Bosnia Herzegovina Picture
2004
1111--07/31/04 Secretary Powell's Visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina; Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina ... 1111--12/08/04 Secretary Powell Presents Picture to NATO; NATO Headquarters; Brussels, Belguim ... [Read More]
Interview with Hamid Mir of GEO TV
SECRETARY RICE: We found out that the United States needs to do a better job of explaining what it is that we are doing. And I would just make a couple of points: first of all, the United States in the last several times that it has used force, it has largely been on behalf of Muslims who were in trouble, whether it was in Kuwait, where we freed Kuwait of Saddam Hussein who had occupied the country; in the Balkans and Bosnia-Herzegovina and in Kosovo, where Muslim populations that were being slaughtered by Serbs and by others; in the situation in Afghanistan because the Muslim population that was freed of one of the worst regimes in the 20th century, the Taliban, which was brutal in its suppression of the people and particularly brutal in its treatment of women. ... [Read More]
11. Europe and the New Independent States
The first major challenge faced by the Clinton administration was the war in Bosnia-Herzegovinia (hereafter Bosnia), Europe's bloodiest conflict since World War II. Lasting nearly 4 years, the conflict caused by the breakup of Yugoslavia claimed some quarter of a million lives, displaced two million people from their homes, and posed one of the great tests to the international community since the end of the Cold War. Early joint efforts by the United Nations and European Community to devise a peace plan failed to bring an end to the fighting. In May 1993, Secretary of State Warren Christopher traveled to Europe to obtain support for a policy of lifting the UN arms embargo against Bosnia, and thus leveling the playing field in the conflict, and deploying NATO air strikes to support the Muslim forces in Bosnia. His efforts were unsuccessful. In the summer of 1995, Secretary Christopher and President Clinton sent a negotiating team to the Balkans to try to bring peace to Bosnia. Headed by ... [Read More]
"For the Record" Alumni Newsletter – Office of Academic Exchange Programs, European Programs Branch
Session presenters included Raffi Gregorian, Deputy Director for Bosnia at the Office of South Central European Affairs; Ambassador William Taylor, Coordinator of US Assistance to Europe and Eurasia; and Kurt Basseuner from the Democratization Policy Institute. BUDP participant Damir Mezet said, "In learning about the way US society functions, I learned more about my own country I think I have a better picture about the position of Bosnia and Bosnians in the world I intend to use all my abilities in my country, because I believe that there is the possibility of good life back home." ... [Read More]
USIS Washington File: LOWER, "REALISTIC" ESTIMATE OF EMBEDDED LANDMINES IS PUBLISHED
The new "Hidden Killers" provides case study data and analysis for Angola, Eritrea, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, Sudan, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Nicaragua, and Iraq (Kurdistan). ... "People were making best guesses based on very little hands-on knowledge and experience," he said. The newer, more reliable "best estimates" draw on information gathered by national mine action programs in concert with data provided by international and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), Newsom said, which allows "a more accurate picture of the scope of the problem." ... [Read More]
USIA, U.S. Foreign Policy Agenda, April 1998 -- Schear onDOD and Peacekeeping
Few aspects of security policy are more challenging for the U.S.government -- and the Department of Defense in particular -- thanpeacekeeping. Without question, such operations can do a greatdeal of good for the United States. They have tangibly helped toadvance U.S. interests in such diverse places asBosnia-Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,Haiti, Guatemala, and Georgia. Regions such as Central Americaand southern Africa, long known for their past violence andchronic instability, are much more quiescent today, in partbecause of the conflict-mitigating effects of peacekeeping. ... [Read More]
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, "The New Politics Of Transatlantic Defense Cooperation," 'The U.S. and NATO An Alliance of Purpose' - U.S. Foreign Policy Agenda - June 2004, Department of State, International Information Programs
The likely assumption by the EU of additional security responsibilities in Bosnia, plus NATO's growing engagement in Afghanistan, has led some to believe that NATO might depart from the scene in the Balkans. We will not. We will retain a NATO presence in Bosnia even after the handover to the EU. We will continue to help the country in its defense reforms — because our goal remains to welcome Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as Serbia and Montenegro, into our Partnership for Peace program in due course. ... [Read More]
Remarks to Bosnian Youth
SECRETARY POWELL: Pleasure to see you all and to have this opportunity to chat. I just finished a meeting with your Presidency. Its the second time Ive met with your Presidency. I was here in 2001three years ago. So much has happened in those three years and so much has happened in nine years, as Bosnia Herzegovina has come out of a difficult period in its history and is now moving forward in so many ways. When I was here in 2001 there was so much tension, so much of a serious dispute taking place. That was a little disconcerting to me, a little troubling to me. There is still a dispute taking place, its not over. But nevertheless, a lot has been done with respect to just the improvements I can see in ... [Read More]
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