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KEY EVENTS SINCE DAYTON
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1995 |
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21 November |
BiH,
Croatia and FRY
successfully conclude peace negotiations in
Dayton,
Ohio |
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8-9 December |
Peace Implementation Conference in
London
; the Peace
Implementation Council (
PIC) and its
Steering Board are established |
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12 December |
Implementation Force (IFOR) begins deployment in
Bosnia and
Herzegovina |
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14 December |
Dayton Peace Agreement is signed in
Paris |
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18 December |
First meeting of
PIC Steering
Board |
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20-21 December |
First EU/World Bank Donors’ Conference for BiH in
Brussels
launches the $5.1
billion Priority Reconstruction Program. An initial $600 million is
pledged. |
1996 |
|
January |
First High Representative, Carl Bildt, and his German Deputy Michael
Steiner arrive in
Sarajevo
;
the Sarajevo OHR Office is established |
|
9 January |
The humanitarian airlift to
Sarajevo
, the longest airlift
ever, ends |
|
3 Feb-19 March |
Transfer from one Entity to the other of areas specified in the DPA,
notably around
Sarajevo. |
|
13 April |
Second EU/World Bank Donors’ Conference for BiH in
Brussels
, boycotted by the RS.
Pledges made: $ 1.3 billion |
|
7 May |
First international war crimes trial since Nuremberg and Tokyo begins
at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in
The Hague; the defendant is Dusan Tadic, a Bosnian Serb prison camp guard.
In January 2000, after completion of the appeals process, he is sentenced
to 20 years imprisonment |
|
13-14 June |
PIC Conference in
Florence |
|
19 July |
Radovan Karadzic resigns from public and party offices |
|
31 August |
Formal deadline for dissolution of “Herceg-Bosna” |
|
7 September |
OBN (Open Broadcast Network), BiH's first independent, cross-entity TV
network, goes on air |
|
14 September |
General elections in BiH. Alija Izetbegovic (SDA), Momcilo Krajisnik
(
SDS) and Kresimir Zubak (HDZ) are
elected to the BiH Presidency; Biljana Plavsic
(
SDS) is elected President of the
RS |
|
20 December |
IFOR officially hands over its duties to the Stabilisation Forces
(SFOR) |
1997 |
|
14 February |
Roberts Owen declares interim international supervision of the Brcko
area for not less than one year |
|
7 March |
US
Ambassador Bill Farrand is named international Supervisor for
Brcko |
|
13 April |
First ever visit to
Sarajevo
by Pope John Paul II
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|
23 May |
First working session of the BiH Constitutional
Court |
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30 May |
PIC
Steering Board meets at the
ministerial level in
Sintra
,
Portugal
; the High
Representative is directed to suspend media that violate the DPA
|
|
1 June |
US
Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright pays her first visit to BiH
|
|
1 June |
The Standing Committee on Military Matters, the last of the remaining
common institutions to be set up, is established |
|
18 June |
Carlos Westendorp arrives in
Sarajevo
to take over from
Carl Bildt as High Representative in BiH |
|
30 June |
War crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic is discovered to have registered to
vote. As a result the Provisional Election Commission amendtheir Rules and
Regulations disallowing such persons to vote |
|
3 July |
RS President Biljana Plavsic dissolves the RSNA and calls for new RS
parliamentary elections, sparking a power struggle in the RS |
|
10 July |
SFOR detain;; Milan Kovacevic, an indicted war criminal, in Prijedor.
