Written Replies of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to Questions put by Judges at the Hearing of 26 August 1993

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Answers on the quest~ons put on 26 August 1993 by

Judges Bola Ajibola and 2. Lauterpacht.

To the President and mernbers of the Court ,

I have the honour to submitt the following answers;

a) In reply to Judge 3ola ~jibola's question

The Government of the F ~ of ~u~osl~via has not di-
~ected or supported ~ny ~ilit~ry ,paramilit~ry or irre~ular

~rmed units to commit ~ny acts of çenocide, of conspiracy

~o commit genocide,of direct ~nd ?Ublic incit~ent ~o commit
~enocide,or of complicity in genocide,1~hether directed ngoinst

the )~slim population of Josnia and ~erzegovinn or agninst

any ether national, ethnical , racial or reli~ious group.
Th~re ?>:"l' no org.:lnizations or persans ,,·hich o.re subject

to the control , direction, or i~fluence of the ~1 of Yugo-

slavia to commit ~entioned acts.
The general policy of the ~ ~ of Yugoslavia has olways

been the finding of a peoceful ,:;olution occent;:Jble to all three

parties of the Former Yugoslav ~epublic of Bosnia and rierze­
govina • ~ollowin~ its general policy the Government of the F R

of Yugoslavio has taken the following steps.

'I'he Yug:oslav Governrnent :w s tnken the r.10st restrictive

r~easures in relation ta the regime ~nd control of tr~nsport of
the passen!!ers and goods nc::2ss the frontiers b1~t't~ee tne F ;:.

of Yugoslavia and -~e-puiJ •"boutc~ 400 .oo o kreaugess have
round refuge in the f rt of Yugoslavia , from the former Yugoslvv

'"e-pu b1i c of Ba sni a a nd :::erz ego v ina , af ,.,hom 100. 000 ~a ~er sons

of non-Serb origin, omong them 3i.COO muslirns. On all the Yugoslvv
military airports üN monitors are posted, on the proposal of the

Government of the F R of Yugoslavia. The Government of the F R

of Yugoslavia provides secure passage to the ü~~TIOFOR units and
to the trucks with humanitarian aid of the United Nations High

Commissioner for Refugees , the International Red Cross , and

other international organizations , \o;hich are directed to the

areas under the control of the authorities of the so-ca11ed
Republic of Bosnia nad Herzegovina , and has made available all

facilities for transportation , receipt and storage of the L

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correspon d~ng goods. The Federal -·epubl~c of Yugoslavia

actively participates in ~eacefun le~o~iatio n s the Geneva

Conference on Former Yugoslovia. Ln the invitation of the

Co-r:residen"ts of the Conference on the i'ormer "iu.t;oslavia,
the rresident of the !-;epublic of 3eroia :-:r. s. :-iilo.Sevié

and the President of the ...:.:epublic nf ~-iontenegr~ o--f~ r-.1 lula­

tovié are contributing in findin~ peaceful solu~ion accentohle

to oll three par~ies.

7he ?resident of the ? ~ of Yu~oslavia ,the Presiden~

of the ~1:.euubl oifc Serbia and the rresidenl: of the -~epublic

of :-!ontenegro ta .t;e"".:':l;'lith the Greek ; rime .:·ü.:1ister personally
addressed the ..:O..ssenbly or' the J.enublic Srpska on the !r th

and 5 th of :-lay ia i.'ale , su.g:::;esl:in.g t:he Vnnce -C,..-en plon oe

accepted in arder tc stop inter-ethnie and interreligious

bloodshed.

b) In reply to Judge Lauterpacht's quest:ion:

The reply is cont~ined in the Observations of F ~l

of Yugoslavia d~ted ~3 -~ugust 1993 ~~ pages 13 ~o 16 in

paragraphs 2C to 2~.

The î~ague, 27 Au~ust 1993

_\gent of the 2ederal H.epublic of Yugoslavia