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Bosnia and Herzegovina's declaration of sovereignty in October 1991, was followed by a declaration of independence from the former Yugoslavia on 3 March 1992 after a referendum boycotted by ethnic Serbs. The Bosnian Serbs - supported by neighboring Serbia and Montenegro - 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, 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 initialed a peace agreement that brought to a halt three years of interethnic civil strife (the final agreement was signed in Paris on 14 December 1995). The Dayton Agreement retained Bosnia and Herzegovina's international boundaries and created a joint multi-ethnic and democratic government. This national government was charged with conducting foreign, diplomatic, and fiscal policy. Also recognized was a second tier of government comprised of two entities roughly equal in size: the Bosniak/Croat Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Bosnian Serb-led Republika Srpska (RS). The Federation and RS governments were charged with overseeing most government functions. The Office of the High Representative (OHR) was established to oversee the implementation of the civilian aspects of the agreement. 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 was to deter renewed hostilities. European Union peacekeeping troops (EUFOR) replaced SFOR in December 2004; their mission was to maintain peace and stability throughout the country.To be updated

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By WanderingBrunette
July 1st 2007

Rama!

Europe » Bosnia & Herzegovina

RECOVERED

[url='/Videos/4287.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/4287.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'] Rama We are on the last day of our relaxing weekend in the beautiful town of rama. It is the only place that I have ever been that lives up to my expectations of beauty and paradise! I will post pictures once I get home. Well Friday we had our camp in Gradacac (GRAH-DAH-CHATZ) and there were over 300 kids there! Fantastic right??? We split the story group into two and had two stories going on simultaneously... it worked out really well. One of my group members, Shay, led the story. S [View Full Entry]

By WanderingBrunette
June 28th 2007

Last night in Gradacac

Europe » Bosnia & Herzegovina

Again... I apologize because the y and z are switched on this keyboard... you are going to have to flip most of them yourselves... SORRY So let me see where I left off... Wednesdaz we had a camp in Donja Mahala... that was one of mz favorite camps from last zear. I think it will be one of mz favorites this zear! I loved it. There was the CUTEST little boz in our last group. We need kids to act like different kinds of animals and one of the animals was a Puppy. So this little boy volunteered and I asked [View Full Entry]

By WanderingBrunette
June 26th 2007

Gradacac

Europe » Bosnia & Herzegovina

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Hello everyone! First things first... the Y and the Z are switched on these keyboards and it takes forever to correct that since I touchtype so this is the last time I use a proper Y... so just imagine the two letters are switched and correct... ok? Well itćs onlz our 3rd daz in Bosnia and there has alreadz been so much adventure! Our flight was supposed to leave at 7:30 pm on Saturdaz but didnt end up leaving until 9:00 PM... great... so we didnt get to Brussels to make our connecting flight until 10 minutes before it was [View Full Entry]

By Mr Leeds United
June 15th 2007

Sarejevo Roses

Europe » Bosnia & Herzegovina » East » Sarajevo

River running through Mostar
An amazing clear turquoise colour.

It was onward from Dubrovnik and the first stop was a little medieval town called Mostar. It's claim to fame is it's bridge which was bombed during Slobodan Milosevic's Serbian invasion back in the early 90's, but has now been rebuilt, like the country, as a symbol of the country's reunification. The town itself was a cool little town, but there were still signs of the invasion, like gutted and bullet ridden buildings. Ironically enough, the 'Old City' looks the newest as it was around the bridge, and hence most of the tourist area. Other than a bit of wandering, [View Full Entry]

By mlambert116
June 13th 2007

Bosnia

Europe » Bosnia & Herzegovina

Parasailing in Opatija
Vecky and Maria at 300m

Hey so we're in Bosnia. No time to write so here are the highlights: Parasailing at the beach in Opatija Croatia Dancing to folk music at huge end of school university party in Lovran Swimming in the Adriatic (and watching Vecky swimming in her jeans) Not sleeping from the flight from Dallas to London on Saturday morning until 7pm on Sunday night Biking around Briuni island and feeding Koki the parakeet pieces of bread. who, by the way, spoke more Croatian than I do. Hiking around Plitvice Lakes Having a bread, cheese, salami, and paprika pringl [View Full Entry]

By Around the World
June 12th 2007

Bosnia

Europe » Bosnia & Herzegovina

Beautiful Mostar, As Seen From The Stari Most (Old Bridge)

Bosnia November 16 - 25, 2006 Thursday November 16 We took the 5:15 pm bus to Mostar from Dubrovnik. We think the actual drive time is only 2 hours but with stops and border crossings we were told it would take between 3 and 4 hours. The bus was the most crowded bus we had been on in quite awhile but it was still not even half full. At one point on the way from Dubrovnik there is about a 20 km stretch of coast that is Bosnian so you have to cross through 2 checkpoints there before even really [View Full Entry]

Amy Touching The Crystal Source Of The Buna River, Blagaj

By Ailsabree
June 4th 2007

So beautiful it hurts

Europe » Bosnia & Herzegovina » South » Mostar

Mostar Bridge

And yet my computer does not have a USB port, so I cannot show you. I have been in Bosnia i Herzegovina less than 24 hours, and I love it. I am staying in Mostar, which is a little town with one tourism attraction: it's old bridge, the Stari Most (which, btw, is Croatian/Serbian/Slovenian/Bosnian/twenty other languages for: Old Bridge) Actually, the brackets are a point. I just don't get it. They speak the same language (almost), they eat the same things, they have the same sense of humour (wicked), so why? To hear the Official Bosnian/Hercegovan account, Milsoveic started it. [View Full Entry]

By Figarovancouver
June 2nd 2007

Bosnia

Europe » Bosnia & Herzegovina » North

RECOVERED

We decided to make a side trip to Bosnia. We took the crossing into the Serbian part of Bosnia. The bridge right after the border still shows thread marks from the tanks crossing it. It is the only way to cross and it shows the signs of wear and tear. You can see the language difference. There are J's added everywhere. Djeca prelaze ulicu, instead of Deca prelaze ulicu... After about an hour drive we arrived to Bijeljina We met up with 6 other guys from Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia and Canada and proceeded to a place that was build for [View Full Entry]

By colvinyeates
May 27th 2007

Sarajevo - Mostar

Europe » Bosnia & Herzegovina » East » Sarajevo

Bosnia
No hiking here, stick to the roads

Why are you going THERE? Seems to be the standard response when we mention we are going to Bosnia. Agreed, the only time Bosnia Herzagovina ever rated a mention in Australia was on SBS World News when it was having the crap blasted out of it, although Mary Kostakidis does have a way of pronouncing Sarajevo that makes it sound awfully exotic. Of course in reality, Sarajevo does have a rather chequered career. Back in 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his significant other were gunned down here and the rest, as they say, is history. It was an incident Sarajevo [View Full Entry]

By Maniacal
May 10th 2007

Finally, Canadians!

Europe » Bosnia & Herzegovina

Entrance to "The Tunnel"
Bosnians built an underground tunnel to get people out of Sarajevo. This building is riddled with bullet holes and you see that many buildings are still damaged and war-torn in Bosnia

Now, I absolutely love Jeremy and Melissa (and of course Hunter who isn't on this trip) but there are quite a few differences between Canadians and Americans. Don't ask me to explain what these differences are, there are many and some of them are very subtle and difficult to explain. On the train from Budapest to Sarajevo, we happened to have seats right next to two Calgarians (a brother and sister named Brandon and Jessie). They are the first two Canadians I've met during our backpacking adventures and it was really nice to be able to hang out with fellow [View Full Entry]

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