To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Dayton-Paris Peace Agreement, formally signed on 14 December 1995 in Paris, the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs are organizing the International Conference “The Legacy of Peace – 25 Years of the Dayton-Paris Peace Agreement”. The aim of this one-day conference is to revisit the historical achievement of the Dayton-Paris Peace Agreement and offer views on what the Agreement meant 25 years ago and what it means today.
15 December 2020, 14:00 – 20:00
National University Library, Zagreb
Livestream available: https://youtu.be/RPu6gesgkmk
AGENDA
Welcome:
14:05 – 14:10 -Velimir Neidhardt, President of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Introductory Remarks:
14:10 – 14:30 -Andrej Plenković, Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia
14:30 – 14:40 -Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs
and Security Policy / Vice President (video message)
Panel 1 “From the Washington to the Dayton Agreement: What Made Peace Possible?”:
15:00 – 16:25
Mate Granić, Foreign Minister of Croatia during the Washington and Dayton talks
Haris Silajdžić, Former Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Prime Minister of BiH
during the Washington and Dayton talks
General Wesley Clark, Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, US military representative at the Dayton talks
Miomir Žužul, Former Foreign Minister of Croatia, member of the Croatian negotiating team at the Dayton talks
Christopher Hill, Ambassador, Richard Holbrooke’s deputy at the Dayton talks
Moderator: Robin Harris, Historian and former adviser to UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
Panel 2 “Linking the Principle of three Constituent Peoples and the Sejdić-Finci judgement: What is the way forward?”:
16:30 – 17:55
Christopher McCrudden, Professor of Human Rights and Equality Law, Queen’s University Belfast
Brendan O’Leary, Lauder Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
Kasim Trnka, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sarajevo, chief legal counselor of the BiH delegation at the Washington and Dayton talks
Dražen Barbarić, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Mostar
Marko Prelec, Consulting analyst, International Crisis Group
Edward P. Joseph, Professorial Lecturer, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Moderator: Tihomir Vinković, Chief Foreign Affairs Editor, HRT Croatian Radiotelevision
Remarks by Foreign Ministers:
18:00 – 18:25
Jean-Yves Le Drian, Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, France (video message)
Sergei Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russia - video message (video message)
Panel 3 “Euro-Atlantic Commitment to Bosnia and Herzegovina”
18:30 – 20:00
Gordan Grlić Radman, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Croatia
Olivér Várhelyi, Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, European Commission (video message)
Zlatko Lagumdžija, Former Prime Minister and Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nikola Špirić, Chairman of the House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dragan Čović, Vice- Chairman of the House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Miroslav Lajčák, EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue and other Western Balkan regional issues (video message)
Željana Zovko, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament
W. Robert Kohorst, Ambassador of the United States of America to Croatia (video message)
Moderator: Vanja Gavran, Deputy Secretary General of the International Pan-European Union