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The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Security Council, 10150th meeting
Bosnia and Herzegovina is moving along “a narrowing path” that could lead either towards institutional sustainability and economic revitalization, or stagnation and deconstruction of State institutions, the Security Council heard today from the High Representative of the international community in that country.
Today’s briefing by Christian Schmidt, who occupies that Office, is taking place mere days after he announced his resignation. Mr. Schmidt was not appointed by the Council, but by the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council, an international body which supports the implementation of the 1995 General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina — also known as the Dayton Agreement.
That Agreement, adopted 30 years ago, ended the armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995, and provided a framework for the country’s two entities — the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska, each with its own executive and legislative branches. The two entities are linked by a rotating tripartite inter-ethnic presidency and a legislative branch. Tensions have recently surged in the country.
- A statement was made by the Russian Federation in connection with the proposal to invite Christian Schmidt as a briefer.
- Briefer: Mr. Christian Schmidt, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Statements: All Council members
- Statement: His Excellency Denis Bećirović, Chairman of the Presidency, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Statement: His Excellency Stavros Lambrinidis, Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations
- Statements: Serbia, Croatia
- Further statements: Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
