Summary of AG-065 International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia (ICFY) ( )

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1 Summary of AG-065 International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia (ICFY) ( ) Title International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia (ICFY) ( ) Active Dates Administrative History The International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia (ICFY) was established at The London International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia, which was held on August Led jointly by the United Nations and the European Community, the ICFY provided a framework for the negotiation of peace in the former Yugoslavia. The Secretary-General and the President of the European Community were Permanent Co-Chairmen, and each had a representative Co-Chairman. ICFY records document the Co-Chairmen s reporting of diplomatic and operational developments directly to Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, as well as to UNPROFOR Theatre Headquarters in Zagreb, Croatia. The position of the Secretary-General s Co-Chairman was held by: Cyrus R. Vance, 26 August May 1993 Thorvald Stoltenberg, 1 May January 1996 The position of the President of the European Community s Co-Chairman was held by: Lord David Owen, 26 August June 1995 Carl Bildt, 9 June January 1996 The work of the ICFY was carried out by the Steering Committee, which was comprised of delegations of government representatives, representatives of United Nations agencies, and representatives of intergovernmental organizations. The following six working groups were established at The London Conference: Working Group on Bosnia and Herzegovina Working Group on Confidence and Security-Building and Verification Measures Economic Issues Working Group Working Group on Ethnic and National Communities and Minorities Humanitarian Issues Working Group Working Group on Secession Issues The Secretariat of the ICFY was located at the Palais des Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland. The staff of the ICFY consisted of: Special Advisors, Political Advisors, Military Advisors, and a Legal Advisor to the Co-Chairmen; Spokesmen for the ICFY; and assistants and secretaries employed at the Secretariat.

2 The ICFY was dissolved on 30 January Scope and Content The arrangement and description of AG-065 is based on the DPKO and DFS Policy Directive, Peacekeeping Headquarters Retention Schedule, v. 1, January The names of the series comprising AG-065 were drawn from the function series listed in the retention schedule. During archival processing, the files were assigned to series based on their function. A retention schedule for the Department of Political Affairs was not available at the time of archival processing (June 2012). Fonds consists of the following Series: 1852 Military 1851 Management and Integration - Reporting to 1835 Collection Inventory Scope and Content Records contained in 1835 document political coordination and negotiation led by the Co-Chairmen of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia (ICFY) with former Yugoslav leaders in partnership with the European Community, United Nations agencies, and intergovernmental organizations. The records also document the Co-Chairmen s internal discussions with high-level officials in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), the Department of Political Affairs (DPA), and the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) contains records of the ICFY s Steering Committee, which was established at The London Conference held on August Records of the Steering Committee consist of: reports on Steering Committee meetings for ICFY internal use; briefs delivered by the Co-Chairmen; memoranda regarding membership of the Committee; letters to the Co-Chairmen from representatives of foreign countries; and lists of delegates attending meetings. Also included are records relating to the Coordination Body for the Implementation of the Vance-Owen Peace Plan and the Arbitration Commission. Other records concern working groups created by the ICFY, including: the Working Group on Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Working Group on Confidence and Security-Building and Verification Measures, the Economic Issues Working Group, the Working Group on Ethnic and National Communities and Minorities, the Humanitarian Issues Working Group, the Mostar Working Group, and the Working Group on Secession Issues. Meetings often were conducted at the ICFY Secretariat at the Palais de Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. Attendees included: representatives of United Nations agencies and Member States; ambassadors and government representatives; and delegations of former Yugoslav republics. Records of working groups consist of: programme agenda; lists of meeting attendees; discussion papers related to the meeting agenda; statements delivered by the Co-Chairmen and by meeting attendees; and summaries of meetings and periodic reports on the activities of working groups also contains summaries of Co-Chairmen s meetings held in Geneva with representatives of governments of the former Yugoslavia. Additionally, there are summaries of meetings that took place during the Co-Chairmen s visits to the former Yugoslavia to meet with political leaders. Also included in 1835 are the personal subject files of Co-Chairman Cyrus R. Vance and Deputy Co-Chairman Herbert S. Okun. Also included in 1835 are records pertaining to the development of peace agreements, constitutional agreements, ceasefire agreements, and economic agreements brokered by the ICFY. Among these are: the Invincible Plan of July and August 1993; constitutional agreement for Bosnia and Herzegovina, dating from 1993 and 1994; the Washington Agreement of 1994; the Economic Agreement of 2 December 1994; the Agreement on the Krajina, Slavonia, Southern Baranja and Western Sirmium of 1994 and 1995; and the Dayton Agreement of Records include: draft and final agreements; briefs and outlines for proposed changes to agreements; hand-marked maps depicting areas in the former

