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The final draft was presented in [[Geneva]] in January 1993, but it created an impression that the borders were not yet definite.{{sfn|Malcolm|1995|p=326}} Bosnian Croat representatives supported the peace proposal as it gave them autonomy. Only a few Croat enclaves were outside the three Croat provinces and it was more favourable to them than the previous plans.{{sfn|Klemenčić|Pratt|Schofield|1994|p=49}} On 2 January, Bosnian Croat authorities agreed to the plan in its entirety.{{sfn|Prlic et al. judgement|2013|p=160}} On 15 January the HVO declared that it would implement the plan unilaterally even without the signature of Bosniak authorities.{{sfn|Prlic et al. judgement|2013|p=166}} On the same day, Prlić ordered ARBiH units in provinces designated as Croat under the plan to subordinate themselves to HVO, and HVO units in Bosniak designated provinces to subordinate to the ARBiH.{{sfn|Prlic et al. judgement|2013|p=160}} Stojić and Petković sent similar orders.{{sfn|Prlic et al. judgement|2013|pp=160-61}}
On 16 January, Halilović reminded ARBiH troops that peace talks were still ongoing and were ordered to not subordinate to the HVO.{{sfn|Prlic et al. judgement|2013|p=162}} On the same day, [[Božo Rajić]], a Croat and Minister of Defence of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, issued an identical order to that of the HVO to Serb, Croat, and Bosniak forces as well as UNPROFOR and ECMM. Owen says this was premature and that the ARBiH wasn't required to be subordinate to the HVO.{{sfn|Prlic et al. judgement|2013|p=161}} On 19 January, Izetbegović voided Rajić's order and on 21 January, Rajić suspended his own order until peace talks were finished.{{sfn|Prlic et al. judgement|2013|p=162}} At the same time, HVO-ARBiH clashes broke out in many municipalities.{{sfn|Prlic et al. judgement|2013|p=162}} A mutual order to halt hostilities was issued by Boban and Izetbegović on 27 January though it went unenforced.{{sfn|Prlic et al. judgement|2013|p=163}}
Izetbegović had rejected the plan as he pressed for a unitary state and said that the plan would "legitimise Serb ethnic cleansing". Bosnian Serbs also rejected it because they would have to withdraw from more than 20% of the territory of BiH they controlled and split their state into three parts,{{sfn|CIA|2002|p=182}} though Karadžić refused to give a direct answer immediately.{{sfn|Klemenčić|Pratt|Schofield|1994|p=50}} The Croat leadership tried to implement the plan unilaterally, despite that the Bosniak and Serb parties did not sign it yet.{{sfn|Naletilic & Martinovic Judgement|2003|p=7}}
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