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574-79F CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Bosnia Stabilization Force (SFOR) ycilo P.S. Udna detadpU yraunaJ ,928991 na m nw.eoRvBetS esn elfaen Dot isntiialNaicepS eiluJmiK snoit allaenRoitan rt esntiinlIaicepS lerhe onWevetS sri anfa fetAp soniriluaEicepS nois ievsinD elfaenDo isdtrnaiaN anfgfiAeroF Congressional Research Service (cid:152)(cid:152) The Library of Congress yci l. oSd)P.nRUaO FeSc (rnooFitazilib aatiSnsoB Summary -OTAN a ,5991 rebmeceD nI odteyolp esd a)wROF Ie(cr onfoitatnemelp mdiel Bosni a ot ecrofne eht yratili mstcepsa fo eht nainsoB ecae p.tnemeenregdaiserP t notnilC dias eht tnemyolped dluow tsal tuoba“ eno ”.raey ehT detinUetatS s contri detub tuoba 000,91 spoort ot eht yletamixorppa nam-000,45 .ecrofOFI R succ yllufsse detelpm oscti ni aymrat i,lsikms antoi ttautbne mfeolpmi ehtailivic n aa eht fo stceps ts etsb aa,wytilibisnops etrcer iedv at hod niRdO FhIci hr wo,fdrocc a xim t n eefsm iO pe.f FeaesoeeIclrshl a l ge tbdedohac iepectcesciuhsawstoFp R 1 ,5p1 rebmevoN no ,tuo dellu d e s g onppd.tooee nStoelti.nrkpnUiteldC i,s6e9r9P Bo ains s n) ealoRt cii Orertt.Fanona 8SpuFuzf9(Jio9 l1d ie blaa-tOOSTFASN R numbers tuoba ,000,52 fo hcihw yltnerruc tuoba 005,7 era .S.U .spoort erehTra e also abou t 003,3 .S.U troppus lennosrep ni aitaorC )729( dna yragnuH)004,2( . RecroF riA .S.U 009 ylhguo tropp urs iganimrofr eep rlaennosr enpoitai vyav adN na .sreirr atcfarcr i rayola t nIsies ambo rRfO FrS osfnoissim ehT ,noiss iem h nteigna hyacl nto odnetcelf enroitisopm osc’RO F nSeignahc noc rof laitnetop eht fob etamitse wen a osla tu snoitc agfnirr adwetarap e Rs.O tFcIilf tnemnotnaac smra decrofne dn .noitis o tpfhpogou oyr hne statoeetc dryov fahethiw As , dned ose e tnisd ehycoteethtreiircntapssgeatsso orcioipfrilrmpopfipoimngis , neve ecrof eht depahser dna decudear srednammoc OTAN dn etadn asm’RO FeIrof eb dedne ni rebmeceD .6991 emoS srevresbo denoitseuq eht sucof dna ytiralco f SF s’RO . n yor i kangsys t onslasdiiiiit’e l somrRssinsgaOsimoinmFumoiScropf s and sin oitcurts n, onrcooeirtatneme lnpamiil i,vliacci td yieoyllitntotaipci ltpoxe n m l nI .enotseli g RnnOiiFtSapici tsreaiprt nru eosdhcent taodaet tS,ei 7hne9tUt9a1 fo dnu se v na lhtdi myec ae eme suehc hehn mmmtaetlti6eafti9hsad9tl 1e—htie r p tuo llu dn aainso Bn iniame rr o,gnithgi ff onoitpmuse raf oytilibisso peh teca fdna continue ned i . s, tre7,ner9 8ebP91mm 1tenic OmedmDeodcne- nyel pgoni maees t Ch eh taht decnuonna notnil etapicitr adpluo hssecr o.fS .tUa hetlpicni rndpieer gdaa fo etadnam eht retfa ecrof gnipeekecaeip ainsoB a n en unsJierip xReO FtSnerr ue cht 1998. yl neova edllu oewcr oe fhdti at su,benilda eedrutrap ew t deaet nsod niedH .deveihc anee beva hsenotseli mnoitatnemelpm iecae pye knehw retfA ecreif ,etabed eht esuoH dna etaneS dessap etarapes snoituloseri n Decembe r 5991 gnisserpxe troppus rof eht .S.U spoort ni ,ainsoB hguohtlaon t n rof ylirassece