Bosnia: Securing the Peace

The War in Bosnia has reminded us all of the nightmare that Europe experienced in the Second World War. The international community did little to put an end to the conflict and atrocities, even as it watched in horror the devastation that claimed some 250,000 lives, displaced 3 million people, and left indelible scars on present and future generations.

This violent confrontation between ethnicity and democracy imposes on contemporary world leaders the burden of finding practical and immediate solutions to problems such as thoseinBosnia.

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Organizing Committee

Dr. Steven I. Levine

Director, Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies (CSEEES)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi

Administrative Director, Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies (CSEEES)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Bogdan T. Leja

Director of Outreach, University Center for International Studies (UCIS)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill






Conference Program

February 16, 1996



Location:

UNIVERSITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Conference Areas
110 Henderson St. at E. Franklin St.
Chapel Hill NC

Schedule:

8:00 - 8:45 Registration

8:45 - 10:30 Introduction of conference, presenters, and events

Dr. Steven I. Levine: Director of Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies



Panel I

The Bosnian conflict: its historical background, evolution, and resolution

Dr. Gerhard Weinberg
UNC History Dept.
Dr. Anthony Oberschall
UNC Sociology Dept.
Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi
UNC Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies (CSEEES)
From left, Steven Levine, Nicolae Harsanyi,
Anthony Oberschall, Gerhard Weinberg
10:45 - 12:15 Panel II

The American involvement in Bosnia: U.S. military and domestic political implications


From left: Richard Kohn and Ronald Sher
Dr. Richard Kohn
UNC History Dept
Ronald Sher
US Foreign Service, Retired

12:15 - 1:00 Lunch


1:00 - 2:30

Keynote Address



Stephen W. Walker

is Associate Director of the Balkan Institute. He is also Associate Director of the Action Council for Peace in the Balkans and Director of the Council's grassroots program, the American Committee to Save Bosnia.

A former United States diplomat, Mr. Walker resigned from the State Department in August 1993 in protest over U.S. policy toward Bosnia. Since his resignation, Mr. Walker has appeared many times on national television and radio, including CNN, CBS's This Morning, ABC's Nightline, ABC's Day One, National Public Radio and the Larry King Show, and has written articles for numerous publications.

The Balkan Institute was formed in May 1995 to educate the public on the nature of the crisis in the Balkans. Please call (202) 737-1940 for additional information.


Participants that braved a severe winter storm for the Bosnia conference



2:30 - 3:45 Teacher Training Focus Groups

Your ideas, concerns, and opinions are most important. Secondary School teachers are especially welcome to share ideas on focus group topics and teaching students about Bosnia.



Group 1: Role of NATO and other European organizations in Bosnia

Dr. Stefan Immerfall
UNC Political Science Dept.



Group 2: Victims and victim making: Bosnia and the systematic abuse of women as an act of terror

Dr. Madeline Levine
UNC Slavic Dept.

Leila Viteskic
Duke University



Group 3: Preventing future wars in the Balkans or other areas of the world: the role of international organizations

Dr. Eric Mlyn
UNC Political Science Dept.

Dr. Robert Greenberg
UNC Slavic Dept.



Group 4: International Law and the War Crimes Tribunal

Dr. Mark Weisburd
UNC School of Law

Dylan Coors
Duke University




4:00 - 5:00 FILM: "Urbicide: A Sarajevo Diary"

One citizen's first-hand account of the horrors that have been Sarajevo. Sometimes graphic in presentation, the film will provide audiences with a new and deeper understanding of the horrific assult on a once flourishing city; a murderous seige which, until now, has too often been presented in overly simplistic terms.

Location: 209 Manning Hall at UNC-CH