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| 1994, Jan. 4–5 |
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| In Vienna, European countries ran informal negotiations over possible partitions of Bosnia-Herzegovina. In February, in order to obviate threatened NATO air strikes, Bosnian Serbs got rid of guns around Sarajevo; Russia sent mediators to assist with the situation. | 1 |
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| March 18 |
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| Bosnian Muslims signed a charter to create a federation with the Croats; U.S. president Clinton expressed hope that Serbs would join in these efforts. | 2 |
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| March 29–April 7 |
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| Bosnian Serbs began assaulting a Muslim enclave in and around the town of Gorazde, just southeast of Sarajevo. NATO sent aircraft to bomb Serbian positions in Bosnia so as to interrupt this move. As Serbs continued to advance into Gorazde, Clinton supported the use of greater force by the UN, and NATO air strikes induced Serbs to pull back. | 3 |
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| May 13 |
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| The U.S. and six European countries, including Russia, announced a plan to partition Bosnia, giving Serbs 49 percent of the land and the Muslim-Croat Federation 51 percent. Factions in Bosnia signed a month-long cease-fire agreement on June 10, but in July and August, Serbs rejected three peace and partition plans. | 4 |
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| Aug. 5 |
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| NATO launched an air strike against the Serbs in Bosnia. Yugoslavia closed its Bosnian borders. On Sept. 16 Serbia agreed to allow inspections on the Bosnian border. | 5 |
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| Oct. 26–Nov. 3 |
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| Bosnian Croats and Muslims started to make gains against the Serbs, seizing the previously Serbian town of Kupres. | 6 |
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| Dec. 8 |
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| Harassment of UN forces by Serbs led the UN to consider withdrawing its troops from Bosnia. On Dec. 9–10 an EU summit decided that UN forces were still needed in Bosnia. | 7 |
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| Dec. 20 |
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| Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter visited Bosnia and negotiated a cease-fire. The Bosnian government and the Serbs agreed to start a truce to the 33-month war as of New Year's Day. | 8 |
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