The dual key would prove to be a frustrating impediment to protecting the Bosnians, but it marked another step in the long, tortuous process of moving Europe and the UN to a more aggressive posture.

• 双钥体制将被证明是对保护波斯尼亚人的一个阻碍，但它标志着在推动欧洲和联合国采取更积极态度的漫长而又艰辛的过程中又前进了一步。