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On 20th December 1995, 60,000 troops from across the Alliance and other countries deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina, under a UN mandate, to uphold the Dayton Peace Accords and help end a devastating conflict that had claimed thousands of lives. The Implementation Force, or IFOR, was NATO’s first major peacekeeping operation and marked the beginning of a lasting partnership with the country.

Thirty years later, we honour the courage of those who served and the determination of the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose endurance transformed the war’s end into a path toward stability, unity and a more secure, Euro-Atlantic future. NATO remains committed to supporting that stability.

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