News Headlines
- Annan visits BiH
- Sarajevo Mayor Rasim Gacanovic thanks Annan for honour of introducing world’s 6 billionth citizen in Sarajevo
- BiH Presidency discusses Radisic initiatives regarding BiH lawsuit against Yugoslavia
- General Meigs to be replaced as SFOR Commander 18 October
- BiH Federation Parliament Commissions for Human Rights hold meeting with BiH Federation Ombudsmen
- Milosevic accuses opposition for attempting to cause civil war in Serbia
- World news
- Women of Srebrenica hold monthly peaceful street protest to mark Srebrenica tragedy
- Head of Islamic Community in Tuzla Mufti Husein Kavazovic visits Bosanski Samac
- Organized return of Croat refugees begins to Tisina, Samac Municipality
- RS National Assembly had no constitutional right to discuss BiH Presidency decision on charges against Yugoslavia – SDA
- Legal act of BiH suing Yugoslavia became political act – Party for BiH
- HDZ BiH not surprised by RS National Assembly decision on BiH lawsuit against Yugoslavia
- RS National Assembly decision has no practical effect except delay – SDP BiH
- Recent events in RS call for prompt decision of High Representative – Liberal Party BiH
- RS National Assembly decision has no formal or legal weight – LBO
- Serb delegates in RS National Assembly demonstrate that they do not care for BiH – BiH Republicans
- Radisic and Djokic visit to Milosevic is blow to Sloga Coalition – Council of Ministers Co-chairman Svetozar Mihajlovic
- Djokic surprised by RS Government condemnation of visit to Belgrade
- Forum of BiH Parliamentarians 1990 demand that High Representative dismiss Radisic
- Petritsch should penalize Radisic visit to Milosevic – Society for Threatened Peoples BiH
- Ganic asks German Envoy Hans Koschnik for assistance to returnees
- Bicakcic talks with Koschnik on BiH export to Germany
- IMF suggest BiH wait before signing trade agreement with Croatia
- Women’s World Banking conference held in Tuzla
- Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra holds celebratory concert in National Theater
- Sports Weather
News Summary
Annan visits BiH
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan visited Sarajevo on Monday during the beginning of his tour of the Balkans. On the first day of his visit, Annan met with BiH Presidency members and discussed the role of the UN Mission to BiH now and in the future. The Secretary General spoke about the dramatic experiences of BiH and stressed that the Srebrenica tragedy will haunt the International Community forever. He stated that the UN is going to support every future project that will lead to stabilization of BiH. BiH Presidency Chairman Ante Jelavic announced two current initiatives of the Presidency, one for building of a memorial center for the UN Mission to BiH and the other offering BiH troops to participate in future UN peace missions.
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RS National Assembly had no constitutional right to discuss BiH Presidency decision on charges against Yugoslavia – SDA
The RS National Assembly had no constitutional right to discuss the BiH Presidency decision regarding the BiH lawsuit against Yugoslavia, SDA Vice-president Sulejman Tihic stated at a press conference in Sarajevo on Monday. According to the Dayton Agreement, an entity’s Parliament can revoke a decision of the BiH Presidency with a 2/3 majority, but the BiH Presidency did not reach a decision at the last session only a conclusion regarding the lawsuit against Yugoslavia at the International Court of Justice. A conclusion cannot be discussed at the parliament of an entity because it cannot threaten essential national interests of an entity, Tihic concluded.
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Recent events in RS call for prompt decision of High Representative – Liberal Party BiH
The latest events in the RS, including the visit by BiH Presidency Member Zivko Radisic’s to Milosevic, RS National Assembly decision to reject the BiH lawsuit against Yugoslavia and attack on Munib Hasanovic in Srebrenica, call for an immediate reaction from the High Representative in order to prevent further attempts to radicalize political relations in the RS and BiH, said a Liberal Party BiH press release issued Monday.
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Forum of BiH Parliamentarians 1990 demand that High Representative dismiss Radisic
The Forum of BiH Parliamentarians 1990 addressed a letter to the High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch on Monday asking him to dismiss the RS representative in the BiH Presidency, Zivko Radisic. The reason for the request, according to the Forum, is the fact that Radisic’s activities draw BiH away from the European and world integration processes.
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Petritsch should penalize Radisic visit to Milosevic – Society for Threatened Peoples BiH
The Society of Threatened Peoples office in BiH thinks that the High Representative should penalize Radisic’s visit to Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic because such actions make a mockery of the International Community and ignore its decisions.
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