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In accordance with my authority under Annex 10 of the General Framework
Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Article XI of the
Conclusions of the Peace Implementation Conference held in Bonn on 10
December 1997, I hereby take the following
DECISION
- - All Mostar City Municipal Statutes shall contain the fundamental
interest clause which must read as follows:
" If the issue which is being voted on concerns the fundamental interests of
one of the peoples, the majority of votes of each people is needed apart
from the majority of all votes. This is applied accordingly when both
peoples are concerned.
Fundamental interest is defined as matters of:
Culture
Education
Religion
National Monuments
Housing Affairs
Invocation of an issue as of fundamental interest shall require for approval
a majority of votes of the Bosniac or of the Croat Councillors.
If the majority of the Councillors of the other people objects the
invocation of the issue of fundamental interest, a commission composed of
one representative of each people shall take a decision on the matter. If
the commission fails to reach consensus within 72 hours, the matter shall be
referred to the High Representative who, within the deadline of three
working days since the day of the receipt of the request, shall take a
binding decision."
- - All Mostar City Municipal Statutes shall stipulate that the Head of the
City Municipality has a general Deputy, who represents him in case he is
unable to attend. His title is " Deputy Head of the City Municipality ".
- - All City Municipal Councils shall adopt their Municipal Statute and
Rules of Procedure, which must comply with this Decision, by 1st August
1999.
This Decision enters into force with immediate effect, and shall be
published in the Official Gazette of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton without
delay.
6 July 1999
Carlos Westendorp
High Representative
Sarajevo
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