Joint Declaration
Export agreement coding (PDF)Country/entity
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Yugoslavia (former)Region
Europe and Eurasia
Europe and EurasiaAgreement name
Joint DeclarationDate
18 Nov 1993Agreement status
Multiparty signed/agreedInterim arrangement
YesAgreement/conflict level
Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( )Stage
Pre-negotiation/processConflict nature
Government/territoryPeace process
Bosnia peace processParties
MR. H. SILAJDZIC, DR. R. KARADIZIC, MR. M. BOBANThird parties
Chairmanship of Mrs. Ogata, United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesDescription
This declaration outlines commitments by the parties to facilitate free passage of humanitarian aid, safety for all international actors when delivering aid, prisoner release facilitated by the ICRC and adherence to the Geneva conventions and other International Humanitarian Law.
Agreement document
Groups
- Children/youth
No specific mention.
- Disabled persons
No specific mention.
- Elderly/age
No specific mention.
- Migrant workers
No specific mention.
- Racial/ethnic/national group
No specific mention.
- Religious groups
No specific mention.
- Indigenous people
No specific mention.
- Other groups
No specific mention.
- Refugees/displaced persons
No specific mention.
- Social class
No specific mention.
Gender
- Women, girls and gender
No specific mention.
- Men and boys
No specific mention.
- LGBTI
No specific mention.
- Family
No specific mention.
State definition
- Nature of state (general)
No specific mention.
- State configuration
No specific mention.
- Self determination
No specific mention.
- Referendum
No specific mention.
- State symbols
No specific mention.
- Independence/secession
No specific mention.
- Accession/unification
No specific mention.
- Border delimitation
No specific mention.
- Cross-border provision
No specific mention.
Governance
- Political institutions (new or reformed)
No specific mention.
- Elections
No specific mention.
- Electoral commission
No specific mention.
- Political parties reform
No specific mention.
- Civil societyPage 1, 2.
Ensure complete and secure freedom of movement for all personnel of the UN and international humanitarian organizations;
Page 1, 3.
Allow UNHCR and ICRC to determine, without any conditionality or linkages, the content of humanitarian assistance, including priority winterization needs and all materials, supplies, gas and other fuel necessary for the survival of the civilian population, excluding, of course, materials of war, and to monitor that this assistance is not misused for military purposes;
Page 1, 5.
Release, in accordance with the principles of and arrangements made by the ICRC, all civilians unlawfully detained; - Traditional/religious leaders
No specific mention.
- Public administration
No specific mention.
- Constitution
No specific mention.
Power sharing
- Political power sharing
No specific mention.
- Territorial power sharing
No specific mention.
- Economic power sharing
No specific mention.
- Military power sharing
No specific mention.
Human rights and equality
- Human rights/RoL general
No specific mention.
- Bill of rights/similar
No specific mention.
- Treaty incorporationPage 1, 6.
Ensure that the military and civilian administrations at all levels honour the above commitments and all others previously entered into with regard to the respect for freedom of movement and other human rights, the Geneva Conventions and other applicable international humanitarian law and humanitarian principles. - Civil and political rights
No specific mention.
- Socio-economic rights
No specific mention.
Rights related issues
- Citizenship
No specific mention.
- Democracy
No specific mention.
- Detention procedures
No specific mention.
- Media and communication
No specific mention.
- Mobility/accessPage 1, 1.
Ensure the delivery of humanitarian assistance by suspending hostilities and allowing free and unconditional access by the most effective land routes, as well as the repairs essential for the use of these routes;
Page 1, 2.
Ensure complete and secure freedom of movement for all personnel of the UN and international humanitarian organizations;
Page 1, 6.
Ensure that the military and civilian administrations at all levels honour the above commitments and all others previously entered into with regard to the respect for freedom of movement and other human rights, the Geneva Conventions and other applicable international humanitarian law and humanitarian principles. - Protection measures
No specific mention.
- Other
No specific mention.
Rights institutions
- NHRI
No specific mention.
- Regional or international human rights institutions
No specific mention.
Justice sector reform
- Criminal justice and emergency law
No specific mention.
- State of emergency provisions
No specific mention.
- Judiciary and courts
No specific mention.
- Prisons and detention
No specific mention.
- Traditional Laws
No specific mention.
Socio-economic reconstruction
- Development or socio-economic reconstructionSocio-economic reconstruction→Development or socio-economic reconstruction→Humanitarian assistancePage 1, 1.
