Minutes of The Supreme Defense Council (SSO) 1992-1993. - Evidence of Aggression Against the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Cover Image

Zapisnici Vrhovnog saveta odbrane (VSO) 1992-1993. - dokazi o agresiji na Republiku Bosnu i Hercegovinu
Minutes of The Supreme Defense Council (SSO) 1992-1993. - Evidence of Aggression Against the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Author(s): Meldijana Arnaut Haseljić
Subject(s): History of Law, Military history, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Wars in Jugoslavia, Court case
Published by: Institut za istoriju
Keywords: Supreme Defense Council (SDO); YPA/YA; ARS; aggression; Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Federal Republic of Yugoslavia;

Summary/Abstract: Among the documents that directly link the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) to the aggression against the Republics of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia are the minutes of the Supreme Defense Council (SEC) of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY). The content of these documents is incriminating for the FRY, because it blatantly shows and proves the participation of this state in aggression and the commission of crimes against humanity and international law committed in the territories of the former Yugoslav republics, after the declaration of their independence. The significance of these documents is shown by the designations “state secret” / “military secret” and “top secret” assigned to them. Minutes were kept of the work of the SEC sessions, which together with the materials for the discussion and stenographic notes represented the archival material. These documents unequivocally prove that Yugoslav Army (YA) officers who served in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the armed conflict received salaries and other benefits from the YA personnel center in Belgrade (30th Personnel Center). SEC records also show that the YA provided large- scale logistical assistance to the Republika Srpska Army (RSA) consisting of large quantities of infantry and artillery ammunition, fuel, spare parts, and in conducting training and providing expert assistance to conduct armed operations in the territory of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In this paper, the aim is to use the method of analysis of documents – minutes from the sessions of the SEC to show and prove how the FR Yugoslavia and what type of activity carried out the aggression against the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an independent and sovereign state. The scope of documentary material limits us to the processing of documents by periods, and in this text, we deal with the analysis of the minutes from 1992 and 1993.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 20
  • Page Range: 339-393
  • Page Count: 55
  • Language: Bosnian