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STORY: UN / BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
TRT: 03:36
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: CHINESE / ENGLISH / RUSSIAN / NATS
DATELINE: 02 NOVEMBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Exterior shot, UN Headquarters
02 NOVEMBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Zhang Jun, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations and President of Security Council:
“Those who are in favor please raise your hands.”
4. Pan right, Council voting
5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Zhang Jun, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations and President of Security Council:
“The result of voting is as follows: the draft resolution received 15 votes in favor.”
6. Med shot, Security Council
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert A. Wood, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs, United States:
“The High Representative’s report, in line with precedent and the requirements of Security Council Resolution 1031, are vital to keeping the international community informed about the ongoing efforts to ensure enduring stability and prosperity in the region. In light of recent attacks on the High Representative, led by Republika Srpska President Dodik, we must underscore that the UN Security Council has no role in choosing or appointing the High Representative, which is the responsibility of the Peace Implementation Council.”
8. Med shot, Council
9.SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vasily Nebenzya, Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations:
“Another element of destabilization is the obsessive desire of Western countries to supplant Dayton with the Euro-Atlantic integration and to usher the country into NATO contrary to the desire of its peoples. We have conscientiously cautioned about the dangerous nature of this policy which is geared towards undermining the pillars of Bosnia and Herzegovina statehood which security and stability in the country hinges on.”
11. Med shot, Council
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Željko Komšić, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina:
“The Dayton Peace Agreement itself has become a tool for geopolitical contest between different players on the geopolitical scene.”
13. Wide shot, Security Council
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Željko Komšić, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina:
“The High Representative deals relatively poorly with such political affords. It is necessary to emphasize - there is a great disproportion between the views presented in his reports in relation to what High Representative is really doing to overcome these problems.”
15. Wide shot, Security Council
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Nemanja Stevanovic, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Serbia:
“We fully committed to our collateral dialogue and cooperation, and we will continue to be a reliable partner and advancing out mutual interest. At the same time, Serbia remains devoted to transparent development of its relations with Republika Srpska, in lines with Dayton Peace Agreement, we also strive to enhance cooperation with Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
17. Pan left, walking to stakeout Baeriswyl walking to stakeout
18. SOUNDBITE (French) Pascale Baeriswyl, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Switzerland:
“What we achieved today is an important objective. This mission, EUFOR-Althea, is making a significant contribution to peacekeeping in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is playing a key role in stabilizing the whole region.”
19. Pan right, Ambassador leaving stakeout
Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution to renew the mandate of the EU-led multinational stabilization force EUFOR-Althea, operating in Bosnia and Herzegovina, for another year.
EUFOR-Althea is mandated to help implement the military aspects of the 1995 General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as the Dayton Peace Agreement.
Following the adoption of the resolution today (02 Nov), the United States’ Deputy Permanent Representative and Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs, Robert A. Wood, said, “The High Representative’s report, in line with precedent and the requirements of Security Council Resolution 1031, are vital to keeping the international community informed about the ongoing efforts to ensure enduring stability and prosperity in the region.”
He added, “In light of recent attacks on the High Representative, led by Republika Srpska President Dodik, we must underscore that the UN Security Council has no role in choosing or appointing the High Representative, which is the responsibility of the Peace Implementation Council.”
For his part, Russian Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya said, “another element of destabilization is the obsessive desire of Western countries to supplant Dayton with the Euro-Atlantic integration and to usher the country into NATO contrary to the desire of its peoples.”
He continued, “we have conscientiously cautioned about the dangerous nature of this policy which is geared towards undermining the pillars of Bosnia and Herzegovina statehood which security and stability in the country hinges on.”
Also addressing the Council, Željko Komšić, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, said that the Dayton Peace Agreement itself “has become a tool for geopolitical contest between different players on the geopolitical scene.”
According to him, “the High Representative deals relatively poorly with such political affords.”
He added that "there is a great disproportion between the views presented in his reports in relation to what High Representative is really doing to overcome these problems.”
For his part, Serbian Ambassador Nemanja Stevanovic, reiterated that his country is fully committed to collateral dialogue and cooperation. He said, “we will continue to be a reliable partner and advancing out mutual interest.”
He added, “at the same time, Serbia remains devoted to transparent development of its relations with Republika Srpska, in lines with Dayton Peace Agreement, we also strive to enhance cooperation with Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
After the meeting, speaking outside the Council, Pascale Baeriswyl, Permanent Representative to of Switzerland the United Nations, said, “What we achieved today is an important objective.”
She added, “This mission, EUFOR-Althea, is making a significant contribution to peacekeeping in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is playing a key role in stabilizing the whole region.”