Agreement by the Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Hercegovina with regard to the opening of Sarajevo airport
- Country/entityBosnia and Herzegovina
Yugoslavia (former) - RegionEurope and Eurasia
Europe and Eurasia - Agreement nameAgreement by the Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Hercegovina with regard to the opening of Sarajevo airport
- Date1 Jun 1992
- Agreement statusUnilateral document
- Interim arrangementYes
- Agreement/conflict levelIntrastate/intrastate conflict ()
- StageCeasefire/related
- Conflict natureGovernment/territory
- Peace processBosnia peace process
- PartiesOn 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-
- DescriptionThis 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.
- 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
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- Religious groups
No specific mention.
- Indigenous people
No specific mention.
- Other groups
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- Refugees/displaced persons
No specific mention.
- Social class
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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
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Rights related issues
- Citizenship
No specific mention.
- Democracy
No specific mention.
- Detention procedures
No specific mention.
- Media and communication
No specific mention.
- Mobility/access
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- Protection measures
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- 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 GuaranteesPage 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.
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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.
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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. - CeasefireSecurity sector→Ceasefire→Ceasefire provisionPage 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 forcesPage 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.
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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 signatorySigned 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/similarPage 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
- SourceICTY Court Records, Karadzic trial exhibit D02406
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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]