Simo Drljaca is killed when he opens fire on SFOR |
|
15 July |
Slobodan Milosevic elected as FRY President |
|
23-24 July |
Third EU/World Bank Donors’ Conference in
Brussels
. Pledges made: $ 1.24
billion |
|
11 August |
BiH Constitutional Court is set up
The Central Bank of Bosnia and
Herzegovina
officially commences
operations |
|
28 August |
OSCE confirm that more than 2,5 million people have registered to vote
in the municipal elections in BiH on 13 and 14 September. |
|
5 September |
Creation of BiH Department of Civil Aviation |
|
13-14 September |
Municipal elections in BiH |
On 17 September
1997
, five members of the OHR - Senior Deputy High
Representative Gerd Wagner, Charles Morpeth, Leah Melnick, Thomas
Reinhardt and Juergen Schauf - and seven members of UNMIBH lost their
lives in a helicopter crash near Fojnica in central
Bosnia
. On the
first anniversary in 1998, a memorial monument was erected near the crash
site
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19 September |
BiH Presidency session, Lukavica - adoption of the decision on 30
appointments for ambassadors. Additional consultations would be held for
three further appointments. |
|
19 September |
The European Commission opens a number of inter-entity telephone lines
for local subscribers |
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26 September
|
Border crossing points connecting BiH and
Croatia
at
Gradiska, Samac, Dubica and Brod opened |
|
1 October |
SFOR takes control of Serb Radio-Television
( SRT) transmitters in the RS;
Banja Luka becomes
SRT main office,
SRT restructuring begins |
|
6 October |
Ten Bosnian Croats indicted for war crimes surrender to the
International Criminal Tribunal in the Hague . |
|
21 October |
Opposition leader Milo Djukanovic wins elections in
Montenegro. |
|
18 November |
Banja Luka
airport reopens
for commercial air traffic |
|
22-23 November |
Early National Assembly elections in the RS;
SDS/
SRS
lose majority |
|
9-10 December |
PIC Conference in
Bonn
; the High Representative
(HR) is requested to dismiss obstructive public officials and impose
legislation if BiH’s legislative bodies fail do so |
|
22 December |
President Clinton visits
Sarajevo and meets US troops
in
Tuzla |
1998 |
|
17 January |
Milorad Dodik is elected new RS Prime Minister by the RS National
Assembly |
|
17 January |
The International Commission for Missing Persons, chaired by US Senator
Bob Dole, visited
Sarajevo. |
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31 January
|
The Bosnian Serb Parliament session in Banja
Luka - new Bosnian Serb government sworn in and the
Parliament voted to move the seat of the government from Pale to
Banja
Luka. |
|
2 February |
Launch of neutral car license plates in BiH |
|
3 February |
Sarajevo
Conference:
adoption of the Sarajevo Declaration, which promotes minority return to
Sarajevo
and calls for
Sarajevo
to become a model of
multi-ethnic tolerance |
|
6 February |
New flag of BiH hoisted outside the UN Headquarters in
New York |
|
6 April |
Agreement on the establishment of the public BiH Railway Corporation
signed |
|
20 April |
Exhumations of mass graves near Srebrenica started |
|
7-8 May |
Fourth Donors’ Conference for BiH in
Brussels
. Pledges made: $ 1.24
billion |
|
11 June |
Independent Media Commission (
IMC)
established. The
IMC regulates both
technical and editorial aspects of electronic broadcasting in
BiH |
|
7 July |
Opening of
MostarAirport |
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22 July |
Privatisation framework of Enterprises and Banks in BiH
introduced |
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27 July |
The start of regular passenger service on the Sarajevo-Capljina train
route |
|
9 September |
The agreement between BiH and
Republic of
Croatia
on the use of
Ploce
Harbour
initialed |
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12-13 September |
General elections in BiH. Alija Izetbegovic (SDA), Ante Jelavic (HDZ)
and Zivko Radisic (
SPRS) elected to the
BiH Presidency; Nikola Poplasen (
SRS)
elected RS President |
|
18 November |
Two Commissions for Missing Persons from the Federation have, for the
first time, jointly exhumed a mass grave in Modrica |
|
2 December |
General Radoslav Krstic detained by SFOR. |
1999 |
|
19 February |
Command of the Armed Forces in BiH transferred to the BiH
Presidency |
|
5 March |
HR removes Nikola Poplasen from the office of RS President |
|
5 March |
Brcko Arbitration Tribunal announces Final Arbitration Award: the
pre-war
municipality of
Brcko
is given the status of a
district to be held by the two Entities as a condominium, and administered
by independent district authorities |
|
15 March |
Regular bus lines from
Sarajevo
to Brcko and
Bijeljina were opened. |
|
16 March |
The Federation Deputy Minister of Interior, Jozo Leutar was fatally
wounded in a car bomb blast in
Sarajevo. |
|
24 March |
had begins air strikes against military targets in the FRY. |
|
20-21 May |
Fifth Donors' Conference for BiH in
Brussels
. Pledges made: $1.05
billion |
|
27 May |
The ICTY Tribunal in the Hague indictes Slobodan Milosevic for murder,
persecution and deportation in Kosovo, |
|
7 June |
Inaugural session of the Municipal Assembly in Srebrenica following the
1997 municipal elections is finally held after OSCE-brokered
agreement |
|
6 August |
The opening ceremony of the Dubrovnik-Trebinje border crossing.
