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KEY EVENTS SINCE DAYTON

 

2/12/2005
 

 

1995

21 November

BiH, Croatia and FRY successfully conclude peace negotiations in Dayton, Ohio

8-9 December

Peace Implementation Conference in London ; the Peace Implementation Council ( PIC) and its Steering Board are established

12 December

Implementation Force (IFOR) begins deployment in Bosnia and Herzegovina

14 December

Dayton Peace Agreement is signed in Paris

18 December

First meeting of PIC Steering Board

20-21 December

First EU/World Bank Donors’ Conference for BiH in Brussels launches the $5.1 billion Priority Reconstruction Program. An initial $600 million is pledged.

 

1996

January

First High Representative, Carl Bildt, and his German Deputy Michael Steiner arrive in Sarajevo ; the Sarajevo OHR Office is established

9 January

The humanitarian airlift to Sarajevo , the longest airlift ever, ends

3 Feb-19 March

Transfer from one Entity to the other of areas specified in the DPA, notably around Sarajevo.

13 April

Second EU/World Bank Donors’ Conference for BiH in Brussels , boycotted by the RS. Pledges made: $ 1.3 billion

7 May

First international war crimes trial since Nuremberg and Tokyo begins at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague; the defendant is Dusan Tadic, a Bosnian Serb prison camp guard. In January 2000, after completion of the appeals process, he is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment

13-14 June

PIC Conference in Florence

19 July

Radovan Karadzic resigns from public and party offices

31 August

Formal deadline for dissolution of “Herceg-Bosna”

7 September

OBN (Open Broadcast Network), BiH's first independent, cross-entity TV network, goes on air

14 September

General elections in BiH. Alija Izetbegovic (SDA), Momcilo Krajisnik ( SDS) and Kresimir Zubak (HDZ) are elected to the BiH Presidency; Biljana Plavsic ( SDS) is elected President of the RS

20 December

IFOR officially hands over its duties to the Stabilisation Forces (SFOR)

                               

1997

14 February

Roberts Owen declares interim international supervision of the Brcko area for not less than one year

7 March

US Ambassador Bill Farrand is named international Supervisor for Brcko

13 April

First ever visit to Sarajevo by Pope John Paul II

23 May

First working session of the BiH Constitutional Court

30 May

PIC Steering Board meets at the ministerial level in Sintra , Portugal ; the High Representative is directed to suspend media that violate the DPA

1 June

US Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright pays her first visit to BiH

1 June

The Standing Committee on Military Matters, the last of the remaining common institutions to be set up, is established

18 June

Carlos Westendorp arrives in Sarajevo to take over from Carl Bildt as High Representative in BiH

30 June

War crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic is discovered to have registered to vote. As a result the Provisional Election Commission amendtheir Rules and Regulations disallowing such persons to vote

3 July

RS President Biljana Plavsic dissolves the RSNA and calls for new RS parliamentary elections, sparking a power struggle in the RS

10 July

SFOR detain;; Milan Kovacevic, an indicted war criminal, in Prijedor. Simo Drljaca is killed when he opens fire on SFOR

15 July

Slobodan Milosevic elected as FRY President

23-24 July

Third EU/World Bank Donors’ Conference in Brussels . Pledges made: $ 1.24 billion

11 August

BiH Constitutional Court is set up

The Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina officially commences operations

28 August

OSCE confirm that more than 2,5 million people have registered to vote in the municipal elections in BiH on 13 and 14 September.

5 September

Creation of BiH Department of Civil Aviation

13-14 September

Municipal elections in BiH

 

On 17 September 1997 , five members of the OHR - Senior Deputy High Representative Gerd Wagner, Charles Morpeth, Leah Melnick, Thomas Reinhardt and Juergen Schauf - and seven members of UNMIBH lost their lives in a helicopter crash near Fojnica in central Bosnia . On the first anniversary in 1998, a memorial monument was erected near the crash site

 

19 September

BiH Presidency session, Lukavica - adoption of the decision on 30 appointments for ambassadors. Additional consultations would be held for three further appointments.

