Agreeing upon the diplomatic appointments was required by the Dayton peace accords that ended the civil war.

And many diplomats are smoldering at Dr. Karadzic's continued defiance of calls for him to relinquish power, as required under the 1995 Dayton peace accord.

The election is bringing into the open the contradictions within the Dayton peace plan, the American-brokered agreement signed last fall.

It was clear today that a sea change has occurred since the 1995 Dayton peace for Bosnia, reached with Mr. Milosevic's help.

The elections will lead to the appointment of representatives to Bosnia's governmental institutions, which were set up by the 1995 Dayton peace agreement.

Most of the apartments are in parts of Sarajevo that reverted to Bosnian Government control under the 1995 Dayton peace treaty.

The mujahideen units were disbanded and required to leave the Balkans under the terms of the 1995 Dayton peace accord.

But they have forfeited their role as the standard bearer of Serbian nationalism, in large part because of their acceptance of the 1995 Dayton peace agreement.

And the Serbian farmers said they would not allow their new neighbors to be displaced by any Muslims who might try to return, as called for in the 1995 Dayton peace agreement.

The Dayton peace was imposed by weapons, by force.