The arrest of Ratko Mladic has revived traumatic memories for victims of the wars that followed the break-up of Yugoslavia. The cruelty of warfare has left deep scars on many people's lives.
RNW's Eric Beauchemin went to the Balkans in 1996 and spoke to people whose lives were wrecked by ethnic strife, ruthless nationalism and warfare.
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It is tragic that much of the good work reported on here is no longer being carried out. We at the CWWPP (www.cwwpp.org) are one of the very few organizations still doing it either in Croatia or in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Most people with whom we speak on the ground decry the abandonment of the region by the international community. The problems have not been solved by any means, this 16 years after the end of the war. I am very much afraid that, by the inaction and lack of attention to the problems reported on here, the ground is being prepared for the next conflict. Only long-term programs of healing and reconciliation will begin to solve these problems and simply declaring that the situation has been solved is a political answer, not a human one.
It is tragic that much of the good work reported on here is no longer being carried out. We are one of the very few organizations still doing it. Most people with whom we speak on the ground decry the abandonment of the region by the international community. The problems have not been solved by any means, this 16 years after the war ended. I am very much afraid that, by the inaction and lack of attention to the problems reported on here, the ground is being prepard for the next conflict.
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