Agreement by the Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Hercegovina with regard to the opening of Sarajevo airport

  • Country/entity
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Yugoslavia (former)
  • Region
    Europe and Eurasia
    Europe and Eurasia
  • Agreement name
    Agreement by the Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Hercegovina with regard to the opening of Sarajevo airport
  • Date
    1 Jun 1992
  • Agreement status
    Unilateral document
  • Interim arrangement
    Yes
  • Agreement/conflict level
    Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( Balkan Conflicts (1991 - 1995) (1998 - 2001) )
  • Stage
    Ceasefire/related
  • Conflict nature
    Government/territory
  • Peace process
    Bosnia peace process
  • Parties
    On behalf of the Serbian Republic of Bosnia Herzegovina: Dr Nikola Koljevic, Member of the Presidency of Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Signed on behalf of UNPROFOR by Lt. Col R.P. Gray
  • Third parties
    -
  • Description
    This agreement commits the Serbian side to a ceasefire in and around Sarajevo, withdrawing all anti-aircraft weapons systems from the vicinity of the airport, to be concentrated at five locations supervised by UNPROFOR.


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 society

    No specific mention.

  • 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 incorporation

    No specific mention.

  • 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/access

    No specific mention.

  • 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 reconstruction

    No specific mention.

  • 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 Guarantees
    Page 1, 2.
    All anti-aircraft weapon systems shall be withdrawn the maximum possible distance from positions from which they can engage the airport, flying aircraft or aircraft on the ground and that they shall be placed under UNPROFOR supervision. This distance is to exceed the maximum effective rage of each weapon system.

    Page 1, 3.
    That the location of such anti-aircraft weapons systems shall be in five or less locations as mutually agreed to by the Serbian side and UNPROFOR. These locations are to be collocated with the agreed upon locations for the indirect fire weapons systems as mentioned below.

    Page 1, 4.
    That all artillery, mortars, ground to ground missile systems and tanks within range of the airport will be concentrated in five locations agreed upon by the Serbian side and UNPROFOR. These five locations are to be subject to continuous UNPROFOR supervision commencing at a time mutually agreed upon by the Serbian side and UNPROFOR.

    Page 1, 7.
    That the Serbian side undertake to provide to UNPROFOR a map that details the precise number and type of weapons to be concentrated in the five designated locations. Such provided information shall be kept in the strictest confidence, shall not be known to the other side and shall only be known by Maj Gen Mackenzie, the personal assistant to the General, the senior military observer responsible for the supervision mission (Lt Col Gray), Lt Col Jones (the Canadian battalion commander tasked with protecting the airport) and the patrol coordinator responsible for tasking the patrols of supervision.

    Page 2, 11.
    This agreement refers to the use of indirect fire weapons and anti-aircraft weapons on the airport of Sarajevo as well as aircraft attempting to use the airport.
  • Ceasefire
    Security sector→Ceasefire→Ceasefire provision
    Page 1, 1.
    The ceasefire agreed for 0600 hours on 15 June 1992 in and around Sarajevo shall be a durable one subject to verification by UNPROFOR and that the parties will provide liaison officers and escorts to assist in its verification.
  • Police

    No specific mention.

  • Armed forces

    No specific mention.

  • DDR

    No specific mention.

  • Intelligence services

    No specific mention.

  • Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces
    Page 1, 3.
    That the location of such anti-aircraft weapons systems shall be in five or less locations as mutually agreed to by the Serbian side and UNPROFOR. These locations are to be collocated with the agreed upon locations for the indirect fire weapons systems as mentioned below.

    Page 1, 4.
    That all artillery, mortars, ground to ground missile systems and tanks within range of the airport will be concentrated in five locations agreed upon by the Serbian side and UNPROFOR. These five locations are to be subject to continuous UNPROFOR supervision commencing at a time mutually agreed upon by the Serbian side and UNPROFOR.

    Page 1, 5.
    That a commander from the Serbian side shall be nominated at each of the five locations as a liaison person to liaise directly with UNPROFOR personnel charged with the duty of supervising each location. Without prejudice to these liaison persons, UNPROFOR undertake to employ, at no cost to the Serbian side, an interpreter, should the nominated commander not speak English. This interpreter is to facilitate ready and meaningful liaison between the commander at the location and the UNPROFOR personnel charged with supervising that location. The interpreter will be at the choice of the Serbian side.
  • 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 release

    No specific mention.

  • Vetting

    No specific mention.

  • Victims

    No specific mention.

  • Missing persons

    No specific mention.

  • Reparations

    No specific mention.

  • Reconciliation

    No specific mention.


Implementation

  • UN signatory
    Signed on behalf of UNPROFOR by Lt. Col R.P. Gray
  • Other international signatory

    No specific mention.

  • Referendum for agreement

    No specific mention.

  • International mission/force/similar
    Page 1, 1.
    The ceasefire agreed for 0600 hours on 15 June 1992 in and around Sarajevo shall be durable one subject to verification by UNPROFOR and that the parties will provide liaison officers and escorts to assist in its verification.

    Page 1, 2.
    All anti-aircraft weapon systems shall be withdrawn the maximum possible distance from positions from which they can engage the airport, flying aircraft or aircraft on the ground and that they shall be placed under UNPROFOR supervision. This distance is to exceed the maximum effective rage of each weapon system.

    Page 1, 3.
    That the location of such anti-aircraft weapons systems shall be in five or less locations as mutually agreed to by the Serbian side and UNPROFOR. These locations are to be collocated with the agreed upon locations for the indirect fire weapons systems as mentioned below.

