January
through
March
December311January
1:
Vinkovciwasattackedbymortarfire.Dec.311Jan.
1:Otocac
wasat-tackedbymortarfire.Dec.311Jan.
1:
AtKucevistenearSkopjethelocalSerbsattackedtheMacedonianpolicewhoremovedtheYugoslavflagandthepicturesofSlobodan
Milosevic,
Zeljko
Raznjatovic
Arkanand
Vojislav
Seselj.Jan.1:Sarajevowasshelled.Threepeoplewerekilledandtwenty-sixwerewounded.Jan.1:1,500employeesofSerbianRadioandTelevisionwerelaidoff(senton'unpaidleave').AccordingtotheChairmanoftheExecutiveCommitteeoftheIndependentRTS(RadioandTelevision)Union,thecriteriafordismissalwerepolitical(unjsuitability,non-Serbiansur-name,andredundancy.Jan.2:TheInternationalConfer-enceonYugoslaviametinGenevaunderthechairmanshipofCyrusVance,envoyoftheUNSecretaryGeneral,andDavidOwen,repre-sentativeoftheEuropeanCommu-nity.TheparticipantsincludesAlijaIzetbegovic,PresidentofthePresi-dencyofBosnia-HerzegovinaandPresidentofthePartyofDemocraticAction(SDA),RadovanKaradzicPresidentofRepublikaSrpskaandPresidentoftheSerbianDemocraticParty(SDS),andMateBobanPresidentofHerceg-BosnaandoftheCroatianDemocraticUnionofBosnia-Herzegovina(HDZB-H).FranjoThdman,Presidentofthe~epublicofCroatia,andDobricaCosic,PresidentoftheFederalRe-publicofYugoslavia,alsoattendedtheConference.TheConferencediscussedtheso-calledVance-OwenPlanfortheresolutionoftheconflictinBosnia-Herzegovina.Accordingtotheplan,Bosnia-Herzegovinawastobecomeade-centralizedstatewithmostfunc-tionsdevolutedtotheprovinces.Theplanenvisionedtenprovinces.Theywerenotsupposedtohaveaninternationallegalpersonality.TheCroats,MuslimsandSerbswouldbetheconstituentpeoples.Majoris-suesinvolvingallthethreepeopleswouldbedealtwithbytheConsti-tution,whichcouldbechangedbyconsensus.Constitutionalandsimi-lardisputeswouldbehandledbytheConstitutionalCourt,consistingofarepresentativeofeachpeopleandforeignmembers.Bosnia-HerzegovinawouldbedemilitarizedunderUNandECcontrol.Thede-greeandmodalityofinternationalcontrolandcontrolmechanismswouldbereducedandwithdrawnbyconsensus.TheConferenceworkedfortwodaysinplenarysessions,commis-sionsandbilateralmeetings.FranjoTudmanandDobricaCosicthePresidentsoftheRepublicofCroatiaandtheFederalRepublicofYugoslavia,respectively,metanddiscussedthebilateralrelationsofthetwocountries.PresidentTudmannotedtheneedforapon-toonbridgeacrossMaslenickoZdrijelo,andfortheconstructionofanewbridgeonthesamelocation.TheystressedtheneedforeffortsfocusedontheachievementofanagreementinBosnia-Herzegovina.PresidentIzetbegovicandKaradzicmetforthefirsttimesincethestartofthewar.Noprogresswasachievedafterfourhours.PresidentIzetbegovicinsistedontheidentificationofBosnia-Herzegovinaasanindependent,sovereignstatewithademocraticsystemandbasedondecentralized
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regions.Healsocalledforthewith-drawalofheavyweapons,theircon-centrationonseverallocations,andtheirefficientcontrolbytheUN.RadovanKaradzicexpressedhisreservationswithregardtothepro-posedarrangements.TheCroatsandtheMuslimssignedtheproposedsolutionsonJanuary4.KaradzicdeferredhisdecisionpendingconsultationswiththePar-liamentofRepublikaSrpska.CroatiaofferedadraftagreementonnormalizationofrelationsbetweenSerbiaandCroatia,whichpro-ceededfrommutualrecognitionandgradualnormalizationofrelations.Jan.
