1995
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 12 January | Croatia said she would not renew UNPROFOR mandate after |
| 31 March | UNPROFOR would then have three months to withdraw. |
| 30 January | Zagreb-4 plan presented to Croatian Government and Knin-based 'RSK' leadership. Drawn up by EU, UN, US and Russian representatives, the plan aimed to bring a political settlement to the conflict in Croatia. 'RSK' refused to consider it until guarantees were received of UNPROFOR's presence beyond 31 March. President Milosevic refused to receive Z4 ambassadors. |
| 5 February | US convened a meeting in Munich in support of the Bosniac/Croat Federation. A nine-point aid plan was announced and Muslim and Croat officials agreed to the appointment of an arbiter for Muslim/Croat disputes. |
| 8 February | 'RSK' Assembly suspended all economic and political negotiations with Croatia until she reversed her decision on terminating the UNPROFOR mandate. |
| 13 February | International Criminal Tribunal indicted 21 Serbs for genocide. 'RS' President refused to allow extradition of anyone. 'FRY' ruled that alleged 'FRY' war criminals must be tried there. |
| 20 February | 'RS' and 'RSK' announced a Joint Defence Council. |
| 6 March | EU adopted negotiating mandate for Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and Croatia, but made start of the negotiations dependent on continued UN presence in Croatia. |
| 8–10 March | Zubak and Ganic, in Bonn, signed the Petersburg Agreement on the implementation of the Bosniac/Croat Federation. |
| 12 March | President Tudjman announced that a reconfigured UN force could remain on Croatian soil. |
| 31 March | Security Council Resolutions 981, 982 and 983 were adopted unanimously. 981 set up UNCRO (Confidence Restoration Operation) in Croatia; 982 renewed UNPROFOR mandate in Bosnia; 983 transformed UNPROFOR in the Republic of Macedonia to UNPREDEP (UN Preventive Deployment Force). All three new mandates were to run until 30 November 1995. |
| 1 May | Start of the Croatian offensive, Operation Flash, to retake western Slavonia. Croatian Serbs responded by shelling, and detained some UN personnel. |
| 3 May | UN-brokered ceasefire agreement signed by Croatia and Croatian Serb representatives . |
| 24–26 May | In response to high levels of shelling and shooting, Lieutenant-General Rupert Smith, UNPROFOR Commander for Bosnia, issued ultimatums: 'RS' to stop firing into the Sarajevo exclusion zone; to return heavy weapons removed from UN collection point by noon on 25 May; and, by 26 May, to remove all heavy weapons from the exclusion zone or put them under UN control. |
| 8 June | US House of Representatives voted for unilateral lifting of arms embargo. |
| 9 June | Carl Bildt, a former Swedish Prime Minister, to succeed Lord Owen as Co- Chairman of the ICFY Steering Committee. |
| 16 June | United Nations Security Council Resolution 998 authorised increase in UNPROFOR personnel by up to 12,500 to reinforce existing forces and create Rapid Reaction Force (RRF). China and Russia abstained. |
| 18 June | UNPROFOR withdrew from weapon-collection points and observation posts in Sarajevo's 20 km exclusion zone. |
| 20 June | NATO requested UN permission for air strike on Banja Luka airport in response to violations of NFZ by Bosnian Serbs. |
| 2 July | UN HQ at Sarajevo shelled by Bosnian Serbs. |
| 3 July | UN convoy on Mount Igman fired at and returned fire. |
| 8 July | 'RS' forces moved into Srebrenica safe area. |
| 9 July | 'RS' forces overran Srebrenica UN posts, capturing UN troops. UN threatened to call for air strikes if Bosnian Serb forces moved closer. |
| 11 July | NATO air strikes. 'RS' threatened to kill UN hostages. 'RS' forces took Srebrenica. |
| 12 July | UN and EU demanded Bosnian Serb withdrawal from Srebrenica. |
| 19 July | 'RSK' and forces of Fikret Abdic, a Muslim separatist leader, attacked Bihac region. |
| 21 July | Meeting of EU, UN, NATO, Contact Group and other UN troop contributors held in London to discuss response to Serb attacks on safe areas |
