News Headlines
- Justice will not be served until Karadzic is arrested – Petritsch
- After UN Srebrenica report, Women of Srebrenica meet with ICTY Deputy Chief Prosecutor Graham Blewit on ongoing investigations
- Stability Pact Coordinator Bodo Hombach announces spring donors conference to secure Southeast projects
- BiH House of Peoples session cancelled due lack of quorum
- BiH Federation House of Representatives postpones voting on Law on Restitution
- US Administration fully supports OHR-OSCE dismissals
- IC representatives in BiH support decision to dismiss 22 BiH officials in hope for better enforcement of laws – OSCE Wendy Rappaport
- Una-Sana Canton police show best results in multiethnic police – Sahinovic
- Replacement surprised me, if my unwillingness to evict victims of war is held against me, I take Izetbegovic’s stand in Sarajevo: I am not ready to do it – Stipo Maric, former Head of Mostar Municipality West
- Head of Gorazde Municipality Elvedin Hrelja denies all allegations for his replacement, his achievements being disregarded
- Bosniak representatives of Mostar Canton Government fully support all Barry and Petritsch decisions against obstructions – Orucevic
- Association Brcko to its People supports government dismissals
- Gorazde Regional Board of Association Brcko to its People discontent with replacement of Elvedin Hrelja
- HDZ Mostar City Board rejects arguments for Maric’s replacement since Southwest Municipality made significant progress in Dayton implementation
- Public doubts balance in Barry-Petritsch decision – Party for BiH
- Decision of IC officials not the way to achieve political responsibility – RS Party of Independent Social Democrats
- NHI, Social Democrats, HSS, LBO, Republican Party, BOSS and Bosniak Patriotic Party support Barry-Petritsch decision
- Bosniak representatives resume relations with regional OHR Mostar on Tuesday after OHR-OSCE decision
- Posavina Cantonal Assembly discusses Westendorp’s letter on use of joint, neutral and inoffensive symbols by police and judiciary
- Deadline for registration for municipal elections expires on Tuesday – Domi
- After SDA appeal, Barry explains that OSCE decision relates to multiple flat occupants
- Croat President Tudjman’s health still critical
- World news
- Tuzla trial against Cantonal Head Hazim Vikalo continues
- AIDS prevention for new millennium
- Sarajevo University clinic receives $50,000 donation
- Discussion on Sarajevo suffering in 91-92 project by Crimes Against Humanity and International Law Research Institute
- Sports
- BiH Federation Interior Minster Mehmed Zilic meets with delegation of Stability Pact Sub-committee for internal affairs
- Residents of Kovaci tent settlement hope for two-way return, majority decline to comment, mostly Kovaci residents do not favor returns
- Izetbegovic meets with newly appointed Bulgarian Ambassador to BiH
- Izetbegovic meets with South African non-resident Ambassador
- Association of BiH Croat Journalists, IMC, Croat State Fund and Croat Information Center hold seminar on press code and its implementation
- SFOR press conference on highly successful Harvest ’99
- Red Cross sponsors mine-awareness quiz in Posavina Canton
News Summary
Justice will not be served until Karadzic arrested – Petritsch
The Peace Implementation Council Steering Board held a session in Brussels, after which High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch said that he was encouraged by reactions to the dismissal of 22 BiH officials. Petritsch emphasized that the arrest of Radovan Karadzic would have a great effect on the long-term situation in the entire region and that justice would not be served until he is arrested. Petritsch denied the possibility of SFOR assisting in the dismissal of 22 BiH officials. “We will not use force, but all of them will be so isolated that they will have to leave” Petritsch stated. He also declined any possibility of balancing the selection (of the nationality) of anti-Dayton officials, using their work as the only criteria. Petritsch confirmed a detailed deliberation on the situations in BiH and Croatian media in light of the upcoming elections in both countries. He is concerned by BiH Croats who, with dual citizenship, may significantly influence the Croatian elections.
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Public doubts balance of Barry-Petritsch decision – Party for BiH
“If the OHR decision demonstrates a resolution to implement Dayton, we support them” said the Party for BiH. “The public doubts the deceptive (national) balance of those who are obviously opposing Dayton, such as the Heads of Serb Gorazde and Banja Luka Municipalities, and those whose fault lies in less clear activities.”
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