    Page 1, 4.
    That all artillery, mortars, ground to ground missile systems and tanks within range of the airport will be concentrated in five locations agreed upon by the Serbian side and UNPROFOR. These five locations are to be subject to continuous UNPROFOR supervision commencing at a time mutually agreed upon by the Serbian side and UNPROFOR.

    Page 1, 5.
    That a commander from the Serbian side shall be nominated at each of the five locations as a liaison person to liaise directly with UNPROFOR personnel charged with the duty of supervising each location. Without prejudice to these liaison persons, UNPROFOR undertake to employ, at no cost to the Serbian side, an interpreter, should the nominated commander not speak English. This interpreter is to facilitate ready and meaningful liaison between the commander at the location and the UNPROFOR personnel charged with supervising that location. The interpreter will be at the choice of the Serbian side.

    Page 1, 6.
    That the Serbian side agree to up to 40 UNPROFOR personnel, residing at Lukavica barracks at a cost to be borne personally and individually by each of the UNPROFOR personnel so residing at Lukavica barracks.

    Page 1, 7.
    That the Serbian side undertake to provide to UNPROFOR a map that details the precise number and type of weapons to be concentrated in the five designated locations. Such provided information shall be kept in the strictest confidence, shall not be known to the other side and shall only be known by Maj Gen Mackenzie, the personal assistant to the General, the senior military observer responsible for the supervision mission (Lt Col Gray), Lt Col Jones (the Canadian battalion commander tasked with protecting the airport) and the patrol coordinator responsible for tasking the patrols of supervision.

    Page 1, 8.
    That the Serbian side agree to provide vehicle escorts to UNPROFOR personnel tasked with the supervision of the five locations until such time, as mutually agreed between the Serbian side and UNPROFOR, that UNPROFOR personnel are confident of finding their own way to the locations in safety.

    Page 2, 9.
    That the supervision mission of the agreed upon five locations shall commence as soon as possible as mutually agreed upon by the Serbian side and UNPROFOR. The commencement date may be as early as 20 June 1992.
  • Enforcement mechanism

    No specific mention.

  • Related cases

    No specific mention.

  • Source
    ICTY Court Records, Karadzic trial exhibit D02406
    http://icr.icty.org/

Agreement by the Serbian Republic of Bosnia Herzegovina with regard to the opening of Sarajevo Airport

In pursuance of Security Council Resolution 757 (1992), Paragraph 17;

the Undersigned agree that:

1. The ceasefire agreed for 0600 hours on 15 June 1992 in and around Sarajevo shall be durable one subject to verification by UNPROFOR and that the parties will provide liaison officers and escorts to assist in its verification.

2. All anti-aircraft weapon systems shall be withdrawn the maximum possible distance from positions from which they can engage the airport, flying aircraft or aircraft on the ground and that they shall be placed under UNPROFOR supervision.

This distance is to exceed the maximum effective rage of each weapon system.

3. That the location of such anti-aircraft weapons systems shall be in five or less locations as mutually agreed to by the Serbian side and UNPROFOR.

These locations are to be collocated with the agreed upon locations for the indirect fire weapons systems as mentioned below.

4. That all artillery, mortars, ground to ground missile systems and tanks within range of the airport will be concentrated in five locations agreed upon by the Serbian side and UNPROFOR.

These five locations are to be subject to continuous UNPROFOR supervision commencing at a time mutually agreed upon by the Serbian side and UNPROFOR.

5. That a commander from the Serbian side shall be nominated at each of the five locations as a liaison person to liaise directly with UNPROFOR personnel charged with the duty of supervising each location.

Without prejudice to these liaison persons, UNPROFOR undertake to employ, at no cost to the Serbian side, an interpreter, should the nominated commander not speak English.

This interpreter is to facilitate ready and meaningful liaison between the commander at the location and the UNPROFOR personnel charged with supervising that location.

The interpreter will be at the choice of the Serbian side.

6. That the Serbian side agree to up to 40 UNPROFOR personnel, residing at Lukavica barracks at a cost to be borne personally and individually by each of the UNPROFOR personnel so residing at Lukavica barracks.

7. That the Serbian side undertake to provide to UNPROFOR a map that details the precise number and type of weapons to be concentrated in the five designated locations.

Such provided information shall be kept in the strictest confidence, shall not be known to the other side and shall only be known by Maj Gen Mackenzie, the personal assistant to the General, the senior military observer responsible for the supervision mission (Lt Col Gray), Lt Col Jones (the Canadian battalion commander tasked with protecting the airport) and the patrol coordinator responsible for tasking the patrols of supervision.

8. That the Serbian side agree to provide vehicle escorts to UNPROFOR personnel tasked with the supervision of the five locations until such time, as mutually agreed between the Serbian side and UNPROFOR, that UNPROFOR personnel are confident of finding their own way to the locations in safety.

9. That the supervision mission of the agreed upon five locations shall commence as soon as possible as mutually agreed upon by the Serbian side and UNPROFOR.

The commencement date may be as early as 20 June 1992.

10. This agreement shall be without prejudice to the settlement of constitutional questions now under negotiation.

11. This agreement refers to the use of indirect fire weapons and anti-aircraft weapons on the airport of Sarajevo as well as aircraft attempting to use the airport.

On behalf of the Serbian Republic of Bosnia Herzegovina

Dr Nikola Koljevic, Member of the Presidency of Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina [signed]

Signed on behalf of UNPROFOR by Lt.

Col R.P. Gray [signed]