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1. “However, in the first three quarters of 2015 industrial production increased by 2.5 per cent and the inflation rate stood at 0.8 per cent, which means that consumer prices fell slightly in comparison to the previous year. The advancement of friendly and constructive cooperation among the countries of the region in areas of mutual interest is one of main priorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosnia and Herzegovina continues to pay special attention to strengthening cooperation with countries of the region. There is a common agreement among Western Balkan States that collaboration in the field of transportation and energy is the most important area for economic growth. The International Economic Fair Mostar 2016, held from 12 to 16 April, , was a great opportunity to further bolster regional cooperation.”

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2. “Following the significant progress made on the implementation of the reform agenda, Bosnia and Herzegovina submitted its application for membership to the European Union on 15 February. The submission of the application of Bosnia and Herzegovina was a concrete result of the new approach of the European Union towards Bosnia and Herzegovina. We thank the European Union and its member States for their strong support for Bosnia and Herzegovina's European perspective. On its part, Bosnia and Herzegovina will continue to work to implement its reforms, improve the economy, and strengthen the rule of law and good governance. The economic and fiscal situation ofthe country has been under influence of the global economic slowdown.”

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3. “There is a common understanding that refining the legal and fiscal framework and creating an environment more attractive to investment is essential to economic growth and creating new jobs. Bosnia and Herzegovina successfully chaired the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, the largest and oldest European political organization, comprising 47 member States. During our Chairmanship, we successfully accomplished all our priorities and coordinated the response of the Council of Europe to the refugee crisis at its peak. Furthermore, the chairmanship of Bosnia and Herzegovina facilitated the process of opening for signature the Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Convention for the Prevention of Terrorism, which focuses on the problem of the foreign fighters.”

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4. “At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of May, and to wish you and your delegation every success. We welcome Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Implementation of the Peace Agrement on Bosnia and Herzegovina, and we have taken note of his forty-ninth report (S/2016/395, annex), covering the period from 22 October 2015 to 15 April 2016. During the reporting period, Bosnia and Herzegovina continued its steady work on implementing its socioeconomic reforms. Bosnia and Herzegovina's authorities at all levels have coordinated their efforts in ensuring that all concrete measures necessary to successful reforms are put in place.”

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5. “Finally, I would like to express the readiness of Bosnia and Herzegovina's authorities to continue their work in securing a better and prosperous future for their citizens. At the same time, we would like to express gratitude to our international partners for supporting Bosnia and Herzegovina on that path.”

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6. “In that regard, the positive trend continues and a number of important meetings have taken place at all levels with representatives of the Western Balkan countries. The most recent was an official visit by the delegation of Serbia, led by the Prime Minister, to Sarajevo, where a joint meeting between the Government of Serbia and the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina took place on 4 November. Fifthly, the country's economic and fiscal situation, as a result of global economic crises, remains difficult. However, economic indicators have shown some improvement. In the first eight months, export increased by 4.9 per cent; by July, industrial production had increased by 2.3 per cent, in comparison to the same month in 2014. July's unemployment rate decreased by 1 per cent, compared to the same period in 2014.”

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7. “The ICTY's closure does not imply the end of my country's fight against impunity. Fighting impunity at the domestic level is a prerequisite for achieving national reconciliation and long-term stability in the country and the region. In that regard, the implementation of a national strategy for processing war crimes, regardless of the national or religious origin of the perpetrators and victims, is of crucial importance to a complex, multinational State. Fourthly, Bosnia and Herzegovina remains fully committed to further bolstering cooperation among countries of the region. A special focus on regional cooperation has been included in infrastructure projects as a precondition of substantial economic development.”

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8. “Secondly, it is worth mentioning that since 19 May, Bosnia and Herzegovina has chaired the Committee of Ministers ofthe Council of Europe, an organization that promotes and strengthens democracy, human rights and the rule of law throughout the continent. During our chairmanship, we focused particularly on the promotion and protection of human rights, with a special emphasis on protecting the rights of vulnerable groups. On 22 October, we signed the Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism. The Protocol is a significant step forward in the fight against terrorism, and it accords with the provisions of resolution 2178 (2014). Thirdly, Bosnia and Herzegovina has continued to cooperate fully with the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY).”

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9. “The agenda stipulates the enactment of socioeconomic reforms including in the areas of fiscal policy, the rule of law and good governance, and constitutes one of the country's most significant steps forward of the past few years. Shortly after that, the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina adopted a master plan for our integration into the European Union. The Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities are fully committed to maintaining positive momentum in this. The next step will be submitting our application for EU membership at the beginning of 2016 in order to acquire candidate status by the end of 2017.”

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10. “It has played an important role in post- conflict reconciliation in the region as a whole as well as in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Iwould like to highlight some positive developments that have taken place in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the reporting period. First, since the last elections we have seen the creation of a positive atmosphere that has made a major contribution to advancing economic and social reforms in the country and fostered progress towards its admittance to the European Union. In that connection, our Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU entered into force on 1 June, while the EU reform Agenda was adopted in July.”

