ABSTRACT
The regime in Belgrade launched a new land-grabbing operation on the pretext that Serbs in Bosnia had right to "self-determination" and did not recognize the internal republican borders established by Marshal Jozef Broz Tito. Yugoslav army units, supplemented by troops evacuated from Croatia and by nationalist guerrillas infiltrated from Serbia and Montenegro, began a major offensive across Bosnia-Hercegovina. The Croatian authorities in western Hercegovina formed their own army and government structure while pledging allegiance to the government of Alia Izetbegovic in Sarajevo. The UN and European Community endeavored to provide humanitarian assistance to the besieged residents of Sarajevo and other Bosnian cities. Economic conditions severely worsened as impact of UN sanctions, imposed in May because of Belgrade's involvement in Bosnia, began to be felt. The Hungarian minority in Voj vodina pushed toward greater autonomy and warned about the forcible resettlement of Serbs in Hungarian areas.
