A. whereas, on 11 July 1995, the landlocked Bosnian town of Srebrenica, which had been declared a safe area by UN Security Council resolution 819 of 16 April 1993, was captured by Bosnian Serb forces led by General Ratko Mladić, acting under the authority of the then President of the Republika Srpska, Radovan Karadžić;
A. overwegende dat de door land ingesloten Bosnische stad Srebrenica, die in resolutie 819 van 16 april 1993 van de VN-Veiligheidsraad tot veilig gebied was verklaard, op 11 juli 1995 in handen viel van de strijdkrachten van generaal Ratko Mladić, opererend onder verantwoordelijkheid van de toenmalige president van de Republika Srpska, Radovan Karadžić;