Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic rejected a peace proposal for Bosnia. In the ensuing months, Muslims and Serbs periodically broke the truce, and Bosnian Serbs periodically harassed UN forces.
Bosnian factions agreed to the U.S. peace plan to partition the country and rid Sarajevo altogether of heavy weaponry. On Sept. 26 Serbs, Croats, and Muslims agreed to establish a collective presidency and parliament in Bosnia. On Oct. 12 the formal cease-fire went into effect in Bosnia. Peace talks began between the various leaders on Nov. 1 in the United States. On Nov. 21 the Balkan presidents finally agreed to a peace accord, with NATO acting as a peacekeeper in the split state. On Nov. 27 Pres. Clinton asked the U.S. public and Congress to allow U.S. forces to assist NATO peacekeepers.