3 Yugoslavia; and correspondence about the agreements. In addition, there are files pertaining to countries in the former Yugoslavia. These primarily hold code cables exchanged between: the Co-Chairmen; the General (SRSG); and Kofi Annan, the Under- Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations at United Nations headquarters in New York. Also included in country files are internal documents produced by the ICFY Co-Chairmen and their advisors, such as: talking points; working papers; draft agreements; and briefs on political and military developments in regions. Additionally, there are letters between the General (SRSG) and government representatives, including: the President of the Republic of Serbia Slobodan Miloševic; the President of Republika Srpska, Dr. Radovan Karadžic; the President of Bosnia and Herzegovina Alija Izetbegovic; the President of the Croatian Republic of Herceg-Bosna, Mate Boban; and the leader of the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia, Fikret Abdic. Additionally, 1835 contains: draft reports prepared by the Co-Chairmen on the activities of the ICFY and submitted to the Security Council; summaries of meetings between United Nations officials and representatives of UNPROFOR, the rth Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and the rth Atlantic Council (NAC); briefs written by the Co-Chairmen and sent to the SRSG on developments in the peace process with the rth Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); periodic reports on the activities of the ICFY s Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) undertaken in 1995 and 1996; memoranda prepared by the Legal Advisor to the ICFY about matters concerning the administration of Mostar and Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina by the European Union and the United Nations; briefs on the implementation of sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), authored by the Co-Chairmen and sent to the Under- Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations; periodic situation reports issued by the Sanctions Assistance Missions Communication Centre (SAMCOMM) of the European Union s European Commission; press statements issued by the Co-Chairmen of the ICFY; and petitions and appeals urging cessation of conflict in the region, sent to the ICFY from non-governmental organizations and individuals. Box Folder Title Date Created Date Closed 03/09/ /03/1995 Security Level Scanned Items Chronology 03/09/ /03/1995 Unclassified Index of incoming and outgoing correspondence 03/09/ /03/1995 Unclassified Steering Committee 27/10/ /09/1993 Confidential Steering Committee 29/04/ /05/1993 Unclassified Steering Committee 01/07/ /09/1993 Unclassified Steering Committee 18/01/ /10/1994 Confidential Working Group on Bosnia and Herzegovina 27/10/ /12/1993 Unclassified Working Group on Bosnia and Herzegovina 03/03/ /12/1993 Strictly 20/07/ /12/1994 Working Group on Confidence and Security- 06/01/ /03/1993 Strictly

4 Building and Verification Measures Working Group on Confidence and Security- Building and Verification Measures Working Group on Confidence and Security- Building and Verification Measures Working Group on Confidence and Security- Building and Verification Measures Working Group on Confidence and Security- Building and Verification Measures Working Group on Confidence and Security- Building and Verification Measures 17/01/ /03/1993 Confidential 08/01/ /02/1994 Confidential 24/09/ /12/1992 Strictly 10/09/ /12/1992 Strictly 20/07/ /12/1992 Strictly Humanitarian Issues Working Group 24/03/ /11/1993 Strictly Economic Issues Working Group 05/03/ /11/1994 Confidential Working Group on Ethnic and National Communities and Minorities Working Group on Ethnic and National Communities and Minorities 15/03/ /03/1994 Unclassified 18/01/ /12/1993 Unclassified Humanitarian Issues Working Group 20/01/ /12/1994 Unclassified 26/10/ /03/1995 Humanitarian Issues Working Group 01/01/ /11/1993 Unclassified Humanitarian Issues Working Group - infrastructure for Bosnia and Herzegovina 24/03/ /11/1993 Unclassified Mixed Military Working Group (MMWG) 26/10/ /11/1992 Unclassified Mixed Military Working Group (MMWG) 30/11/ /12/1992 Confidential Mostar Working Group 07/01/ /02/1994 Unclassified Working Group on Secession Issues 17/12/ /12/1994 Unclassified Working Group on Secession Issues 21/01/ /10/1993 Unclassified Working Group on Secession Issues 27/01/ /03/1995 Unclassified Working Group on Secession Issues 21/01/ /01/1994 Unclassified

5 Coordination Body for the Implementation of the Vance-Owen Peace Plan - meetings 01/06/ /06/1993 Confidential 14/01/ /01/1996 Bosnia and Herzegovina Contact Group 19/07/ /10/1995 Confidential Bosnia and Herzegovina Contact Group 26/04/ /10/1994 Confidential Meetings 10/01/ /11/1994 Confidential Meetings 30/12/ /11/1994 Strictly Coordination Body for the Implementation of the Vance-Owen Peace Plan - meetings 07/12/ /06/1993 Confidential Arbitration Commission 14/01/ /08/1995 Unclassified Arbitration Commission 27/01/ /08/1993 Unclassified Arbitration Commission [file contents missing] 26/08/ /01/1996 Unclassified Meetings 14/08/ /08/1995 Unclassified Plenary meetings [file contents missing] 26/08/ /01/ /01/ /09/1994 Meetings 08/12/ /09/1994 Meetings 10/01/ /02/1994 Confidential Meetings 22/07/ /01/1994 Strictly Meetings 15/07/ /12/1993 Unclassified Meetings 15/01/ /02/1994 Unclassified Meetings 05/01/ /12/1993 Strictly Meetings 02/01/ /12/1993 Confidential

6 /01/ /12/1993 Meetings 21/06/ /06/1993 Unclassified Meetings 26/11/ /11/1993 Unclassified Meetings 11/01/ /11/1993 Confidential Meetings 18/02/ /11/1993 Confidential Meetings 03/02/ /12/1993 Confidential Meetings 30/01/ /11/1993 Unclassified Meetings 21/01/ /01/1993 Strictly Meetings 02/01/ /01/1993 Strictly 07/09/ /09/1994 Meetings - security 29/04/ /09/1994 Strictly Meetings - programmes 08/02/ /02/1994 Unclassified Meetings - programmes and travel 29/01/ /07/1994 Strictly Meetings - travel 02/01/ /02/1994 Strictly Meetings - travel 20/09/ /12/1993 Strictly Meetings - travel 23/01/ /12/1993 Strictly Meetings - travel 02/08/ /09/1993 Strictly Meetings - travel 02/07/ /07/1993 Strictly Organization and staffing 28/05/ /06/1993 Unclassified Cyrus R. Vance, Co-Chairman - Steering 07/09/ /12/1992 Strictly

