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  1. “Because the termination of UNMIBH's mandate by the end of this year is now certain, we think that the United Nations should prepare a comprehensive evaluation of its involvement in the Dayton/Paris Peace Agreement implementation. This evaluation could serve as a basis for further evolution of the peace process and guidance for an upgrade and update process of the current Bosnia and Herzegovina Dayton constitutional structure, in accordance with European human rights standards.”

    2002-03-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4484 (2002) · source

  2. “Therefore, we expect that the mandate of the new High Representative will be based on a clear vision, strategy and concept of how to support the process of building a sustainable multi-ethnic Bosnia and Herzegovina. We also expect a more coherent policy and more coordinated work of the international institutions, and we welcome the proposed model to streamline their operations. The Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina is also committed to working towards increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the local institutions. We expect to work together with representatives of the international community to find new models of institutional structures, especially at the level of State institutions, in order to achieve objectives that have been set.”

    2002-03-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4484 (2002) · source

  3. “I would like to welcome the decision of the Peace Implementation Council and the proposed resolution of the Security Council regarding the appointment of Lord Paddy Ashdown as the new High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina. I also want to thank Mr. Wolfgang Petritsch for his commitment and leadership demonstrated during his mandate. I know that sometimes the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina looks very complicated and confusing for representatives of the international community. But, for the Bosnians, some activities of the representatives of the international community also look misleading and confusing.”

    2002-03-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4484 (2002) · source

  4. “Real reconciliation can be based only upon truth and justice. Six years after the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement, the failure to apprehend indicted war criminals - above all Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic, who are the symbols of suffering, pain and humiliation of the civilian population - prevents the beginning of a sincere inter-ethnic reconciliation and sustainable peace-building process. We want to emphasize that the leading role of the international community regarding arrest of the already indicted war criminals is of crucial importance and at the same time a test of its credibility in the region. Its readiness to give utmost priority to making their arrests happen will be proof of its commitment to support the work of the ICTY and to the establishment of a system of international justice.”

    2002-03-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4484 (2002) · source

  5. “The implementation of the Court's decision will prove that the ideology of exclusive ethnic territories has been defeated. The outcome of this process will have a decisive impact on the results of the forthcoming general elections, too. Secondly, the activities of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), especially the trial against Slobodan Milosevic, substantially influence the current political situation in my country. We expect the trial against Milosevic to prove his individual responsibility for the wars in the last decade and thus contribute to inter-ethnic reconciliation in the region. However, we emphasize that a viable reconciliation process is not possible while indicted war criminals remain at large and while political leaders in the region refuse to cooperate fully with the Tribunal.”

    2002-03-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4484 (2002) · source

  6. “We expect that EUPM assistance will be focused on the further education of police and judiciary officials, as well as on the monitoring of the process of restructuring institutions and reform in the rule of law sector. In this regard, we welcome the proposed strategy for judicial reform in 2002-2003 and emphasize the need for more decisive and firmer measures to be taken by the international community for its implementation. I would like to use this opportunity to stress the most important current issues in the process of political stabilization in my country. First, it is expected that by the end of this month the implementation process of the Constitutional Court decision regarding equal rights of all constituent peoples on the whole territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina should be finalized.”

    2002-03-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4484 (2002) · source

  7. “We would like to thank the European Union for accepting the challenge of working together with the local institutions in this important sector of the peace process implementation. The commitment and determination of Bosnia and Herzegovina institutions in this matter was confirmed in a letter to the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) and to the European Union, signed by the President of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Government and the Presidents of both entities, in which the EUPM. is very welcome. The European Union experience in the Europeanization process concerning the necessary structural reforms to be made in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in accordance with European standards, is of utmost importance.”

    2002-03-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4484 (2002) · source

  8. “However, we consider the progress achieved in the last year to be only the first step in the process of building a sustainable country. In this process, the current priorities of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina are those of institution-building, improvement in the rule of law sector and implementation of economic reforms. Considering the long-term orientation of UNMIBH towards the self-sustainability of local institutions, we emphasize the need for further assistance from the international community, since the progress achieved so far is still fragile. In this context, we expect that the transition from the present UNMIBH mission to the European Union Police Mission (EUPM) will be both smooth and efficient.”

