September 1993 | Voices from the Drina

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I’ve started thinking in English. They say you’ve mastered a language when you start thinking in it. Here’s hoping.

The UNHCR has evacuated between 8,000 and 9,000 civilians from Srebrenica. This has happened against the objections of the BiH government, who argue that this is only facilitating the process of ‘ethnic cleansing’ being perpetrated by the Serbs.

UNPROFOR captain found out today that @suljagićemir, Senad and I aren’t being paid for our labour. He says this is “unacceptable” and will see that we all get given contracts once he’s back from Tuzla.

UNPROFOR Captain Thobi has returned from Tuzla. Not with contracts, like he promised, but with official UN English language exam papers. @suljagićemir, Senad and I have to pass them if we want to be paid.