7 Committee and Working Groups Cyrus R. Vance, Co-Chairman - Working Groups Cyrus R. Vance, Co-Chairman - Working Groups 30/06/ /07/ /08/ /11/1992 Confidential 24/07/ /12/1992 Confidential Cyrus R. Vance, Co-Chairman 30/06/ /03/1993 Unclassified Cyrus R. Vance, Co-Chairman - The London Conference, August 1992 Cyrus R. Vance, Co-Chairman - meetings and visits 25/08/ /09/1992 Unclassified 05/09/ /12/1992 Confidential Cyrus R. Vance, Co-Chairman - statements 12/09/ /10/1992 Unclassified Cyrus R. Vance, Co-Chairman - reports to the Secretary-General from the Co-Chairmen Cyrus R. Vance, Co-Chairman - correspondence with governments Cyrus R. Vance, Co-Chairman - correspondence with governments Cyrus R. Vance, Co-Chairman - Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), Yugoslav Daily Survey Cyrus R. Vance, Co-Chairman - former Yugoslavia Cyrus R. Vance, Co-Chairman - former Yugoslavia Cyrus R. Vance, Co-Chairman - former Yugoslavia Cyrus R. Vance, Co-Chairman - European Community Cyrus R. Vance, Co-Chairman - European Community Monitoring Mission (ECMM) Cyrus R. Vance, Co-Chairman - International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 06/09/ /11/1992 Confidential 28/09/ /07/1993 Confidential 23/09/ /05/ /09/ /12/1992 Confidential 14/04/ /05/1993 Unclassified 13/09/ /01/1993 Strictly 23/09/ /12/1992 Unclassified 01/09/ /11/1992 Unclassified 12/11/ /02/1993 Unclassified 06/09/ /09/1992 Unclassified 26/08/ /01/ /09/ /12/1992 Confidential Cyrus R. Vance, Co-Chairman - human rights 08/09/ /12/1992 Confidential

8 issues Cyrus R. Vance, Co-Chairman - UNPROFOR 14/09/ /10/1992 Strictly Cyrus R. Vance, Co-Chairman - letters from universities and NGOs Herbert S. Okun, Deputy Co-Chairman - Steering Committee Herbert S. Okun, Deputy Co-Chairman - Steering Committee Herbert S. Okun, Deputy Co-Chairman - Working Groups Herbert S. Okun, Deputy Co-Chairman - Working Groups Herbert S. Okun, Deputy Co-Chairman - Co- Chairmen's visits Herbert S. Okun, Deputy Co-Chairman - Arbitration Commission Herbert S. Okun, Deputy Co-Chairman - meetings Herbert S. Okun, Deputy Co-Chairman - constitutional agreements and plans Herbert S. Okun, Deputy Co-Chairman - Security Council Herbert S. Okun, Deputy Co-Chairman - former Yugoslavia Herbert S. Okun, Deputy Co-Chairman - former Yugoslavia Herbert S. Okun, Deputy Co-Chairman - former Yugoslavia Herbert S. Okun, Deputy Co-Chairman - European partner institutions Herbert S. Okun, Deputy Co-Chairman - Russian Federation Herbert S. Okun, Deputy Co-Chairman - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Herbert S. Okun, Deputy Co-Chairman - humanitarian issues 03/09/ /12/1992 Unclassified 11/12/ /12/1992 Unclassified 08/10/ /12/1992 Confidential 14/09/ /12/1992 Confidential 18/09/ /12/1992 Confidential 09/09/ /01/1993 Confidential 14/10/ /11/1992 Unclassified 26/08/ /01/1993 Unclassified 31/07/ /02/ /09/ /11/1992 Unclassified 14/10/ /12/1992 Confidential 26/08/ /01/1993 Confidential 03/09/ /12/1992 Strictly 22/09/ /02/1993 Strictly 31/07/ /11/1992 Confidential 16/09/ /02/1993 Unclassified 05/09/ /12/1992 Strictly 01/08/ /12/1992 Confidential 07/07/ /12/1995

9 Herbert S. Okun, Deputy Co-Chairman - International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Herbert S. Okun, Deputy Co-Chairman - Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) 10/01/ /10/1992 Unclassified 02/11/ /02/1993 Unclassified Vance-Owen Plan 05/05/ /09/1993 Unclassified Vance Plan 01/11/ /12/1991 Unclassified Agreements 12/12/ /12/1995 Unclassified Agreements 07/07/ /03/1994 Unclassified Agreements 02/02/ /11/1993 Unclassified 22/07/ /11/1995 Agreements 29/03/ /11/1995 Unclassified Bosnia and Herzegovina - peace talks 11/08/ /08/1993 Unclassified Military Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina 08/08/ /08/1993 Strictly Agreements 01/08/ /08/1995 Strictly Agreements 22/07/ /07/1993 Confidential 02/01/ /07/1994 Constitutional agreements and plans 09/01/ /07/1994 Unclassified Constitutional agreements and plans 16/01/ /03/1994 Unclassified Constitutional agreements and plans 20/09/ /12/1993 Unclassified Constitutional agreements and plans 20/09/ /12/1993 Unclassified Constitutional agreements and plans 02/01/ /12/1993 Confidential Constitutional agreements and plans 20/09/ /09/1993 Unclassified

