World News Tonight (ABC) - 1995-11-01 (no intro)
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[0:00] 29.
[0:02] >> The United States government is trying
[0:04] to create peace in the heart of Europe.
[0:07] Outside Dayton, Ohio, the United States
[0:09] is making its most serious effort yet to
[0:11] facilitate a genuine peace in Bosnia.
[0:14] And this afternoon, the Secretary of
[0:16] State sat down with the presidents of
[0:17] Bosnia, Serbia, and Croatia. And in his
[0:20] opening remarks, Mr. Christopher said,
[0:22] "Future generations will surely hold us
[0:25] accountable if we fail." In Dayton
[0:27] tonight for us, ABC's David Ensor.
[0:31] >> Secretary Christopher arrived in Dayton
[0:33] with a plea to the Balkan leaders to set
[0:36] aside their differences.
[0:37] >> We're here to give Bosnia and
[0:39] Herzegovina
[0:41] a chance to be a country at peace,
[0:43] not a killing field.
[0:45] >> Though the presidents of the warring
[0:46] parties shook hands when prompted, trust
[0:49] is in short supply. At the table,
[0:51] Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic,
[0:53] whose allies the Bosnian Serbs have
[0:55] committed some of the war's worst
[0:56] atrocities. Croatia's Franjo Tudjman,
[0:59] whose troops have won considerable
[1:00] territory recently and who wants to gain
[1:02] more at the peace table. And Alija
[1:04] Izetbegovic of Bosnia, whose army is
[1:06] stronger now than at any time during the
[1:08] war.
[1:09] Before there can be peace, these men
[1:11] must settle three basic issues. The
[1:13] division of territory, the fate of
[1:15] nearly 3 million refugees, and how
[1:18] Bosnia will choose its leaders in the
[1:19] future. US officials came here with a
[1:22] draft of a peace agreement, rules under
[1:24] which NATO forces would keep the peace,
[1:26] and a draft constitution for
[1:28] Bosnia-Herzegovina written by American