Washington Agreement
Type | Ceasefire agreement |
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Signed | 18 March 1994 |
Location | Washington, D.C., United StatesVienna, Austria |
Sealed | 24 March 1994 |
Effective | 30 March 1994 |
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Parties |
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Ratifiers | Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Languages | Bosnian and Croatian |
The Washington Agreement (Croatian: washingtonski sporazum and Bosnian: vašingtonski sporazum) was a ceasefire agreement between the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, signed in Washington, D.C. on 18 March 1994 and Vienna.[1] It was signed by Bosnian Prime Minister Haris Silajdžić, Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granić and President of Herzeg-Bosnia Krešimir Zubak. Under the agreement, the combined territory held by the Croat and Bosnian government forces was divided into ten autonomous cantons, establishing the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and ending the Croat-Bosniak War. The cantonal system was selected to prevent dominance by one ethnic group over another.[2]
The subsequently signed Washington Framework Agreement had the creation of a loose federation (or confederation) between Croatia and Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina as one of its goals.[3]
See also
- Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia
- Croat-Bosniak War
- Bosnian War
- Dayton agreement
- Split Agreement
References
- ^ Bethlehem, Daniel L.; Weller, Marc (1997). The 'Yugoslav' Crisis in International Law. Cambridge International Documents Series. Vol. 5. Cambridge University Press. p. liiv. ISBN 978-0-521-46304-1.
- ^ "Bosnia and Herzegovina". European Commissions. p. 1.
- ^ Lester H. Brune (2003). Chronological History of U.S. Foreign Relations Volume III 1989-2000. Routledge. pp. 1247–1248. ISBN 9780415939171. Retrieved 2013-02-19.
Further reading
- Allcock, John B., Marko Milivojevic, et al. Conflict in the Former Yugoslavia: An Encyclopedia (1998)
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