BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: FORMAL CEREMONY HANDING RESPONSIBILITY FOR PEACE MISSION IN BOSNIA FROM UNITED NATIONS TO NATO

Record ID: 639850

  • Title: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: FORMAL CEREMONY HANDING RESPONSIBILITY FOR PEACE MISSION IN BOSNIA FROM UNITED NATIONS TO NATO
  • Date: 20th December 1995
  • Summary: SARAJEVO, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA (DECEMBER 20, 1995) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. SLV WIDE OF MEETING TO SEE SIGNING CEREMONY/ ENTRY OF ADMIRAL LEIGHTON SMITH OF UNITED STATES NAVY, KOFFI ANNAN FROM UNITED NATIONS AND LIEUTENANT GENERAL BERNARD JANVIER UNITED NATIONS PROTECTION FORCE MILITARY COMMANDER 0.11 2. SV ANNAN SAYS PEOPLE OF BOSNIA LONG FOR PEACE AND IT IS NOW FOR THEIR LEADERS TO MAKE THE PEACE WORK (ENGLISH) 0.38 4. SV CUTAWAY TO TROOPS/ PAN SMITH AND JANVIER SIGN DOCUMENTS TO SEAL HANDOVER FROM UNITED NATIONS TO NATO FORCES/ PHOTOGRAPHER (5 SHOTS) 1.01 5. SV SMITH AT PODIUM SPEAKS OF A BOSNIA OF RECONSTRUCTION, A BOSNIA WITH A FUTURE (ENGLISH) 1.32 6. GV WIDE OF CEREMONY, ANNAN AND SMITH SHAKE HANDS 1.36 SEQ.2: TRANSCRIPT; ANNAN: "THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT THE PEOPLE OF BOSNIA ARE TIRED OF WAR AND SUFFERING. IT IS CLEAR THAT THEY LONG FOR PEACE. IT IS NOW UP TO THEIR LEADERS TO HAVE THE COURAGE, THE DETERMINATION AND WISDOM TO MAKE PEACE WORK. CYNICAL MANIPULATION MUST BE REPLACED BY THE SPIRIT OF HOPE AND HARD WORK, IF WE ARE TO ACHIEVE TRUE RECONCILLIATION." SEQ.5: TRANSCRIPT; SMITH: "WE ARE HERE TO FACILITATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A PEACE AGREEMENT FREELY ENTERED INTO BY THE PARTIES AND TO ESTABLISH A SECURE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THE CIVILIAN AGENCIES AND ORGANISATIONS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW BOSNIA. A BOSNIA THAT CAN NOW IN ERNEST BEGIN THE PROCESS OF REBUILDING. A BOSNIA WITH A FUTURE." Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 4th January 1996 12:00
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  • Location: SARAJEVO, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
  • Reuters ID: LVA90BVBQ73OBITMDMECXCGTZM0U
  • Story Text: NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) assumed command of the peace mission in Bosnia on Wednesday (December 20) from the United Nations (U.N.), but not without a slight hitch because of poor weather.

    The formal signing over of control had to be postponed for a few hours when fog delayed the arrival of NATO's commander Admiral Leighton Smith in Sarajevo.

    Eventually, Admiral Smith and his counterpart Lieutenant General Bernard Janvier, the U.N's Protector Force Military Commander, got together for the official ceremony.

    Up to 60,000 NATO troops will be despatched to Bosnia over the coming weeks in the hope that a lasting peace can survive in the former Yugoslavia.


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