10 Constitutional agreements and plans 02/01/ /08/1993 Unclassified 03/01/ /12/1993 The Brussels Package 19/11/ /12/1993 Unclassified Draft Agreement on Cessation of Hostilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina Implementation of Peace Plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina 26/03/ /07/1993 Confidential 14/09/ /12/1993 Confidential Implementation of peace plans 03/01/ /09/1993 Strictly Framework Agreement for the Bosniac-Croat Federation 21/01/ /01/ /02/ /03/1994 Confidential Washington Agreement 13/03/ /03/1994 Unclassified Bosnia and Herzegovina Union Agreement 06/01/ /05/1995 Confidential Dayton Agreement 11/03/ /01/1996 Confidential Ceasefire Agreement of 5 October /03/ /10/1995 Confidential Ceasefire agreements 02/02/ /12/1994 Confidential Ceasefire agreements 21/01/ /12/1993 Strictly Ceasefire agreements 02/06/ /07/1993 Strictly Implementation of Security Council Resolution 802 (1993) Implementation of Security Council Resolution 802 (1993) 03/04/ /06/1993 Confidential 04/01/ /02/ /01/ /04/1993 Confidential Ceasefire agreements 04/01/ /01/1993 Confidential Draft Agreement on the Krajina, Slavonia, 18/01/ /02/1995 Unclassified

11 Southern Baranja and Western Sirmium Draft Agreement on the Krajina, Slavonia, Southern Baranja and Western Sirmium Draft Agreement on the Krajina, Slavonia, Southern Baranja and Western Sirmium Draft Agreement on the Krajina, Slavonia, Southern Baranja and Western Sirmium Draft Agreement on the Krajina, Slavonia, Southern Baranja and Western Sirmium 05/12/ /12/1994 Unclassified 11/11/ /11/1994 Confidential 18/10/ /10/1994 Unclassified 24/10/ /11/1994 Unclassified 09/07/ /09/1995 Economic Agreement of 2 December /02/ /09/1995 Confidential Economic Agreement of 2 December /01/ /02/1995 Strictly Economic Agreement of 2 December /12/ /01/1995 Strictly Economic Agreement of 2 December /10/ /12/1994 Strictly Economic Agreement of 2 December /11/ /12/1994 Strictly Economic Agreement of 2 December /07/ /03/1995 Strictly 25/03/ /11/1994 Security Council - draft reports 06/01/ /11/1994 Confidential Security Council - draft reports 05/05/ /11/1994 Confidential Security Council - draft reports 11/03/ /04/1994 Confidential Security Council - draft reports 17/08/ /12/1993 Strictly Security Council - draft reports 06/07/ /11/1993 Confidential Security Council - draft reports 05/07/ /08/1993 Confidential Security Council - draft reports 25/03/ /06/1993 Strictly 04/01/ /08/1995

12 Security Council - draft reports 04/01/ /03/1993 Strictly Security Council - publications 19/09/ /08/1995 Unclassified Security Council - publications 01/12/ /12/1994 Unclassified Security Council - publications 09/05/ /09/1994 Unclassified Security Council - publications 09/01/ /05/1994 Confidential Security Council - publications 20/02/ /04/1995 Unclassified Security Council - publications 07/01/ /04/1994 Unclassified Security Council - publications 03/01/ /02/1994 Unclassified 25/01/ /12/1993 Security Council - publications 14/10/ /12/1993 Unclassified Security Council - publications 25/01/ /10/1993 Confidential Security Council - publications 06/08/ /09/1993 Unclassified Security Council - publications 01/07/ /08/1993 Unclassified Security Council - publications 20/04/ /06/1993 Unclassified Security Council - publications 25/03/ /04/1993 Unclassified Security Council - publications 01/03/ /03/1993 Unclassified 25/10/ /12/1993 Security Council - publications 06/01/ /02/1993 Unclassified Security Council - publications 08/01/ /12/1992 Unclassified Security Council - publications 25/10/ /12/1991 Unclassified

13 General Assembly and Security Council - publications General Assembly and Security Council - publications 11/11/ /12/1992 Unclassified 02/01/ /11/1992 Unclassified General Assembly - publications 22/10/ /12/1993 Unclassified General Assembly - publications 06/01/ /10/1993 Unclassified 03/09/ /09/1994 General Assembly - publications 06/04/ /08/1994 Unclassified General Assembly - publications 03/09/ /12/1992 Unclassified General Assembly - reports and statements 05/03/ /03/1994 Unclassified General Assembly - reports and statements 26/07/ /12/1993 Unclassified Draft report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly 19/04/ /09/1994 Strictly Draft reports of the Secretary-General to the 15/11/ /11/1992 Strictly General Assembly and to the Security Council Secretary-General - draft reports 09/01/ /10/1993 Strictly War crimes and Commission of Experts 24/03/ /08/1994 Confidential War crimes and Commission of Experts 07/12/ /12/1993 Unclassified Human rights situation in the former Yugoslavia Human rights situation in the former Yugoslavia International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) 21/07/ /01/ /09/ /01/1996 Strictly 19/04/ /09/1995 Strictly 02/06/ /11/1995 Strictly Autonomy [file contents missing] 26/08/ /01/1996 Autonomy 21/07/ /10/1993 Confidential

