25.02.1999

OHR BiH TV News Summary, 25 February 1999

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After hours of discussions at the meeting of the House of People of the BiH Federation deputies did not reach a decision on the proposal of the new national anthem, RTV BiH reported. The proposal for the new national anthem was not passed. Chairman of the House of People Vladimir Soljic ended the session concluding that the conditions were not right for the vote on the anthem. Bosniaks were ready to accept the anthem while Croats wanted that “national” be removed from the tittle. Deputy OHR Hanns Schumacher intervened several times but did not have any success, TV said.
3:00

Council of Ministers met today RTV BiH said. No details were available. The Agreement on Special relations between Croatia and BiH was one of the items on the agenda, TV said.
1:00

Carrying a BH press report from Zagreb RTV BiH said that Croatia has prepared nine new annexes to the Agreement on Special Relations. 0:30 House of Representatives did not have a quorum for the meeting and it was postponed for March 2.
1:00

The report on the meeting of the National Assembly of RS was focused on the attack on the Bosniak representative. TV said that the incident cut short the session. The OHR representative said the attack was also an attack on the National Assembly and democracy. RTV BiH report included reactions from various parties from the federal part of BiH.
3:00

Kosovo issues were not in the spot light anymore. RTV BiH reported that the situation in the province will not be closely monitored by the international community. RTV BiH also said new clashes and skirmishes were reported in Kosovo
2:30