Speech #1030001117

In the event that such steps are not taken by irregular forces immediately. every effort. including the use of military air force. should be made to neutralize heavy arms in the hands of such forces. To provide for the immediate. effective. and unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid to all civilian populations in BosniaHercegovina. including through the use of military force. if required. and To gain unimpeded access to all camps. prisons and detention centers in BosniaHercegovina by the International Committee of the Red Cross and other international humanitarian organizations. facilitating the release of all detainees from such facilities. In addition. this resolution calls upon the United States to: Seek an increase in the number of refugees from BosniaHercegovina permitted to enter the United States and other European countries. and to work to ensure that those responsible for war crimes in BosniaHercegovina are held accountable by an international criminal tribunal. Madam Speaker. we cannot remain on the sidelines while such brutality ravages a people. We speak of forming the political and institutional framework for a new world orderyet the events in BosniaHercegovina suggest that the worst of the old order has been carried over by demagogues and megalomaniacs liberated by the end of the cold war.