Imccc23 sarajevo profile

Bosnia & Herzegovina's Reconciliation & Military Chaplaincy

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    Breakup of Yugoslavia

    Timeline of the break up of former Yogoslavia.An animated map color coded to illustrate the year each state in Yugoslavia broke away.
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    UN Peacekeepers arrive

  • Sarajevo, BiH conflict begins.

    Sarajevo, BiH conflict begins.
    Faith and hope in a war-torn land: the US Army chaplaincy in the Balkans Eastern Orthodox Serbs, Roman Catholic Croats, and Muslims gathered in Sarajevo after voting for indepedence in a multiethnic peace demonstration. On this day the Yugoslav national army and Serb nationalist militants began schelling the crowd from roof tops killing scores of unarmed citizens.
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    Bosnian War

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    Seige of Sarajevo

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    UN Resolution 827 establishes the Tribunal.

    UN Tribunal
    Tribunal was establish to bring to justice all who were responsible for the genocide in BiH.
  • Srebrenica massacre

    Srebrenica About 8000 Bosnian Muslims were killed between July 13-22, 1995.
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    Srebrenica mass killings

  • Dayton Peace Accord

    Dayton Peace AccordThe Dayton Peace Accord ended the Bosnian War.
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    Road to building a military chaplaincy representing Orthodox, Muslim, and Catholics

    After the war ended in Dec. 1995 the path to peace and reconciliation began.
  • BiH attends IMCCC 2001

    According to presentation at the IMCCC 23, Bosnia and Herzegovina began attending this U.S. European Command chaplains conference.
  • The Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Law of Freedom of Religion & Legal Status of Churches & Religious Communities

    Religion in BiHThe BiH Parliment adopted the Law of Freedom of Religion and on Legal Status of Churches and Religious Communities.
  • First Military of Defense meeting

    Military of Defense, Bosnia and HerzegovinaFirst BiH MoD was appointed in March 2004 and first meeting on Dec. 15, 2004.
  • MoD Chief of Othodox Chaplains, BiH

    MoD Chief of Othodox Chaplains, BiH
    Military of Defense, Bosnia and HerzegovinaSladjan Vlajic, Chief of Orthodox Chaplains, BiH
  • First MoD Military Muftiate

    First MoD Military Muftiate
    Military of Defense, Bosnia and HerzegovinaMilitary Mufti, Ismail Smajlovic in 2012.
  • Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci, and new Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church

    Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci, and new Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church
  • International Military Chiefs of Chaplains Conference 2012

    International Military Chiefs of Chaplains Conference 2012
    IMCCC 23Religious Leaders as Peace Builders was the theme of the International Military Chief of Chaplains Conference hosted by the BiH MoD and co-hosted by the U.S. European Command.
  • Interreligious Council in BiH assembly members.

    Interreligious Council in BiH assembly members.
    Interreligious Council in BiHVinko Puljic, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sarajevo (left); Ra'is ul Ulama Jakub Selimoski, Grand Mufti of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Islamic community (top right); and Orthodox Bishop Vasilije of Tuzla-Zvornik in Bosnia welcomed delegated of the IMCCC to Sarajevo.
  • First MoD Roman Catholic Chaplaincy

    First MoD Roman Catholic Chaplaincy
    Military of Defense, Bosnia and HerzegovinaPope Benedict XVI established a Military Ordinariate in BiH and appointed Msgr. Tomo Vuksic the first military bishop. The bishop supports the BiH armed forces.