Humanitarian Intervention: Effectiveness of U.N. Operations in Bosnia
(Briefing Report, 04/13/94, GAO/NSIAD-94-156BR).

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.

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 REPORTNUM:  NSIAD-94-156BR
     TITLE:  Humanitarian Intervention: Effectiveness of U.N. Operations 
             in Bosnia
      DATE:  04/13/94
   SUBJECT:  Logistics
             International organizations
             International relations
             Military intervention
             International cooperation
             Warfare
             United Nations
             Operations analysis
             Federal aid to foreign countries
             Political rights
IDENTIFIER:  Yugoslavia
             Bosnia
             Sarajevo (Bosnia)
             Gorazde (Bosnia)
             Serbia
             Croatia
             Slovenia
             Bihac (Bosnia)
             Geneva (Switzerland)
             
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