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The UNTAES Experience:
Weapons Buy-back in Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (Croatia)

by Derek Boothby

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Contents

Zusammenfassung
German Summary

Executive summary

Preface

Prologue to a Collection Effort

  • Politico-military background
  • The Basic Agreement and the establishment of UNTAES
  • Demilitarization and the economy
  • Impetus for the weapon collection effort

Program Design and Implementation

  • Discussions with Croatian autorities
  • Program elements and inception
  • Weapon storage and disposition

Program Outcome and Impact

  • An element of a broader strategy
  • Numerical results and costs
  • Shifting perceptions
  • Addressing the availability and visibility of weapons
  • Overall assessment of the program

References

Appendices

  1. Basic Agreement
  2. Promotional Poster—Serbian (Cyrillic) script
  3. Promotional Poster—Croatian(Latin) script
  4. UNTAES Bulletin, Issue No. 16 (October 1996)
  5. UNTAES Bulletin, Issue No. 17 (October 1996)
  6. Weapon Buy-back Program Results to 7 March 1997

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