Signing Ceremony in Paris

We walked to the ballroom of the Elysee Palace, where we were led to assigned seats facing a long table at which sat the three Balkan Presidents. Behind them stood President Chirac, President Clinton, Chancellor Kohl, Prime Minister Major, and Prime Minister Chernomyrdin. One by one, the leaders signed as either principals or witnesses. The Presidents and Prime Ministers spoke, as did Carl Bildt and, oddly, a man whose actions had contributed so little to the ending of the war, Boutros Boutros-Ghali.

(Excerpts from Richard Holbrooke’s book “To End a War”)

SIGNATORIES:

• United States of America: President Bill Clinton
• Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina: President Alija Izetbegović
• Republic of Croatia: President Franjo Tuđman
• Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: President Slobodan Milošević
• French Republic: President Jacques Chirac
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Prime Minister John Major
• Federal Republic of Germany: Chancellor Helmut Kohl
• Russian Federation: Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin
• European Union: Prime Minister Felipe González

PARTIES:

• Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
• Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Republic of Croatia

WITNESSED BY:

• United States of America
• French Republic
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Federal Republic of Germany
• Russian Federation
• European Union