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Leaders (authorized representatives) of eleven political parties met in Vlašić at the invitation of the High Representative aimed at finding a solution for police restructuring arrangements in BiH in order to open negotiations on BiH’s Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU.

This week, the leaders of the Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) political parties took a major step towards providing BiH with a modern police service that will fight crime and serve citizens. The agreement on police restructuring reached at Vlasic also represents a major step towards fulfilling the requirements laid out in the EC Feasibility Study.

I am very pleased that the political leadership of Bosnia and Herzegovina was able to reach important agreement on police reform. It is very encouraging that the present solutions are in conformity with the European Union principles. Politics is about finding practical solutions to difficult issues and the BiH politicians have shown that they are w [...]

The negotiations among the leaders of eleven Parliamentary parties in BiH on Police reform continued on Vlasic today. The second day's discussions focused on how Bosnia and Herzegovina’s future police structure might function.

The negotiations among the leaders of eleven Parliamentary parties in BiH on Police reform began on Vlasic this morning. Michael Humphreys, Head of the European Commission delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina, presented the three EU principles for Police reform to the participants.

This is a common accusation, but you cannot describe BiH as a protectorate; you have your own legislature, executive and judiciary, the High Representative has even subjected his decisions to the scrutiny of the BiH Constitutional Court. Furthermore the key reforms put in place in BiH to date, the reforms required for EU accession, have had to be a [...]

I would like to thank Speaker Stojicic for responding so positively to my request to address the RSNA. In this speech I want to tell you where we are, what we have to do, and why we have to do it. First, where is BiH and the RS today?

The outcome of police reform negotiations among the main BiH political parties, scheduled to begin this Sunday, will “open up the future of BiH – or close it down,” the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, said today in a speech to the RS National Assembly.

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, today met with the Heads of Clubs of the political parties represented in the FBiH Parliament. Discussion focused on Police Reform in light of the crucial upcoming negotiations on police restructuring to be held between 24 and 27 April.

Representatives of the Office of the High Representative (OHR), the EU Police Mission and the Police Restructuring Commission (PRC) attended a round table in Banja Luka today organised by the SNSD, as part of the political dialogue on police restructuring.