Washington Agreement

Washington Agreement
	Bosnian President Alija Izetbegović and Croatian President Franjo Tuđman sign the Washington Agreement
Type	Ceasefire agreement
Signed	18 March 1994
Location	Washington, D.C., United States Vienna, Austria
Sealed	24 March 1994
Effective	30 March 1994
Signatories	Alija Izetbegović; Haris Silajdžić; Franjo Tuđman; Mate Granić; Krešimir Zubak;
Parties	Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Herzeg-Bosnia; CroatiaWitnessed by:; United States;
Ratifiers	Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Languages	Bosnian; Croatian

The Washington Agreement (Croatian: washingtonski sporazum; Bosnian: vašingtonski sporazum) was a ceasefire agreement between the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, signed on 18 March 1994 in Washington, D.C.^[1] It was signed by Bosnian Prime Minister Haris Silajdžić, Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granić and President of Herzeg-Bosnia Krešimir Zubak.

Under the agreement, the combined territory held by the Croat and Bosnian (in that time Bosniak) government forces was divided into ten autonomous cantons, establishing the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and ending the Croat-Bosniak War. The cantonal system was selected to prevent dominance by one ethnic group over another.^[2]

The subsequently signed Washington Framework Agreement had the creation of a loose federation (or confederation) between Croatia and Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina as one of its goals.^[3]

^ Bethlehem, Daniel L.; Weller, Marc (1997). The 'Yugoslav' Crisis in International Law. Cambridge International Documents Series. Vol. 5. Cambridge University Press. p. liiv. ISBN 978-0-521-46304-1.
^ "Bosnia and Herzegovina". European Commissions. p. 1.
^ Lester H. Brune (2003). Chronological History of U.S. Foreign Relations Volume III 1989-2000. Routledge. pp. 1247–1248. ISBN 9780415939171. Retrieved 2013-02-19.

[Bethlehem1997pliii-1] Bethlehem, Daniel L.; Weller, Marc (1997). The 'Yugoslav' Crisis in International Law. Cambridge International Documents Series. Vol. 5. Cambridge University Press. p. liiv. ISBN 978-0-521-46304-1.

[2] "Bosnia and Herzegovina". European Commissions. p. 1.

[3] Lester H. Brune (2003). Chronological History of U.S. Foreign Relations Volume III 1989-2000. Routledge. pp. 1247–1248. ISBN 9780415939171. Retrieved 2013-02-19.

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