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11. “We have demonstrated that Bosnia and Herzegovina has come a long way. It has gone from being a security consumer to becoming a troop contributor to United Nations peacekeeping missions and thus a provider of security for international peace and security. Today, military and police personnel from Bosnia and Herzegovina participate in many international peace operations, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mali, Afghanistan, Liberia, South Sudan and Cyprus. The adoption of today's resolution coincides with the twentieth anniversary of the signing of the General Framework Agreement for Peace, which laid the foundations of Bosnia and Herzegovina's constitutional and political system. The Agreement acknowledged Bosnia and Herzegovina as a complex, multinational State and reflected its unique historical and multicultural background.”

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12. “The mandate of the EUFOR Althea mission, with a current strength of 600 personnel on the ground, is implementation of the military aspects of the General Framework Agreement for Peace, contained in its annexes 1A and 2. The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina has now been calm and peaceful for a long period, which has had a positive impact on regional stability. During the past few years the EUFOR Althea mission has been reconfigured, and its focus has shifted from deterrence and ensuring a safe and secure environment to capacity-building and training, reflected in the conclusions on 12 October of the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union (EU). I should also mention that we have had good, productive cooperation with EUFOR Althea in building the capacity and training Bosnia and Herzegovina's armed forces.”

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13. “At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of November, and to wish you and your delegation every success. We welcome Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina, and have taken note of his forty-eighth report (S/2015/84l, annex), covering the period from 21 April to 21 October 2015. Bosnia and Herzegovina welcomes the Council's adoption today of resolution 2247 (2015), which extends the mandate of the European Union-led peacekeeping force (EUFOR) Operation Althea for 12 months.”

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14. “Bosnia and Herzegovina is committed to achieving those objectives in our joint efforts for the full realization of the women and peace and security agenda. Finally, allow me to commend the dedication of three extraordinary women who have been at the forefront of women's empowerment and equality: Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN-Women; Ms. Zainab Bangura, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict; and the lead author of the global study, Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, former Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and former Special Rapporteur on violence against women. We thank them for their ongoing tireless work.”

    2015-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7533Resumption1 (2015) · source

15. “We realize that much more remains to be done in a number of identified key areas of concern, through a stronger commitment translated into concrete action. For that reason, allow me to recall the commitments undertaken by the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Global Leaders Meeting on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment, held in September. There must be prompt implementation of the Framework Strategy for the Implementation of the Istanbul Convention, which addresses three main priority areas of concern, namely, the greater inclusion of women and the reduction of women's segregation in the labour market, the prevention of domestic violence and, finally, support for the women victims of sexual violence in conflict.”

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16. “Both the national gender action plan for the period 2013-2017 and the system-wide action plan for the implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) for the period 2014-2017 define priority measures for improvements and advancement in line with the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the overall 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (General Assembly resolution 70/1). That framework has been further strengthened with the adoption of the framework strategy for the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, with the sole purpose of providing for consistent, high-quality and effective implementation of that Convention in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

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17. “We are particularly pleased that Bosnia and Herzegovina contributed constructively to the global study on the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) and that regional consultations with the Balkan countries, including their experiences, challenges and recommendations, have been considered critical to charting the way towards a future commitment to the women and peace and security agenda. For Bosnia and Herzegovina, gender equality and the empowerment of women remain a priority, both at the national and international levels. We have created a solid legal and institutional framework for the advancement of gender equality, in which the State requires affirmative measures aimed at realizing gender equality.”

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18. “It is for those reasons that we welcome the high- level review and the global study on the implementation of the resolution 1325 (2000), as it further underscores the importance of gender equality, the human rights of women and girls and empowerment being systematically integrated into all discussions and future actions. Furthermore, we hope it will provide for strong and meaningful impetus for transforming efforts into viable actions on the ground, where it matters most.”

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19. “What we note with alarm, as pointed out in this year's annual report (S/2015/716) of the Secretary-General on women and peace and security, that key findings of the global study, the report of the High-Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations and the report (S/2015/490) of the Advisory Group of Experts on the Review of the Peacebuilding Architecture all identify blatant violations of human rights and humanitarian law, complex drivers of conflict, the involvement of a growing number of non-State armed actors and new technologies and transnational connections, which are changing the nature of warfare.”

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20. “It is becoming more and more apparent that the vision and agenda of resolution 1325 (2000) needs to be constantly built and improved upon, as even the substantial framework we have created has been continuously confronted with new and ever-more challenging risk factors, deteriorating humanitarian situations in the wake of conflicts, persistent disrespect and disregard for women's rights in a number of countries and the continued violence against their person, both physical and emotional. It requires our continuous vigilance, with a sharper focus on prevention and mechanisms that place human rights at the core of the security, protection, political, humanitarian, peacebuilding and socioeconomic development work and agenda.”