19 September

The European Commission opens a number of inter-entity telephone lines for local subscribers

26 September

 

Border crossing points connecting BiH and Croatia at Gradiska, Samac, Dubica and Brod opened

1 October

SFOR takes control of Serb Radio-Television ( SRT) transmitters in the RS; Banja Luka becomes SRT main office, SRT restructuring begins

6 October

Ten Bosnian Croats indicted for war crimes surrender to the International Criminal Tribunal in the Hague .

21 October

Opposition leader Milo Djukanovic wins elections in Montenegro.

18 November

Banja Luka airport reopens for commercial air traffic

22-23 November

Early National Assembly elections in the RS; SDS/ SRS lose majority

9-10 December

PIC Conference in Bonn ; the High Representative (HR) is requested to dismiss obstructive public officials and impose legislation if BiH’s legislative bodies fail do so

22 December

President Clinton visits Sarajevo and meets US troops in Tuzla

                                       

1998

17 January

Milorad Dodik is elected new RS Prime Minister by the RS National Assembly

17 January

The International Commission for Missing Persons, chaired by US Senator Bob Dole, visited Sarajevo.

31 January

 

The Bosnian Serb Parliament session in Banja Luka - new Bosnian Serb government sworn in and the Parliament voted to move the seat of the government from Pale to Banja Luka.

2 February

Launch of neutral car license plates in BiH

3 February

Sarajevo Conference: adoption of the Sarajevo Declaration, which promotes minority return to Sarajevo and calls for Sarajevo to become a model of multi-ethnic tolerance

6 February

New flag of BiH hoisted outside the UN Headquarters in New York

6 April

Agreement on the establishment of the public BiH Railway Corporation signed

20 April

Exhumations of mass graves near Srebrenica started

7-8 May

Fourth Donors’ Conference for BiH in Brussels . Pledges made: $ 1.24 billion

11 June

Independent Media Commission ( IMC) established. The IMC regulates both technical and editorial aspects of electronic broadcasting in BiH

7 July

Opening of MostarAirport

22 July

Privatisation framework of Enterprises and Banks in BiH introduced

27 July

The start of regular passenger service on the Sarajevo-Capljina train route

9 September

The agreement between BiH and Republic of Croatia on the use of Ploce Harbour initialed

12-13 September

General elections in BiH. Alija Izetbegovic (SDA), Ante Jelavic (HDZ) and Zivko Radisic ( SPRS) elected to the BiH Presidency; Nikola Poplasen ( SRS) elected RS President

18 November

Two Commissions for Missing Persons from the Federation have, for the first time, jointly exhumed a mass grave in Modrica

2 December

General Radoslav Krstic detained by SFOR.

 

1999

19 February

Command of the Armed Forces in BiH transferred to the BiH Presidency

5 March

HR removes Nikola Poplasen from the office of RS President

5 March

Brcko Arbitration Tribunal announces Final Arbitration Award: the pre-war municipality of Brcko is given the status of a district to be held by the two Entities as a condominium, and administered by independent district authorities

15 March

Regular bus lines from Sarajevo to Brcko and Bijeljina were opened.

16 March

The Federation Deputy Minister of Interior, Jozo Leutar was fatally wounded in a car bomb blast in Sarajevo.

24 March

had begins air strikes against military targets in the FRY.

20-21 May

Fifth Donors' Conference for BiH in Brussels . Pledges made: $1.05 billion

27 May

The ICTY Tribunal in the Hague indictes Slobodan Milosevic for murder, persecution and deportation in Kosovo,

7 June

Inaugural session of the Municipal Assembly in Srebrenica following the 1997 municipal elections is finally held after OSCE-brokered agreement

6 August

The opening ceremony of the Dubrovnik-Trebinje border crossing.

9 August

Bosnian Croat warcrimes suspect, Vinko Martinovic "Stela" surrendered to ICTY in the Hague by the Republic of Croatia.

