 a.m. – The Security Council votes to suspend the meeting.