14 Membership in the United Nations [file contents missing] 26/08/ /01/1996 Membership in the United Nations 07/01/ /08/1993 Unclassified UNPROFOR mandate 13/02/ /04/1995 Unclassified UNPROFOR mandate 26/01/ /09/1994 Confidential UNPROFOR mandate 28/07/ /08/1993 Strictly UNPROFOR mandate 03/02/ /06/1993 Strictly 11/01/ /12/1995 Sanctions 29/12/ /09/1994 Confidential Sanctions 22/09/ /12/1993 Strictly Sanctions 08/04/ /09/1993 Strictly Sanctions 11/01/ /04/1993 Confidential Sanctions 01/03/ /09/1995 Strictly Sanctions Assistance Missions - situation reports Sanctions Assistance Missions - situation reports Sanctions Assistance Missions - situation reports Sanctions Assistance Missions - situation reports Sanctions Assistance Missions - situation reports Sanctions Assistance Missions - situation reports 30/11/ /12/1995 Confidential 07/09/ /10/1995 Confidential 23/01/ /08/ /08/ /08/1995 Confidential 06/07/ /07/1995 Confidential 05/06/ /06/1995 Confidential 13/04/ /04/1995 Confidential Sanctions Assistance Missions - situation 27/02/ /02/1995 Confidential

15 reports Sanctions Assistance Missions - situation reports Sanctions Assistance Missions - situation reports Sanctions Assistance Missions - situation reports Sanctions Assistance Missions - situation reports Sanctions Assistance Missions - situation reports 23/01/ /01/1995 Confidential 01/01/ /11/ /05/ /05/1994 Confidential 07/07/ /11/1994 Confidential 14/02/ /03/1994 Confidential 14/01/ /01/1994 Confidential Protest letters 22/01/ /11/1994 Strictly Protest letters 01/01/ /12/1993 Strictly Protest letters and requests for assistance 02/10/ /07/1994 Strictly 18/01/ /01/1996 Requests for assistance 18/01/ /12/1993 Strictly Petitions 10/02/ /04/1994 Petitions 18/01/ /02/1994 Unclassified Petitions 01/02/ /02/1994 Unclassified Petitions 01/02/ /02/1994 Unclassified Bosnia and Herzegovina 22/11/ /01/1996 Strictly Bosnia and Herzegovina 09/10/ /11/1995 Strictly 08/01/ /10/1995 Bosnia and Herzegovina 08/09/ /10/1995 Strictly Bosnia and Herzegovina 15/05/ /09/1995 Strictly

16 Bosnia and Herzegovina 01/03/ /05/1995 Strictly Bosnia and Herzegovina 02/01/ /05/1994 Strictly Bosnia and Herzegovina 26/07/ /12/1993 Strictly Bosnia and Herzegovina 08/01/ /11/1993 Strictly Bosnia and Herzegovina 16/04/ /07/1993 Confidential 02/12/ /11/1995 Bosnia and Herzegovina 02/01/ /04/1993 Confidential Bosnia and Herzegovina 18/09/ /12/1992 Unclassified Bosnia and Herzegovina - reference 02/12/ /02/1993 Confidential Bosnia and Herzegovina - reference 31/12/ /01/1993 Confidential Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina 06/04/ /08/1995 Strictly Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina 15/09/ /10/1994 Unclassified Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina 14/01/ /04/1994 Strictly Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina 23/01/ /12/1993 Strictly Brcko, Bosnia and Herzegovina 02/05/ /06/1994 Strictly Gorazde, Bosnia and Herzegovina 15/09/ /11/1995 Confidential Gorazde, Bosnia and Herzegovina 30/04/ /06/1994 Confidential Gorazde, Bosnia and Herzegovina 05/04/ /04/1994 Confidential Gorazde, Bosnia and Herzegovina 30/05/ /07/1993 Confidential 01/01/ /12/1995

17 Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina 16/06/ /07/1994 Confidential Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina 19/01/ /12/1993 Strictly Mount Igman, Bosnia and Herzegovina 19/07/ /09/1993 Strictly Incident in vi Travnic, Bosnia and Herzegovina 25/10/ /11/1993 Confidential Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 07/01/ /01/1994 Unclassified Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 13/05/ /08/1994 Confidential Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 07/01/ /05/1994 Strictly Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 01/01/ /12/1993 Strictly Sarajevo Airport, Bosnia and Herzegovina 15/09/ /10/1993 Confidential Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina 10/03/ /12/1993 Strictly Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina 18/04/ /12/1995 Strictly Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina [file contents missing] 16/06/ /07/ /02/ /01/1996 Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina 19/05/ /05/1994 Confidential Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina 24/02/ /05/1994 Confidential Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina 17/05/ /10/1993 Confidential Tuzla Airport, Bosnia and Herzegovina 06/06/ /06/1994 Confidential Tuzla Airport, Bosnia and Herzegovina 12/01/ /05/1994 Confidential Tuzla Airport, Bosnia and Herzegovina 01/02/ /12/1993 Confidential Croatia 09/08/ /01/1996 Strictly

18 Croatia 27/03/ /08/1995 Strictly Croatia 27/01/ /12/1994 Strictly Croatia 27/07/ /11/1993 Strictly Croatia 09/09/ /12/1993 Confidential 08/01/ /11/1995 Croatia 03/07/ /09/1993 Strictly Croatia 01/03/ /06/1993 Strictly Croatia 08/01/ /02/1993 Strictly Croatia - UNPROFOR outgoing code cables 22/01/ /01/1993 Confidential Dubrovnik, Croatia 01/11/ /11/1995 Confidential Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) (Serbia and Montenegro) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) (Serbia and Montenegro) Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) - economy and railroad Relations between the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and Greece Relations between the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and Greece [file contents missing] Skopje, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 17/01/ /12/1993 Strictly 14/09/ /11/1994 Strictly 26/08/ /01/ /04/ /12/1995 Strictly 02/01/ /12/1993 Strictly 11/11/ /11/1993 Unclassified 17/04/ /11/1993 Unclassified 26/08/ /01/ /01/ /12/1994 Strictly Kosovo - reports and correspondence 24/05/ /01/1996 Confidential