Ensure the delivery of humanitarian assistance by suspending hostilities and allowing free and unconditional access by the most effective land routes, as well as the repairs essential for the use of these routes;
Page 1, 3.
Allow UNHCR and ICRC to determine, without any conditionality or linkages, the content of humanitarian assistance, including priority winterization needs and all materials, supplies, gas and other fuel necessary for the survival of the civilian population, excluding, of course, materials of war, and to monitor that this assistance is not misused for military purposes;
Page 1, 4.
Ensure that all humanitarian assistance reaches its intended civilian beneficiaries and is not diverted to the military or others; - National economic plan
No specific mention.
- Natural resources
No specific mention.
- International funds
No specific mention.
- Business
No specific mention.
- Taxation
No specific mention.
- Banks
No specific mention.
Land, property and environment
- Land reform/rights
No specific mention.
- Pastoralist/nomadism rights
No specific mention.
- Cultural heritage
No specific mention.
- Environment
No specific mention.
- Water or riparian rights or access
No specific mention.
Security sector
- Security GuaranteesPage 1, 3.
Allow UNHCR and ICRC to determine, without any conditionality or linkages, the content of humanitarian assistance, including priority winterization needs and all materials, supplies, gas and other fuel necessary for the survival of the civilian population, excluding, of course, materials of war, and to monitor that this assistance is not misused for military purposes;
Page 1, 4.
Ensure that all humanitarian assistance reaches its intended civilian beneficiaries and is not diverted to the military or others; - Ceasefire
No specific mention.
- Police
No specific mention.
- Armed forces
No specific mention.
- DDR
No specific mention.
- Intelligence services
No specific mention.
- Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces
No specific mention.
- Withdrawal of foreign forces
No specific mention.
- Corruption
No specific mention.
- Crime/organised crime
No specific mention.
- Drugs
No specific mention.
- Terrorism
No specific mention.
Transitional justice
- Transitional justice general
No specific mention.
- Amnesty/pardon
No specific mention.
- Courts
No specific mention.
- Mechanism
No specific mention.
- Prisoner releasePage 1, 5.
Release, in accordance with the principles of and arrangements made by the ICRC, all civilians unlawfully detained; - Vetting
No specific mention.
- Victims
No specific mention.
- Missing persons
No specific mention.
- Reparations
No specific mention.
- Reconciliation
No specific mention.
Implementation
- UN signatoryChairmanship of Mrs. Ogata, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Other international signatory
No specific mention.
- Referendum for agreement
No specific mention.
- International mission/force/similar
No specific mention.
- Enforcement mechanism
No specific mention.
- Related cases
No specific mention.
- SourceB.G. Ramcharan (ed.) The International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia, volume 2 (The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 1997) pp. 1382-1383
COMMUNIQUE OF 18 NOVEMBER 1993 OF MR.
H. SILAJDZIC, DR.
R. KARADIZIC, MR.
M. BOBAN, AND MRS.
S. OGATA
Joint Declaration
Recognizing that a humanitarian catastrophe in Bosnia and Herzegovina cannot be averted this winter without peace, and conscious of the disaster already upon the civilian population with the onset of winter, the undersigned have today given, in the Humanitarian Issues Working Group of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia, under the Chairmanship of Mrs. Ogata, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, a joint and solemn commitment to:
1. Ensure the delivery of humanitarian assistance by suspending hostilities and allowing free and unconditional access by the most effective land routes, as well as the repairs essential for the use of these routes;
2. Ensure complete and secure freedom of movement for all personnel of the UN and international humanitarian organizations;
3. Allow UNHCR and ICRC to determine, without any conditionality or linkages, the content of humanitarian assistance, including priority winterization needs and all materials, supplies, gas and other fuel necessary for the survival of the civilian population, excluding, of course, materials of war, and to monitor that this assistance is not misused for military purposes;
4. Ensure that all humanitarian assistance reaches its intended civilian beneficiaries and is not diverted to the military or others;
5. Release, in accordance with the principles of and arrangements made by the ICRC, all civilians unlawfully detained;
6. Ensure that the military and civilian administrations at all levels honour the above commitments and all others previously entered into with regard to the respect for freedom of movement and other human rights, the Geneva Conventions and other applicable international humanitarian law and humanitarian principles.