6th Session of the Standing Committee on Military Matters

The Standing Committee on Military Matters held its 6th session today in Lukavica under the Chairmanship of Chairman of the Joint Presidency Izetbegovic. It was attended by Members of the Joint Presidency Krajisnik and Zubak, together with other Committee Members and observers from SFOR, OHR, OSCE and the B-H Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The meeting lasted for over two hours, and considered an agenda of 9 items. These included discussion of regional and sub-regional arms control issues, presentations by the Federation and RS Defence Ministries on the current military situation in B-H, and further discussions on the military representation of Bosnia-Herzegovina overseas in Washington, Brussels and Vienna. The Committee also agreed that the Secretariat should prepare a new six month programme of work for the Committee, to be considered at its next meeting.