|
|
9 August |
Bosnian Croat warcrimes suspect, Vinko Martinovic "Stela" surrendered
to ICTY in the Hague by the
Republic of
Croatia. |
|
16 August |
Wolfgang Petritsch, takes up his duties as High
Representative |
|
27 October |
Property and housing legislation in BiH’s two Entities finalised. It
provides the authorities with detailed instructions on the application of
the laws |
|
15 November |
The joint BiH Presidency submits a Declaration committing themselves
to, inter alia, the establishment of a Border Service,
Bosnia and
Herzegovina’s integration in
Europe and the full implementation of the property
and housing laws to the UN Security Council in New
York |
|
10 December |
The President of the Republic
of Croatia, Franjo Tudjman,
dies; in 1995, he signed the Dayton Peace Agreement on behalf of the
Republic of
Croatia |
2000 |
|
21 January |
BiH’s upper air space turned over to local civilian aviation
authorities. |
|
3 April |
SFOR detained Momcilo Krajisnik, who was under a sealed indictment by
the ICTY for war crimes. |
|
8 April |
Municipal Elections held in BiH |
|
16 April |
BiH Auditors appointed providing an independent system of auditing
financial activities. |
|
16 June |
Entity Ministers of Education establish Higher Education Coordination
Board. |
|
4 July |
BiH Constitutional Court
announces decision interpreting the BiH
Constitution in relation to the Constitutions of the Entities |
|
27 July |
BH CoM approves single BiH passport |
|
8 September |
High Representative removes fifteen Public Officials for Obstructing
Property Law |
|
26 September |
Education Ministers agree to teach of both Cyrillic and Latin scripts
in BiH schools |
|
25 October |
High Representative decision allocating a site for the Srebrenica
cemetery and memorial. |
|
11 November |
General Elections in BiH |
|
15 December |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
established Diplomatic
Relations with FR Yugoslavia |
2001 |
|
9 January |
Biljana Plavsic, surrenders voluntarily to
The Hague
after being presented with an ICTY indictment
for war crimes |
|
19 January |
FRY President Vojislav Kostunica pays his first official visit to
BiH |
|
28 February |
Ante Jelavic, the Croat member of the BiH Presidency and the leader of
the HDZ, proclaims that the Federation is from now on solely Bosniak
entity. |
|
2 March |
Single Communications Regulator for
Bosnia and
Herzegovina (CRA)
established from the IMC. |
|
3 March |
At the session in Mostar, the Croat National Assembly (HNS) declares
interim "Croat self-rule" in BiH. |
|
7 March |
High Representatives removes Ante Jelavic from his positions as a
member of the Presidency of BiH. |
|
26 March |
The BiH State Border Service officially takes over three border
crossings – rail, road and river in Brcko Distrikt |
|
1 April |
Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic arrested in
Belgrade. |
|
6 April |
High Representative Appoints Provisional Administrator for Hercegovacka
Banka. |
|
7 May |
PBS and Federation Radio launched |
|
7 May |
Violent outbreaks in
Banja Luka
organised to prevent the laying of the corner
stone of the Ferhadija Mosque. Murat Badic, attending the ceremony is
injured and dies three weeks later as a result. |
|
25 May |
The five successor states to the former Socialist Federative Republic
of Yugoslavia initial an Agreement on Succession in
Vienna. |
|
9 May |
BiH Council of Ministers adopts the Citizens' Identification Protection
System -CIPS |
|
18 June |
With the assistance of senior RS officials and security of over 2000
police, the Islamic Community holds the cornerstone laying ceremony for
the reconstruction of the Ferhadija mosque in Banja
Luka |
|
28 June |
Slobodan Milosevic extradited to the
Hague |
|
29 June |
The Foreign Ministers of BiH, FRY,
Croatia
,
Slovenia
and
Macedonia
sign in
Vienna
the framework
agreement on the succession to the former Socialistic Federative Republic
of Yugoslavia (SFRY). |
|
23 August |
