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| 1996, Feb. 18 | |
| At a conference in Rome, the Balkan presidents reaffirmed their commitment to a peace treaty. On March 19, after the final Serbian military withdrawal, Sarajevo was reunited under a Muslim government. The first elections held in Bosnia since the civil war left Alija Izetbegovic, a Muslim, as the chairman of a three-man collective presidency (Sept. 14). | 1 |
| Nov. 11–12 | |
| Fighting occurred between Serbs and Muslims in the Bosnian town of Gajevi. Clinton announced on Nov. 15 that 8,500 U.S. troops would remain in Bosnia until June of 1998 to keep the peace. | 2 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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