16 August

Wolfgang Petritsch, takes up his duties as High Representative

27 October

Property and housing legislation in BiH’s two Entities finalised. It provides the authorities with detailed instructions on the application of the laws

15 November

The joint BiH Presidency submits a Declaration committing themselves to, inter alia, the establishment of a Border Service, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s integration in Europe and the full implementation of the property and housing laws to the UN Security Council in New York

10 December

The President of the Republic of Croatia, Franjo Tudjman, dies; in 1995, he signed the Dayton Peace Agreement on behalf of the Republic of Croatia

 

2000

21 January

BiH’s upper air space turned over to local civilian aviation authorities.

3 April

SFOR detained Momcilo Krajisnik, who was under a sealed indictment by the ICTY for war crimes.

8 April

Municipal Elections held in BiH

16 April

BiH Auditors appointed providing an independent system of auditing financial activities.

16 June

Entity Ministers of Education establish Higher Education Coordination Board.

4 July

BiH Constitutional Court announces decision interpreting the BiH Constitution in relation to the Constitutions of the Entities

27 July 

BH CoM approves single BiH passport

8 September

High Representative removes fifteen Public Officials for Obstructing Property Law

26 September

Education Ministers agree to teach of both Cyrillic and Latin scripts in BiH schools

25 October

High Representative decision allocating a site for the Srebrenica cemetery and memorial.

11 November

General Elections in BiH

15 December 

Bosnia and Herzegovina established Diplomatic Relations with FR Yugoslavia

 

2001

9 January

Biljana Plavsic, surrenders voluntarily to The Hague after being presented with an ICTY indictment for war crimes

19 January

FRY President Vojislav Kostunica pays his first official visit to BiH

28 February

Ante Jelavic, the Croat member of the BiH Presidency and the leader of the HDZ, proclaims that the Federation is from now on solely Bosniak entity.

2 March

Single Communications Regulator for Bosnia and Herzegovina (CRA) established from the IMC.

3 March

At the session in Mostar, the Croat National Assembly (HNS) declares interim "Croat self-rule" in BiH.

7 March 

High Representatives removes Ante Jelavic from his positions as a member of the Presidency of BiH.

26 March

The BiH State Border Service officially takes over three border crossings – rail, road and river in Brcko Distrikt

1 April

Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic arrested in Belgrade.

6 April

High Representative Appoints Provisional Administrator for Hercegovacka Banka.

7 May

PBS and Federation Radio launched

7 May

Violent outbreaks in Banja Luka organised to prevent the laying of the corner stone of the Ferhadija Mosque. Murat Badic, attending the ceremony is injured and dies three weeks later as a result.

25 May

The five successor states to the former Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia initial an Agreement on Succession in Vienna.

9 May

BiH Council of Ministers adopts the Citizens' Identification Protection System -CIPS

18 June

With the assistance of senior RS officials and security of over 2000 police, the Islamic Community holds the cornerstone laying ceremony for the reconstruction of the Ferhadija mosque in Banja Luka

28 June

Slobodan Milosevic extradited to the Hague

29 June

The Foreign Ministers of BiH, FRY, Croatia , Slovenia and Macedonia sign in Vienna the framework agreement on the succession to the former Socialistic Federative Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY).

23 August 

BiH Election Law adopted in both houses of BiH Parliament

 

2002

24 April 

BiH Accession to the Council of Europe

9 May    

Court of BiH established

27 May  

Paddy Ashdown becomes High Representative

30 July

PIC and BiH Council of Ministers agree five overall reform priorities, entitled “Jobs and Justice”

7 August

BiH Prosecutor’s Office established

22 August

High Representative harmonises the Prosecutorial systems in the FBiH, the Cantons and the RS.

2 September

High Judicial and Prosecutorial Copuncil becomes operational

12 September

OHR opens all advertised positions to BiH citizens.

5 October

First elections organised by the BiH authorities under BiH’s Election Law

12 November

“Bulldozer” initiative aimed at removing or amending laws that act as barriers to business  launched

4 December

High Representative testifies against Radoslav Brdjanin and Momir Talic before the ICTY.

