Agreement on Establishing a Ceasefire and Cessation of Hostilities

• Country/entity

  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Yugoslavia (former)
  
• Region

  Europe and Eurasia
  Europe and Eurasia
  
• Agreement name

  Agreement on Establishing a Ceasefire and Cessation of Hostilities
• Date

  5 Oct 1992
• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed
• 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 Local peace processes
• Parties

  THE REPUBLIKA SRPSKA, REPRESENTED BY:
  ‐ The Prime Minister, Prof. Branko Djerić,
  ‐ Deputy Prime Minister Milan Trbojević,
  ‐ Commander of the Republika Srspka Army, Lieutenant Colonel General Ratko Mladić,
  ‐ Minister of Defence of the Republika Srpska, Bogdan Subotić
  ‐ Koljević [name added by hand]
  
  THE HRVATSKA ZAJEDNICA HERCEG‐BOSNA, REPRESENTED BY: [unsigned]
  
  THIS AGREEMENT IS RATIFIED BY:
  1. Dr Radovan Karadžić, President of the Republika Srpska
  2. Mate Boban, President of the Council of the Hrvatska Zajednica Herceg‐Bosna
• Third parties

  -
• Description

  Agreement between the Republika Srpska and Hrvatska Zajednica Herceg‐Bosna for an unconditional and complete ceasefire along the current front lines of conflict. Parties agree not to cooperate with a third (Muslim) party against each other, free movement of civilians and humanitarian aid, prisoner exchange, and establishing cross-government bodies to rebuild infrastructure and boundary demarcation.

• Agreement document

  BA_921005_Sporazum o prekidu vatre i uspostavi primirja zaklucen izmedju ovlascenih predstavnika_tr.pdf | Download PDF
• Agreement document (original language)

  BA_921005_Sporazum o prekidu vatre i uspostavi primirja zaklucen izmedju ovlascenih predstavnika_CR.pdf | Download PDF

Groups

Gender

State definition

Governance

Power sharing

Human rights and equality

Rights related issues

Rights institutions

Justice sector reform

Socio-economic reconstruction

Land, property and environment

Security sector

Transitional justice

Implementation

AGREEMENT

ON ESTABLISHING A CEASEFIRE AND CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES BETWEEN OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVES FROM

A) THE REPUBLIKA SRSPSKA, REPRESENTED BY:

- The Prime Minister, Prof. Branko Djerić,

- Deputy Prime Minister Milan Trbojević,

- Commander of the Republika Srspka Army, Lieutenant Colonel General Ratko Mladić,

- Minister of Defence of the Republika Srpska, Bogdan Subotić

- Koljević [name added by hand]

B) THE HRVATSKA ZAJEDNICA HERCEG-BOSNA, REPRESENTED BY:

All parties present agreed the following:

I

Item 1. -

An unconditional and complete ceasefire and cessation of hostilities will come into force on 7 October 1992, at midnight.

Item 2. -

The specific terms of the unconditional and complete ceasefire are as follows:

- current front lines may not be moved,

- no arms and equipment may be used,

- forces and equipment may not be re-grouped;

forces may not be deployed onto the front line except when this involves replacing or providing rest for the forces, which is to be planned in advance and both parties will be required to give 24 hours’ notice before such activities occur,

- parties may not supply forces, arms, ammunition and military equipment to a third (Muslim) party within their own territory.

Item 3. -

All parties to the Agreement are required to give 24 hours’ notice if they want to replace their forces from the front line or withdraw their forces from the front to the rear.

Item 4. -

All parties will unconditionally withdraw, and may not deploy or use military or para-military forces outside their own territories.

Item 5. -

The parties may not cooperate with or engage in any manner with a third (Muslim) party against a party which is a signatory to the Agreement.

Item 6. -

The parties agree to an unconditional exchange of all prisoners of war and civilians.

The final deadline for the exchange is 15 October 1992.

Item 7. -

The parties will enable the free supply of humanitarian aid to the affected areas and populations in need.

Item 8. -

The parties will allow free movement of civilians in accordance with their wishes and needs.

Item 9. -

The parties will establish telephone lines between their respective brigade commanders and higher command staff.

Item 10. -

International monitoring forces (members of UNPROFOR) will be deployed inside the ceasefire zone to supervise and control the peace agreement.

II

The Parties agree to:

Form cross-government bodies - commissions, which will carry out tasks such as establishing vital energy supplies, water, telecommunications, traffic routes, and other supplies/infrastructure such as are beneficial for the population and economy on both sides.

Re-establishing water, power and gas supplies should be made a priority in order to meet the needs of the populations and economy.

III

[illegible handwritten addition]

1. The Parties agree to mutually recognise each other, to withdraw their representatives from the governing bodies and the Presidency of the former Bosnia and Herzegovina or to officially renounce their activities and actions.

2. The Parties will establish a joint commission which will work on boundary demarcation;

they will also enable the populations in disputed territories to freely express their will on where they want to live, as well as on how they want local and governmental bodies to be formed in these territories.

FOR THE REPUBLIKA SRPSKA FOR THE HRVATSKA ZAJEDNICA HERCEG-BOSNA

Prime Minister

Prof. Branko Djerić

THIS AGREEMENT IS RATIFIED BY:

1. Dr Radovan Karadžić, President of the Republika Srpska

2. Mate Boban, President of the Council of the Hrvatska Zajednica Herceg-Bosna

Pečuj, 5 October 1992