tnemyolp eed hrt osfdn urf a obsttrof feevitalsi g. efLles tnioiss iemht of U.S. t spoor ot ainsoB erew ylworran .detcejer nI eht ht501 ,ssergnoCalimis r tnemyolpeed .S.U a rab ot stroff ehYhgFtuoh t,ldaetce jo ese rlr8 ae9e w9nr1ueJtfa 1998 noitazi reo shnteufaed stnemeriu qgenritro pneirat nso wcsanloitairpor pdpnaa that ytanmemyol pdeeddne te nxrdaeoe flelbif lte usbfum esne f .ee edhcTa lepkat noitairporppa eru ssaeermiuqer eh ttnediserP ot kees o liaattaniermpeolrppppuas n .89 9e1n urJet ftanemyolp eyd nraof Contents )sriaf fnAaepor untEisilaice p,Slerhe onWeve tydSberaper Pd(nuorgkcaB . . . . 1 SFOR\DFO R weivrevO deraperP( yb nevetS .R ,namwoB tsilaicepS nianoitaN l )esnefeD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ”peer CnoissiM “dn aytiral Cnoissi MROFD/ROFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 noitartsinimdA ycil onPo ROF Sdna ndnae o re-RacwO proFyeolSbrFlPoi(FluJ e )lerhe onWeve tdS nmaiK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 )lerhe onWeve tdS nma ieKil u yJdberaper Ps(nrecn olCanoissergnoC . . . 10 )lerh enoeW v deyetbrSape rsPt (sRoOCFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 )lerhe onWeve tydSberaper Pt(nemtimm o.CS.U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 List of Figures lmth.pamainsob/08:lim.ald.citd/w wLw R:UECR U. OsSnoitisops iRDOFS . . . 13 Bosnia Stabilization Force (SFOR) and U.S. Policy Background (Prepared by Steven Woehrel, Specialist in European Affairs) After thre e sraey fo raw ni ,ainsoB no rebmevo N,12 ,5991 eshttnediserpo f ,orgenetnoM-aibreS s,eavni itsov aaoltglneee cwssrea eraH pi-e tardainonarsCoB f anivogecreH-ainsoB fo noitaredeF taotrC-milsuM eh akilbup ebRr enSains oeB hdt na Srpska, nivogec rt end H ee e-dmtrcaeeaoaileifenardp sige yotamalBi-en.giSr.aUl a at nosret traiPA-thgirW tnemeer geaca elpan i.e fohiT h,Onoty arDa eens aeBcroF was is deng yb eht seitrap ni siraP no rebmeceD ,41 .5991 nI redro ot ecrofneht e yratilim stcepsa fo eht ,tnemeerga eht tnemeerga dellac rof a el-OTAN d emelpmi noitatn ecrof )ROFI( ot eb deyolped ot .ainsoB nI a yllanoeistiavnelet d sserdda r netnob notm, ene7,div25ilo9sCN9e1rP spoo r.tS .gUnihctaps iddeifitsuj t o ta ee pr hdogotettds esteannwemega g. nSge.nU i Ry y tOa fbarFssoiaIanp soB suffering desuac yb eht ;raw ot gnirb ytilibats ni ,eporuE a noiger lativ otS.U . intere ;sts dna ot niatniam .S.U pihsredael ni .OTAN tnediserP notnilC diasht e tnemyolped dluow tsa ltuoba“ eno noitartsinim d yAsbtnemeta ttsneuqesb u”S.raey slaiciffo detress ataht .S.U secrof dluow eb tuo fo ainsoB yb eht dne fo .6991 hT e United setatS detubirtnoc tuoba 000,91 spoort ot eht yletamixorppaam-000,45 n .ecrof nO rebm eceD tnemyol p eedhdetziroh tluiacn uyotCiru c.e NS e.,hU5t 9,9511 of IFOR. O n eht txen ,yad s’OTAN htroN citnaltA licnuoC devorppa ehtOFI R b niam eht fo tnemyolped eht gnidtavitca ,tnemyolpe yd o. sfpooo rt re bn,mO0e2ceD 1996, eht .N.U ecrof ni ainsoB )ROFORPNU( derrefsnart sti ytirohtua