    2002-03-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4484 (2002) · source

  9. “We especially emphasize the assistance and very constructive role of UNMIBH in supporting the activities concerning the fight against terrorism initiated after the terrorist attacks on 11 September. The Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina has shown by its deeds a commitment to contribute to antiterrorism activities. In this regard, we have really proved to be a part of the solution to this global problem. We clearly recognize UNMIBH's activities as an integral part of the international community's assistance to the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina within a recently developed partnership concept. We also acknowledge the efforts and contributions of the other United Nations agencies, especially concerning refugee returns.”

    2002-03-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4484 (2002) · source

  10. “During the last year, substantial progress was recorded in the peace implementation process in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This progress was achieved both as a result of more focused and coherent activities of the international community and because, for the first time since 1992, a democratic, multi-ethnic Government, committed to work in partnership with the international community in building a functioning, democratic, multi-ethnic, European-oriented Bosnian State, was finally established. The role of UNMIBH has been substantial in achieving progress in the rule- of-law sector, and the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina considers UNMIBH to have been successfully implemented. We thank Mr. Klein for his leadership and commitment.”

    2002-03-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4484 (2002) · source

  11. “I thank the Secretary-General for his presence and introductory statement and the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, for his address. I also thank the Special Representative, Jacques Paul Klein, and the High Representative, Javier Solana, for the comprehensive updates and comments in their briefings. Bosnia and Herzegovina became a full member of the United Nations on 22 May 10 years ago. In May this year, when the final positive decision concerning its membership is expected, Bosnia and Herzegovina will be ready to become a full member of the Council of Europe. This time gap clearly indicates that for almost a decade, my country was a major global and regional problem. It is now obvious that the ideology of exclusive ethnic territories was at the core of the conflict.”

    2002-03-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4484 (2002) · source

  12. “Thank you for the opportunity to participate in today's discussion on the occasion of the twenty-first report by the High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina welcomes the report and considers that today's session of the Security Council has a particular importance, not only for the peace-building process in my country, but also for stability in general in the region of South- Eastern Europe. We expect that the planned follow-on mission to the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) will mark a new, European phase in the peace implementation process and will open European Union perspectives for Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

    2002-03-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4484 (2002) · source

  13. “We expect that this process, which is on the agenda of the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council, which is meeting today and tomorrow, will also take into consideration the necessity for a regional approach, since many issues - above all security, refugee return, inter-ethnic reconciliation and economic recovery - are regional problems.”

    2001-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4433 (2001) · source

  14. “Some of these are far from being completed. Therefore, it is of the utmost importance that a clear and smooth transition of the core responsibilities set out in UNMIBH's current mandate be made to other international structures already present in the country in order to ensure future continuing support to Bosnia and Herzegovina's institutions. In this respect, we fully support the process under way to streamline the activities of the international organizations in the country aimed at achieving closer coordination with and more coherent international assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

    2001-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4433 (2001) · source

  15. “In this context, we see the reported achievements especially as establishing conditions on the ground allowing the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina to be free to decide to return to their pre-war homes or to choose to live elsewhere, and as developing a modern, independent and effective judiciary system as well as responsible and non- political police structures. These are indispensable preconditions for the successful implementation of necessary economic reforms aimed at creating an enabling environment for economic regeneration based on foreign direct investments. Hence, we expect UNMIBH to make an additional effort until the end of its mandate to complete the work on these issues. We also emphasize that the activities begun during the UNMBIH mandate are part of a long-term recovery process, both in the country and in the region.”

    2001-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4433 (2001) · source

  16. “We especially welcome the help and very constructive role of UNMIBH in implementing the measures concerning actions to combat terrorism, initiated by the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina after the terrorist attacks on 11 September. For the first time, the central and entity institutions have fully cooperated in joint anti-terrorist activities, expanding cooperation to neighbouring countries and their institutions. We clearly recognize UNMIBH's activities as an integral part of the international community's assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina's institutions in their efforts to build a politically and economically sustainable European country.”

    2001-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4433 (2001) · source

  17. “However, according to the estimates of the Office of the High Representative, a further five years will be necessary for the full completion of the return process and thus for a full implementation of annex 7. Therefore, even with the progress recorded over the past year, we are far from the final target. Moreover, the progress of the return of refugees and internally displaced persons has not be implemented equally in the two entities, especially in some areas 4 the so- called black spots - which are well known to the representatives of international organizations. That is discouraging. Hence, success can be achieved only if the international community and the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina focus their future activities on those weak spots that have already been identified.”