 

2003

1 January

EUPM launched

13 January

OHR, ICTY and BiH experts begin talks on prosecuting war crimes in BiH

27 January

Court of BiH opens.

6 February

BiH Civil Service Agency becomes fully operational.

12 February

Indirect Tax Policy Commission established

25 February

Bulldozer Committee completes first list of bureaucratic roadblocks to business in BiH.

7 March

High Representative acts to undermine the networks that support war criminals. The US and EU follow-up with Presidential orders and visa bans.

8 May HR Decision to establish of the Defence Reform Commission
29 May HR Decision to establish of the Intelligence Reform Commission
18 June BiH Security Policy reviewed and accepted by BiH Presidency outlining for the first time BiH's state policy objectives and aspirations within this sphere

7 July

High Representative freezes the assets of 14 people who are assisting indicted war criminals evade arrest.

25 September Defence Reform Commission members sign a Report outlining legislation required for BiH PfP membership that establishes state level command and control of the armed forces

30 October

Donors Raise 15.7 Million Euros to establish the War Crimes Chamber in the BiH Court.

12 November

Implementation of the Property Laws in BiH reaches 90 per cent.

19 November

European Commission agrees a Feasibility Study for BiH

3 December

Defence Reform Laws approved in Entity and State Parliaments

29 December

BiH Parliament adopts Indirect Taxation Authority reform Laws.

30 December

BiH Institutions assume responsibility for the return process.

               

2004

 

15 March

Mostar Administration unified as one City.

 

23 March

BiH Parliament adopts Law on a single Intelligence and Security Agency

 

16 April 

High Representative announces measures to support the work of the RS’s Srebrenica Commission

 

19 April

Radoslav Krstic sentenced to 35 years' imprisonment. Confirmed genocide verdict.

21 May  

BiH Parliament Adopts Law on single BiH HJPC.

 

30 June

HR announces measures against those preventing BiH meeting its international obligations towards the ICTY

 

5 July

Police Restructuring Commission established

 

19 July

High Representative Extends Deadline for RS Srebrenica Commission to Complete Its Work

 

24 August

OHR Announces Downsizing in line with BiHs Progress towards full Statehood

 

2 October

Municipal Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including the Brcko District, the first local elections since the founding of the District in March  2000

 

16 November

EU Assets Freeze On All ICTY Indictees

 

2 December

NATO successfully terminated the mission of the Stabilisation Force (SFOR) and the European Union launched EUFOR Operation Althea.

 

16 December

High Representative Maps Out Process to Tackle War Criminal Networks and to Reform BiH’s Security Institutions (includes: removals of 9 officials, blocking of bank accounts)

31 December

HR Decision to extend the Defence Reform Commission until 31 December 2005

 

 

2005

12 January

BiH House of Representative’s adopts the VAT law, at a single 17 percent rate

16 January

Transfer by the authorities of Republika Srpska of ICTY indictee Savo Todovic to ICTY, first such transfer in nine years

31 January

HR brings to an an end the International Community supervisory regimes in Zepce and Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje municipalities

11 March

Transfer of Mico Stanisic to the ICTY. His is the second transfer to the ICTY by the RS authorities

14 March

Gojko Jankovic transferred to ICTY, Jankovic is the third indictee transferred to the ICTY by the Republika Srpska authorities

4 April

BiH Election Commission Fully Nationalised

4 April

Ljubomir Borovcanin transferred to the ICTY, sixth indictee transferred to the ICTY by the RS authorities

13 April

European Commission approves a Feasibility Report assessing the readiness of Serbia and Montenegro a Stabilisation and Association Agreement

15 April

Vujadin Popovic transferred to the ICTY. Vujadin Popovic is the seventh indicted war criminal to be transferred to the ICTY by the Republika Srpska

16 April

Incidents in Manjaca and Bileca at the occasion of taking solemn oath during the military induction ceremonies

20 May DRC agrees to a new defence structure to replace the entity MODs and to transfer all control of the armed forces to the state level

9 June

HR Lifts Ban on Participating in Political Life for Two Individuals (Nikola Grabovac and Blasko Jevric)

10 June

Budget for Mostar city adopted

17 July

Mostar’s Old Bridge and Old Town included on UNESCO’s list of world heritage sites

18 July DRC members sign DRC Report "AFBiH: A Single Military Force for the 21st Century" creating a single army with no entity components.

