(21 Jul 1995) Natural Sound
The remaining 308 Dutch peacekeepers have successfully crossed into Serbia from Potocari - the United Nations compound just outside Srebrenica.
They had been held by Bosnian Serbs since the rebels captured the U-N safe haven last week, although the Serbs claimed they were retained neither as hostages nor as prisoners.
The second and last group of Dutch United Nations peacekeepers finally made it over the border to Serbia this morning.
They had been deployed in the former U-N safe haven of Srebrenica, before it was seized by Bosnian Serbs last week.
Bosnian Serb authorities allowed the peacekeepers to leave their base of Potocari, which is just outside Srebrenica, and said they had been held neither as hostages, nor as prisoners.
Driving through Serbia, they moved in a 15 kilometre (nine mile) long convoy of their vehicles and armoured cars.
In total, 220 jeeps, trucks and other vehicles carried more than 300 peacekeepers over the border.
They brought 26 Bosnian personnel with them as the Dutch were afraid they would be harmed if they remained.
Serbian police said all the Dutch peacekeepers have now left Srebrenica.
They first headed towards Belgrade, from where they are due to move onto the U-N headquarters at Zagreb in Croatia, before flying home on Monday.
The Dutch Defence Minister has said that peacekeepers who have already returned home have spoken of atrocities committed by the Serbs including the killing of many people.
The Minister said that now all the Dutch troops have left the area, they will find it easier to talk about what they have witnessed.
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