    2001-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4433 (2001) · source

  18. “We anticipate that insistence on the presence of professional police officers from all ethnic groups, as well as on the presence of the so-called minority cadets in the police academies in both entities, will further contribute to inter-ethnic reconciliation and, finally, to a further improvement in refugee return. The first encouraging results have already been reported. According to the data from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 66,856 so- called minority returns have been registered in the first 10 months of 2001 - almost 40 per cent more than during the same period in 2000. Between 1999 and now, some 175,300 returns have been registered in areas where returnees now represent the minority. The substantial contribution of UNMIBH and other United Nations agencies is obvious in this field.”

    2001-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4433 (2001) · source

  19. “Not only are better and more responsible police visible nationwide on the ground, but mutual inter-entity and regional police cooperation is very much improved and the work of the State Border Service is more effective. A significant decrease in illegal border crossings and human trafficking has been reported as well as the first results relating to anti-criminal activities. At the same time, there has been a visible improvement in the implementation of annex 7 of the Dayton Peace Agreement concerning refugee return, and we recognize the efforts of UNMIBH and other United Nations system agencies in that regard.”

    2001-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4433 (2001) · source

  20. “We therefore see this report as a good opportunity to emphasize once more the most important issues for our country, not only with regard to the full implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement, but also with regard to the long-term process of political and economic transition - a process related to the role of the institutions of the United Nations system, given their current mandates. Restructuring the police and the judicial system is of paramount importance for government priorities in the area of institutional development and the establishment of the rule of law. The contribution of UNMIBH to that goal is substantial, and we appreciate all the efforts made in that regard.”

    2001-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4433 (2001) · source

  21. “Let me remind the Council that, after the general elections of November 2000, for the first time in its lO-year history, a multi-ethnic Government was established in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is committed to working in partnership with the international community to build a functioning, democratic, multi-ethnic State. That fact decisively triggered the progress which is evident from the report before the Council today. However, we consider the progress achieved to be only a first step in the long- term process of necessary, fundamental reform, which is basically aimed at bringing the country closer to the rest of Europe. In this process, the current priorities of the Government are institutional development; ensuring the rule of law; improving the judicial system; and implementing economic reforms.”

    2001-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4433 (2001) · source

  22. “Thank you, Mr. President, for giving me the opportunity to comment on the report of the Secretary-General regarding the achievements of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) during the past six months. The Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina welcomes the report, and I would personally like to thank Mr. Annabi for his comprehensive update and comments. We consider the achievements presented in the report to be part of the overall improvements recently recorded both in the country and in the region as a whole. Over the past year, the general situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina has substantially improved, as a result of both the international community's achievements and the new political reality in the country and the region.”

    2001-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4433 (2001) · source

  23. “The position of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina is that the prosecution and trial of the indicted war criminals in the region should continue to be a United Nations responsibility, especially in light of the universal importance of the ICTY mandate after the tragic events of 11 September. The remarks and the proposals I have expressed on behalf of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina in this address to you today should have justified this stand.”

    2001-11-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4429 (2001) · source

  24. “The Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina welcomes the ICTY initiative to process some of the cases by the local judiciary structures under the auspices of the ICTY, suggesting that the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was established by the High Representative's decision, should be the first institution in the country for delegating such a task. The United Nations is planning to conclude its current Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina by the end of next year. Plans for transferring United Nations-led activities to the other regional organizations already active in the country are being prepared now.”

    2001-11-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4429 (2001) · source

  25. “The anti-terrorist alliance has shown that it is possible to organize coordinated actions against terrorists who use barbaric acts against innocent civilians to achieve their political objectives. A similar alliance to accompany the work of the ICTY, incorporating local institutions and international organizations in a just fight against war criminals, is needed now more than ever in South-Eastern Europe. We are aware that many more suspected war criminals in the region have to be prosecuted either by the ICTY or by the authorized national courts.”

