Dayton Accords

(noun)

The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina; the peace agreement reached at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, United States, in November 1995, that put an end to the 3 1⁄2-year-long Bosnian War, one of the Yugoslav Wars.

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Examples of Dayton Accords in the following topics:

  • The Balkans

    • In November 1995, Clinton hosted peace talks between the warring parties in Dayton, Ohio.
    • The parties reached a peace agreement known as the Dayton Accords, leaving Bosnia as a single state made up of two separate entities with a central government.

  • Clinton and Foreign Policy

    • In September 1993, Yitzhak Rabin, prime minister of Israel, and Yasser Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, signed the Oslo Accords at the White House, granting some self-rule to Palestinians living in the Israeli-occupied territories of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
    • That year, the Dayton Accords peace settlement was signed in Dayton, Ohio.

  • The Scopes Trial

    • Substituting for the regular biology teacher at the high school in Dayton, Tennessee, Scopes said he was unsure whether he had actually taught evolution.
    • Reporters flocked to the small town of Dayton to cover the famed attorneys representing each side.

  • Mining on the Comstock Lode

    • After arriving much too early to cross the Sierra, they camped on the Carson river in the vicinity of Dayton to wait for the mountain snow to melt.

  • Political Opportunity Theory

    • Describe how and why political opportunities are important to social movements according to political opportunity theory.

  • Value-Added Perspective

    • Identify the six necessary conditions, according to the value-added perspective, that contribute to a social movement.

  • James–Lange Theory of Emotion

    • According to the James–Lange theory of emotion, emotions arise from physiological arousal.
    • According to this theory, we laugh (a physiological response to a stimulus), and consequently we feel happy (an emotion); we cry, and consequently we feel sad.
    • According to the James–Lange theory of emotion, you would experience a feeling of fear only after this physiological arousal had taken place.
    • Describe the relationship between emotion and arousal according to the James–Lange theory

  • Types of Costs

    • Variable costs change according to the quantity of goods produced; fixed costs are independent of the quantity of goods being produced.
    • Variable cost (VC) changes according to the quantity of a good or service being produced.
    • The cost "varies" according to production.

  • The Peace Accords and the Legacy of Defeat

    • The 1973 Paris Peace Accords on "Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam" officially ended direct U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
    • The Paris Peace Accords of 1973 intended to establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War.
    • The negotiations that led to the accord began in 1968 after various lengthy delays.
    • As a result of the accord, the International Control Commission (ICC) was replaced by International Commission of Control and Supervision (ICCS) to carry out the agreement.
    • After two clashes that left 55 South Vietnamese soldiers dead, President Thiệu announced on January 4 that the war had restarted and that the Paris Peace Accord was no longer in effect.

  • The Camp David Accords

    • The Camp David Accords were part of the Middle East peace process through comprehensive, multi-lateral negotiations.
    • The Camp David Accords were the result of 18 months of intense diplomatic efforts by Egypt, Israel, and the United States that began after Jimmy Carter became President.
    • The Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on September 17, 1978, following thirteen days of secret negotiations at Camp David.
    • The Accords recognized the "legitimate rights of the Palestinian people", and a process was to be implemented guaranteeing the full autonomy of the people within a period of five years.