2:
FightinginBosanskaPosavina.Jan.3:HeavyartilleryexchangesinBosanskaPosavina.Jan.3:Sarajevowasshelled.Jan.3:PresidentIzetbegovicandRadovanKaradzicmetforthefirsttimesincethestartoftheaggres-sionagainstBosnia-Herzegovina.Noprogresswasachievedwithre-gardtotheVance-OwenPlan.KaradzicinsistedonaSerbianstate.Jan.3:AccordingtotheUNHCR,therewere264,000displacedper-sonsand324,000refugeesfromBosnia-Herzegovinainthefreeter-ritoryofCroatia,and87,000refu-geesintheoccupiedparts.AidwasbeingprovidedtodisplacedpersonsandrefugeesinCroatiaontheba-sisofthesefigures.Bosnia-Herzegovinahad724,000displacedpersons,andSerbia271,000refu-geesfromBosnia-Herzegovinaand162,000refugeesfromCroatia.Montenegrohad62,000refugeesfromBosnia-Herzegovina.Accord-ingtoUNHCRevaluations,ahighdegreeofriskthreatened200000peopleinBihacanditsenvirons,600,000inCentralBosnia,380,000inSarajevo,and100,000intheen-clavesofSrebrenicaandGorazdebesiegedbytheSerbs,andaroundZvomik.Effortswerebeingmadetoprovideaidfor160,000peopleinEasternBosnia.Jan.4:AccordingtotheInforma-tionDepartmentoftheMinistryofHealth,6,442peoplehadbeenkilledintheaggressionagainst
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Croatia.Thefigureincluded2,181civilians,amongthem65boysandgirls,andfivephysicians.Outofthe23,062woundedpersons,6,762werecivilians,417childrenand27physicians.Atotalod2,600personswereonrecordasmissingorab-ductedfromtheirhomesorwork-placesinVukovar.TheRedCrosssearchlistincludedatotalof13,788missingpersons.Jan.
4:
MateBoban,PresidentoftheCroatianCommunityofHerceg-Bosna,signedtheVance-OwenPlan.Jan.
4:
FightingbetweenButmirandAzici
in
Sarajevo.Jan.
6:
PresidentThdmancalledcountyelectionsinCroatia.Jan.
6:
AsdecidedbytheCroatianGovernment,thelowestfull-timesalaryshouldnotbelowerthan35,400Croatiandinars(HD).Civilserviceofficehoursshouldbefrom8.30a.m,to5.00p.m.Jan.
6:
CyrusVanceandLordOwenarrivedinZagrebfromBelgradeafterhavingreachedanagreement,withSlobodanMilosevicontheopeningofcom-municationsintheoccupiedpartsofCroatiaandthebuildingofapon-toonbridgeonthesiteofthede-stroyedMaslenicabridgenearZadar.Jan.
6:
TheYugoslavPresidentDobricaCosicaddressedthena-tion:AmilitaryinterventionbyWesternpowerswasintheoffingiftheSerbsdidnotaccepttheconsti-tutionalprinciplesofthenewstateofBosnia-Herzegovina.TheSerbswerethreatenedbyaterribledi-lemma:politicalandmilitarycapitu-lationorattackbythemajorglobalpowers.Cosiccalledfortheestab-lishmentofanationalsalvationgov-ernmentaftertheelections.LordOwenandCyrusVanceaskedPresidentMilosevictopre-vailuponKaradii':andhavehimaccepttheVance-OwenPlan.Milosevic:"Peaceisinourvitalin-terest.IshalldoeverythingIcan."Jan.
6:
ThirtyYugoslavintellectu-alsappealedtoRussiatoprotectthe"brotherlySerbianpeople"threat-enedwiththemortaldangerofex-tinction.Jan.
7:
TheCroatJosipGogal,memberoftheGovernmentofBosnia-Herzegovina,waskilledandburnt.Jan.
7:
FightingatSrebrenica.Jan.7:PresidentIzetbegovicaskedforhelpinWashington.Jan.
7:
MacedonianPresidentGligorovaskedfortheadmissionofMacedoniatothe
U.N.
Jan.
7:
OnehundredandfiftyUNPROFORtroopsarrivedinMacedonia.Jan.
8:
AtitssessioninBijeljina,theParliamentofRepublikaSrpskaexpressedtheviewthattheGenevadocumentsprovidedaba-sisforfurthernegotiations.ThePar-liamentturneddownany"variantwhichwouldsplittheSerbpeopleintoseveralprovinceshavingnogeographicalcontinuity."Asacon-stituentpeople,thoughtthedepu-ties,theSerbswereentitledtoes-tablishtheirownconstituentunit.Jan.8:ECinvestigatorsestimatedthat
20,000
Muslimwomenhadbeenrapedoverrecentmonths.InthiswaytheBosnianSerbsoldierssystematicallyforcedthemtoleavetheirhomes.Jan.