    2001-11-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4429 (2001) · source

  26. “Therefore, the international community should continue to support, both politically and financially, the work of the ICTY, stressing again and again that the activities of the ICTY are based on human rights and the rule of international humanitarian law, thus preventing political manipulation of the work of the Tribunal. It is crucially important that the international community take a leading role in the arrest of the already-indicted war criminals. At the same time, it will be proof of its credibility in the region. Its readiness to attach the utmost priority to making their arrests will be proof of its commitment to universally accepted ethic and moral values. In principle, war criminals and terrorists are the same sort of people.”

    2001-11-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4429 (2001) · source

  27. “Recent evidence of public unrest recorded in the region has clearly shown that the extreme nationalists strongly oppose the work of the ICTY. They publicly argue that the ICTY should prosecute "their war criminals", instead of the "unjust" indictment of "our heroes". Today, a changed political environment exists in South-Eastern Europe, reflected in the improved cooperation between the ICTY and the States in the region. However, the international community should not ignore the fact that the parliamentary majorities, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, on the issues related to the work of the ICTY, are fragile.”

    2001-11-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4429 (2001) · source

  28. “The fact that 26 publicly indicted war criminals in Bosnia and Herzegovina, particularly Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic, and many more in the region, remain not only at large, but also in position to influence political and economic developments, is a sign that their political programmes based on ethnically cleansed territories are still alive. The extreme radical nationalists in the region lost the last elections. They have temporarily hidden their wartime objectives, mainly because of the international pressure and fear of ICTY activities. However, the fact that the 26 accused and the many who orchestrated ethnic cleansing remain at large means that the seeds of new conflicts and violence in the region remain.”

    2001-11-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4429 (2001) · source

  29. “For many in Bosnia and Herzegovina, especially for the war-crime victims, their relatives and friends, ICTY activities are the only hope that justice will be attained. We also expect that the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Bosnia and Herzegovina will complement the Tribunal's activities. However, we are very disappointed and seriously concerned by the fact that 26 publicly indicted war criminals still remain at large. We should not forget that Slobodan Milosevic' was extradited to the Tribunal after his political programme had failed and after he had lost the presidential elections.”

    2001-11-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4429 (2001) · source

  30. “The political parties, citizens and especially war- crime victims and witnesses in my country, have carefully followed the work of the ICTY, reflecting the impact it has had on their everyday lives. Many families, in all ethnic groups in the region and especially in my country, suffered during the 1991- 1995 war. Every just decision of the ICTY helps in some way to lessen the pain and suffering of the war- crime victims and their families. Let us never forget the atrocities that were committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina: mass murder, mass rape, ethnic cleansing and even genocide, which the ICTY proved to have occurred for the first time in Europe since the Second World War: the Srebrenica massacre. This also is included in the indictment against Milosevic.”

    2001-11-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4429 (2001) · source

  31. “Yesterday, in addressing the General Assembly, I also conveyed our expectations for the future role of the ICTY. In short, we consider that the work of the ICTY will substantially, directly or indirectly, influence the following processes in my country and in the region as a whole: the return of refugees and internally displaced persons; inter-ethnic reconciliation and confidence-building; regional security and cooperation; political and economic transitions; European integration processes; and full implementation of human rights standards. I also conveyed to the General Assembly several proposals aimed at complementing or enhancing the current ICTY activities. Today, in addressing the Security Council, I would like to underline the most important subjects upon which I elaborated yesterday.”

    2001-11-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4429 (2001) · source

  32. “The presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the central-common institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina fully support the activities of the ICTY, not only with words, but also with their deeds. We consider that the ICTY has played an important role in the process of reconciliation and the maintenance of peace and stability, in both the country and the region as a whole. We especially acknowledge the apprehension and trial of Slobodan Milosevic. We see it as a clear sign that the Tribunal will prosecute the high-level perpetrators, the strategists of the war crimes, which we consider to be its primary role. The Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina also underlines the role of the ICTY in the individualization of war crimes, as a precondition for inter-ethnic reconciliation in the region.”

    2001-11-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4429 (2001) · source

  33. “The Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina welcomes the report of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 (ICTY), presented yesterday to the General Assembly by its President, Judge Claude Jorda, as well as the achievements of the Tribunal over the past year. I also take this opportunity to thank the ICTY President, Judge Jorda, and the ICTY Prosecutor, Ms. Del Ponte, for their clear and straightforward messages regarding the current and the future work of the ICTY that they have expressed today in their statements to the Council.”

    2001-11-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4429 (2001) · source