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UN INVOLVEMENT IN BOSNIA - HEZERGOVINA How far do sources A-E show that the United Nations efforts in Bosnia-Herzegovina were doomed to fail? Sources L2/3 (Analysis) L4/5 (CK/CR) L4/5 (Tone/Provenance/Purpose/usef ulness) A C- The 1997 UNSC Resolution shows actions taken by UN to ensure that the International Police Task Force can carry out its tasks in Bosnia, such as increasing the staff strength of UNMIBH. B: Shows that even when the UNSC resolutions were passed, it does not mean that the necessary actions were taken by member states to enforce the resolution. The Resolution merely stated the plan of action recommended by the UNSC. It did not show the outcomes of the actions taken, so it is not sufficiently useful for us to evaluate of the efforts were doomed to fail. Purpose of the resolution is to express the will and opinion of the Security Council members , so it is likely to be a reliable source of information about the efforts made by the UNSC to ensure that the earlier efforts of the UN (its mandate set out in 1996 resolution 1088) would be successful B S- Despite the UN Resolutions and invocations of Chapter VII, there was little improvement to the situation because the European powers and the US did not provid e the necessary additional troops to make the operation effective C- Support B’s claim that there were inadequate troops provided to make the operation effective: there was inadequate troops to defend the Bosnian Muslim “safe area” of Srebrenica and other towns Academic journal - likely to have the relevant expertise to assess the contributions of UN in Bosnia, vested interest to tell the truth in order to protect his professional reputation Article is meant for an academic audience and is likely to go through rigorous fact -finding and checking C S- UNSC allowed political considerations to colour their military decisions, which is seen in the inadequate support providing in enforcing peace in the safe areas for Bosnian Muslims B- Biasness of C further highlighted when CR with B, which shows that it was the European powers and US’ reluctance to provide the necessary additional troops that made the operation effective E- supports C’s claim that the fall of Sebrenica was a damaging symbol of UN’s failure at peacekeeping in the era of civil wars, such that even from UN’s perspective, Sebrenica was one of “its worst stumbles” News article written from US perspective Article is biased in favour of US and European powers by highlighting the contributions of US, such as the “American - sponsored Dayton peace agreement” and “NATO -led international military force” and laying the blame on the UN despite the fact that the report that it is writing about is distributed the blame widely Sensationalised the news: “damaging symbol” of UN’s failure, sarcastic tone which noted how self-examination by UN “breaks new groun