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Country/entity: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Yugoslavia (former)
Region: Europe and Eurasia
Agreement name: Press release
Date: 23 Oct 1992
Agreement status: Multiparty signed/agreed
Interim arrangement: Yes
Agreement/conflict level: Intrastate/intrastate conflict
Balkan Conflicts (1991 - 1995) (1998 - 2001)
Former Yugoslavia

The disintegration of former Yugoslavia post cold war saw conflicts which became mediated and produced peace agreements in Slovenia (where the brief independence conflict was mediated by the EC Troika in 1991), Croatia (between Croatian and Serb populations 1991-1995), in Bosnia (between Croatian, Serb and Bosniak populations 1992-1995), in Macedonia (where mediation played a key pre-emptive role in preventing large scale conflict in 2001), in Kosovo (between Kosovar Albanians and Serbian population and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), but also between FRY and NATO, 1998-1999), and a conflict in the Presevo Valley (between Albanians in South Serbia and FRY, 2000-2001). The continued fall-out of the disintegration of former Yugoslavia also saw mediated agreement and ultimate dissolution of the Union between Serbia and Montenegro.

Bosnia-Herzegovina

In 1991, after nationalist parties won the first multi-party elections in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, a violent process of disintegration commenced. With its mixed population, Bosnia-Herzegovina became the centre of the following civil war that began in 1992 between the newly formed army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (mostly Muslim Bosniacs), and the parastatal forces of self-declared Bosnian Croat (Herzeg-Bosnia) and Bosnian Serb (Republika Srpska) entities within Bosnia-Herzegovina, supported by Croatia and Serbia, with various, often short-lived, coalitions. The General Framework Agreement (Dayton Peace Agreement), signed in 1995, split the country into two ethno-federal entities, the Bosniak-Croat Federation and the Republika Srpska, and included continued peacekeeping and institutional administration by international actors.

Kosovo

The conflict between Serbs and Kosovar Albanians has a long history and always involved territorial disputes as well as ethno-political, cultural and linguistic factors. The most recent phase of the conflict began in November 1997 when the Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA or UCK) began their campaign for the independence of Kosovo from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY – then Serbia and Montenegro). The subsequent war lasted until the NATO intervention, which undertook bombing campaigns of Belgrade and other places in Serbia during spring 1999. The main agreements solving the conflict were internationally driven and, finally, a UNSC resolution imposed a post-conflict arrangement in the wake of what was essentially a NATO military victory. In February 2008, Kosovo’s parliament declared independence, but independence is still internationally disputed.
Stage: Pre-negotiation/process
Conflict nature: Government/territory
Peace process: Bosnia peace process
Parties: Commander of the Staff of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Konjic; Commander of the HVO
Third parties: -
Description: This short agreement provides for commanders in the Prozor municipality to meet and discuss a ceasefire. The two sides agree to form a joint commission to investigate the causes of the fighting, set up joint checkpoints and a military police force, and share intelligence.

Agreement document: BA_921023_Press Release.pdf (opens in new tab) | Download PDF

Groups

Children/youth: No specific mention.
Disabled persons: No specific mention.
Elderly/age: No specific mention.
Migrant workers: No specific mention.
Racial/ethnic/national group: No specific mention.
Religious groups: No specific mention.
Indigenous people: No specific mention.
Other groups: No specific mention.
Refugees/displaced persons: No specific mention.
Social class: No specific mention.

Gender

Women, girls and gender: No specific mention.
Men and boys: No specific mention.
LGBTI: No specific mention.
Family: No specific mention.

State definition

Nature of state (general): No specific mention.
State configuration: No specific mention.
Self determination: No specific mention.
Referendum: No specific mention.
State symbols: No specific mention.
Independence/secession: No specific mention.
Accession/unification: No specific mention.
Border delimitation: No specific mention.
Cross-border provision: No specific mention.

Governance

Political institutions (new or reformed): No specific mention.
Elections: No specific mention.
Electoral commission: No specific mention.
Political parties reform: No specific mention.
Civil society: No specific mention.
Traditional/religious leaders: No specific mention.
Public administration: No specific mention.
Constitution: No specific mention.

Power sharing

Political power sharing: No specific mention.
Territorial power sharing: No specific mention.
Economic power sharing: No specific mention.
Military power sharing: No specific mention.

Human rights and equality

Human rights/RoL general: No specific mention.
Bill of rights/similar: No specific mention.
Treaty incorporation: No specific mention.
Civil and political rights: No specific mention.
Socio-economic rights: No specific mention.

Rights related issues

Citizenship: No specific mention.
Democracy: No specific mention.
Detention procedures: No specific mention.
Media and communication: No specific mention.
Mobility/access: No specific mention.
Protection measures: No specific mention.
Other: No specific mention.

Rights institutions

NHRI: No specific mention.
Regional or international human rights institutions: No specific mention.

Justice sector reform

Criminal justice and emergency law: No specific mention.
State of emergency provisions: No specific mention.
Judiciary and courts: No specific mention.
Prisons and detention: No specific mention.
Traditional Laws: No specific mention.

