24 NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2025 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL PJF MILITARY COLLECTION/ALAMY Slobodan Milosevic (third from left), Alija Izetbegovic (fourth from left), and Franjo Tudjman (sixth from left) initialing the Dayton Accords at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, outside Dayton, Ohio, on November 21, 1995. The Dayton Accords ended the conflict arising from the breakup of the Republic of Yugoslavia and paved the way for signing the final “General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina” on December 14, 1995. COMPILED BY FRAN LESKOVAR The Dayton Peace Accords at 30 Firsthand Accounts from U.S. Diplomats Who Were There COVER STORY
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