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A ceremony in Sarajevo on 2 December will mark the conclusion of the NATO-led SFOR mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the beginning of the European Union's follow-on mission EUFOR.
A ceremony in Sarajevo on 2 December will mark the conclusion of the NATO-led SFOR mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the beginning of the European Union's follow-on mission EUFOR.
The NATO-led Stabilisation Force is being brought to a succesful conclusion almost exactly nine years since NATO deployed forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina in what was the Alliance's first peacekeeping operation.
At the Istanbul Summit in June this year, NATO Heads of State and Government agreed that in light of the improved security situation in the country SFOR could be concluded at the end of the year.
The European Union will deploy its own mission, EUFOR, to take on key security tasks in the country. EUFOR will derive its mandate from a new UN Security Council resolution and will have an initial strength of 7,000 that is equal in size to SFOR.
The EUFOR mission will be supported by NATO under the so-called 'Berlin Plus' arrangements that provide the framework for NATO-EU cooperation.
Goodbye to SFOR, but not Sarajevo
The successful termination of SFOR does not spell the end of NATO's engagement in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Alliance will retain a military headquarters in Bosnia and Herzegovina but the nature of NATO's engagement will be very different.
The NATO Headquarters, which will be headed by a one-star US general with a staff of around 150, will focus on defence reform in the country, as well as counter-terrorism, apprehending war-crimes suspects and intelligence-gathering.