19 Kosovo - reports 07/04/ /11/1994 Confidential Special Group on Kosovo 04/01/ /12/1993 Strictly Kosovo educational talks 08/09/ /10/1993 Unclassified 13/01/ /12/1994 "Republic of Serbian Krajina" (RSK) 04/02/ /12/1994 Confidential "Republic of Serbian Krajina" (RSK) 13/01/ /07/1993 Strictly "Republic of Serbian Krajina" (RSK) 13/01/ /06/1993 Strictly "Republic of Serbian Krajina" (RSK) 14/06/ /12/1993 Strictly Ceasefire agreements 27/01/ /10/1993 Confidential Slovenia 22/01/ /05/1994 Strictly Permanent Mission of the Republic of Slovenia 21/02/ /05/1994 Unclassified to the United Nations Meetings on "the global approach" to a peace settlement Meetings on "the global approach" to a peace settlement rth Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) - Implementation Force (IFOR) 21/01/ /12/ /01/ /07/1994 Strictly 28/01/ /05/1994 Strictly 30/11/ /12/1995 Confidential rth Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 02/08/ /11/1995 Strictly rth Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 21/01/ /07/1993 Strictly rth Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 01/09/ /11/1995 Strictly rth Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 01/03/ /08/1995 Strictly rth Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 11/01/ /06/1994 Strictly

20 Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) / Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) / Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) / Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) 05/11/ /01/ /04/ /01/1996 Confidential 25/01/ /12/1994 Confidential 06/04/ /01/1996 Strictly European Community [file contents missing] 01/01/ /12/1994 European Community 04/02/ /04/1994 Confidential European Community 13/01/ /12/1993 Strictly European Community 17/05/ /05/1993 Unclassified Council of Europe 25/01/ /01/1994 Unclassified Council of Europe 24/01/ /11/1994 Strictly Council of Europe 05/11/ /12/1993 Strictly Council of Europe 14/09/ /09/1993 Unclassified n-aligned Countries and Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers n-aligned Countries and Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers 06/01/ /10/1994 Unclassified 11/01/ /12/1993 Confidential Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers 12/11/ /12/1992 Confidential United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 01/01/ /01/ /01/ /04/1994 Strictly 13/01/ /12/1993 Confidential 31/08/ /10/1993 Strictly United Nations High Commissioner for 10/06/ /08/1993 Strictly

21 Refugees (UNHCR) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 01/01/ /03/1993 Strictly 31/10/ /12/1992 Confidential World Council of Churches 10/03/ /03/1994 Unclassified World Council of Churches 13/01/ /10/1993 Unclassified Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina [file contents missing] 26/08/ /01/1996 Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina 23/05/ /08/1994 Strictly Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina 29/01/ /11/1993 Confidential Administration of Mostar 13/12/ /12/1995 Confidential Administration of Mostar 13/01/ /03/1994 Confidential Administration of Mostar and Sarajevo 01/01/ /12/1994 Confidential 26/08/ /01/1996 Administration of Mostar and Sarajevo 05/08/ /10/1993 Strictly Humanitarian assistance to Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) 17/01/ /12/1993 Confidential 29/08/ /01/1996 Strictly 18/09/ /11/1995 Strictly 22/06/ /08/1995 Strictly 09/05/ /06/1995 Strictly Political analyses 12/03/ /07/1994 Unclassified Economic capacity building 26/08/ /01/1996 Unclassified Border monitoring 06/01/ /08/1993 Strictly

22 fly zone 09/10/ /12/1992 Confidential Organization of UNPROFOR 02/06/ /08/1993 Strictly 20/01/ /01/1996 UNPROFOR- general 17/09/ /01/1996 Strictly UNPROFOR- general 26/07/ /09/1995 Confidential UNPROFOR- general 20/01/ /12/1993 Confidential UNPROFOR- general 05/08/ /08/1993 Strictly UNPROFOR- general 01/07/ /08/1993 Strictly UNPROFOR- general 03/04/ /06/1993 Strictly 23/12/ /10/1993 UNPROFOR - general 13/01/ /03/1993 Strictly UNPROFOR - general 28/06/ /07/1993 Strictly UNPROFOR - general 18/06/ /06/1993 Confidential UNPROFOR - general 06/03/ /07/1993 Strictly UNPROFOR - general 26/01/ /02/1993 Confidential UNPROFOR - general 23/12/ /01/1993 Strictly UNPROFOR - general 12/06/ /10/1993 Confidential Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for the Former Yugoslavia 17/05/ /01/ /05/ /12/1993 Confidential Security of "VIPs" visiting UNPROFOR 01/07/ /07/1993 Unclassified

23 UNPROFOR in Croatia 03/05/ /07/1995 Strictly UNPROFOR in Croatia 01/02/ /05/1995 Strictly Demilitarization of the Prevlaka Peninsula 27/03/ /01/1996 Confidential Sector East - Eastern Slavonia 12/11/ /01/1996 Confidential 02/01/ /01/1996 Sector East - Eastern Slavonia 31/03/ /11/1995 Strictly Assassination of Vice Prime Minister of Bosnia 08/01/ /11/1993 Confidential and Herzegovina, Hakija Turajlic Implementation of Security Council resolutions regarding United Nations Protected Areas (UNPAs) Implementation of Security Council resolutions regarding United Nations Protected Areas (UNPAs) Civilian Police (CIVPOL) and International Police Task Force (IPTF) 02/06/ /11/1993 Strictly 27/01/ /06/1993 Strictly 03/07/ /01/1996 Strictly Air transport and use of UNHCR aircraft 20/07/ /12/1993 Strictly Air transport and use of UNHCR aircraft 02/01/ /07/1993 Strictly 16/08/ /03/1994 Meetings 11/11/ /12/1992 Strictly Meetings 18/11/ /12/1992 Confidential Meetings - travel 25/12/ /12/1992 Confidential Letters to the Co-Chairmen 02/12/ /12/1992 Strictly Cyrus R. Vance - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) - Special Operation in the Former Yugoslavia Cyrus R. Vance - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 09/11/ /01/1993 Unclassified 31/08/ /11/1992 Confidential Cyrus R. Vance - United Nations High 16/08/ /09/1992 Confidential

