After the 1991 war, it's been conclusively shown by studies after the fact, including studies the Center for Economic and Social Rights undertook, as well as UNICEF and others, by far the largest aspect of the humanitarian disaster was not from the direct effects of the bombing, but from the bombing of electricity, which then stopped the flow of electricity to the water and sanitation systems.
Après la guerre de 1991, des études ont conclu—même celles du Center for Economic and Social Rights et de l'UNICEF, entre autres—que la plus grande cause du désastre humanitaire ne découlait pas des effets directs des bombardements, mais du pilonnage des centrales électriques qui a eu pour effet de couper l'électricité et l'approvisionnement en eau ainsi que le fonctionnement des systèmes d'assainissement.