Bosnian War
Darrell Hosford
Robert Art
Intro to International Relations
11/15/12
The U.N’s attempt at peace in Bosnia
In this essay the question that I am going to answer is “Was the United Nations effective in its activities in the Bosnian War?” I am going to show that the U.N was not effective in the activities regarding Bosnia Herzegovina by first providing background on the cause of the war. I will then talk about the U.N’s beginning mandate and the formation of UNPROFOR and how they have attempted to aid Bosnia. That will transition into different perspectives on the U.N’s effectiveness in this world. I will end my paper with the resolution for the Bosnian war and finally conclude with a summary of the essay.
Yugoslavia was once a country that bordered Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Albania. In the 1990’s there were a lot of disputes with Yugoslavia from the U.S and Germany. The U.S wanted Yugoslavia to break up because they “were interested in the more recently established states” (Mahiras) because they controlled key routes through the Balkan Mountains. Germany was interested because as territory of its “vital interest” Slovenia and Croatia.” In order to obtain this goal the U.S decided to give Yugoslavia and ultimatum that was backed by Germany, and other countries that the U.S “influenced”, the ultimatum was that “If Yugoslavia did not announce multi-party elections, it would face economic isolation.” This was the ultimate cause of Yugoslavia’s dismemberment into six different republics which included Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina. The individual states turned countries sovereignty would be put to the test in the Bosnian war.
In each separate republic of what was formerly known as Yugoslavia they had a majority ethnic group. This, however, was not the case of Bosnia, Bosnia in 1991 “Muslims comprised 44% of the population, Serbs 31%, and Croats 18% with
Robert Art
Intro to International Relations
11/15/12
The U.N’s attempt at peace in Bosnia
In this essay the question that I am going to answer is “Was the United Nations effective in its activities in the Bosnian War?” I am going to show that the U.N was not effective in the activities regarding Bosnia Herzegovina by first providing background on the cause of the war. I will then talk about the U.N’s beginning mandate and the formation of UNPROFOR and how they have attempted to aid Bosnia. That will transition into different perspectives on the U.N’s effectiveness in this world. I will end my paper with the resolution for the Bosnian war and finally conclude with a summary of the essay.
Yugoslavia was once a country that bordered Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Albania. In the 1990’s there were a lot of disputes with Yugoslavia from the U.S and Germany. The U.S wanted Yugoslavia to break up because they “were interested in the more recently established states” (Mahiras) because they controlled key routes through the Balkan Mountains. Germany was interested because as territory of its “vital interest” Slovenia and Croatia.” In order to obtain this goal the U.S decided to give Yugoslavia and ultimatum that was backed by Germany, and other countries that the U.S “influenced”, the ultimatum was that “If Yugoslavia did not announce multi-party elections, it would face economic isolation.” This was the ultimate cause of Yugoslavia’s dismemberment into six different republics which included Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina. The individual states turned countries sovereignty would be put to the test in the Bosnian war.
In each separate republic of what was formerly known as Yugoslavia they had a majority ethnic group. This, however, was not the case of Bosnia, Bosnia in 1991 “Muslims comprised 44% of the population, Serbs 31%, and Croats 18% with
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