BiH Election Law adopted in both houses of BiH
Parliament |
2002 |
|
24 April |
BiH Accession to the Council of Europe |
|
9 May |
Court of BiH established |
|
27 May |
Paddy Ashdown becomes High Representative |
|
30 July |
PIC and BiH Council of Ministers
agree five overall reform priorities, entitled “Jobs and
Justice” |
|
7 August |
BiH Prosecutor’s Office established |
|
22 August |
High Representative harmonises the Prosecutorial systems in the FBiH,
the Cantons and the RS. |
|
2 September |
High Judicial and Prosecutorial Copuncil becomes operational |
|
12 September |
OHR opens all advertised positions to BiH citizens. |
|
5 October |
First elections organised by the BiH authorities under BiH’s Election
Law |
|
12 November |
“Bulldozer” initiative aimed at removing or amending laws that act as
barriers to business launched |
|
4 December |
High Representative testifies against Radoslav Brdjanin and Momir Talic
before the ICTY. |
2003 |
|
1 January |
EUPM launched |
|
13 January |
OHR, ICTY and BiH experts begin talks on prosecuting war crimes in BiH
|
|
27 January |
Court of BiH opens. |
|
6 February |
BiH Civil Service Agency becomes fully operational. |
|
12 February |
Indirect Tax Policy Commission established |
|
25 February |
Bulldozer Committee completes first list of bureaucratic roadblocks to
business in BiH. |
|
7 March |
High Representative acts to undermine the networks that support war
criminals. The
US
and EU
follow-up with Presidential orders and visa bans. |
| 8 May |
HR Decision to establish of the Defence Reform
Commission |
| 29 May |
HR Decision to establish of the Intelligence
Reform Commission |
| 18 June |
BiH Security Policy reviewed and accepted by BiH
Presidency outlining for the first time BiH's state policy objectives and
aspirations within this sphere |
|
7 July |
High Representative freezes the assets of 14 people who are assisting
indicted war criminals evade arrest. |
| 25 September |
Defence Reform Commission members sign a Report
outlining legislation required for BiH PfP membership that establishes
state level command and control of the armed forces |
|
30 October |
Donors Raise 15.7 Million Euros to establish the War Crimes Chamber in
the BiH Court. |
|
12 November |
Implementation of the Property Laws in BiH reaches 90 per
cent. |
|
19 November |
European Commission agrees a Feasibility Study for BiH |
|
3 December |
Defence Reform Laws approved in Entity and State Parliaments |
|
29 December |
BiH Parliament adopts Indirect Taxation Authority reform
Laws. |
|
30 December |
BiH Institutions assume responsibility for the return
process. |
2004 |
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15 March |
Mostar Administration unified as one City. |
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23 March |
BiH Parliament adopts Law on a single Intelligence and Security
Agency |
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16 April |
High Representative announces measures to support the work of the RS’s
Srebrenica Commission |
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19 April |
Radoslav Krstic sentenced to 35 years' imprisonment. Confirmed genocide
verdict. |
|
21 May |
BiH Parliament Adopts Law on single BiH HJPC. |
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30 June |
HR announces measures against those preventing BiH meeting its
international obligations towards the ICTY |
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5 July |
Police Restructuring Commission established |
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19 July |
High Representative Extends Deadline for RS Srebrenica Commission to
Complete Its Work |
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24 August |
OHR Announces Downsizing in line with BiHs Progress towards full
Statehood |
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2 October |
Municipal Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including the Brcko
District, the first local elections since the founding of the District in
