Choose a peace effort and test how well it worked.
Which peace effort did most to end the Bosnian War?
Vance-Owen plan, 1993
- Ten ethnic provinces.
- Rejected by the Bosnian Serbs.
It kept Bosnia as one state.
No one would enforce it.
UN safe areas, 1993
- Six towns declared safe.
- Srebrenica fell in July 1995.
They sheltered many civilians for two years.
There were too few troops to defend them.
Washington Agreement, 1994
- Ended Croat-Bosniak fighting.
- Created the Federation.
It united two sides and shifted the balance.
It did not end the war with the Serbs.
Dayton Agreement, 1995
- Signed in December 1995.
- 60,000 NATO troops.
It ended the war for good.
It froze ethnic divisions.