Since the end of hostilities, the country has been run jointly by the Muslim-Croat Federation and the Serbian Srpska Republic, but the lack of coordination between these bodies presents a serious security threat. The armed forces are in possession of at least 450,000 SALW, many of which were smuggled into Bosnia openly flouting a UN embargo.

The embargo was broken in three ways:

• The JNA militia supply weapons to Serbian militants by truck in northern and eastern Bosnia.
• Croats and Muslims are supplied by air shipments to Zagreb and Rijeka in Croatia, followed by truck convoys.
• By sea (mostly to Croats and Muslims).
  NATO-sponsored SFOR troops have been playing a major role in governing Bosnia since the Dayton Peace Accords in 1995, and have launched an “Operation Harvest” campaign responsible for destroying over 20,000 illegally-held SALW and 7,500,000 rounds of ammunition to date.
  

Organisations

UNDP BiH
OSCE BiH
SEESAC BiH

Other links

OSCE factsheet in English, Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian
Article on the policy lessons learnt from the Bosnian conflict (2001) from the International Peace Academy, USA (PDF)
Dayton Peace Accords
Report from Project Ploughshares (2000)