BOSNIA: NO SUBSTANTIVE REPLY ON BIASED

UNCLAS SARAJEVO 001287 SENSITIVE SIPDIS IO/UNP FOR ANDREW MORRISON E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE BK SUBJECT: BOSNIA: NO SUBSTANTIVE REPLY ON BIASED ISRAEL-RELATED RESOLUTIONS REF: STATE 118779 ¶1. (SBU) Post demarched Bosnian MFA contacts Amb. Milenko Misic, Head of Department for Human Rights, and Sanja Kenig-Corovic, Head of Department for UN and International Organizations, on November 18 regarding the UN General Assembly's upcoming discussion of Israel-specific resolutions, per reftel. Misic and Kenig-Corovic had no substantive reply at this time. ¶2. (SBU) Post notes Bosnia's persistent inability to respond substantively to such demarches is based on both the complexity of Bosnia's internal political and ethnic makeup and the difficulty in getting political decisions made at any level up to and including the country's Presidency. ENGLISH