March 2000 |
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16 November |
EU Assets Freeze On All ICTY Indictees |
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2 December |
NATO successfully terminated the mission of the Stabilisation Force
(SFOR) and the European Union launched EUFOR Operation Althea. |
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16 December |
High Representative Maps Out Process to Tackle War Criminal Networks
and to Reform BiH’s Security Institutions (includes: removals of 9
officials, blocking of bank accounts) |
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31 December |
HR Decision to extend the Defence Reform
Commission until 31 December 2005 |
|
2005 |
|
12 January |
BiH House of Representative’s adopts the VAT law, at a single 17
percent rate |
|
16 January |
Transfer by the authorities of Republika Srpska of ICTY indictee Savo
Todovic to ICTY, first such transfer in nine years |
|
31 January |
HR brings to an an end the International Community
supervisory regimes in Zepce and Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje
municipalities |
|
11 March |
Transfer of Mico Stanisic to the ICTY. His is the second transfer to
the ICTY by the RS authorities |
|
14 March |
Gojko Jankovic transferred to ICTY, Jankovic is the third indictee
transferred to the ICTY by the Republika Srpska authorities |
|
4 April |
BiH Election Commission Fully Nationalised |
|
4 April |
Ljubomir Borovcanin transferred to the ICTY, sixth indictee transferred
to the ICTY by the RS authorities |
|
13 April |
European Commission approves a Feasibility Report assessing the
readiness of
Serbia
and
Montenegro
a Stabilisation and Association Agreement |
|
15 April |
Vujadin Popovic transferred to the ICTY. Vujadin Popovic is the seventh
indicted war criminal to be transferred to the ICTY by the Republika
Srpska |
|
16 April |
Incidents in Manjaca and Bileca at the occasion of taking solemn oath
during the military induction ceremonies |
| 20 May |
DRC agrees to a new defence structure to replace
the entity MODs and to transfer all control of the armed forces to the
state level |
|
9 June |
HR Lifts Ban on Participating in Political Life for Two Individuals
(Nikola Grabovac and Blasko Jevric) |
|
10 June |
Budget for Mostar city adopted |
|
17 July |
Mostar’s
Old
Bridge
and
Old
Town
included on UNESCO’s list of world heritage sites |
| 18 July |
DRC members sign DRC Report "AFBiH: A Single
Military Force for the 21st Century" creating a single army with no entity
components. |
|
19 July |
High Representative announces proposal to transform the OHR to an
EU-Led Mission |
|
22 August |
OHR announced further downsizing, OHR’s budget is reduced
further. |
|
31 August |
RSNA adopts transfer of entity defence powers to the state
level |
|
29 September |
Transfer of Radovan Stanković from the International Criminal Tribunal
for the Former
Yugoslavia
(ICTY) to the
BiH Court
's War Crimes Chamber. This is the first
case referred to the jurisdiction of a domestic court in one of the
countries of the Former Yugoslavia. |
| 5 October |
BiH Parliamentary Assembly passes the legislation
necessary for the creation of a BiH single and unified army |
|
6 October |
RSNA adopts police reform in accordance with EC Principles |
|
21 October |
European Commission recommends that EU Member States open negotiations
on a Stabilisation and Association Agreement with
BiH |
| 21 November |
EU Member States give the European Commission the
green light to start Stabilisation and Association negotiations |
|
25 November |
EU Commissioner for Enlargement Olli
Rehn travels to Sarajevo to open SAA
negotiations |
| 28 November |
High Representative Allows Removed officials to
hold non Managerial Public Positions |
| 8 December |
Ante Gotovina arrested |
|
14-15 December |
PIC Steering Board Political
Directors meeting in
Paris
where they appointed Christian Schwarz-Schilling as
HR |
2006 |
|
1 January |
