Bosnian Opponents Pledge To Comply With Peace Terms

Officials of the United States and its NATO allies concluded two days of sometimes tense meetings here Sunday with Balkan leaders, producing a series of declarations recommitting the former warring parties to full compliance with the Bosnian peace accords.

In four formal documents, the presidents of Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia pledged to resume contacts with commanders of the NATO-led force, to carry out on schedule the establishment of a unified administration in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, to ensure the safety of war prisoners and refugees and to commit themselves to the prosecution of war crimes and other human rights abuses.

The talks were called because of increasing frustration over the slow pace at which many provisions of the Dayton peace accords were being put into effect.

Serbian agreement to at least some of the terms of Sunday’s documents was eased by assurances from the United States and its allies that moves would begin this week to suspend economic sanctions against the Bosnian Serbs.

Richard C. Holbrooke, the chief American negotiator, said, “We have avoided a crisis.”