30.12.1997
Minister Lajic and Minister Despotovic, representing their respective Prime Ministers, today signed an agreement between the governments on Co-operation in the field of Mine Action. This meets one of the deadlines set by the Bonn Conference concerning the transfer of responsibility for demining from the UN to the Bosni...
24.12.1997
Sarajevo, 24 December 1997The Senior Deputy High Representative, Dr. Hanns Heinrich Schumacher today issued the following statement: "I acknowledge the intention of Mr. Kalinic, Speaker of the former, dissolved Assembly of the Republika Srpska to finally invite the deputies-elect to the inaugural session of the new RS...
24.12.1997
Senior Deputy High Representative, Dr. Hanns Heinrich Schumacher, attended a meeting of the Council of Ministers on 23 December during which the Council was called upon to adopt an interim Customs Tariff Schedule in line with the 20 December deadline set forth in the Bonn Document. Seeing as the Council of Ministers ha...
23.12.1997
The High Representative issued the following statement today:"I acknowledge the intention of President Plavsic to ensure compliance with the RS constitutional timeline by convening the RS Parliamentary session on the 27th of December 1997. I must note at this stage, that should the constitutional order of the RS be hin...
20.12.1997
The Bonn Peace Implementation Conference demanded that by 20 December, the competent authorities in BiH, submit to the printer agreed designs for the common currency coupons and announce the time-table for their introduction. According to Article 42 of the Central Bank Law, the competent authority in this case is the G...
19.12.1997
RESOLUTION 1144 (1997)Adopted by the Security Council at its 3842nd meeting on 19 December 1997The Security Council, Recalling all its previous relevant resolutions concerning the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia, including resolutions 1031 (1995) of 15 December 1995, 1035 (1995) of 21 December 1995, 1088 (1996) of 1...
19.12.1997
The Supervisor invited RS Prime Minister Klickovic to his office on December 16th to discuss the implementation of the three Supervisory Orders on Multi-ethnic Administration, Judiciary, and Police in the RS Municipality of Brcko. The Prime Minister informed the Supervisor that each of the orders would be implemented t...
16.12.1997
Further to the failure of the Parliamentary Assembly to agree the law on Citizenship, in accordance with the deadline set at Bonn, the High Representative has sent the following letter to the members of the Presidency. Although agreements were reached on the draft laws on the Council of Ministers and on Travel Document...
16.12.1997
H.E. Alija Izetbegovic Chair of the Presidency H.E. Kresimir Zubak Member of the Presidency H.E. Momcilo Krajisnik Member of the Presidency Bosnia and Herzegovina Dear Presidents, With reference to Para II 1 a of the Bonn Document, the deadline of 15 December 1997 to adopt the three Laws on Citizenship, Council...
15.12.1997
We got the best that we could expect from Bonn - If Krajisnik decides that he does not want BiH passports, it is his problem - We will accept the RS Parliament even without the SDS or certain other people - There is no word of a protectorate - Where will the centre of the joint institutions be?Hanns Heinrich Schumacher...