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
's new VAT system
launched |
|
26 January |
The First meeting of BiH Directorate for Police
Restructuring |
|
1 February |
Christian Schwarz-Schilling takes up Mandate as
High Representative in BiH |
|
1 February |
High Representative Chairs Roundtable on BiH Civil
Society |
|
9 March |
High Representative organizes a meeting of German
and BiH Business People at CEBIT |
|
10 March |
HR lobbies EU states for EU Visa Regime relaxation
in Order to Boost BiH Competitiveness and Create Jobs |
|
11 March |
Slobodan Milosevic, former FRY President and a
co-signatory of the Dayton Peace Agreement, dies in his prison cell in
Hague |
|
15 March |
PIC Steering
Board Political Directors meeting in
Vienna
the
PIC says the time for transition from
the OHR to an EUSR Office is approaching and encourages the HR to
cooperate closely with the EU in preparing the transition |
|
18 March |
Constitutional Reform Agreement agreed by 6
leading political Parties in BiH |
|
21 March |
High Representative's press conference announcing
new removal repeal measures |
|
23 March |
US lifts of Lautenberg sanctions on Foca |
|
24 March |
HR at a meeting of the BiH Economic Coordination
Board emphasizes that job creation is the number one priority |
|
27 March |
HR calls on civil society to hold political
parties accountable at a seminar on civil society organized in
Sarajevo
by the Heinrich-Boell
Foundation |
|
4 April |
HR's Decision further limiting the scope of the
ban from public office in the removal decisions issued by the
HR. |
|
13 April |
Brcko District Office established within CoM BiH |
|
27 April |
BiH House of Representatives fails to adopt
constitutional amendments |
|
21 May |
Montenegro
independence referendum.
Montenegro
sedes its union with
Serbia |
|
24 May |
HR first address to the BiH Parliament - 100 Days
to Make History |
| 1 June |
State-level Draft Law on Higher Education, an
obligation for BiH within the European Partnership context is
adopted. |
| 21 July |
The BiH Council of Ministers issues its opinion
on the Law on Settlement of Frozen Foreign Currency Accounts and
calls on BiH parliamentarians to act in the best interest of the
country. |
| 4 August |
Brcko Supervisor, Susan Johnson, issues a
Supervisory Order abolishing the application of Entity legislation in
Brcko District. |
| 17 August |
High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling
lifts bans on holding public office against four individuals;Ivan
Mandic, Emin Skopljak, Ahmed Smajic and Mirko Stojcinovic. |
| 3 September |
Raffi Gregorian is appointed to serve asthe new
Brcko Supervisor and Deputy High Representative. |
| 1 October |
General electionsin BiH. |
| 5 October |
Senior Deputy High Representative, Peter
Bas-Backer, and the Deputy Commander EUFOR, Brigadier Aylwin-Foster, visit
BiH Armed Forces ammunition storage sites to highlight the need for
proper supervision of weapons, ammunition and military equipment in
BiH. |
| 11 November |
Senior Deputy High Representative, Peter
Bas-Backer calls for separation of religion and politics in BiH at a
conference on political-religious dialogue in Bratislava. |
| 15 November |
Principal Deputy High Representative Larry Butler
meets with FBiH Finance Minster Dragan Vrankic to call for the affordable
settlement of Frozen Foreign Currency Accounts. |
| 22 December |
BiH CoM announces a national review mechanism for
police officers denied certification by the UN’s International Police Task
Force. The PIC Steering Board expresses its concern over this
move. |
2007 |
|
4 January |
BiH Presidency
nominates Nikola Spiric as Chair of the CoM in the wake of agreement
between representatives of seven political parties to form a state-level
government inBiH. |
|
9 February |
The new BiH-level governmentis formedby Prime Minister Nikola
Špirić. |
|
29 March |
Gregorian stresses the need for full cooperation
with the ICY during a visit to Zvornik |
|
30 April |
