| UNSecurity Council Resolution 941 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Date | 23 September 1994 | |||
| Meeting no. | 3,428 | |||
| Code | S/RES/941 (Document) | |||
| Subject | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||
Voting summary |
| |||
| Result | Adopted | |||
| Security Council composition | ||||
Permanent members | ||||
Non-permanent members | ||||
| ||||
United Nations Security Council resolution 941, adopted unanimously on 23 September 1994, after reaffirming allresolutions on the situation inBosnia and Herzegovina, the Council discussed violations ofinternational humanitarian law inBanja Luka,Bijeljina and other areas of the country.[1]
The security council had received information from theInternational Committee of the Red Cross andUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees about serious violations of international humanitarian law against the non-Serb population in areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina underBosnian Serb control. It expressed concern at the "persistent and systematic campaign of terror" andethnic cleansing perpetrated in Banja Luka, Bijeljina and other areas, as well as the Bosnian Serb refusal to allow the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and theUnited Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) into the areas. It was recognised that theInternational Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) hadjurisdiction in this area and was determined to put an end to the ethnic cleansing.
Acting underChapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the council reminded all parties in the conflict were bound byinternational humanitarian law and specifically theGeneva Conventions of 1949. All violations of these rights, and ethnic cleansing in particular, were strongly condemned. It also reaffirmed that all statements and actions made underduress, especially with regard to territory werenull and void and that all displaced persons should be able to return to their homes.
The resolution demanded that the Bosnian Serbs immediately cease their campaign of ethnic cleansing and that they gave the United Nations access to the areas concerned.[2] The Secretary-GeneralBoutros Boutros-Ghali was urged to ensure that UNPROFOR was deployed to the areas of concern as soon as possible. He was further requested to report on the implementation of the current resolution as soon as possible.
Works related toUnited Nations Security Council Resolution 941 at Wikisource
