Country/entity

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Yugoslavia (former)

Region

Europe and Eurasia

Agreement name

Protocol

Date

8 Aug 1992

Agreement status

Multiparty signed/agreed

Interim arrangement

Yes

Agreement/conflict level

Intrastate/local 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.

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Balkan Conflicts (1991 - 1995) (1998 - 2001)

Stage

Pre-negotiation/process

Conflict nature

Government/territory

Peace process

Bosnia Local peace processes

Parties

HVO representatives: 1. Josip BORO 2. Marko FRANKOVIC 3. Vinko ANTUNOVIC 4. Josip KRISTIC
Representatives of the Muslim people: Ejob Mujic [did not sign], Senaid DURAKOVIC

Third parties

For the BH Presidency: Franjo BORAS

Description

This short agreement provides for further talks between the HVO and units of the Kiseljak Territorial Defence. It provides for a mutual suspension of hostilities, and the parties agree to remove barricades across the municipality.

Agreement document

BA_920808_Protocol.pdf (opens in new tab) | Download PDF

Local agreement properties

Process type

Isolated example

Rationale

This agreement appears to be the result of an ad-hoc meeting between municipal representatives to address the immediate issue of barricades and conflict between units of the Territorial Defence and the HVO in the Kiseljak area on the 7 and 8 of August 1992, but not linked to any wider talks. Extensive searches have not produced any publicly-available evidence to suggest that there was a prior or clear practice of signing agreements in the area.

Is there a documented link to a national peace process?

Yes

Link to national process: articulated rationale

The agreement states that 'During further talks, both sides will in a civilised and peaceful manner and in the spirit of the Agreement on Friendship and Cooperation signed by the republics of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina in Zagreb on 21 July 1992, reach an agreement on the following matters within three days at most:...'. The agreement was also signed in the presence of a member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency, Franjo Boras.

Name of Locale

Kiseljak

Nature of Locale

Region

GPS Lat/Long (DD)

43.943040, 18.077390

Participant type

Central state actor
Local armed group
Local community/civilian group(s)/civil society organisations

Mediator, facilitator or similar

No mention of mediator or similar

Local issues

Ritual/prayer and process (including use of scripture)

No specific mention.

Grievance List

No specific mention.

Cattle rustling/banditry

No specific mention.

Social cover

No specific mention.

PROTOCOL

from the talks held on 8 August 1992, in the premises of the former JNA Hall in Kiseljak, starting at 1550 hours and attended by:

a) representatives of the Muslim people in Kiseljak:

1. Ejup MUJIC

2. Senaid DURAKOVIC, SDA President

b) representatives of the Croatian people in Kiseljak:

1. Josip BORO, HVO President

2. Marko FRANKOVIC, HDZ President

3. Vinko ANTUNOVIC, Head of the Office for People's Defence

4. Josip KRISTIC, Head of the Land Registry.

The meeting was held in the presence of Franjo BORAS, member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The subject of the talks was the conflicts between units of the Territorial Defence and the HVO on 7 and 8 August 1992.

IT WAS AGREED

I. A mutual suspension of hostilities will take effect at 1730 hours on 8 August 1992.

II. Both parties agree that the present military and civilian situation must be restored to what it was four days ago, on 4 August 1992.

1. All barricades in the area of Kiseljak Municipality which obstruct free traffic of persons, goods and other traffic are to be removed by 1900 hours on 8 August 1992 at the latest.

III. During further talks, both sides will in a civilised and peaceful manner and in the spirit of the Agreemell:

t on Friendship and Cooperation signed by the republics of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina in Zagreb on 21 July 1992, reach the agreement on the following matters, within three days at most:

- the number of checkpoints and their mixed composition,

- a mixed commission to visit the whole municipal area to determine the military activities of both parties.

- agree on the display of emblems in public places.

IV. The next meeting, which should resolve disputed issues mentioned in section ill, will start at 1000 hours on 10 August 1992.

The meeting will be held in the small meeting room in the building of Kiseljak Municipal Assembly.

V. The issue of the arrest of the commander of Kiseljak Municipal Defence Headquarters, Sejo SINANBASIC, should be resolved within 24 hours by the HVO Commander, colonel Tihomir BLASKIC, and the Commander of the BH Armed forces, Sefer HALILOVIC.

For the BH Presidency

Franjo BORAS

HVO representatives:

1. Josip BORO

2. Marko FRANKOVICRepresentatives of the Muslim people

3. Vinko ANTUNOVIC

4. Josip KRISTIC

Representatives of the Muslim people

Senaid DURAKOVIC

Ejub MUJIC