IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 921 
Recognizing the 30th anniversary of the Dayton Peace Accords. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 2, 2025 
Mr. TURNER of Ohio (for himself, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. BELL, and Mr. GUTH-
RIE) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the 30th anniversary of the Dayton Peace 
Accords. 
Whereas, December 14, 2025, marks the General Framework 
Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina (com-
monly referred to as the ‘‘Dayton Peace Accords’’), which 
ended the Bosnian War and brought peace to Bosnia and 
Herzegovina; 
Whereas widespread and systematic ethnic cleansing and con-
centration camps were used as a tool of war against Bos-
nian Muslim men, women, and children, culminating in 
the July 1995 genocide at Srebrenica, where over 8,000 
Muslim men and teenagers were detained and killed; 
Whereas the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (referred to 
in this preamble as ‘‘NATO’’), led by the United States, 
initiated airstrikes against Bosnian Serbs to stop grave 
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human rights abuses, which led to ceasefire negotiations 
and the peace accords; 
Whereas negotiations began on November 1, 1995, in Day-
ton, Ohio, culminating in a historic peace agreement 
which was signed on December 14, 1995, to halt the con-
flict and bring peace to the region; 
Whereas, despite seemingly insurmountable differences in 
opinions, the negotiations succeeded due to dedicated for-
eign service professionals, a common yearning for a 
peaceful resolution, and an outpouring of support from 
the global community; 
Whereas the General Framework Agreement for Peace in 
Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as the Dayton 
Peace Accords, laid the groundwork for NATO and Euro-
pean Union (referred to in this preamble as ‘‘EU’’) sta-
bilization missions over the past 30 years, which have al-
lowed the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina to live 
peacefully and prosper; 
Whereas the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, established in 
2006, remains the only literary peace prize awarded in 
the United States and recognizes the power of the writ-
ten word to promote peace, and after the death of Am-
bassador Holbrooke in 2011, the Lifetime Achievement 
Award was renamed the Richard C. Holbrooke Distin-
guished Achievement Award; 
Whereas the peace negotiations were strongly supported by 
the City of Dayton, Ohio, its leaders, and the broader 
community, which created strong relationships between 
all parties involved in the negotiations, including a sister 
city relationship between Dayton and Sarajevo; 
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Whereas the United States Government reaffirms support for 
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s sovereignty and upholds the 
commitment to equality for all ethnicities according to 
the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia 
and Herzegovina; 
Whereas, since the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords, the 
Government and people of Bosnia and Herzegovina have 
been working in partnership with the international com-
munity towards building a peaceful and democratic soci-
ety based on the rule of law, respect for human rights, 
and a free-market economy; 
Whereas EU opened accession negotiations with Bosnia and 
Herzegovina in March 2024; 
Whereas the NATO Parliament Assembly held its 2025 
Spring Session in Dayton, Ohio, to commemorate the 
30th anniversary of the Dayton Peace Accords; 
Whereas NATO and Bosnia and Herzegovina agreed to an 
Individual Tailored Partnership Program in October 
2025, 
strengthening 
NATO 
and 
Bosnia 
and 
Herzegovina’s strategic partnership and positioning Bos-
nia and Herzegovina closer to NATO membership status; 
and 
Whereas the United States hosts a diaspora of an estimated 
350,000 individuals of Bosnian descent, large numbers of 
whom reside in St. Louis, Missouri, Chicago, Illinois, and 
Bowling Green, Kentucky: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) reaffirms the joint United States and EU 
commitment to promote and protect human rights, 
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