24 Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Cyrus R. Vance - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 06/09/ /09/1992 Unclassified Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina 12/01/ /03/1994 Confidential 05/08/ /01/1996 UNPROFOR - general 30/05/ /10/1995 Strictly UNPROFOR - general 06/02/ /05/1995 Strictly UNPROFOR - daily briefings of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and the Force Commander UNPROFOR - daily briefings of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP) - general United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation (UNCRO) - general United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation (UNCRO) - general United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) - general United Nations Transitional Administration in Eastern Slavonia, Baranja, and Western Sirmium (UNTAES) - general 10/08/ /12/1993 Confidential 05/08/ /10/1993 Confidential 08/05/ /01/1996 Confidential 27/06/ /12/1995 Strictly 06/04/ /06/1995 Confidential 22/01/ /01/1996 Confidential 19/01/ /01/1996 Confidential 1851 Management and Integration - Reporting to Scope and Content The records of 1851 are comprised of high-level code cables reporting on diplomatic and operational activities of the ICFY. Code cables document the collaboration between the following agencies: the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia (ICFY); the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR); the Department of Peace Keeping Operations (DPKO); and the European Community Monitoring Mission (ECMM). The code cables were sent or copied to the UN headquarters in New York City and the ICFY Secretariat located in Geneva. The Office of the Co-Chairmen of the ICFY initially was headed by Co-Chairmen Cyrus Vance and Lord David Owen and later in May 1993, by Lord Owen and Thorvald Stoltenberg. The Office of the Co-Chairmen reported diplomatic and operational developments directly to the Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali and to the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations and Special Envoy for the Former Yugoslavia, Kofi Annan, at the UN headquarters in New York and the Theatre Headquarters in Zagreb, Croatia. Outgoing code cables from the Co-Chairmen relay information about high-level meetings and communications with leaders of warring parties and international diplomatic and governmental organizations. Topics covered include: Co-Chairmen s progress in the development of a constitution

25 for Bosnia and Herzegovina; the progress of ICFY working groups on issues related to confidence building and security measures, minorities, and economic relations; the forensic examination of alleged mass grave sites in the conflict area; and the possible results of the withdrawal of UNPROFOR (February 1995). Also included are the Co-Chairmen s reports to the Security Council about the activities of the ICFY. In addition, a memorandum written by International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Justice Richard Goldstone describes the preparation of indictments against the Bosnian Serb leadership (June 1995). The UNPROFOR General (SRSG), Yasushi Akashi, sent reports on diplomatic and operational developments primarily to Kofi Annan. Akashi s code cables consist of periodic reports to the Security Council and the Secretary-General relaying mission and operation specific information such as: the general situation in the mission areas; battalion deployment; the humanitarian situation; political developments in Croatia; and UN sanctions against the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). Included among the code cables are precise details of the Srebrenica Massacre, pursuant to Security Council Resolutions 1009 and 1010 (1995); and the final and comprehensive report on the Sarajevo Mortar Incident of 28 August 1995 (2nd Markale Massacre) prepared by UNPROFOR Lt. Col. J.R.J. Baxter. The files also contain code cables prepared by UNPROFOR Force Commander Satish Nambiar, who was based in Zagreb, Croatia. He reported to UN headquarters in New York on topics such as: the implementation of the no-fly zone; NATO air strikes against the Bosnian Serb Army (BSA); the mining of Peruca dam by the forces of the Republic of Serbian Krajina (RSK); and the safe passage of civilians, commercial goods, and humanitarian aid to and from Sarajevo. There are also cables relaying details of high-level discussions on the renewal of the UNPROFOR mandate (February 1994). The records also include reports prepared by the European Community Monitoring Mission (ECMM) in the Former Yugoslavia and sent to the ECMM Liaison Office in Geneva, the ECMM Headquarters in Zagreb, Croatia, and copied to the ICFY. The reports primarily consist of overviews of the political, operational, and humanitarian situation in the conflict area. Also included are high-level clear and code cables from the aforementioned offices, covering topics such as: the situation in FYROM; periodic UNPROFOR operational reports; the cessation of operations of UN Civilian Police (UNCIVPOL); and the status of the International Police Task Force and the UNCIVPOL in Bosnia and Herzegovina following the expiration of the United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation (UNCRO) mandate. Also included are working drafts of the Secretary-General s report concerning arrangements for the liquidation of headquarters of the United Nations Peace Forces (UNPF) and the establishment of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH), the United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka (UNMOP) and the United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (UNTAES) (31 January 1996). In addition, the series contains daily situation reports generated by the following Force Commanders of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR): Lieutenant-General Satish Nambiar of India, March 1992 to March 1993 Lieutenant-General Lars-Eric Wahlgren of Sweden, March 1993 to June 1993 General Jean Cot of France, June 1993 to March 1994 The situation reports were sent simultaneously to: United Nations headquarters in New York; Cyrus R. Vance and Thorvald Stoltenberg, the Co-Chairmen of the ICFY representing the United Nations Secretary-General in Geneva; and the Liaison Office in Vicenza, Italy of the rth Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The situation reports describe military activities in: the United Nations Protected Areas (UNPA); in Sector Sarajevo and in various locations of Bosnia and Herzegovina Command; in Croatia in Sectors rth, South, East and West; and in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Command. They note activities of warring factions; ceasefire violations (CFVs); incidents involving the security of United Nations personnel and premises; and the activities of UNPROFOR battalions, United Nations Military Observers (UNMO) and humanitarian convoys.

