23.03.1996
BY CARL BILDT, HIGH REPRESENTATIVEto the Contact Group MinisterialMoscow, 23 March 1996.We have now concluded the first phase of the implementation of the Peace Agreement. Dominated by the military implementation issues and the establishment of the new Inter-Entity Border Line (IEBL), it has been an over-all success, a...
23.03.1996
According to Article II of the Peace Agreement, I shall monitor the implementation of the peace settlement. In Geneva March 18, I was asked to present a comprehensive report on compliance, based on my report on peace implementation to the Secretary-General of the United Nations March 13. This report is based on the sit...
21.03.1996
STATEMENTby the High Representative, Carl Bildtat the First Meeting of the Commission on Real Property for Displaced Persons and RefugeesSarajevo, 21 March 1996These days, the process of peace implementation is moving into its next phase. The war has faded away and the military forces have returned to their barracks, b...
18.03.1996
STATEMENTby the High Representative, Carl Bildtfollowing the Geneva MeetingsGeneva, 18 March 1996The first phase of the implementation of the Peace Agreement is now coming to an end. March 14 was the deadline on a number of important political and constitutional issues, and March 19 is the deadline on important militar...
16.03.1996
Sarajevo, 16 March 1996The Joint Civilian Commission for Sarajevo (JCCS) met today under the chairmanship of Ambassador Michael Steiner, with the participation of representatives from the Federation, the city of Sarajevo and representatives of the local Serbs. The JCCS discussed the current progress of the reintegratio...
16.03.1996
STATEMENTBY CARL BILDT, HIGH REPRESENTATIVEFollowing the Third Meeting of the Joint Interim CommissionSarajevo, 16 March 1996We have today reviewed the implementation of important parts of the Peace Agreement, as well as discussed further steps of co-operation between the parties represented on the Joint Interim Commis...
15.03.1996
The present state of the Federation gives reason for deep concern. The lack of wilingness on both sides to implement existing agreements and to respect mutually agreed deadlines has led to a disturbing deterioration in the relations between the Federation partners. This erodes the basis of the Federation itself.In Most...
14.03.1996
ContentsIntroductionInstitutional AspectsOffice of the High RepresentativeInternational Conference on the Former Yugoslavia (ICFY) and the ICFY MissionSteering Board of the Peace Implementation CouncilCoordination of Civilian ImplementationOverall CoordinationOperational CoordinationPeace Agreement CommissionsThe Unifi...
13.03.1996
At the invitation of the Principal Deputy High Representative, Ambassador Michael Steiner, a meeting on the deployment of Federation police in Ilidza took place at the Office of the High Representative on 13 March. The Minister of the Interior of the Federation, Avdo Hebib, his deputy, Jozo Leutar, the chief of...
11.03.1996
PRESS ANNOUNCEMENTBY CARL BILDT, HIGH REPRESENTATIVEBrussels, 11 March 1996The existence of free and independent media in Bosnia and Herzegovina will be of crucial importance in the months ahead. Free and fair elecions will not be possible if free and fair access to print and broadcast media is denied. Democracy itself...