19 July

High Representative announces proposal to transform the OHR to an EU-Led Mission

22 August

OHR announced further downsizing, OHR’s budget is reduced further.

31 August

RSNA adopts transfer of entity defence powers to the state level

29 September

Transfer of Radovan Stanković from the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to the BiH Court 's War Crimes Chamber. This is the first case referred to the jurisdiction of a domestic court in one of the countries of the Former Yugoslavia.

5 October BiH Parliamentary Assembly passes the legislation necessary for the creation of a BiH single and unified army

6 October

RSNA adopts police reform in accordance with EC Principles

21 October

European Commission recommends that EU Member States open negotiations on a Stabilisation and Association Agreement with BiH

21 November EU Member States give the European Commission the green light to start Stabilisation and Association negotiations

25 November

EU Commissioner for Enlargement Olli Rehn travels to Sarajevo to open SAA negotiations

28 November  High Representative Allows Removed officials to hold non Managerial Public Positions
8 December Ante Gotovina arrested

14-15 December

PIC Steering Board Political Directors meeting in Paris where they appointed Christian Schwarz-Schilling as HR

 

2006

1 January

Bosnia and Herzegovina 's new VAT system launched

26 January

The First meeting of BiH Directorate for Police Restructuring

1 February

Christian Schwarz-Schilling takes up Mandate as High Representative in BiH

1 February

High Representative Chairs Roundtable on BiH Civil Society

9 March

High Representative organizes a meeting of German and BiH Business People at CEBIT

10 March

HR lobbies EU states for EU Visa Regime relaxation in Order to Boost BiH Competitiveness and Create Jobs

11 March

Slobodan Milosevic, former FRY President and a co-signatory of the Dayton Peace Agreement, dies in his prison cell in Hague

15 March

PIC Steering Board Political Directors meeting in Vienna the PIC says the time for transition from the OHR to an EUSR Office is approaching and encourages the HR to cooperate closely with the EU in preparing the transition

18 March

Constitutional Reform Agreement agreed by 6 leading political Parties in BiH

21 March

High Representative's press conference announcing new removal repeal measures

23 March

US lifts of Lautenberg sanctions on Foca

24 March

HR at a meeting of the BiH Economic Coordination Board emphasizes that job creation is the number one priority

27 March

HR calls on civil society to hold political parties accountable at a seminar on civil society organized in Sarajevo by the Heinrich-Boell Foundation

4 April 

HR's Decision further limiting the scope of the ban from public office in the removal decisions issued by the HR.

13 April

Brcko District Office established within CoM BiH

27 April

BiH House of Representatives fails to adopt constitutional amendments

21 May

Montenegro independence referendum. Montenegro sedes its union with Serbia

24 May

HR first address to the BiH Parliament - 100 Days to Make History

1 June State-level Draft Law on Higher Education, an obligation for BiH within the European Partnership context is adopted.
21 July The BiH Council of Ministers issues its opinion on the Law on Settlement of Frozen Foreign Currency Accounts and calls on BiH parliamentarians to act in the best interest of the country.
4 August Brcko Supervisor, Susan Johnson, issues a Supervisory Order abolishing the application of Entity legislation in Brcko District.
17 August High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling lifts bans on holding public office against four individuals;Ivan Mandic, Emin Skopljak, Ahmed Smajic and Mirko Stojcinovic.
3 September Raffi Gregorian is appointed to serve asthe new Brcko Supervisor and Deputy High Representative.
1 October General electionsin BiH.
5 October Senior Deputy High Representative, Peter Bas-Backer, and the Deputy Commander EUFOR, Brigadier Aylwin-Foster, visit BiH Armed Forces ammunition storage sites to highlight the need for proper supervision of weapons, ammunition and military equipment in BiH.
11 November Senior Deputy High Representative, Peter Bas-Backer calls for separation of religion and politics in BiH at a conference on political-religious dialogue in Bratislava.
15 November Principal Deputy High Representative Larry Butler meets with FBiH Finance Minster Dragan Vrankic to call for the affordable settlement of Frozen Foreign Currency Accounts.
22 December BiH CoM announces a national review mechanism for police officers denied certification by the UN’s International Police Task Force. The PIC Steering Board expresses its concern over this move.

