OHR BiH TV News Summary, 11 September 2000 - Office of the High Representative

TV BiH News Headlines:

BiH Federation police arrests Goran Vlajinic in Mostar early on Monday and then release him after determining they mistakenly arrested him
HVIDR-a block central Mostar bridge in protest over arrest of Vlajinic
Posters calling for ‘Mobilisation’ and ‘Referendum’ appear in towns of Livno Canton early on Monday
Returnees to Grahovcici village, just outside Travnik, block entry to Bila mine because they fear further exploitation of mine would threaten their homes
Workers of Sarajevo printing company OKO on strike since Thursday demanding back salaries
Izetbegovic recovery from pneumonia going well in New York
Petritsch warns BiH Federation Parliament about devastating consequences their failure to adopt draft law on pension insurance fund will have on economy
BiH Federation House of Representatives adopts laws on banking agency and customs service in expedited procedure
Banja Luka authorities have been disregarding BiH Islamic Community request for reconstruction of Ferhadija mosque since March 1997; this is clear case of oppression of religious freedom – US Ambassador to BiH Miller
Peace Implementation Council and Stability Pact Working Group for Humanitarian Issues hold session in Geneva
World news
Association Mothers of Srebrenica holds peaceful protest in Tuzla; they ask High Representative to impose decision on construction of memorial cemetery to Srebrenica massacre victims in Potocari
High Representative must annul shameful decision of Serb officials naming street in Srebrenica after indicted war criminal Radovan Karadzic – SDA
Party for BiH establishes regional centres for legal assistance to help citizens protect their fundamental human rights
Establishment of task force to combat against black market is nothing but election ploy of BiH Federation Government – LDS
New water supply system introduced in Kalesija thanks to donation of Norway
EU gives scholarships to 30 high school and 30 university students without parents in BiH
Decision on mutual recognition of insurance between BiH and Yugoslavia to take effect late on Monday
400 medical experts attend congress on prenatal medicine in Tuzla
Experts at Sarajevo Clinical Center DNA Lab help in sex crime investigations
Excerpts shown from Tuesday’s edition of TV BiH program ‘Humane Television’
BiH Association of Writers hosts Sarajevo Days of Poetry Festival
Sports
Weather

TV BiH News Summary:

Posters calling for ‘Mobilisation’ and ‘Referendum’ appear in towns of Livno Canton early on Monday (01:55) Posters calling for ‘Mobilization’ and ‘Referendum’ in red letters on black backgrounds appeared in west Mostar and other municipalities of the Livno Canton early on Monday. No political party or association has taken responsibility for the posters. Livno Canton Interior Minister’s Chief of Cabinet Petar Buljan speculated that the incident could be related to the pre-election campaign and should not be taken too seriously. The OHR expressed concern about the incident for two reasons: first, if it is related to the pre-election campaign, some political party has started its campaign too early. Second, it is very serious if someone wants to revise the Dayton Agreement through a referendum [of the Croat people only] because there are legal ways of changing the Constitution, said OHR spokesperson Sonja Pastulovic on Monday.