(16 Sep 1995) English/Nat
Thousands of Muslim protestors gathered outside the United Nations building in New York Saturday to call for a lifting of the arms embargo against Bosnia.
The protest took place as the U-N Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali met with his top officials for former Yugoslavia to discuss what role the United Nations should play if the U-S peace plan for Bosnia succeeds.
Nearly six thousand Muslims from the United States and Canada Saturday marched through Manhattan to rally at the United Nations.
They prayed and chanted, their message quite clear:
SOUNDBITE:
Fighting for survival and freedom and truth can never lose.
SUPER CAPTION: Saffet Catovic, Bosnian Representative
Protestors say they want the United Nations to lift the arms embargo on Bosnia and allow the Muslims to defend themselves.
They say the U-N must share part of the blame for genocide in Bosnia.
SOUNDBITE:
Our brothers and our sisters are crying, our brothers and our sisters in Bosnia are hurting, our brothers and sisters in Bosnia are in pain, our brothers and sisters all over the Muslim world are hurting, we are bleeding.
SUPER CAPTION: Imam Al-Amin Abdul Latif
Muslims across the world have been angered by what they see as the failure of the United Nations to protect their fellow Muslims in Bosnia.
The recent breakthrough in peace talks has failed to allay their fears that the Bosnian Muslims will end up with a less than just settlement.
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