S/PV.3068 Security Council

The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Following consultations among members of the Security Council, I have been authorized to make the following statement on behalf of the Council: "The Security Council, alarmed by reports on rapid deterioration of the situation in Bosnia Herzegovina, reiterates the appeal in Security Council resolution 749 (1992) to all parties and others concerned in Bosnia Herzegovina to stop the fighting immediately. It invites the Secretary-—General to dispatch urgently to the area his Personal Envoy to act in close cooperation with representatives of the European Community whose current efforts are aimed at stopping the fighting and at bringing ‘about a peaceful solution to the crisis, and to report to the Council.” The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on the agenda. The Council will remain seized of the matter, The meeting rose at 6.25 p.m.