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  1. “We stress that, lately, the responsible institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in cooperation with the experts of the Office of the High Representative, have made measurable progress, especially in the process of restructuring the Bosnia and Herzegovina court system at all levels. The new Legal Reform Unit, High Judicial and Prosecutorial Councils, and Special Chamber in the State Court and the Special Department in the Bosnia and Herzegovina Prosecutor's Office in the country are now functioning. Together with the Criminal Code, which entered into force on 1 March 2003, the court of Bosnia and Herzegovina is now operative. This will enable the ICTY to begin transferring some cases of mid- and low-level accused by the end of next year.”

    2003-10-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4838 (2003) · source

  2. “We are committed to following the path of proven success strategies in order to overcome as soon as possible the difficult heritage of our past and to start building, with mutual understanding, a modern Bosnia and Herzegovina. Only in this way may we pass on to future generations the message of peace and development, based on mutual understanding and tolerance. We deem that the Tribunal plays an important role in the process of inter-ethnic reconciliation in our country as well as in all of South-east Europe, since its work is based upon the individualization of responsibilities for war crimes. We also believe that the work of the ICTY will unveil new evidence regarding the atrocities committed from 1992 to 1995, thus providing new facts about the true nature of the conflict in the region.”

    2003-10-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4838 (2003) · source

  3. “I would like at the outset to thank you for the opportunity to comment on the tenth annual report of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) (S/2003/829) and to share with you some recent views of my Government regarding the work of the Tribunal. Bosnia and Herzegovina welcomes the report of the ICTY President and Chief Prosecutor submitted to the Secretary-General. I am also taking this opportunity to thank both Judge Meron and Chief Prosecutor Del Ponte for their comments and clear messages presented to the Council today regarding Tribunal achievements in the last year and current problems they are encountering in their work. Bosnia and Herzegovina fully supports the ICTY's activities and is committed to fulfilling its obligations related to cooperation with the Tribunal.”

    2003-10-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4838 (2003) · source

  4. “The task before us may be difficult, but we have to accomplish it, and for one reason only: children who were spelling their first words when the first High Representative arrived in Bosnia and Herzegovina are coming of age now. They need a vision that goes beyond a six-month reporting period, beyond 2004, much further into the twenty-first century.”

    2003-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4837 (2003) · source

  5. “Having realized that, the elected authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina are ready to initiate the long and cumbersome negotiation process for constitutional reforms, with the ultimate goal clearly set out in the statement of His Excellency Dragan Covic', Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the fifty-eighth session of the General Assembly, when he said that the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina is "cut out to the measure of its peoples and to each and every citizen." (A/58/PV.15) We intend to achieve this by ourselves, through dialogue among all local stakeholders, and with the support of the international community.”

    2003-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4837 (2003) · source

  6. “The structure of the State, bequeathed by the Dayton Peace Accords, with multiple levels of executive and legislative power, resulting in more than 60 per cent of gross national product being spent on public expenditures, defies all the individual reforms and threatens to become economically unviable. Last year, the High Representative said that Dayton was the floor, not the ceiling, so it can be built on. However, even the floor needs to be statically sound.”

    2003-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4837 (2003) · source

  7. “The duly elected authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina are ready to take ownership, to bear more responsibility for the future of the country. The ultimate goal is for Bosnia and Herzegovina to be a member of NATO and of the European Union, Bosnia and Herzegovina with its destiny in the hands of its own citizens, on its road of no return towards European integration, and on that road with more power in the engine of its own institutions and less in the High Representative's tow truck. Despite all individual efforts and billions of foreign aid poured into the country since the end of the war, Bosnia and Herzegovina is officially still one of the poorest European countries. The war, however devastating, cannot be solely blamed for that.”

    2003-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4837 (2003) · source

  8. “Additional efforts are required, with the assistance of the international community, to give the grieving families the opportunity to find out the whereabouts of their loved ones, what happened to them and where they were buried, to identify their remains and to lay them to rest with dignity. This would surely have a positive impact on the reconciliation process in Bosnia and Herzegovina. At this moment the authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina attach paramount importance to reforms and modernization of the educational system in Bosnia and Herzegovina. By recently signing the Bologna Protocol, Bosnia and Herzegovina made a firm commitment to build an educational system that meets European standards.”