26 There are also situation reports sent from Bosnia and Herzegovina Command to UNPROFOR headquarters in Zagreb, Croatia. Box Folder Title Management and Integration - Reporting to Office of the Co-Chairmen - code cables - outgoing Office of the Co-Chairmen - code cables - outgoing Office of the Co-Chairmen - code cables - outgoing Office of the Co-Chairmen - code cables - outgoing Office of the Co-Chairmen - code cables - outgoing Office of the Co-Chairmen - code cables - outgoing Office of the Co-Chairmen - code cables - outgoing Management and Integration - Reporting to Office of the Co-Chairmen - clear cables - outgoing Office of the Co-Chairmen - clear cables - outgoing Office of the Co-Chairmen - code cables - outgoing Office of the Co-Chairmen - clear cables - outgoing Date Created Date Closed 13/10/ /01/1996 Security Level Scanned Items 15/07/ /01/1996 Confidential 06/01/ /07/1995 Strictly 20/07/ /01/1995 Confidential 29/11/ /07/1994 Confidential 08/01/ /12/1993 Confidential 13/10/ /10/1992 Confidential 14/10/ /10/1992 Strictly 03/09/ /01/ /09/ /10/1992 Strictly 14/09/ /10/1992 Strictly 04/09/ /09/1992 Confidential 03/09/ /09/1992 Strictly United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 05/09/ /01/1996 Confidential United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 03/07/ /09/1995 Confidential United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 01/03/ /06/1995 Confidential Management and Integration - Reporting to 10/05/ /10/1995 United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 13/04/ /10/1995 Confidential United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 10/05/ /09/1994 Strictly

27 United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 13/08/ /08/1994 Strictly United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 05/08/ /08/1994 Strictly United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 22/07/ /08/1994 Strictly United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 19/07/ /07/1994 Confidential United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 30/06/ /07/1994 Strictly Management and Integration - Reporting to 02/01/ /06/1994 United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 23/06/ /06/1994 Confidential United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 02/01/ /06/1994 Confidential United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 10/06/ /06/1994 Confidential United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 31/05/ /06/1994 Confidential United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 22/05/ /05/1994 Confidential United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 17/05/ /05/1994 Confidential United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 10/05/ /05/1994 Confidential United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 07/05/ /05/1994 Confidential Management and Integration - Reporting to 15/01/ /05/1994 United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 23/04/ /05/1994 Strictly United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 28/03/ /04/1994 Strictly United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 14/03/ /03/1994 Strictly United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 22/02/ /03/1994 Strictly United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 06/02/ /02/1994 Strictly

28 United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 15/01/ /02/1994 Strictly Management and Integration - Reporting to 14/12/ /12/1994 United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 08/01/ /02/1994 Confidential United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 20/08/ /12/1994 Strictly United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 27/10/ /10/1993 Unclassified United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 02/05/ /11/1994 Strictly United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 26/12/ /01/1993 Strictly United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 22/12/ /12/1992 Strictly United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 18/12/ /12/1992 Strictly United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 14/12/ /12/1992 Strictly United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 10/01/ /09/1994 Confidential Management and Integration - Reporting to 19/11/ /12/1992 United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 09/12/ /12/1992 Strictly United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 05/12/ /12/1992 Strictly United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 30/11/ /12/1992 Strictly United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 27/11/ /11/1992 Strictly United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 25/11/ /11/1992 Strictly United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 19/11/ /11/1992 Strictly Management and Integration - Reporting to 28/09/ /11/1992 United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 15/11/ /11/1992 Strictly

29 United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 13/11/ /11/1992 Strictly United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 09/11/ /11/1992 Strictly United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 02/11/ /11/1992 Strictly United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 28/10/ /11/1992 Strictly United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 28/09/ /10/1992 Strictly Management and Integration - Reporting to 12/08/ /11/1993 United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 22/09/ /09/1992 Strictly United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 14/09/ /09/1992 Strictly United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 12/08/ /09/1992 Strictly United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 12/10/ /10/1992 Strictly United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 04/10/ /10/1992 Strictly United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 22/09/ /09/1992 Strictly United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 28/08/ /11/1993 Unclassified Civil Affairs Coordinator (CAC) - political assessments - weekly Management and Integration - Reporting to 23/08/ /12/1993 European Community Monitoring Mission (ECMM) - reports European Community Monitoring Mission (ECMM) - reports European Community Monitoring Mission (ECMM) - reports European Community Monitoring Mission (ECMM) - reports European Community Monitoring Mission (ECMM) - reports 30/10/ /12/1993 Confidential 13/01/ /11/1993 Confidential 23/08/ /10/1992 Confidential 22/10/ /10/1993 Confidential 25/01/ /10/1993 Confidential European Community Monitoring Mission 21/08/ /10/1993 Confidential