Bosnia Fact Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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UN Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina
On December 21, 1995, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1035, setting up the UN International Police Task Force and a UN Civil Affairs Office. These were brought together as the UN Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The UN Mission (UNMIBH) was created to help implement the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina (also referred to as the as the Dayton-Paris Agreement). It was "under the authority of the Secretary-General and subject to coordination and guidance as appropriate" of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina appointed to oversee the Agreements implementation. ... [Read More]
NATOs Role in Bosnia and Herzegovina
On December 2, 2004, the nine-year NATO-led Stabilization Force (SFOR) mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina concluded successfully. NATOs intervention in the Bosnia conflict--using force for the first time in Alliance history--led to the Dayton Accords and put an end to a costly and destructive conflict in the heart of Europe. In the nine years that followed the intervention, over 500,000 servicemen and women from 43 nations and every continent, including 90,000 Americans, served in Bosnia and Herzegovina without losing a single soldier to hostile action. The people of Bosnia have welcomed a continued international security presence as they take the remaining steps on the path toward integration into a Europe whole, free, and at peace. The European Union (EU) has established a military mission, Operation ALTHEA, to provide this support. ... [Read More]
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UN Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH), International Police Task Force, Judicial System Assessment Program
The mandate derives from Annex 11 of the 1995 Dayton Accords, which requested a UN civilian police operation to monitor and assist local Bosnian police forces in maintaining public security on a non-discriminatory basis. The UN established the International Police Task Force (IPTF) under an umbrella civilian mission, the UN Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) that also includes a civil affairs unit. In July 1998, UNMIBH was given an additional task to monitor and assess the court system as a part of the judicial reform overseen by the Office of the High Representative (OHR), chief international organization for civilian implementation of the Dayton Accords. ... [Read More]
The Balkans
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The Balkans
The U.S. Department of States Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) has developed a Balkans strategy in FY 2002 that reflects the evolving humanitarian situation. The region is generally stable now 6 years after the Dayton Accords ended the conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina and almost 3 years after the NATO intervention in Kosovo led to the return of over one million Kosovar Albanians to their homes. Recent political events -- peaceful elections in Kosovo, the peace agreement in Macedonia, renewed commitment to refugee returns by the moderate government in Croatia, and continued stability in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia -- continue to offer opportunities to find durable solutions for the thousands of persons who remain displaced by a decade of conflict in the former Yugoslavia. In short, we are witnessing success in our refugee and humanitarian programs in the Balkans as thousands of refugees and IDPs continue to return to Bosnia, Macedonia, or Kosovo. Other refugees a ... [Read More]
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2003 Report
[*Please note: Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dominican Republic, Georgia, Greece, Haiti, Kazakhstan, Suriname, Turkey, and Uzbekistan were updated to Tier 2 per President George W. Bush, Presidential Determination No. 2003-35, September 9, 2003.] ... -- 06/09/03: Fact Sheet - Trafficking in Persons Report - Another Step Toward International Cooperation Against Modern Day Slavery ... [Read More]
United States Humanitarian Demining Programs in Europe
The U.S. Governments Humanitarian Demining Program seeks to relieve human suffering while promoting U.S. interests. The Programs objectives are to establish and support sustainable indigenous demining programs, reduce civilian casualties, create conditions for the return of refugees and displaced persons to their homes, reinforce an affected countrys stability, and encourage international cooperation and participation. The Program seeks to accomplish these objectives by helping to establish and support sustainable indigenous mine action capabilities in mine-affected nations. Since FY 1993, the United States has committed almost $500 million to global mine action initiatives, including research and development. Out of the 26 countries in Europe reported to have landmine problems, the United States is providing assistance to nine of those countries and the province of Kosovo. These countries are Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegov ... [Read More]
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