otROFI , starti gn eht ssecorp gfnoitneme lephmt iyrat islticmepsa fo eht ecatenpemeerga . O FI ,raey txen eht rev ere whcih w,sksa tyratili mnia mst idetelpmo cyllufsseccu sRO .n oit azi libo mrei deehetsr eddvnno au soenerhoc g treeohtftara poets atnemelpmi ,revewoH RO FhIci hrw o,fdroc cea h ftsotcep snaailiv iec h ftnooit did ,y tsi alwi b tit as otntensocvepea bsrh. eis a rdsds eetncxca cieiumplsosiaviC f the accor d erew detanidrooc yb hgiH evitatneserpeR lraC ,tdliB elihwuoirav s lanoitanretni g n dih oep tstg leiererwiahedhwocb .droc ce ahfstotcep stanemelpmi I hs t ht idwets enroitatnemelp meica erp oyftilibisnops efrei hec htta hdtet o endbluo the Bosni na ,seitrap ohw dewohs ecnegisnartni no ynam .seussi modeerFo f nam detimil deniamer tnemevo det c.is den mIroih edohettnru tseeregu f weyer rfdev w irc ra tnemnrev o fgsolev etls orm odfl eehr eswnoitc e. leEgr a tldaeniam esrlanim ecneloiv tuohtoiw ,6991 ,41 rebmetpeS n y n,arme v.es wtonHedi csnuioi rrees hrtoo obser srev n , enssgdrdeasaimninrhewa oaaaftlpnsfmoai ct tdceaeehhg lttreahc e alleged po e ldbuiasr sfni eh te,. tsthonnc vouieliohratcw epcwi ecolitenuvMah e b o dleh nee ytiru crneooSfitazin a dgeyerhbnOtopt se or,pe6 w9,r94e11bmet pneS 2-SRC n,r,o4e7i 1 b 9t)-emenl9aE3 peuii1rC1dotdteS nrpn pOoaueudo(tESuoaCdrnfa noitalupinam y,lsi ernraoum idiy terbfacporotr spe ihngta ei,rnssborBe Sdnaehto r pro .smelb ryda leunnt nioaesaernJreocwituti ttsnneimnr en vaoi gnnso omBmoC y 19 97. n o yislttl craduo nerf nodtfainsegtuneafobncree rtontI wohs em osstluseri n omla tiebla ,erutcurtsarrfni gnidliube dehc u t od otta,nuhnboitare d eyenhlFiteri ttnse . yrevoc ecrimono cgeniniatsus-fl efasfo w ytilibisnopser yramirp s’ROFI hguohtlA e hfntooitatnemelp me ihetrus sosata m tnemnoiriv neeru c eeadsivo rogpsni oyddbn ad(roc ceaca ee phfstotcep syaratil ni w hcih nail invoiictatnemelpm idluoc ekat ,)ecalp ti osla dedia emosailivic n noitatnemelpmi yltc esrtir doffe depl eRhO F,Ielpma x re. osFis aebsac-yb-es anaco to tropsnart stollab dna rehto 9d1eruc ed sn,asnoita tgsnill oosptlairet almarotcele ro utes ssorca eht ytitnE-retnI yradnuoB eniL )LBEI( rof sretov no noitceleyad . IF s’RO ycilop gnidrage rdetcidni raw slanimirc saw taht ROFI dluow tserrana d iw tcatnoc ni emac ti fdi snosrep hcus niate tku eoyelsevi t tcdoal n utt,ouimwb ehhtt orc raw nwod tnuh r .tnemyolp esd tginir usdlanimi rrc a owdnetser rRa O. FsIlanimi Be esuac fo eht ylevitaler wols ssergorp no nailivic noitatnemelpmina d ediserrP ,noitcurtsnoce sneic r.o Sfp. eU,oe6tk 9 ,9l01i3 r,npdoAedi cneodtn itlnC ROFI ta lluf htgnerts hguorht eht nainsoB noitcele no rebmetpeS ,41 ni redrot o w setatS detinU eht dias eH .ssecorp snoitcele eht troppu ecr otfsu b noairatni admluo eno s’ROFI litniu ainsoB n ,re v.e6 w9 ,o9r0H1e2bme cdneeoDri pextead nraamey- ains oeBva e oldtenna lspecr o.fS .tUa httsis n oidteunitn osclaicif fnooitartsinimdA nihtiw a ds re nwre ss reebe r ik,efvmtye,ae0creibt6re2necpf9wosesa9cbDe1od