Almost 6,600 weapons destroyed by parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina
When
31 October 1997 (All day)
(OSCE)Armaments for destruction under the Agreement on Sub-regional
Arms Control are registered in advance by members of an
inspection
team in Bosnia and Herzegovina. (OSCE) Photo details
As of this day, the former warring Parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina destroyed over six thousand weapons, bringing down their holdings to balanced levels and thereby helping to prevent the recurrence of armed conflict.
The Agreement on Sub-Regional Arms Control, which stipulates a reduction of arms above agreed limits, was signed in Florence on 14 June 1996 by the five Parties: the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Republika Srpska.
By the end of the reduction period on 31 October 1997, nearly 6,600 armament units had been destroyed - almost two thirds within Bosnia and Herzegovina alone. They included:
- over 700 battle tanks and 80 armoured combat vehicles
- nearly 60 combat aircraft
- more than 5,700 artillery pieces