| 22 July | Presidents Tudjman and Izetbegovic met in Split. Agreement signed on joint defence and implementation of the Bosniac/Croat Federation. |
| 23 July | UK, US and French representatives delivered ultimatum to Ratko Mladic, commander of the 'RS' army: attacking Gorazde or putting UN lives at risk there would lead to extensive air strikes. |
| 25 July | International Criminal Tribunal indicted Karadzic and Mladic for genocide and Martic for war crimes. Bosnian Serb forces entered Zepa. |
| 26 July | UN Secretary-General delegated his authority for air strikes to UNPROFOR Commander Bernard Janvier. US Senate voted to lift embargo on Bosnia if UN decided to withdraw or Bosnian Government requested UN withdrawal. |
| 27 July | Tadeusz Mazowiecki, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights, resigned, saving he could not participate in pretence of protection of human rights. Abdic declared himself President of the 'Independent Republic of Western Bosnia'. |
| 28 July | 'RS' and 'RSK' both declared state of war on their enemies. |
| 29–30 July | Akashi talked to President Tudjman and 'President' Martic with the aim of averting a Croatian offensive against 'RSK'. |
| 1 August | NATO agreed to use theatre-wide air power to protect safe areas. |
| 3 August | UN-brokered talks in Geneva, between Croatian Government and 'RSK' leaders, broke down. |
| 4 August | Croatia launched Operation Storm, which rapidly retook Sectors North and South. The majority of Serbs fled via Bosnia into Serbia, where tens of thousands have settled in Vojvodina. Smaller numbers agreed to move to Kosovo. |
| 7 August | Bosnian Government forces gained control of Abdic's stronghold in the Bihac region. |
| 10 August | US President Clinton's National Security Adviser, Anthony Lake, began four-day trip to London, Bonn, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Moscow and Ankara to outline new US peace initiative, based on the existing Contact Group map. |
| 28 August | Bosnian Serb mortar attack killed 37 civilians in Sarajevo. |
| 29 August | 'RS' Assembly welcomed US initiative. |
| 30 August | NATO and RRF began air strikes on 'RS' military targets in response to 28 August mortar attack on Sarajevo. 'RS' and 'FRY' leaderships announced that joint negotiating team, led by President Milosevic who would have casting vote, would consider US peace plan. |
| 8 September | Bosnian, Croatian and 'FRY' Foreign Ministers met in Geneva and reached agreement on basic principles including 1) Bosnia-Hercegovina would continue its legal existence with its present borders and continuing international recognition; 2) it would consist of two entities, each with the right to establish parallel special relationships with neighbouring countries, consistent with the territorial integrity of Bosnia. |
| 14 September | 12-hour pause agreed in the NATO/RRF strike campaign to allow for US envoy Richard Holbrooke, Mladic and President Milosevic to conclude a 'Framework for a Cessation of Hostilities Agreement'. Strikes were suspended for 72 hours to allow withdrawal of Serb heavy weapons from Sarajevo exclusion zone. Within 24 hours, airport and humanitarian routes into city were to be opened; within 144 hours the weapons withdrawal was to be completed. |
| 22 September | Croatia revoked the refugee status of all persons from areas of Bosnia held by the Federation. |
| 26 September | Bosnian, Croatian and 'FRY' Foreign Ministers met in New York and agreed that Bosnia would have a central presidency, parliament and constitutional court. Parliament was to be composed of one-third 'RS' delegates and two- thirds Federation delegates. Within the presidency, voting would be by majority but the results could be blocked by parliaments of the entities. Provision was made for holding internationally-supervised elections. |
| 3 October | Attempt to assassinate President Kiro Gligorov of Macedonia. |
| 1 November | Bosnian, Croatian and 'FRY/RS' delegations, plus the Contact Group countries, met for talks in Dayton, Ohio. |
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