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...northwest and central Bosnia during the past week. U.N. officials now say Muslims and Croats control more than half of the country and are still pressing forward. Although Holbrooke's peace plan calls for a cease-fire agreement by September 25, Stiglmayer reports that Bosnia's Foreign Minister Muhamed Sacirbey told reporters today that the fighting would continue, since he does not want to give the Serbs a chance to retrench. Stiglmayer notes: "Sacirbey thinks that negotiations will stretch into October, but an agreement will be signed after that...
Whatever its strategy may be, the government plainly does not retain much hope for protection from the U.N. "We cannot live through another winter of siege," Bosnian Foreign Minister Muhamed Sacirbey told reporters in Vienna. Britain and France, the main contributors to the U.N. military force in Bosnia, reacted with dismay. French President Jacques Chirac, on his first visit to Washington since taking office, cautioned Sarajevo that an offensive "would be a grave error." He joined Bill Clinton in an appeal to the Bosnians for a cease-fire...
Speakers will include David Rieff, author of Slaughterhouse: Bosnia and The Failure of the West;His Excellency Muhamed Sacirbey, Bosnian ambassador to the United Nations; Stephen Walker, executive director of the American Committee to Save Bosnia; and several representatives of other human rights groups...
Bosnian officials had lobbied for a resolution that would spell out tougher action and lift the arms embargo on their country. By focusing solely on the delivery of humanitarian aid and making no reference to Serbian aggression, said Ambassador Muhamed Sacirbey, the measure will only "fatten up Bosnians before the slaughter...