| 1. | PROLOGUE |
| 2. | BACKGROUND |
| 3. | BSA OFFENSIVE ON THE SAFE ZONE |
| 3.1. | The Setting |
| 3.2. | July 6th, 1995 |
| 3.3. | July 7th, 1995 |
| 3.4. | July 8th, 1995 |
| 3.5. | July 9th, 1995 |
| 3.6. | July 10th, 1995 |
| 4. | THE FALL OF SREBRENICA SAFE ZONE |
| 5. | EXECUTIONS |
| 6. | MASS GRAVES |
| 7. | HAGUE TRIBUNAL |
| 8. | PERCEPTIONS |
| 9. | REFERENCES |
| 1. | PROLOGUE |
| 2. | BACKGROUND |
| 3. | BSA OFFENSIVE ON THE SAFE ZONE |
| 3.1. | The Setting |
| 3.2. | July 6th, 1995 |
| 3.3. | July 7th, 1995 |
| 3.4. | July 8th, 1995 |
| 3.5. | July 9th, 1995 |
| 3.6. | July 10th, 1995 |
| 4. | THE FALL OF SREBRENICA SAFE ZONE |
| 5. | EXECUTIONS |
| 6. | MASS GRAVES |
| 7. | HAGUE TRIBUNAL |
| 8. | PERCEPTIONS |
| 9. | REFERENCES |
3.1.
The Setting
BSA Offensive on the Safe Zone
January 1995
The strategy of the Bosnian Serb authorities was to render the enclaves unsustainable by limiting supplies of fuel, ammunition and food to UN peacekeepers, which undermined their ability to effectively carry out their duties to the “safe areas”.
January 1995
Safe area
The UN force’s food, medicine, fuel and ammunition reserves began to run dangerously low.
March 1995
Radovan Karadzic, president of the Republika Srpska, issued the “Directive 7”
The Bosnian Serb Army were given approval to create an unbearable situation of total insecurity with no hope of further survival or life for the inhabitants of Srebrenica.
Prelude to genocide
“The language in this widely-distributed military order is shocking in its own right, but it is also remarkable for its similarity to words used in the Genocide Convention of 1948 to identify the third of five acts that constitutes genocide, namely: ‘Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part'.“
- Dr Robert Donia, Historian
June 3rd, 1995
“Jadar 95”
The Drina Corps launched a military operation against the “safe area” of Srebrenica. On June 3rd, Dutch UN soldiers at the observation post “Echo” were forced to leave their position.
June 9th, 1995
Meeting in Split
“I insist that we will never use force and impose our will on the Serbs."
- General Bernard Janvier, the UN Chief Commander in former Yugoslavia
“If we hit them, they will be more cooperative.”
- Rupert Smith, UNPROFOR Commander in Bosnia and Herzegovina
“We must defer to General Janvier as senior commander.”
- Yasushi Akashi, UN Secretary General’s special envoy in the region
July 2nd, 1995
“Krivaja 95”
The 3,000 soldiers from three Drina Corps brigades were equipped with tanks, armoured vehicles, multiple rocket launchers, artillery pieces, anti-aircraft guns and mortars.