s (gnidulcni emuse ro tyleki lsa wgnithgi ftah t)slaiciff oecnegilletn i.S. Ugniknar-hgi h ni elcarnoofitan r deset slnae -i ila.nnSsu.oUB eh tretf aainso Bn iecal pn ideniamer nevE .etadneam s’ROFI fo yripx ,6 9 ,9r21e2bmet p tneseoSrmetsi nOi TmrAeN tfa to ssucsi dROFI-ts o, psnnooiittapr otsslianiic middfeAfnoiatniam taht ti sawot o . deyolp eeddblu oewcr onfo-wol l roaefhte hy w aoystlrae On N rebmevo ,51 ,6991 tnediserP notnilC dias taht eht noitartsinimdAah d agreed in p elpicnir ot dnes .S.U spoort ot ainsoB sa trap fo a wenel-OTAN d pf ecrof gnipeekecae en ulJit neure hntiam edrlu oewcr oef hdti ansotn i. laCins orBo 1998. He ad d etdaht wa ddeyleiru tv eoscexevwhunribetdis nnmooortmceted e w s rehteh ta hdti ansotni ltCnedis e. rsPecr orfew ehft idweniatni a emdblu oyctilibat hcrof eht taht detcepxe e e hdti a. es7H9 9 f1do nee h ytfbl a yhdbecud e erdblu oew mission of eht noitazilibatS ecroF )ROFS( dluow eb ot tneverp“ a noitpmusero f hos seitilit os taht cimonoce noitcurtsnocer dna lacitilop noitailicnocer ac n a arelecc d,n6a 9 ,9r01e1bme cnne aoDRl Op eFdhSetvor pspraetsi n”Oi. TmeAtN the U.N. yti r ludiceceznSiurooCh teuhat ecrof no rebmece D,21 rof natnom-81 h .69 9, 10r2ebmec enRDoO FmIo rdfnamm orce vkoo oytllamr oR.fO dFoSirep atS detinU eht ,7991 etal nI dnu oRfO FngSinitapicitr aspeirtnu orceh td onsaet tevlesmeh t ulol urpeht i6—e9 9e1t a nldiec ayfe htta hatmmel iedm aes hhtc u nmsi o ytilibaissop eht ecaf dn eunitn odc naains o nBniiam e rr,ognithg i ffnooitpmus efar a y ld.getndninememe-tenisempmooc nO rebmeceD ,81 ,7 9t9n1edisoetrnPilC n announced taht eh dah deerga ni elpicni rtpaht .S.U secro f deltuaophiscitr anpi a Bosnia pea gni peecerk oerfcetfa e hettadna mfo e httner rRu OcsFeSripx eninuJ e 1998. yl neova edllu oewcr oe fhdti at su,benilda eedrutrap ew t deaet nsod niedH 3-SRC selim noitwatnemelpmi ecaep yek neh ecr onfo-woll osfi h.Tdeveih cnae eebv ashenot .srevres beom o ys)bROF De(cr otFnerret edDebb uydllaiciffo nnue esbah SFOR\DFOR Overview (Prepared by Steven R. Bowman, Specialist in National Defense) OTAN Headquarters is not expected to fnooitisopm odc neaz ies hetcnuonna the tnerreteD ecroF )ROFD( litnu yraurbeF .8991 ,sselehtreveN a wefareneg l u si tI .elboissop era snoitavresb rebmu neh tn inoitcude rroja mae blli wereh tylekiln ROFI morf noitisnart ehot ni derrucco sa spoort f to SFOR (54,000 down to 34,000). ehT retso ry, lgftnoniet rasr,rpee4uiih3ccrtitotnru aospci odseltacepxe niam eort sub yllaitnats e ,h, ety hm n, tadan , iscnmitsdewnaraaeehaetetttrGiraiFrGtnBSU e pklub eht gnidivor ,elbalia vta ety oen rsarebm utnnemyolp ehdgu o. hsTecr oef h fto mrofni ROFS dna TROFI htob sedivorp 1 elba e.e sSe(sopr ulpanoitamrof nr ionfoita also CR S eussI feirB ,65039 Bosnia: U.S. Military Operations, for update d ) .tan teamdyolped lacitilop emos neeb sah ereht hguohT ,set adteSt i enynhUlitralucit r,aepruss erp to ecuder eht ecrof ,ezis ro ta tsael eht .S.U ,tnegnitnoc s'OTAN emerpuSeillA