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Bosna i Hercegovina trenutačno uživa prednosti najotvorenijih, najprijateljskijih i najpozitivnijih odnosa sa svojim susjedima od potpisivanja Daytonskog mirovnog sporazuma prije gotovo petnaest godina.

Zahvaljujem se što ste mi danas pružili priliku da prezentiram svoje četvrto izvješće kao visoki predstavnik, i 38. izvješće po redu. Nadam se da će vam moje izvješće pomoći da bolje shvatite sveukupnu situaciju u Bosni i Hercegovini, kako stoje stvari sada i koji su to izazovi sa kojima se suočavamo u periodu koji je pred nama.

Let me begin by saying what a pleasure it is to be back at the Japan Institute of International Affairs. I had an opportunity to take part in a meeting here in August last year and I look forward this afternoon to continuing the discussion that we began then.

I have had several opportunities in the past to take part in seminars organised by the Bled School, and I am always happy to do this. The bulk of my time and my colleagues’ time is taken up with political issues – yet our efforts will not succeed if we work in a vacuum. Progress has to be made on several fronts – and one of the key areas where prog [...]

There is a universe of loss in a single death. By identifying victims and documenting the circumstances in which they died, we can begin to make that universe less bleak, through respect and compassion.

It is customary at events like this – in an academic milieu and with a high degree of common purpose– for speakers to address issues with a broad brush, perhaps dealing with points of intellectual or philosophical interest.

On this day and in this place we remember twelve colleagues, men and women who came to Bosnia and Herzegovina to help this country and who died here as they carried out their work.

When I spoke at the Alpbach Symposium last year, on the twentieth anniversary of the Year of Revolutions, I noted that in 1989 many politicians and diplomats were slow to understand the nature of the change that was taking place in the Eastern bloc. I pointed out that the West Europeans acted “with caution and, in the beginning, with a distinct lac [...]

I came to Bosnia and Herzegovina as a member of SFOR in 1998 assigned to provide support for special forces working on following and arresting persons indicted for war crimes. Since then 159 of 161 persons indicted by the ICTY have been brought to justice. Since I came back to Bosnia and Herzegovina later that year as part of the Train and Equip pr [...]