The
Bosnia and Herzegovina declaration of sovereignty in
October of
1991, was followed by a referendum
? for independence from the former
Yugoslavia in
February of
1992. The Bosnian Serbs
? - supported by neighboring
Serbia - responded with armed resistance aimed at partitioning the republic along ethnic lines and joining Serb-held areas to form a "[greater Serbia]
?." In
March 1994, Bosnia's Bosniaks
? and Croats
? reduced the number of warring factions from three to two by signing an agreement creating a joint Bosniak/Croat Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. On [21 November 1995]
?, in
Dayton, Ohio, the warring parties signed a peace agreement that brought to a halt the three years of interethnic civil strife (the final agreement was signed in
Paris on [14 December 1995]
?). The [Dayton Agreement]
? divides Bosnia and Herzegovina roughly equally between the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Bosnian Serb [Republika Srpska]
?. In 1995-96, a
NATO-led international peacekeeping force (IFOR
?) of 60,000 troops served in Bosnia to implement and monitor the military aspects of the agreement. IFOR was succeeded by a smaller, NATO-led Stabilization Force (SFOR
?) whose mission is to deter renewed hostilities. SFOR remains in place, with troop levels to be reduced to about 19,000 by spring 2000.
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