They poured acid on the bodies to dissolve the bones. At that meeting Tuesday, the three foreign ministers announced another agreement on a proposed constitutional framework for Bosnia-Hercegovina. Elections would take place sometime after fighting halted and international observers concluded that necessary conditions for voting were met. A one-third vote of the collective presidency would be enough to block any decision by the body. The Bosnian government is still seeking assurances that the Serb Republic would be prohibited from seceding and joining with Serbia.
Optimists hope the accord is a step toward ending the fighting and suffering in Bosnia.
However, Foreign Minister Muhamed Sacirbey said any peace would always be in danger as long as indicted war criminals Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic lead the Bosnian Serbs. UN soldiers on the ground monitored the withdrawal of weapons on a road left open for that purpose. Bosnia's government says, based on experience, that once the daily drama of the siege of Sarajevo abates, Serbs can count on a relaxation of international vigilance and pressure. While NATO air strikes at least temporarily quieted artillery and mortars around Sarajevo, Serb snipers continue to murder unarmed civilians in the city. Jusufovic, a sound technician at a Sarajevo radio station, was fatally shot just 100 yards from his home and died in his wife's arms, Associated Press reports.