Bosnian Serbs Reject U.N. Peace Plan
Bosnian Serbs rejected a U.N. peace plan for their embattled republic on Friday, thwarting efforts to end a year of bloody conflict and defying intense international pressure.
The move, which had been expected, was made by acclamation in the Bosnian Serbs’ self-proclaimed Parliament. Deputies rejected a resolution drafted by Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic that said “70% to 80% of the maps” proposed by international mediators Cyrus R. Vance and Lord Owen were acceptable.
They called the wording too moderate and demanded outright rejection of the plan already accepted by rival Muslims and Croats.
Deputies formed a commission to reword the resolution in stiffer terms for today’s session.
Meanwhile, in Oslo, Norwegian Foreign Minister Thorvald Stoltenberg resigned his post Friday and said he would replace Vance as U.N. envoy to the former Yugoslav federation at the end of April. Vance, 76, a former U.S. secretary of state, announced Thursday that he was stepping down.
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