8:
RadovanKaradiiestatedthatitwouldnotbedifficulttoac-quirenuclearweaponsintheopenmarket.Asitturnedout,hehadpaidaSloveniandealereightmilliondol-larsforsuchweapons,butdidnotgetthem.Jan.
8:
ShootingfrombehindthebackoftheFrenchcolonelPatriceSartre,theSerbskilledHakija
Turajlic,
Vice-PremierofBosnia-Herzegovina,inaFrencharmouredpersonnelcarrierenroutefromSarajevoAirport.Turajlicwasoffi-ciallyreplacingPremierMileAkmadzic.Thekiller,GoranVasi':,wasarrestedinSarajevoon
6
Feb-ruary1998.Jan.9:ThefirstUNPROFORtroopsarrivedinMacedonia.Jan.
10:
TheCroatianSocio-Lib-eralPartylefttheoppositioncoali-tion.Jan.
10:
TheConferenceonBosnia-HerzegovinacontinuedinGeneva.ThebasicguidelinesoftheVance-OwenPlanforBosnia-Herzegovinawereacceptedafterthreedaysofnegotiations.Jan.
10:
ForthefirsttimeinBosnia-Herzegovina,BritishtroopsescortingaDanishhumani-tarianconvoyusedheavyweaponstodeteraSerbattacknearKladanj.Jan.
10:
Afterthesecondelectoralround,Momir
Bulatevie
waselectedPresidentofMontenegro.Hewon158,772votes.Therunner-up,with92,045votes,wasagainBrankoKostic,aformermemberoftheYugoslavPresidency.Jan.11:Sarajevowasshelled:onepersonwaskilledandtwenty-sixwerewounded.FightingintheSarajevoareaandonMountZue.Jan.11:Upto
SIX
hundredSarajevoresidentstriedtoleavethecityeverynightbycrossingtherun-wayofButrnirAirportunderSerbianfire.Jan.
12:
BiljanaPlavsie,DeputySpeakeroftheParliamentofRepublikaSrpska,statedforBrit-ishTVthattheParliamentofRepublikaSrpskawouldnotaccepttheGenevapeaceplan.Jan.12:JanezDrnovsekwasre-appointedSlovenianPrimeMinis-ter.Jan.
12:
AccordingtoUSAIDesti-mates,
23
percentofthehumani-tarianaidforBosnia-HerzegovinaendedupinSerbhands.Thus,in-steadofalleviatingtheconse-quencesofgenocide,aidsustainedgenocidalpressure.Jan.
12:
CroatsandMuslimsclashedatGornjiVakuf.Jan
12:
The
U.N.
calledontheSerbstogivefreepassagetohu-manitarianconvoysforZepaand
Cerska,
Onehundredandfourdis-placedpersonsstarvedtodeathandfrozeatZepa.Jan.
12:
TheHVOandtheArmyofB-HclashedatGornjiVakuf.Jan.12:SerbattackedSrebrenica.
Jan.
12:
Serbstatementissuedatthe
I
,
JANUARY-MARCH
1999
BergHotel,Geneva:RadovanKaradzicdecidedtoagreetothebasicconstitutionalsolutionsloftheVance-OwenPlanforBosnia-Herzegovina-Ed.!iftheParliamentofRepublikaSrpskaacceptedthemwithinthenextsevendays...Jan.
13:
TheclashesbetweentheHVOandtheArmyofB-HatGornjiVakufcontinued.OneBrit-ishsoldierwaskilled.Jan.
13:
TheCroatianPrimeMin-isterHrvojeSarinicleftforavisittoRomeandtheVatican.Jan.
13:
MileAkmadzic,PrimeMinisterofBosnia-Herzegovina:"ThearmedforcesofBosnia-HerzegovinaincludetheHVO(CroatianDefenceCouncil)andtheArmyofBosnia-Herzegovina.Un-fortunately,ajointcommandhasnotbeensetupsofar.Thisisyettobeaccomplished.TheHVOhasgivenitsproposals,andanswersareawaited."Jan.13:Bihacwasattackedbyar-tilleryandmortarfire.Jan.14:InParis,theECMiniste-rialCouncilsentaclearmessagetotheBosnianSerbs:iftheydidnotaccepttheGenevaPeacePlansignedbyKaradzic,SerbiaandMontenegrowouldfacetotalisola-tion.Jan.14:PresidentTudmanandPresidentMitterrandinParis.PresidentMitterrandannouncedastrongerinvolvementofFranceinBosnia-Herzegovina.Jan.14:Thecostofelectricpower
in
Croatiawentup51.6percent.Jan.14:StipeMesic,SpeakeroftheCroatianParliament,visitedAl-bania.Jan.14:Theagreementoncoop-erationbetweenthechambersofcommerceofCroatiaandAbuDhabiwasconcludedinZagreb.Jan.14:AtZvorniktheSerbsstoppedthehumanitarianconvoyforZepa.Jan.14:FightingintheBihacarea.Jan.14:Sarajevowasshelled:awomanandagirlwerekilled,andseveraldozensofpeoplewerewounded.Jan.14:AccordingtothedecisionoftheHVOoftheCroatianCom-munityofHerceg-Bosna,alltheunitsofthe
Army
ofB-Hinprov-inces3,8and10-theCroatprov-incespursuanttotheGenevaac-cords-weretobesubordinatedtotheGeneralStaffoftheHVO.AllHVOunitsinprovinces1,5and9wouldbesubordinatedtotheGen-eralStaffofthe
Army
ofB-H.TheHVOunitsatKiseljakandKresevo(province
7)
wouldremainunderthecommandoftheHVOGeneralStaffpendingthefinalagreementonthestatusoftheprovince.Jan.
