Timeline of the genocide ( from The Bridge Betrayed )
1989
June 28 Serbian president Milošević speaks at the 600th anniversary Kosovo celebration
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1991
September 25 UN Security council Resolution 713: Arms embargo on all parties in the former Yugoslavia
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1992
March 27 Republika Srpska declared
April 6-7 Bosnia-Herzegovina is recognized by the EC and U.S.
April 3-17 Serb military begins genocide in Zvornik, Višegrad, Foča, and Bijeljina areas
April 21 Siege of Sarajevo begins
May Bosnian government pleads in vain for military help or a lifting of the arms embargo
May 17 Serb army destroys Oriental Institute in Sarajevo
May 19 Yugoslav Army claims it is "withdrawing" from Bosnia, transferring soldiers and weapons to the control of the Bosnian
Serb army
May 27 Bread-line shelling in Sarajevo
May 30 UN Security Council Resolution 725: Sanctions against Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)
June 19 Union of Herceg-Bosna declared
August 3 Bosnian President Izetbegovic appeals in vain for an end to the arms embargo
August 4-6 Televised pictures of Omarska and Trnopolje concentration camps August 25-28 London Conference: NATO nations affirm Bosnia's territorial integrity
Serb army burns the National Library in Sarajevo
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1993
January 2 Unveiling of the Vance-Owen plan
January 8 UN gives over the Bosnian Deputy Prime Minister to Serb soldiers, who kill him on the spot
January 15 Water-line shelling in Sarajevo
March-Apr. Serb army takes Cerska and threatens Gorazde, Srebrenica, and Zepa
April 16 UN Security Council Resolution 819: Declares Srebrenica a safe area
May 5 The Republika Srpska rejects the Vance-Owen plan
May 22 Bihac, Tuzla, Zepa, Gorazde, and Sarajevo declared save areas along with Srebrenica
June-Sept. Owen-Stoltenberg partition of Bosnia, based on a map drawn by Tudjman and Milosevic
June 30 UN Security Council rejects a proposal to lift the arms embargo
July Joint Croat-Serb nationalist attacks on Bosnian Muslims
August 23 HVO forces destroy Pocitelj's Old Town and expel its Muslims
Sept. 6 Izetbegovic pleads for the UN Security Council to lift arms embargo
Sept. 27 Fikret Abdic declares an autonomous state in the Bihac pocket
Nov. 9 HVO destroys the Mostar Old Bridge
Nov. 17 UN War Crimes Tribunal authorized
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1994
February 5 Marketplace shelling in Sarajevo; NATO pressure leads to temporary relief from shelling
April 4-15 Serb army shells Goazde, enters the safe area, and burns Muslim homes. British UN General Michael Rose refuses to
protect the safe area
May Contact Group plan to partition Bosniawith 49 percent of the territory to go tothe Republika Srpska
Aug.-Sept. Vojkan Djurkovic phase of expulsions and religious terror in Banja Luka and Bijeljina
Sept.-Nov. Yugoslavia claims it has clsed its border with Bsonia
November Bihac attacked by Serb forces from Bosnia and Croatia, and by Abdic rebels. British UN General Michael Rose renounces further NATO air strikes to protect Bihac.
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1995
July 11-21 UN hands over safe areas of Srebrenica and epa to Serb army; mass killings ensue
July 26 U.S. Senate passes Dole-Lieberman bill to lift arms embargo against Bosnia
July-August Croatian regular army crushes the Serb Krajina Republic in "Operation Storm"
August 28 Second Sarajevo marketplace shelling leads to NATO bombing
Nov. 22 Peace agreement initialed in Dayton, Ohio
June 28 Serbian president Milošević speaks at the 600th anniversary Kosovo celebration
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1991
September 25 UN Security council Resolution 713: Arms embargo on all parties in the former Yugoslavia
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1992
March 27 Republika Srpska declared
April 6-7 Bosnia-Herzegovina is recognized by the EC and U.S.
April 3-17 Serb military begins genocide in Zvornik, Višegrad, Foča, and Bijeljina areas
April 21 Siege of Sarajevo begins
May Bosnian government pleads in vain for military help or a lifting of the arms embargo
May 17 Serb army destroys Oriental Institute in Sarajevo
May 19 Yugoslav Army claims it is "withdrawing" from Bosnia, transferring soldiers and weapons to the control of the Bosnian
Serb army
May 27 Bread-line shelling in Sarajevo
May 30 UN Security Council Resolution 725: Sanctions against Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)
June 19 Union of Herceg-Bosna declared
August 3 Bosnian President Izetbegovic appeals in vain for an end to the arms embargo
August 4-6 Televised pictures of Omarska and Trnopolje concentration camps August 25-28 London Conference: NATO nations affirm Bosnia's territorial integrity
Serb army burns the National Library in Sarajevo
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1993
January 2 Unveiling of the Vance-Owen plan
January 8 UN gives over the Bosnian Deputy Prime Minister to Serb soldiers, who kill him on the spot
January 15 Water-line shelling in Sarajevo
March-Apr. Serb army takes Cerska and threatens Gorazde, Srebrenica, and Zepa
April 16 UN Security Council Resolution 819: Declares Srebrenica a safe area
May 5 The Republika Srpska rejects the Vance-Owen plan
May 22 Bihac, Tuzla, Zepa, Gorazde, and Sarajevo declared save areas along with Srebrenica
June-Sept. Owen-Stoltenberg partition of Bosnia, based on a map drawn by Tudjman and Milosevic
June 30 UN Security Council rejects a proposal to lift the arms embargo
July Joint Croat-Serb nationalist attacks on Bosnian Muslims
August 23 HVO forces destroy Pocitelj's Old Town and expel its Muslims
Sept. 6 Izetbegovic pleads for the UN Security Council to lift arms embargo
Sept. 27 Fikret Abdic declares an autonomous state in the Bihac pocket
Nov. 9 HVO destroys the Mostar Old Bridge
Nov. 17 UN War Crimes Tribunal authorized
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1994
February 5 Marketplace shelling in Sarajevo; NATO pressure leads to temporary relief from shelling
April 4-15 Serb army shells Goazde, enters the safe area, and burns Muslim homes. British UN General Michael Rose refuses to
protect the safe area
May Contact Group plan to partition Bosniawith 49 percent of the territory to go tothe Republika Srpska
Aug.-Sept. Vojkan Djurkovic phase of expulsions and religious terror in Banja Luka and Bijeljina
Sept.-Nov. Yugoslavia claims it has clsed its border with Bsonia
November Bihac attacked by Serb forces from Bosnia and Croatia, and by Abdic rebels. British UN General Michael Rose renounces further NATO air strikes to protect Bihac.
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1995
July 11-21 UN hands over safe areas of Srebrenica and epa to Serb army; mass killings ensue
July 26 U.S. Senate passes Dole-Lieberman bill to lift arms embargo against Bosnia
July-August Croatian regular army crushes the Serb Krajina Republic in "Operation Storm"
August 28 Second Sarajevo marketplace shelling leads to NATO bombing
Nov. 22 Peace agreement initialed in Dayton, Ohio