ANNEX 1B
Agreement on Regional Stabilization
The Republic of Bosnia
and Herzegovina, the Republic of
Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Republika
Srpska (hereinafter the "Parties") have agreed as
follows:
Article I: General Obligations
The Parties agree that establishment of progressive
measures for regional stability and arms control is
essential to creating a stable peace in the region.
To this end, they agree on the importance of
devising new forms of cooperation in the field of
security aimed at building transparency and
confidence and achieving balanced and stable defense
force levels at the lowest numbers consistent with
the Parties' respective security and the need to
avoid an arms race in the region. They have approved
the following elements for a regional structure for
stability.
Article II: Confidence- and Security-Building Measures in
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Within seven days after
this Agreement (hereinafter "Annex") enters into force, the Republic of Bosnia
and Herzegovina, the Federation of Bosnia and
Herzegovina, and the Republika Srpska shall at an
appropriately high political level commence
negotiations under the auspices of the Organization
for Security and Cooperation in Europe (hereinafter
"OSCE") to agree upon a series of measures to
enhance mutual confidence and reduce the risk of
conflict, drawing fully upon the 1994 Vienna
Document of the Negotiations on Confidence- and
Security-Building Measures of the OSCE. The
objective of these negotiations is to agree upon an
initial set of measures within forty-five (45) days
after this Annex enters into force including, but
not necessarily limited to, the following:
a. restrictions on military deployments and
exercises in certain geographical areas;
b. restraints on the reintroduction of foreign
Forces in light of Article III of Annex 1-A to
the General Framework Agreement;
c. restrictions on locations of heavy weapons;
d. withdrawal of Forces and heavy weapons to
cantonment/barracks areas or other designated
locations as provided in Article IV of Annex
1-A;
e. notification of disbandment of special
operations and armed civilian groups;
f. notification of certain planned military
activities, including international military
assistance and training programs;
g. identification of and monitoring of weapons
manufacturing capabilities;
h. immediate exchange
of data on the holdings of
the five Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in
Europe (hereinafter "CFE") weapons categories
as defined in the CFE Treaty, with the
additional understanding that artillery pieces
will be defined as those of 75mm calibre and
above; and
i. immediate establishment of military liaison
missions between the Chiefs of the Armed Forces
of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and
the Republika Srpska;
Article III: Regional Confidence- and Security-Building
Measures
To supplement the measures in Article II above on a
wider basis, the Parties agree to initiate steps
toward a regional agreement on confidence- and
security-building measures. The Parties agree:
a. not to import any arms for ninety (90) days
after this Annex enters into force;
b. not to import for 180 days after this Annex
enters into force or until the arms control
agreement referred to in Article IV below takes
effect, whichever is the earlier, heavy weapons
or heavy weapons ammunition, mines, military
aircraft, and helicopters. Heavy weapons refers
to all tanks and armored vehicles, all
artillery 75 mm and above, all mortars 81 mm
and above, and all anti-aircraft weapons 20 mm
and above.
Article IV: Measures for Sub-Regional Arms Control
1. Recognizing the importance of achieving balanced and
stable defense force levels at the lowest numbers
consistent with their respective security, and
understanding that the establishment of a stable
military balance based on the lowest level of
armaments will be an essential element in preventing
the recurrence of conflict, the Parties within
thirty (30) days after this Annex enters into force
shall commence negotiations under the auspices of
the OSCE to reach early agreement on levels of
armaments consistent with this goal. Within thirty
(30) days after this Annex enters into force, the
Parties shall also commence negotiations on an
agreement establishing voluntary limits on military
manpower.
2. The Parties agree that the armaments agreement
should be based at a minimum on the following
criteria: population size, current military armament
holdings, defense needs, and relative force levels
in the region.
a. The agreement shall establish numerical limits
on holdings of tanks, artillery, armored combat
vehicles, combat aircraft, and attack
helicopters, as defined in the relevant
sections of the CFE Treaty, with the additional
understanding that artillery pieces will be
defined as those of 75 mm calibre and above.
b. In order to establish a baseline, the Parties
agree to report within thirty (30) days after
this Annex enters into force their holdings as
defined in sub-paragraph (a) above, according
to the format prescribed in the 1992 Vienna
Document of the OSCE.
c. This notification format shall be supplemented
to take into account the special considerations
of the region.
3. The Parties agree to complete within 180 days after
this Annex enters into force the negotiations above
on agreed numerical limits on the categories
referred to in paragraph 2(a) of this Article. If
the Parties fail to agree to such limits within 180
days after this Annex enters into force, the
following limits shall apply, according to a ratio
of 5:2:2 based on the approximate ratio of
populations of the Parties:
the baseline shall
be the determined holdings
of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
(hereinafter the "baseline");
the limits for the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia shall be seventy-five (75) percent
of the baseline;
the limits for the Republic of Croatia shall be
thirty (30) percent of the baseline;
the limits for Bosnia and Herzegovina shall be
thirty (30) percent of the baseline; and
the allocations for Bosnia and Herzegovina will
be divided between the Entities on the basis of
a ratio of two (2) for the Federation of Bosnia
and Herzegovina and one (1) for the Republika
Srpska.
4. The OSCE will assist the Parties in their
negotiations underArticles II and IV of this Annex
and in the implementation and verification
(including verification of holdings declarations) of
resulting agreements.
Article V: Regional Arms Control Agreement
The OSCE will assist
the Parties by designating a
special representative to help organize and conduct
negotiations under the auspices of the OSCE Forum on
Security Cooperation ("FSC") with the goal of
establishing a regional balance in and around the
former Yugoslavia. The Parties undertake to
cooperate fully with the OSCE to that end and to
facilitate regular inspections by other parties.
Further, the Parties agree to establish a commission
together with representatives of the OSCE for the
purpose of facilitating the resolution of any
disputes that might arise.
Article VI: Entry into Force
This Annex shall enter into force upon signature.
For the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
For the Republic of Croatia
For the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
For the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
For the Republika Srpska
