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DPAP InitiativesSummary of DPAP initiatives, 1996–2005
2005
March
DPAP initiates a constitutional reform project in BiH with the support of the German Marshall Fund, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Tufts University, and the governments of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Switzerland that includes second-track negotiations in Sarajevo, BiH, and meetings in Boston, and Washington, DC.
February 11
DPAP holds a one-day workshop at Tufts University on “Creating a Roadmap for Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Transition from Dayton to Brussels.” Participants included representatives of the Public International Law and Policy Group, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, the Academy of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the US State Department, and officials from the Bosnian government.
2004
October 16–17
DPAP cosponsors a conference with the Center for Balkan Development “Lessons Learned from the Balkan Conflict,” Boston.
2003
May 3
The Center for Human Values, Princeton University, and DPAP cosponsor a conference entitled “Building Democracy in Iraq.”
April 24
DPAP publishes “Achieving a Final Status Settlement for Kosovo,” a report in collaboration with Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Public International Law and Policy Group. Report with recommendations endorsed by the provisional government of Kosovo.
2002
November 19
The DPAP, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and National Albanian-American Council co-host a conference, “The Future of Kosova,” on November 19, 2002 in Washington, DC.
June 8
George Soros accepts 2002 Dayton Peace Prize at a ceremony at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. The Dayton Peace Accords Project awarded him the prize for his extraordinary efforts to foster democracy and civil society. Oscar Boonshoft underwrites the Peace Prize. Lexis-Nexis is the primary sponsor of the event.
June 9
DPAP holds a one-day workshop on “Revitalizing the Peace Process in the Balkans” at the University of Dayton.
March 6
DPAP prepares a report on Bosnia and the Dayton Peace Accords for Senator Michael DeWine (R-Ohio).
February 5
DPAP co-hosts a conference with the Center for Strategic and International Studies and National Endowment for Democracy (sponsored by LexisNexis), “Securing the Balkans: The Unfinished Agenda,” in Washington, DC.
2001
June 20
Former President Clinton accepts first Dayton Peace Prize at the United States Air Force Museum, Dayton, Ohio. The Peace Prize is underwritten by the Mead Corporation Foundation.
May 31
DPAP and Center for Strategic and International Studies co-sponsor a conference, “Setting the Balkan Agenda,” in Washington, DC. Concrete recommendations on US Balkan policy are presented to the Bush Administration.
November
DPAP organizes a workshop for Lord Paddy Ashdown tomake recommendations on the future mandate of the Office of the High Representative for Dayton Peace Implementation in Bosnia.
2000
November 17–18
DPAP organizes “Building Lasting Peace in the Balkans,” an international conference at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Hope Hotel in commemoration of the Fifth Anniversary of the signing of the peace agreement in Dayton, Ohio. Senior representatives from several Southeast European States, including the presidents of Croatia and Montenegro, and over 100 other participants from the states in the region and the international community attend.
November 17
DPAP Chairman, R. Bruce Hitchner and Ambassador Richard Holbrooke co-host a private dinner at the Dayton Art Institute with the president of Croatia, the prime minister of Bosnia, the foreign policy advisor to the president of Serbia, Kosovar Albanian leaders, and other senior officials. This is the first meeting between Serbian and Kosovar Albanian officials since the end of the Kosovo conflict.
June
DPAP Chairman serves on American Enterprise Institute delegation on a fact-finding mission to Kosovo, Montenegro, Bosnia, and Croatia headed by Governor George Pataki of New York.
1999
November 16–17
DPAP organizes an international conference, “The Dayton Peace Accords Revisited,” in commemoration of the fourth anniversary of the peace agreement. Representatives attend the conference from the US, Bosnia, Britain, Russia, Canada, and the international community involved in the implementation process.
November 17
DPAP convenes the Sarajevo and Dayton Philharmonic Orchestras for a joint “Concert for Peace.” The concert is attended by officials from both cities.
November
DPAP hosts a ten-day Youth Conference, “Art, Culture, and War: Dreams, Fears, and Hopes of Our Lives,” organized by students and teachers from Sarajevo and Dayton.
June
DPAP collaborates with the Dayton Sister Cities Committee to establish a sister city relationship between Sarajevo and Dayton. Several members of the DPAP Board join a delegation headed by Michael Turner, mayor of Dayton, for the signing ceremony in Sarajevo.
1998
November
DPAP organizes an international conference, “The Role of NATO in the Balkans,” on the third anniversary of the Dayton Peace Accords. Over fifty officials and policy makers from NATO, Europe, the US, and the Balkans attend the conference.
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The University of Dayton, with the assistance of the DPAP, awards Ambassador Richard Holbrooke an honorary doctorate in a special ceremony held on the anniversary of the Dayton Peace Agreement.
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Through the generosity of private donors, DPAP arranges the purchase of Nocturne, a painting by British artist Thomas Newbolt, to commemorate the end of the conflict in the Balkans. Dedicated with the help of Congressman Tony Hall, the work of art painting is now on permanent loan to the Dayton Art Institute.
1997
March 19–21
The University of Dayton Center for International Programs organizes a workshop, “Bringing War Criminals to Justice,” which produces fifty recommendations in a report entitled “Bringing War Criminals to Justice: Obligations, Options, Recommendations.”
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The Dayton Peace Accords Project brings Senator Joseph Biden (D-Delaware), Ambassador Robert Gelbard, and President Ejup Ganic of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Wright Patterson Air Force Base to make the case for continued US military presence in Bosnia on the second anniversary of the Dayton Peace Accords.
1996
November 20–21
DPAP initiates an international conference on the first anniversary of the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords drawing over forty leaders from the US, Europe, and the Balkan states to review the state and future of the Dayton Agreement in Dayton, Ohio
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