17th anniversary of Dayton Agreement

BELGRADE Wednesday marks 17 years since the initialing of the Dayton Agreement which ended the three-year war in Bosnia-Herzegovina. This took place at the U.S. Air Force base of Wright-Patterson, near the town of Dayton, Ohio, and marked the end of the war that broke out in the spring of 1992. 17th anniversary of Dayton Agreement The agreement was initialed on this day in 1995 by the leaders of Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia - Alija Izetbegovic, Slobodan Milosevic, and Franjo Tudjman - none of whom are today among the living. Chief U.S. mediator in the process and "the architect" of the deal, Richard Holbrooke, has also died in the meantime. The original document has been lost, and after the Bosnian parliament requested a new copy, France sent a certified copy of the document, whose translation was commissioned by the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats. The Dayton Agreement, i.e. the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was formally signed at the Elysee Palace in Paris on December 14, 1995. Thus Bosnia officially became a state with two entities - the Serb Republic (RS) and the Muslim-Croat Federation (FBiH). The latter entity is further subdivided into cantons. The day is marked in RS as a non-working national holiday. However, the Federation does not mark November 21 as its holiday. L-R: Milosevic, Izetbegovic, Tudjman (FoNet, file) B92 Tanjug

17th anniversary of Dayton Agreement

The agreement was initialed on this day in 1995 by the leaders of Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia - Alija Izetbegović, Slobodan Milošević, and Franjo Tuđman - none of whom are today among the living.

Chief U.S. mediator in the process and "the architect" of the deal, Richard Holbrooke, has also died in the meantime.

The original document has been lost, and after the Bosnian parliament requested a new copy, France sent a certified copy of the document, whose translation was commissioned by the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats.

The Dayton Agreement, i.e. the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was formally signed at the Elysee Palace in Paris on December 14, 1995.

Thus Bosnia officially became a state with two entities - the Serb Republic (RS) and the Muslim-Croat Federation (FBiH). The latter entity is further subdivided into cantons.

The day is marked in RS as a non-working national holiday.

However, the Federation does not mark November 21 as its holiday.