bosnia Flashcards
Lisbon agreement
Feb 1992, rejected March 1992
Significance: The notion of a Bosnian state divided politically and terrirotially became a common feature in the international peace plans throughout the peace process
Start of Bosnian War
6 April + siege of sarajevo
Serb forces atrocities stats (2) and Locations
700k- 1 mill Bosniaks expelled from their homes
From April- Aug 1992, non serb population was reduced from 54% to 36%
Omarska camp
UNPROFOR date and resolution number, statistic for humanitarian aid
8 June 1992
Resolution 758
July 1992- Jan 1993: Humanitarian airlift brought in under UNPROFOR brought in 2476 aircraft carrying 28k tons of food, medicines and other relief goods
Maritime Monitor/Maritime Guard/ Sharp Guard (NATO)
16 July 1992/ 22 Nov 1992/ 15 June 1993
ICFY + which market attacked after
Aug 1992, Alipasino Market Shelled 30 Aug
Conference stressed respect for individual rights as embodied in existing internatinoal conventions etc
Sky Monitor/ Deny flight + significance
16 Oct 1992/ 12 April 1993
shot down 4 jets under DEny flight in 28 Feb 1994
Croatian atrocities
Battle in Prozor between HVO and ARBiH –> called Prozor “ethnically pure”
Vance Owen Plan
Jan - may 1993 –> actually intensified the fighting
Owen Stoltenburg
july 1993
Washington Agreement
Feb-March 1994
US piled pressure upon Croatia and Tudman, forcing him to stop aiding Bosnian Croats
Contact Group
April 1994.
Serbs rejected its as an American Diktat. Suffered from serious internal division that undermined its approach to mediation
Siege of Goradze significance with regards to NATO
NATO launched its first close air support mission, bombing several serb targets at the request of its UN commanders
Srebrenica Massacre
July 1995, UNPROFOR retreated, Serbs killed 8k Muslim males in 1 week .
Aug 1995: Launched a mortat shell at the Sarajevo marketplace killing 37 people
Operation Deliberate Force
Aug 1995- Sept 1995
Sustained air campaign to kill off military capabilities of the Bosnian serbs
338 military installations belonging to Bosnian Serbs were hit
14 Sept: Serbs agreed to participate in peace talks
Operation Desert Storm
Aug 1995
Clinton authorised a private company to use retired US military personnel to improve and train the croatian army. Croatian army took Praajina with little resistance
First defeat for the Serbs in 4 years, changed the balance of power on the gorund and the psychology of all parties
Dayton Accords
Peace process led by US. Signed 14 Dec 1995.
Preserved Bosnia as a single state made of 2 parts, Bosniak-Croat federation and the Bosnian Serb republic