    2003-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4837 (2003) · source

  9. “Bosnia and Herzegovina is now entering the new phase with full confidence, convinced that the process what has been initiated will result in the fulfilment of conditions and membership in the European Union. This comes as a result of the decision of the Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities to respond to major challenges, such as combating organized crime and corruption; strengthening the State institutions; conducting legal system reforms; implementing structural reforms; and reducing the unemployment rate. The issue of missing persons is particularly sensitive and difficult for Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

    2003-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4837 (2003) · source

  10. “I am addressing the Council today as Permanent Representative of a State of Bosnia and Herzegovina that is no longer the focus of attention of the international community as a crisis area. Rather, it has become a typical State in transition that actively participates in stabilization processes in the region and throughout the world. The authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina remain committed to reforms, in order to create conditions for overcoming the consequences of recent conflicts, and are devoted to respect for all the human rights of individual citizens and peoples, as well as their cultural, religious and other diversities. In the process of Bosnia and Herzegovina's accession to European integration, discussions have just been completed with the European Commission, within the framework of the feasibility study.”

    2003-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4837 (2003) · source

  11. “Social unrest and protests, which we witness on the streets of Bosnia and Herzegovina on an almost daily basis, are partly due to the inability of the international experts to find a viable model for privatization of State-owned enterprises and generate the interest of foreign investors in engaging their capital in the Bosnian economy and thus create new job opportunities for the unemployed workers, who, statistics indicate, amount to 40 per cent of the entire workforce. Last but not least, I come to the impact of the international community on the public information sector. Far from being completed, the task of creating an objective and unbiased public information service was moved down the priority list, and the aid and support given to the independent media has all but dried up.”

    2003-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4837 (2003) · source

  12. “Even though the entire concept of privatization was conceived by the international community and put into practice through direct participation of the Office of the High Representative and other international organizations and their experts, the results six years down the line are far from acceptable, especially when it comes to large-scale privatization of State-owned enterprises and the so-called strategic sector. The current High Representative has given the privatization process a new push by improving the privatization legal framework, but this has yet to deliver results. Meanwhile, the burden of State-owned enterprises, most of them barely operating but still employing a significant workforce, remains on the shoulders of the local authorities.”

    2003-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4837 (2003) · source

  13. “It is our hope that the contributing nations will be generous at the forthcoming donor conference in The Hague later this month. Secondly, the return of refugees and displaced persons shown by statistical data could easily qualify for the greatest success of the international community in the post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina. With the addition of data on property return, the picture falls little short of perfect. However, individual returns in some areas of Republika Srpska, especially the Srebrenica and Drina river regions, and some regions in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, turned out to be unsustainable. Generally, there should be more economic support for the returnees to start anew and get on with their lives. Furthermore, the paramount importance of the privatization process was largely underestimated.”

    2003-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4837 (2003) · source

  14. “First, the fact remains that in the past three years the number of publicly indicted war criminals who remain at large has been reduced from 20 to 17, and the two most infamous fugitives, Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic, are still, eight years after being indicted, as elusive as they have ever been. We consider that responsibility for this lies both with the international community and with the Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities. It has been repeated many times that there can be no reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina until all indicted war criminals are brought to justice. A positive step in cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal was made last year by establishing a special Chamber for war crimes within the State Court, though this still has to be funded.”

    2003-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4837 (2003) · source

  15. “Progress has been made in the reform of customs, tax and revenue systems, a State law on civil servants was passed, the reorganization of the army structure brought Bosnia and Herzegovina a step closer to the NATO Partnership for Peace, the foundations for the State intelligence service were laid and the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina became operational. However impressive the results, considering the time frame, several problem areas remain constant in the way they are dealt with by the international community and its High Representatives.”

    2003-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4837 (2003) · source

  16. “The efforts of the High Representative were concentrated in several major areas; his strategy clearly focused on bringing Bosnia and Herzegovina closer to Euro-Atlantic integration by fulfilling the conditions set forth by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Partnership for Peace and the feasibility study for Stabilization and Association Agreement with the European Union. In the economic arena, an impressive package of 50 laws and regulations has been passed in order to give a boost to private initiative and to create conditions for direct foreign investments.”

    2003-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4837 (2003) · source

  17. “His platform, "jobs and justice" through reforms, so well presented and so largely supported by this forum last year, and the Office of the High Representative's mission implementation plan proved to be well thought-out strategies. Not unlike his predecessors, Lord Ashdown started off by imposing laws. Later on, as his mandate progressed, the number of imposed laws decreased as he succeeded in involving entity and State parliaments in advancing legal reforms in various fields of legislation.”