 

2007

4 January

BiH Presidency nominates Nikola Spiric as Chair of the CoM in the wake of agreement between representatives of seven political parties to form a state-level government inBiH.

9 February

The new BiH-level governmentis formedby Prime Minister Nikola Špirić.

29 March

Gregorian stresses the need for full cooperation with the ICY during a visit to Zvornik

30 April

UN Security Council Presidency lifts the lifetime ban on employment in law enforcement agencies for former police officers denied certification by the UN/IPTF Mission.

1 June

ICTY indictee Zdravko Tolimir is arrested 

5 June

Brcko District Spatial Plan adopted.

15 June HR Christian Schwarz-Schilling amends the BiH Law on the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council.
2 July Miroslav Lajčák succeeds Christian Schwarz-Schilling as High Representative and EU Special Representative.
9 July HR Lajcak signed a series of orders and decisions that will make it easier for BiH’s prosecutors and police to investigate and prosecute persons suspected of war crimes and those who help them evade justice.
13 July FBiH Government adopts new Public Broadcasting legislation.
18 July RS National Assembly amends the Criminal Code on the Law on Execution of Criminal Sanctions bringing this entity’s legislation in line with state-level legislation.
30 July BiH Higher Education Law adopted by Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Parliament.
20 September Lajcak meets Croatian President Stjepan Mesic during his visit to Bosnia.
30 September The president of Republica Srpska, Mladen Jelic passes away.
30 November Both Houses of the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina approve a deal to bring their Rules of Procedure in line with the Constitution ending a month of political instability
3 December BiH Council of Ministers adopted the Mostar Declaration and Action Plan on Police Reform. 
4 December European Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn initials Stabilization and Association Agreement with BiH.

 

2008

1 January

Slovenia took over the chairmanship of the EU Presidency.

1 January

Serge Brammertz succeeded Carla Del Ponte as prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

8 January

HR Lajcak amended the Law on Indirect Taxation System in BiH and re-appointed Peter Nicholl as Chair or the Indirect Taxation Authority’s Governing Board.

15 February

The reci.ba web site goes on line giving citizens the opportunity to voice their opinions and put questions directly to HR/EUSR Lajcak.

22 February 

RS National Assembly passes a resolution that claims the right to organize a referendum on its legal status. 

27 March

State and Entity Government representatives sign an Agreement movable defense property.

28 March Brcko District Assembly adopts new Law on Primary and Secondary Education making it the first in BiH to have a law on education that meets the requirements of the European Partnership Program
3 April NATO leaders in Bucharest grant BiH “Intensified Dialogue” status.
11 April BiH House of Representatives adopts police reform laws opening the way for the signature of the Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU.
6 May Brcko Supervisor Raffi Gregorian issued Supervisory Order improving functionality in the Brcko District Assembly.
7 May Both houses of BiH Parliament adopted changes to the BiH Election Law enabling all former residents of Srebrenica to vote in this municipality in October 2008 elections, regardless of where they are currently registered.
30 May High Representative Lajcak orders seizure of travel documents of 16 individuals linked to ICTY indictee at large, Stojan Zupljanin.
11 June Stojan Zupljanin, indicted by the ICTY in December 1999 is arrested and transferred to The Hague.
16 June Bosnia and Herzegovina signs its Stabilization Association Agreement with the EU in Luxemburg.
24-25 June PIC Steering Board meets in Sarajevo