41. The western alliance, along with the United Nations, has laid down three main conditions which the Bosnian Serbs must meet if they are to avoid further airstrikes. 42. The United Nations will not be intimidated by a Bosnian Serb decision to seize UN peacekeepers to prevent further NATO airstrikes, a UN official said here Friday. 43. Three French UN peacekeepers were shown by Bosnian Serb television late Sunday being held as human shields against further NATO airstrikes. 44. UNPROFOR warned Serb forces that further airstrikes could follow if military operations against the safe area continued. 45. Janvier met Mladic on Friday at Zvornik in eastern Bosnia for talks aimed at forging an agreement to ward off further NATO airstrikes on Serb positions. 46. Kinkel said further airstrikes would also endanger the UN troops. 47. Maintaining Sarajevo heavy weapons exclusion zone and open routes into the capital is the threat of further airstrikes should the Serbs break their pledge. 48. Russian President Boris Yeltsin offered Friday to intervene to halt the hostilities in Bosnia on condition that NATO refrained from further airstrikes. 49. The captives were taken to head off further airstrikes. |
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