Socio-economic reconstruction

Development or socio-economic reconstruction: No specific mention.
National economic plan: No specific mention.
Natural resources: No specific mention.
International funds: No specific mention.
Business: No specific mention.
Taxation: No specific mention.
Banks: No specific mention.

Land, property and environment

Land reform/rights: No specific mention.
Pastoralist/nomadism rights: No specific mention.
Cultural heritage: No specific mention.
Environment: No specific mention.
Water or riparian rights or access: No specific mention.

Security sector

Security Guarantees: No specific mention.
Ceasefire: Security sector→Ceasefire→Ceasefire provision
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...It was agreed that the commanders of the warring sides in Prozor municipality would be contacted as soon as possible and asked to cease fire immediately. A joint commission will then be set up to investigate the causes of the fighting...

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...It was also agreed that no unit movements would be allowed in the sector where the incident took place or in the direction of the troubled areas. At the same time, all necessary measures should be taken in the units of the HVO and the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina to avoid clashes between them. To this aim, orders should immediately be issued to the commanders of the basic units not to carry out any combat operations in this connection without the Commander of the Herceg Stjepan Brigade and the Commander of the Staff of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina from Konjic...

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...The Commander of the Staff of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina from Konjic and the Commander of the Herceg Stjepan Brigade also agreed that they would meet more often and that the setting up of joint checkpoints at the exits of the town and in the border areas of the municipality would be agreed on at these meetings. A solution should also be found for manning defence positions with joint forces...
Police: Page 1,
...A solution should also be found for manning defence positions with joint forces. To this aim, intelligence of importance for actions against the common enemy will be exchanged and ways will also be sought of setting up a joint military police...
Armed forces: No specific mention.
DDR: No specific mention.
Intelligence services: Page 1,
...A solution should also be found for manning defence positions with joint forces. To this aim, intelligence of importance for actions against the common enemy will be exchanged and ways will also be sought of setting up a joint military police...
Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces: Page 1,
...It was also agreed that no unit movements would be allowed in the sector where the incident took place or in the direction of the troubled areas. At the same time, all necessary measures should be taken in the units of the HVO and the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina to avoid clashes between them. To this aim, orders should immediately be issued to the commanders of the basic units not to carry out any combat operations in this connection without the Commander of the Herceg Stjepan Brigade and the Commander of the Staff of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina from Konjic...

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...The Commander of the Staff of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina from Konjic and the Commander of the Herceg Stjepan Brigade also agreed that they would meet more often and that the setting up of joint checkpoints at the exits of the town and in the border areas of the municipality would be agreed on at these meetings. A solution should also be found for manning defence positions with joint forces...
Withdrawal of foreign forces: No specific mention.
Corruption: No specific mention.
Crime/organised crime: No specific mention.
Drugs: No specific mention.
Terrorism: No specific mention.

Transitional justice

Transitional justice general: No specific mention.
Amnesty/pardon: No specific mention.
Courts: No specific mention.
Mechanism: No specific mention.
Prisoner release: No specific mention.
Vetting: No specific mention.
Victims: No specific mention.
Missing persons: No specific mention.
Reparations: No specific mention.
Reconciliation: No specific mention.

Implementation

UN signatory: No specific mention.
Other international signatory: No specific mention.
Referendum for agreement: No specific mention.
International mission/force/similar: No specific mention.
Enforcement mechanism: No specific mention.
Related cases: No specific mention.
Source: ICTY Court Records, Prlic et. al trial exhibit 2D00798.E
http://icr.icty.org/

PRESS RELEASE

The latest situation in Prozor municipality, where fighting broke out between some units of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Croatian Defence Council, has caused much anxiety among the residents of Konjic municipality.

Aware of the seriousness of the situation and the real possibility that this conflict situation might spread to our municipality, the commanders of the units of the Croatian Defence Council from Konjic and of the Staff of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina from Konjic met on 23 October 1992 and agreed on several key issues that will help avoid all undesirable consequences and create the conditions for more successful and effective cooperation and actions against the common enemy in the future.

It was agreed that the commanders of the warring sides in Prozor municipality would be contacted as soon as possible and asked to cease fue immediately.

A joint commission will then be set up to investigate the causes of the fighting.

It was also agreed that no unit movements would be allowed in the sector where the incident took place or in the direction of the troubled areas.

At the same time, all necessary measures should be taken in the units of the HVO and the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina to avoid clashes between them.

To this aim, orders should

immediately be issued to the commanders of the basic units not to carry out any combat operations /?in this connection/ without the Commander of the Herceg Stjepan Brigade and the Commander of the Staff of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina from Konjic.

The Commander of the Staff of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina from Konjic and the Commander of the Herceg Stjepan Brigade also agreed that they would meet more often and that the setting up of joint checkpoints at the exits of the town and in the border areas of the municipality would be agreed on at these meetings.

A solution should also be found for manning defence positions with joint forces.

To this aim, intelligence of importance for actions against the common enemy will be exchanged and ways will also be sought of setting up a joint military police.

Commander of the Staff of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Konjic

/signed and stamped/

Commander of the HVO

/signed and stamped/