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Also Known As General Framework Agreement for Peace
Date November 21, 1995
Location Dayton • Ohio • United States
Participants Croatia • Serbia • Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Dayton Accords
Bosnian conflict: destruction in Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina: election, 1996
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosniak women
Stabilization Force flag
Democratic congressman Steny Hoyer of Maryland (left) and Richard Holbrooke (second left), the chief U.S. negotiator of the Dayton Accords, with Miodrag Pajić (centre), mayor of Brčko, Bosnia, 1996.
Steny Hoyer
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Holbrooke, Richard
Richard Holbrooke
American diplomat