d ,rednammoC lareneG yelseW ,kralC dna namriahC fo eht tnioJ ,sfeihCareneG l Hugh Sh ssennea v ni dotelic dut etoocefn rc uvfa,etdeecnaeiio hrlftyteilnbneagis d ksir retaerg tpa spoort gniniamer ecal tsub otara hetveil esbrenna lypratil ism'O T AN and o oit plml uaast essr e noreatovefimt c ee tcfsesnfihoeet msyerrapt isluiomivb n fo seitilitsoh dna ot edivorp na tnemnorivne evicudnoc ot notyaD droccA s elpmi .noitatnem yehT hsiw ot diova a yr aetriultism otpaht dluo ctpnmeedtissid t et hanthotitaluc en .peseesear sbhenho Tp esrveolro sse'rO T”At Ns seontto“itcaf ezis fo eht . S,.tUn eyglntintenr or,cu0c05,8 yam eb ,decuder tub yb on eromaht n 5 spoort 000,1-00 ,yr ad gennniuoHi tlaetnsno s .r0Se 0.p t0U .u, oo3eesb rrlaeaahT Croatia , dna ylatI gnillifluf troppus ,snoitcnuf dna siht si detcepxe otiamer n constant. The U.S. nacifi n y g yaei orlustepnvit nlo lcsiewvre seecR r r odiyFn AmarA t role s .ei gcv..niseacn(to rir ota p alr am sruo,iientecFyn hiipimsftnotroourABap l laiceps aera angierof ,sriaff )st seira ot ta.n s etettnavinoernepreutmg sxoeecr nIeht A ,ecroF ri gnit asdnoitare paoins o nBeil oergr adaleya lepv aehvres eeR h ntsitol ip back to the ovejaraS .tfilria sA a tluser fo eht noisiced ot dnetxenoitarepo s ifedni ,yletin y t ytci wl nirp eble houe naldewh-veebiihtlrhrowstuletreaasprcePR h expire s tsuguA ,51 .8991 ehT tnerr upcu -slelzaicroh t0u0 a7s,t6sivreser otvitca e duty, tub ylno 252,4 dah neeb yllautca detavitca sa fo rebmeceD .7991 toNla l soB ot deyolpedr evah stsivrese gniyolpe dy btfe lsnoitiso pdellif-kca beva hyna m;ain snoitcnuf troppus gnimroftrep era ro spoor e.ers p e enodhrti rewoaeutethEisStnlUe 4-SRC IFOR March 4, 1996 SFOR December, 1997 airtsuA yn atprmoopc s1nart yn atprmoopc s1nart muigleB yn atprmoopc s1nart t 1ryonpaspnmaorct )021( (300) adanaC ecnassiannoc edrerom r1a puo regltt adbezinahc e1m nordauqs (1,200) noilatt arbeenig n1e (1,000) hcezC yrtnafn idezinahce m1 noilatta byrtnafn idezinahce m1 cilbupeR noilattab (640) ynapmo creenign e1 kramneD yrtnafn idezinahce m1 noilatta byrtnafn idezinahce m1 noilattab (700) (800) tpygE yrtnafn idezinahce m1 noilatta byrtnafn idezinahce m1 noilattab (270) dnalniF noilatt arbeenig n1e )93 3n(oilatt arbeenig n1e ecnarF yrtnafn idezinahce m4 noilatta byrtnafn i1 snoilattab norda urqestpoci l1eh yrellitr adezinahce m1 ynapmo cecilo pyratili m1 noilattab ynapmo creenign e1 noilatt arbeenig n1e (3,223) norda urqestpoci l1eh nordau qescnassiannoc e1r (10,000) ynamreG denyio lspp eoodoNrt noilatt aebcnassiannoc e1r st itnruop pRu Os;FaIinsoB norda urqestpoci l1eh aita odnreiCtacol noilatt asbcitsig o1l (4,000) no inloaitttaatbr o1psnart latipso hdlei f1 (2,500) eceerG 1 tropnsonialratttab yn atprmoopc s1nart (1,000) (250) yragnuH noilatt arbeenig n1e ) 6n5 o2i(latt arbeenig n1e ylatI yrtnafn idezinahce m1 noilatta byrtnafn i1 noilattab yretta byrellitr adezinahce m1 ynapm odcerom r1a ynapmo creenign e1 yrellitr adezinahce m1 (1,800) yrettab (2,100)