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THE WEEK, Page 26WORLDUpping the Pressure On Serbian Aggression
A revolting massacre stirs the international community at last
Finally, impelled by scenes of civilian slaughter in
Sarajevo, the U.S. and its European allies went to work last week
to impose economic sanctions on Serbia. The Serbs, who fill the
ranks of both regular and irregular forces, are now seen as the
main aggressors in the war in the ruins of Yugoslavia.
Though the Serbs make up only a third of the population of
Bosnia-Herzegovina, they are, says U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia
Warren Zimmermann, "trying to take over two-thirds of the
country." In their campaign to carve out a Greater Serbia and
expel Croats and Slavic Muslims, the Serbs have created hundreds
of thousands of refugees; Serbs have been pushed out by Croats
and Muslims in response. U.N. Secretary-General Boutros
Boutros-Ghali said it was the largest uprooting of population
"in Europe since the Second World War."
In Brussels the European Community imposed limited
economic sanctions on the rump Yugoslav state at midweek. The
Serbian Orthodox Church said it was "openly distancing itself"
from the government in Belgrade. Then came the revolting images
of death in Sarajevo's marketplace and the U.S., Britain and
France pressed the U.N. Security Council to impose full,
mandatory sanctions.
Russia and China, who are permanent members of the
Council, had been reluctant to go along with the sanctions plan.
Its measures range from a complete trade embargo, including oil
shipments, to cutting air links and freezing Serbian assets
abroad. After quiet negotiations, the Security Council passed
the resolution Saturday. Even so, no one was predicting that
Serbia and its hard-nosed President Slobodan Milosevic would
quickly move to end the bloodshed.