Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Dayton Agreement 20 Years On

Meetup Outline

• Attending this meetup requires that you get a ticket booked and confirmed beforehand by the Frontline Club

• Tickets cost £12.50 and can be booked here (http://frontlineclub.bookinglive.com/home/events-and-screenings/first-wednesday-the-dayton-agreement-20-years-on/)

• THE EVENT IS IN HIGH DEMAND; BOOK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

• We'll meet between 6.30─6.45pm at the Fountains Abbey pub (https://goo.gl/maps/h3ePSXtyz7P2) opposite the Frontline Club

• 6.45pm heading over to the Frontline Club and taking seats

• Event starting at 7.00pm

• Event finishing ~8.30pm

• We are heading back to the Fountains Abbey (https://goo.gl/maps/h3ePSXtyz7P2) in the upstairs area and finish the evening with a "pint of chat"

Summary

In the autumn of 1995 at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base outside Dayton, Ohio, the then presidents of the Yugoslav federal states, Slobodan Milošević, Alija Izetbegović and Franjo Tuđman, came together to negotiate an agreement that would see the end of the most violent conflict in Europe since World War II.

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The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as the Dayton Agreement, stopped the fighting – but 20 years on have the divisions been bridged? Have the wounds healed?

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We will be joined by a panel of those who were involved in the negotiations along with those who covered the war to reflect on the events of 20 years ago, the process of peace and reconciliation that followed, and whether the country today is reconciled.

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[Map data: Nikolić, 2010]

The panel

Paddy Ashdown was the high representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina and the European Union special representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina from May 2002 until January 2006.

Anthony Loyd is a senior foreign correspondent for The Times. His career began in 1993 when he started reporting from the war in Bosnia. He is author of My War Gone By I Miss It So and Another Bloody Love Letter.

Additional speakers to be announced (http://www.frontlineclub.com/first-wednesday-the-dayton-agreement-20-years-on/).

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