UN Security Council Presidency lifts the lifetime
ban on employment in law enforcement agencies for former police officers
denied certification by the UN/IPTF Mission. |
|
1 June |
ICTY indictee Zdravko Tolimir is arrested |
|
5 June |
Brcko District Spatial Plan adopted. |
| 15 June |
HR Christian Schwarz-Schilling amends the BiH Law
on the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council. |
| 2 July |
Miroslav Lajčák succeeds Christian
Schwarz-Schilling as High Representative and EU Special
Representative. |
| 9 July |
HR Lajcak signed a series of orders and decisions
that will make it easier for BiH’s prosecutors and police to investigate
and prosecute persons suspected of war crimes and those who help them
evade justice. |
| 13 July |
FBiH Government adopts new Public Broadcasting
legislation. |
| 18 July |
RS National Assembly amends the Criminal Code on
the Law on Execution of Criminal Sanctions bringing this entity’s
legislation in line with state-level legislation. |
| 30 July |
BiH Higher Education Law adopted by Bosnia and
Herzegovina’s Parliament. |
| 20 September |
Lajcak meets Croatian President Stjepan Mesic
during his visit to Bosnia. |
| 30 September |
The president of Republica Srpska, Mladen Jelic
passes away. |
| 30 November |
Both Houses of the Parliament of Bosnia and
Herzegovina approve a deal to bring their Rules of Procedure in line with
the Constitution ending a month of political instability |
| 3 December |
BiH Council of Ministers adopted the Mostar
Declaration and Action Plan on Police Reform. |
| 4 December |
European Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn
initials Stabilization and Association Agreement with BiH.
|
2008 |
|
1 January |
Slovenia took over the chairmanship of the EU
Presidency. |
|
1 January |
Serge Brammertz succeeded Carla Del Ponte as
prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former
Yugoslavia.
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8 January |
HR Lajcak amended the Law on Indirect Taxation
System in BiH and re-appointed Peter Nicholl as Chair or the Indirect
Taxation Authority’s Governing Board. |
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15 February |
The reci.ba web site goes on line giving citizens
the opportunity to voice their opinions and put questions directly to
HR/EUSR Lajcak. |
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22 February |
RS National Assembly passes a resolution that claims the right to
organize a referendum on its legal status. |
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27 March |
State and Entity Government representatives sign
an Agreement movable defense property.
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| 28 March |
Brcko District Assembly adopts new Law on Primary
and Secondary Education making it the first in BiH to have a law on
education that meets the requirements of the European Partnership
Program |
| 3 April |
NATO leaders in Bucharest grant BiH “Intensified
Dialogue” status. |
| 11 April |
BiH House of Representatives adopts police reform
laws opening the way for the signature of the Stabilization and
Association Agreement with the EU. |
| 6 May |
Brcko Supervisor Raffi Gregorian issued
Supervisory Order improving functionality in the Brcko District
Assembly. |
| 7 May |
Both houses of BiH Parliament adopted changes to
the BiH Election Law enabling all former residents of Srebrenica to vote
in this municipality in October 2008 elections, regardless of where they
are currently registered. |
| 30 May |
High Representative Lajcak orders seizure of
travel documents of 16 individuals linked to ICTY indictee at large,
Stojan Zupljanin. |
| 11 June |
Stojan Zupljanin, indicted by the ICTY in
December 1999 is arrested and transferred to The Hague. |
| 16 June |
Bosnia and Herzegovina signs its Stabilization
Association Agreement with the EU in Luxemburg. |
| 24-25 June |
PIC Steering Board meets in
Sarajevo |
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