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21. “Responsibility, however, lies primarily with Member States to integrate resolution 1325 (2000) and other women and peace and security resolutions into regional and national policies and programmes to ensure that their implementation is coherent, sustainable and results-oriented. At this moment, the need for stronger and more complete implementation of the parameters of resolution 1325 (2000) and guidelines is disturbingly evident in long-lasting, ongoing and even newly emerged conflict around the world.”

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22. “Fifteen years ago the Council not only recognized the urgent need to address the devastating impact conflicts have on women and girls around the world, but also the importance of the inclusion of wider gender components in the peace and security agenda. It was an official acknowledgment of women's right to participate in all aspects of conflict prevention and resolution, peacekeeping and peacebuilding and to be included in decision-making bodies at all levels of governance. The Council followed up its action on this front with number of subsequent resolutions that build upon international and national historic commitments to women's rights and gender equality, requiring a level of commitment to their full implementation from all major stakeholders.”

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23. “I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this important debate. Many important anniversaries converge in the year 2015, creating critical momentum and presenting us with a unique opportunity to push harder, strive even farther and achieve far more than we had envisioned for the next 15 years. This meeting comes at a decisive juncture in our year-long assessment of past actions, implementation gaps, good practices and overall accomplishments, where re-evaluating the progress made is of vital importance and the reinforcement of our dedication to the implementation of the set goals is as crucial as ever.”

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24. “As a part of our strong commitment to comprehensive regional peace and stability, we fully support all efforts aimed at reactivation of the talks between the two countries. In conclusion, Bosnia and Herzegovina reiterates the urgency with which Israelis and Palestinians must resume the peace negotiations. Such negotiations are of utmost significance for progress towards a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.”

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25. “In that context, we would also like to commend the efforts of the Quartet, the mediation efforts of Egypt and the Arab League, as well as other international factors seeking to contribute to the peace process. Bosnia and Herzegovina considers that the regional context is of great importance. A comprehensive peace in the Middle East must include a settlement between Israel and Syria and Israel and Lebanon. The political progress made in Lebanon since the new Government was formed late last year is commendable. Bosnia and Herzegovina welcome the efforts of the Lebanese Government in the field of political, social and economic development. Regarding the Syrian track, we welcome the willingness demonstrated by Israel and Syria to advance the peace process.”

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26. “Therefore, we join the numerous calls of the international community for Israel's settlement activities to be brought to an immediate halt. We fully support United Nations activities aimed at diffusing the tensions and call on all sides to show restraint. Bosnia and Herzegovina considers that securing lasting peace and stability in the Middle East region is possible only through diplomatic efforts and full commitment to the peace process. Hence, we urge that both the Israelis and the Palestinians immediately start unconditionally to implement their obligations, stipulated by the relevant Security Council resolutions, the Madrid principles, including land for peace, the Road Map and the agreements previously reached by the parties, as well as the Arab Peace Initiative.”

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27. “We call for the further sustained and unconditional opening of crossings for access to humanitarian aid, commercial goods and persons to and from Gaza. We believe in the necessity of fully implementing the Agreement on Movement and Access. Bosnia and Herzegovina strongly condemns all violations of international humanitarian law and emphasizes that the Israeli and Palestinian civilian populations must be protected. Bosnia and Herzegovina is deeply concerned over the decision on the new settlement activities of Israel in occupied East Jerusalem. Settlements on occupied land are illegal under international law. The demolition of homes and expulsions in East Jerusalem represent a grave obstacle to the peace process.”

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28. “Therefore, at the outset, Bosnia and Herzegovina calls for the urgent resumption of negotiations that will lead, within an agreed time frame, to a two-State solution, with the State of Israel and an independent, democratic, contiguous and viable State of Palestine living side by side in peace and security. In the wake of the first anniversary of military operations in the Gaza Strip, allow me to emphasize our grave concerns regarding the living conditions in that area. It is discouraging that, despite the international community's calls, no progress has been made in Gaza in the past year. Bosnia and Herzegovina urges that all possible steps be taken to ease restrictions of movement in Gaza.”

    2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265 (2010) · source

29. “I would first like to thank the Assistant Secretary- General for Political Affairs, Mr. Oscar Fernandez- Taranco, for his update on recent developments in the Middle East. We also thank the Permanent Representative of Israel, Ms. Gabriela Shalev, and the Permanent Observer of Palestine, Mr. Riyad Mansour, for their presence and contribution to our debate. The Security Council is meeting at a time when new risks are emerging in the Middle East. These risks can potentially jeopardize the efforts of the various players focusing on enhancing the peace processes in the region. However, as has been said so many times before, while negotiation processes are crucial, lasting peace in the Middle East is urgently needed.”

    2010-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6265 (2010) · source