United Nations Security Council resolution 770, adopted on 13 August 1992, after reaffirming previous
resolutions on the topic, including
Resolution 743 (1992),
Resolution 749 (1992),
Resolution 761 (1992) and
Resolution 764 (1992), the Council recognised the humanitarian situation in
Sarajevo and other areas in
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
After determining the situation constituted a threat to international peace and security, the resolution was to be passed under
Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter
Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter sets out the UN Security Council's powers to maintain peace. It allows the Council to "determine the existence of any threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression" and to take military an ...
, the first resolution invoking Chapter VII on the case of the
former Yugoslavia.
The Council demanded that all parties and others concerned in Bosnia and Herzegovina stop the fighting immediately, urging unimpeded and continuous access to all camps, prisons and detention centres for the
International Committee of the Red Cross. It also called upon Member States, nationally or through international agencies, to facilitate the delivery of
humanitarian aid
Humanitarian aid is material and logistic assistance to people who need help. It is usually short-term help until the long-term help by the government and other institutions replaces it. Among the people in need are the homeless, refugees, and ...
to Sarajevo and others areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina, further requiring them to report to the Secretary-General
Boutros Boutros-Ghali on the measures they have taken.
The resolution requested the Secretary-General to keep the situation under review to consider possible new measures to ensure the unimpeded delivery of humanitarian supplies, demanding all parties to guarantee the safety of United Nations and other humanitarian workers in the country.
Resolution 770 was adopted by twelve votes to none, with three
abstention
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s from
China
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, India and
Zimbabwe.
See also
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Breakup of Yugoslavia
The breakup of Yugoslavia occurred as a result of a series of political upheavals and conflicts during the early 1990s. After a period of political and economic crisis in the 1980s, constituent republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...
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Bosnian War
The Bosnian War ( sh, Rat u Bosni i Hercegovini / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. The war is commonly seen as having started ...
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Croatian War of Independence
The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between Croat forces loyal to the Government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY)—and the Serb-controlled Yugosl ...
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List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 701 to 800 (1991–1993)
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Slovenian Independence War
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Yugoslav Wars
References
External links
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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
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