The Dayton Accords, signed in 1995, forced an uneasy peace in Bosnia.
The Dayton Accords is the peace treaty signed in 1995 in Dayton, Ohio, by Croatia, Yugoslavia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, which marked the end of the Bosnian War, within of the set of armed conflicts that took place between 1991 and 1995 during the dismemberment process of the former Federal Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia.
The formal agreement was signed and ratified by all parties involved, in Paris (France) on December 14 of the same year. With the signing of the Accords, the three Balkan States committed themselves to be guided in their relations in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, fully respecting "the sovereign equality of the others", and arranging disputes by peaceful means, abstaining "from all act, through threat or use of force or otherwise, against the territorial integrity or political independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina or any other State. "
