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Agreed Basic Principles
Geneva, 8 September 1995
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- Bosnia and Herzegovina will continue its legal functioning
within the present borders and will be internationally recognized.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina will consist of two entities. The Federation
of Bosnia and Herzegovina established by Washington Agreement
of 1994, and the Republic Srpska.
- The ratio of 51:49 of the territorial proposal of the
Contact Group is a foundation of the agreement. That territorial
proposal is open for changes resulting from the joint agreements.
- Either entity will continue to function with their respective
constitutions (ammended in the manner to match these basic principles).
- Either entity will have the right to establish special
paralel relations with neighbouring countries in conformity
with sovereignty and territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Either entity will take over the reciprocal obligations
(a) to hold the elections at all levels under international
supervision; (b) to adopt and obey common international standards
of human rights and obligations, including the obligation to
allow the freedom of moving and enable dislocated people to regain
the right on their houses or be justly compensated; to be involved
in the binding arbitrage to resolve mutual disputes.
- The entities have principally agreed on the following:
- To appoint a Commission for Dislocated Persons entitled
to fulfill ( with the assistance of international entities) the
obligations of either entity to enable dislocated persons to regain
the right on their homes or be justly compenated.
- To establish a Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina for
Human Rights in order to fulfill the obligations of either entity
to respect the human rights. Either entity will stick to the
decisions of the Commission.
- To establish public enterprises of Bosnia and Herzegovina
which would have in their possession and manage with traffic
and other infratructures for the benefit of either entity.
They will jointly finance those enterprises.
- To appoint a Commission for Conservation of National
Monuments.
- To work out and apply the system of arbitrage for resolving
disputes between the two entities.
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