    2003-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4837 (2003) · source

  18. “It has been a year since the first self-organized elections took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina and a new Government took office. It so happened that the beginning of the election process coincided with the arrival of the new High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lord Paddy Ashdown. Even though it might seem premature to make an assessment of the achievements of the newly elected Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities and their interaction with the international community as personified by Lord Ashdown, some positive - and some negative - trends have become evident. The past year, as every year before it, has been marked by slow but steady progress in post-war recovery and transition. What makes this year distinct from those before it is the High Representative's very agile approach to the tasks placed before him.”

    2003-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4837 (2003) · source

  19. “Allow me at the outset, Mr. President, to extend my sincere congratulations on your taking over the Presidency and to wish you every success in presiding over the Council this month. I would also like to thank you for the opportunity to comment on the briefings by the High Representative and the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and to share with the distinguished Members of the Security Council some recent views of my Government regarding the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the role of the international community in its post-war recovery. I also want to thank Lord Ashdown and Judge Meron for their comprehensive briefings, as well as my distinguished colleagues for their comments and remarks.”

    2003-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4837 (2003) · source

  20. “We strongly believe that it would be very unfortunate if the final steps to be taken by this successful Mission - to which, among others, the United States has made a particularly important contribution - were to come to an abrupt end. That is why we would like to believe in the wisdom and reason of those who are carrying out the responsible duty of preserving peace in our world. We are therefore hopeful that an acceptable solution will be found and that the solidarity and common interests of the international community in peacekeeping will be preserved.”

    2002-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4568Resumption1 (2002) · source

  21. “Multi-ethnic police forces and a functioning State Border Service are just two of the great achievements made with the leadership, expertise and the support of the United Nations. The existing level of stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a source of hope, and provides a framework for the steady development of democratic institutions, the rule of law and respect for human rights. Those efforts have recently been crowned by our accession to the Council of Europe. In this context, the extension of the United Nations Mission's mandate is important to making further progress in the areas of security and an independent judiciary. While thanking the United Nations Mission for its contribution, we are also grateful to the European Union for its readiness to take over.”

    2002-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4568Resumption1 (2002) · source

  22. “We would also like to mention that we already have bilateral extradition agreements in place with some of the countries concerned. We are doing so out of the deep conviction that the continued presence of UNMBIH at full capacity during the next six months is essential to completing its core mandate. It will also enable the European Union to take over the next phase of this important job smoothly and according to plan. Allow me to remind the Council that after the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina was one of the key players in building a self-sustaining and peaceful country. The United Nations Mission has made tireless efforts, with visible and measurable results, towards reconciliation and reconstruction in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

    2002-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4568Resumption1 (2002) · source

  23. “In the specific situation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the United Nations Mission, we find it very difficult to conceive of a situation in the next six months that would bring the Statute of the International Criminal Court into play. We are also of the opinion that there are sufficient safeguards in the Statute itself. Nonetheless, for any country concerned about the possible extradition of its nationals participating in UNMIBH, we hereby state our readiness to consider during the next six months, and bearing in mind the Rome Statute, modalities for the transfer, surrender or extradition of their nationals suspected of committing crimes under the jurisdiction of the Rome Statute, in order to reach mutually acceptable agreement on this issue.”

    2002-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4568Resumption1 (2002) · source

  24. “I speak on behalf of the country that has experienced genocide and war crimes during the past decade, and for which the Security Council, this very body, has established an ad hoc tribunal in order to prosecute those suspected of perpetrating the most horrendous of crimes committed on the territory of the former Yugoslavia. Consequently, Bosnia and Herzegovina has signed and ratified the Statue of the permanent Court, the International Criminal Court, as it well understands the consequences of war crimes and the need for justice and for the prevention of future atrocities. We are faced today with concerns regarding potential misuse of the International Criminal Court (ICC) as regards the participation of peacekeepers in the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH), as well as in other peace missions of the United Nations.”

    2002-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4568Resumption1 (2002) · source

  25. “At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of July. Bosnia and Herzegovina has often been the focus of Security Council debates over the past decade with regard to a number of extremely important and difficult issues. We are participating in this discussion today as the host country to the United Nations Mission the extension of whose mandate is being considered. We would therefore like to participate constructively in finding a solution to the important issue before the Council.”

    2002-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4568Resumption1 (2002) · source