    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: WILLIAM J. CLINTON (1999, Book II)]
    [September 1, 1999]
    [Page 1482]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on Announcement of the Bosnia-Herzegovina National Day
    September 1, 1999

        Today the Joint Presidents of Bosnia-Herzegovina announced that the
    national day of their country will henceforth be celebrated on November
    21, the anniversary of the Dayton peace accords of 1995. In so doing,
    the leaders of every ethnic community in Bosnia-Herzegovina have made
    clear that Dayton marked not merely the end of a war but the beginning
    of a new country and a blueprint for its future. I am pleased that the
    date November 21 will be honored as a symbol of multi-ethnic democracy
    and solidarity between the people of the United States and the people of
    Bosnia-Herzegovina.