15:
Thepermanentmembersofthe
U.N.
SecurityCouncilissuedaverbalprotesttoCroatiaconcern-ingtheviolationoftheResolutionbanningflightsacrossBosnia-Herzegovina.Jan.
15:
TheExecutiveBoardoftheInternationalMonetaryFunddecidedthatCroatiametthere-quirementsforadmissiontotheFund.Jan.IS:FightingatDoboj.Jan.IS:TheclashesbetweentheHVOandtheArmyofB-HatGornjiVakufsubsided.Jan.15:TheSerbsattackedSrebrenicafromBosnia-HerzegovinaandfromSerbia(BajinaBasta).Jan.15:ByISJanuary1992,nineteencountrieshadrecognizedCroatia(Sloveniawasthefirsttodosoon26June1991).Sofardip-lomaticrelationswereestablishedwith69outofthe97countrieswhichrecognizedtheindependenceandsovereigntyofCroatia.Jan.15:Sarajevowasshelled.Sev-eralpeoplewerekilledandwoundedinthewaterlineandelse-where.Jan.16:BozoRajic,DefenceMin-isterofBosnia-Herzegovina,or-deredHVOunitsinprovinces5and9(MuslimprovincesaccordingtotheGenevaagreement)toplacethemselvesunderthecommandoftheGeneralStaffoftheArmyofB-H,andallunitsoftheArmyofB-Hinprovinces3,8and10(Croatprovincesaccordingtothesameagreement)toplacethemselvesun-derthecommandoftheGeneralStaffoftheHVO.
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TheMinisteralsoorderedallSerbarmyunitstowithdrawtoprovinces2,4and6(Serbprovincesaccord-ingtotheGenevaagreement).TheunitsoftheHVOandoftheArmyofB-H,andSerbannyunitsinprov-ince
7
(Sarajevo),forwhichtheGenevaagreementenvisionedaspecialstatus,wereorderedtoun-conditionallyceaseallhostilities.MilivojPetkevic,ChiefoftheGen-eralStaffoftheHVO,Sefer
Hahlovic,
ChiefoftheGeneralStaffoftheArmyofB-H,andRatko
Mladie,
commanderofthearmyofRepublikaSrpska,weremadere-sponsiblefortheenforcementofthedecision.Jan.16:
In
Sarajevo,President
Izetbegovlc
turneddownthere-questoftheHVOtoassumecom-mandoverunitsoftheAnnyofB-HinareasunderHVOcontrol,andstatedasfollows:"ThiswouldmeanthedisintegrationofBosnia-Herzegovina...Irefusesuchsubor-dination,butonecoulddiscussjointcommand,thisisyettobenegoti-ated."CommentingontheHVOstatementthatGomjiVakufwaspartoftheCroatprovince,andthattheHVOwouldaccordinglyassumecontroloverthemilitaryunitsthere,Izetbegovictoldthepress:"Thisisaunilateraldecisionbasedonadoublemistake...TherewerenobindingdecisionsinGeneva,andthereferencetoaprovinceasbeingMuslimorCroatimpliesfailuretounderstandtheprinciplesoftheGenevaaccords."Jan.16:TheFourthHerzegovinianBrigadeoftheHVOplacedLjubuski,MostarandCapljinaundercurfew.Jan.16:TheunitcommandedbyJukaPrazina(whoplacedhisunitunderthecommandoftheHVO)andtheunitsunderthecommandofZulfikarAlispaga(commandingofficerduringtheactionintendedtobreaktheblockadeofSarajevo)clashedonMountIgman.
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