What is IFOR?
{{Infobox military unit |unit_name=Implementation Force |image=Insignia NATO Army IFOR.svg |caption=Pocket badge of the IFOR |country=32 countries |branch= |type=[[Formation (military)|Command]] |dates=1995–1996 |specialization= |command_structure=[[NATO]] |size= |current_commander= |garrison= |battles= |notable_commanders= }} [[File:Russian Airborne Troops in Bosnia.JPEG|thumb|right|300px|Russian forces in Bosnia]] The '''Implementation Force''' ('''IFOR''') was a [[NATO]]-led multinational [[peace enforcement]] force in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] under a one-year mandate from 20 December 1995 to 20 December 1996 under the codename ''Operation Joint Endeavour''. ==Background== NATO was responsible for carrying out the [[Dayton Peace Accords]]. The Dayton Peace Accords were started on November 22, 1995 by the presidents of Bosnia, [[Croatia]], and [[Serbia]], on behalf of Serbia and the [[Republika Srpska|Bosnian Serb Republic]]. The actual signing happened in [[Paris]] on December 14, 1995. The peace accords contained a General Framework Agreement and eleven supporting annexes with maps. The accords had three major goals: ending of hostilities, authorization of military and civilian program going into effect, and the establishment of a central Bosnian government while excluding individuals that serve sentences or under indictment by the International War Crimes Tribunals from taking part in the running of the government. IFOR's specific role was to implement the military Annexes of ''The General Framework Agreement for Peace (GFAP) in Bosnia and Herzegovina''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscebih.org/dejtonski_mirovni_sporazum/EN/ |title=The General Framework Agreement for Peace (GFAP) in Bosnia and Herzegovina |access-date=2017-04-17 |archive-date=2011-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916231119/http://www.oscebih.org/dejtonski_mirovni_sporazum/EN/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> IFOR relieved the UN peacekeeping force [[UNPROFOR]], which had originally arrived in 1992, and the transfer of