Handbook on the Dayton Peace Agreement
PC-1510-100-96
February 1996

Annex 1A

Agreement on the Military Aspects of the Peace Settlement

Summary of Main Points

The parties will refrain from hostilities and avoid personnel and equipment movement beyond their own positions or within the ZOS. All foreign forces and their equipment are to be withdrawn within 30 days (13 January 1996) of the agreement's signing, and all armed civilian groups are to be disbanded within 30 days (19 January) of the transfer of authority. The parties are permitted to maintain civilian police authorities.

The redeployment of forces is to occur in three phases:

• The first phase is to begin immediately after signature of this agreement and is to be completed within 30 days (19 January) of the transfer of authority. The parties will withdraw all forces behind a 2-km ZOS to be established on either side of the ACFL.
• The second phase is required only in those areas where territory is being transferred from one party to another. The withdrawing party has 45 days (3 February) to evacuate the area of all troops, weapons, mines, and obstacles. The occupying party cannot advance into the area until 91 days (20 March) after the transfer of authority. The IFOR shall then establish a new ZOS.
• The third phase is to begin within 120 days (18 April) after the transfer of authority. The parties pledge to withdraw all heavy weapons and forces to locations identified by the IFOR Commander as cantonment areas. Excess personnel are to be demobilized and prohibited from participating in any further military training or activities.

• Ensure compliance by all parties with the withdrawal and redeployment of forces within the agreed timeframes and the establishment of a ZOS.
• Demarcate the ACFL and its ZOS and the I-EBL and its ZOS.
• Establish liaison with local authorities and international organizations.
• Assist in the withdrawal of UN peacekeeping forces.

• Help create secure conditions for the conduct by others of other tasks associated with the peace settlement, including elections.
• Assist the movement of organizations (including UNHCR and other international organizations) in the accomplishment of their humanitarian mission.
• Observe and prevent interference with the movement of civilian populations, refugees, and displaced persons, and to respond appropriately to deliberate violence.
• Monitor the clearing of minefields and obstacles.

The Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Croat Defense Council Forces, and the Army of the Republika Srpska will establish command posts collocated with IFOR command posts and liaison teams with the IFOR Command. The parties' collocated command posts will exercise command and control over their forces that are located within 10 kilometers of the ACFL or I-EBL.

The IFOR will have complete freedom of movement throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina. The IFOR Commander can do everything necessary to protect the IFOR and conduct its missions, and the parties will be subject to military action if they interfere or refuse to cooperate with the IFOR. The IFOR Commander is the final authority in theater regarding interpretation of this annex.

Upon the Agreement Entering Into Force

Within 3 days (17 December)

• All air early warning, air defense, or fire-control radars are turned off and remain inactive.

Within 21 days (4 January)

• Parties provide comprehensive lists of prisoners to the ICRC, UNHCR, and JMC.

Within 30 days (13 January)

• All nonlocal forces and equipment withdrawn from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

With the Deployment of IFOR

• A JMC shall be established.

Within a Mutually Agreed Time

• Parties shall permit other parties to visit suspected gravesites for the purpose of registering sites and recovering remains.

Upon the Transfer of Authority From UNPROFOR to IFOR

Within 7 Days (27 December)

• Transfer and vacate selected positions along the ACFL in Sarajevo.

Within 28 Days (17 January)

• Parties permit ICRC full access to all prisons and a private interview with all prisoners to determine their intended destination at least 48 hours before their release.

Within 30 Days (19 January)

• Parties disarm and disband all armed civilian groups.
• Parties withdraw behind a ZOS.
• Parties remove, dismantle, and destroy all mines, unexploded ordnance, and obstacles from the ZOS or other areas where their forces are withdrawn.
• Parties mark all mines and unexploded ordnance in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• Parties furnish to the JMC maps and information on the location, type, and strengths of personnel and weaponry; the locations of mines, unexploded ordnance, and obstacles including that which cannot be removed or destroyed within 10 kilometers of the ACFL and I-EBL; and the positions of all SAMs, air defense artillery, and supporting systems.
• Parties shall release and transfer all prisoners.

Within 45 Days (3 February)

• Parties vacate areas to be transferred to another party and remove all mines, unexploded ordnance, weapons, and obstacles.

On the 91st Day (20 March)

• A party may occupy an area transferred to it.

Within 120 days (18 April)

• Parties withdraw all heavy weapons and forces to IFOR-designated cantonment areas and demobilize forces that cannot be accommodated within the cantonment area.
• Parties furnish to the JMC maps and information on the location, type, and strengths of personnel and weaponry; the locations of mines, unexploded ordnance, and obstacles; and the overall status of their forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina.