Bosnia
On January 12, 1993, United Nations' officials reported increased shelling of the Bosnian capital Sarajevo, despite earlier calls for a cease-fire. The same day The New York Times published conclusions from a report commissioned by the U.S. Agency for International Development, stating that the U.N.'s Bosnian relief effort was largely a failure and charging that U.N. policies "were clearly failing to prevent genocide." Herb Block's shocking image of a Bosnian woman and child lying dead in their own blood underscored the brutality of the Yugoslav Wars (1991-2001). He blamed both Milosevic Serbians and world leaders by showing the woman impaled on a knife as well as an umbrella.
On January 12, 1993, United Nations' officials reported increased shelling of the Bosnian capital Sarajevo, despite earlier calls for a cease-fire. The same day The New York Times published conclusions from a report commissioned by the U.S. Agency for International Development, stating that the U.N.'s Bosnian relief effort was largely a failure and charging that U.N. policies "were clearly failing to prevent genocide." Herb Block's shocking image of a Bosnian woman and child lying dead in their own blood underscored the brutality of the Yugoslav Wars (1991-2001). He blamed both Milosevic Serbians and world leaders by showing the woman impaled on a knife as well as an umbrella.