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06SARAEVO2307BOSNIA ON ELECTION EVE - EVOLUTION, REVOLUTION,
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-29 12:20:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK
06SARAJEVO1019BOSNIA SUPPORTS NEW ICRC SYMBOL
[...] On May 5, Post delivered points in reftel to Ambassador Nedzad Hadzimusic, Head of the Department for Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Hadzimusic represented Bosnia at the diplomatic conference in Geneva in December 2005 and was very familiar with the issues. He noted t [...]
2006-05-09 13:13:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PGOV PHUM PREF ICRC BK
06SARAJEVO1020BOSNIA: RELIGION AND POLITICS APPEALING MIX FOR
[...] (C) Summary: The Catholic Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has long been politically involved in issues surrounding Croat returns, specifically the question of who is primarily to blame for the low numbers of Bosnian Croat refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) who returned to [...]
2006-05-09 13:13:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI BK
06SARAJEVO1022BOSNIA: SMALLPOX DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] On May 5 and 9, Post delivered points in reftel to Ambassador Nedzad Hadzimusic, Head of the Department of Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),and to Dr. Zlatko Puvacic, Head of the Department of Epidemiology at the Federation Institute of Public Health. The demarche [...]
2006-05-09 14:50:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL TBIO WHO BK
06SARAJEVO1024BOSNIA: TRAFFICKER GETS EIGHT YEARS
[...] On April 25, the Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) State Court handed down the second-longest sentence in the history of Bosnia's anti-trafficking statute, which allows for a maximum sentence of ten years. Mostar trafficker Nermin Cupina was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment. The judge also or [...]
2006-05-10 08:55:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PHUM SOCI BK
06SARAJEVO1045BOSNIA: IMPLEMENTATION OF BOYCOTT STATUTES
[...] Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has had observer status in the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) since 1994. BiH does not require participation in, or cooperation with, the Arab League Boycott (ALB) or other international boycotts. The BiH government does not, as a matter of policy, p [...]
2006-05-12 15:10:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDKBCT ABLD PHUM PIRF AL
06SARAJEVO1064BOSNIA: APPLICATION FOR 2006 PRM AMBASSADOR'S FUND
[...] The following is Post's proposal for the 2006 PRM Ambassador's Fund. This proposal was developed in coordination with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH),the state Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees, the municipal government of Bratun [...]
2006-05-15 12:01:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREF BK
06SARAJEVO1066BOSNIA: THE VIEW FROM THE RS PRIVATIZATION AGENCY
[...] (C) Summary: New legislation to review past RS privatizations (reftel) has shone the spotlight on the RS Directorate for Privatization (DfP). However, the intense focus on process misses the broader point: Many entity-owned companies are little more than a pile of liabilities by time they [...]
2006-05-15 14:14:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO1075BOSNIA: LITTLE PROGRESS IN POST-SANCTION TREBINJE
[...] (C) Summary: One year after Lautenberg sanctions on the municipality were lifted, the eastern Republika Srpska (RS) municipality of Trebinje shows very little progress in a number of critical areas. The working relationship between Mayor Dobroslav Cuk (a member of the opposition Alliance for I [...]
2006-05-16 14:13:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALECON KCRM PGOV PHUM PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1093BOSNIA: THREATS AGAINST LABOR UNION PRESIDENT
[...] The President of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bosnia and Herzegovina (SSSBiH),Mr. Edhem Biber, recently received an anonymous threatening note along with a bullet at his house. The note warned Mr. Biber to stop his calls for a review of previous privatizations in the Fed [...]
2006-05-17 15:20:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON AFL CIO BK
06SARAJEVO1096BOSNIA: REPUBLIKA SRPSKA PRIME MINISTER RECEPTIVE
[...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion on May 15 (political issues reported septel),the Ambassador thanked Republika Srpska (RS) Premier Milorad Dodik for his quick action on several USG-sponsored economic priorities, including revenue allocation, corporate profit tax legislation, and r [...]
2006-05-18 05:54:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO1126HIGH REP ANNOUNCES MAJOR NEW ECONOMIC INITIATIVE
[...] (C) Summary: High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling (CSS) has decided to make small and medium enterprise (SME) development an OHR priority. To this end, he has instructed that an "SME cell", staffed by both local hires and secondees, be established in OHR with the initial goal of [...]
2006-05-19 13:04:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALECON ECIN PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1129BOSNIA: DODIK UPS THE ANTE IN ITA GOVERNING BOARD
[...] (U) Summary. The ongoing controversy over distributions from the BiH Single Account has resulted in the filing of criminal charges by Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik against Indirect Taxation Authority (ITA) Governing Board Chairman Joly Dixon (who is seconded by the Europ [...]
2006-05-19 15:18:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1148BOSNIA: POLICE REFORM FOUNDERING ON ROCKY SHORES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 3, the Police Reform Directorate (PRD),by majority vote, approved a plan for a a single police structure consisting of two tiers (state and local) with budget and legislation at the state-level (BiH Parliament). Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik has publicly oppose [...]
2006-05-22 17:25:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PTER KCRM KJUS BK
06SARAJEVO1149AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SPURIOUSLY CLAIMS ILLEGAL
[...] (C) Summary: On May 10, Amnesty International (AI) issued a report on the global arms trade. In the report, AI erroneously alleges that hundreds of thousands of small arms and light weapons (SA/LW) and associate ammunition were clandestinely shipped from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to Iraq [...]
2006-05-22 17:34:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1165BOSNIA - TESLIC MAYOR FIGHTS OFF SDS CHALLENGE
[...] (SBU) Teslic Mayor Rade Pavlovic retained office May 21 by securing over 60 percent of the vote in a recall election prompted by a nationalist/center-right coalition led by the Serbian Democratic Party (SDS) and Serb Radical Party - Dr. Vojislav Seselj. Pavlovic, who heads a multi-ethnic, cen [...]
2006-05-24 15:45:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1169BOSNIA: SILAJDZIC OFFICIALLY ELECTED HEAD OF SBIH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Haris Silajdzic officially returned to the Bosnian political scene on Sunday May 21st, when he succeeded Safet Halilovic as the Chairman of the Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina (SBiH). Silajdzic was unanimously elected by the delegates in attendance at the second SBiH party con [...]
2006-05-25 08:43:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1173BOSNIA: PLIGHT OF PENSIONERS DIRE
[...] Summary: Bosnia's 500,000 pensioners represent its largest special-interest group and will be influential in the October 2006 general elections. They also vote in a higher proportion than younger citizens. Increasingly squeezed by Bosnia's new national value-added tax (VAT) and rising health ca [...]
2006-05-25 12:35:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI BK
06SARAJEVO1174BOSNIA: BREAKAWAY CROAT "HDZ 1990" BUILDS ITS
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Breakaway ethnic Croat "HDZ 1990" made a dramatic entry into BiH politics on April 26, when it co-opted enough key parliamentary votes to block constitutional reform. Since then, it has tried to ride on the momentum as it builds local party structures. Lacking def [...]
2006-05-25 13:07:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO1194BOSNIA: MUTED REACTION TO MONTENEGRO REFERENDUM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Initial reactions by BiH politicians to the results of the Montenegrin independence referendum, announced May 23, have been largely positive and calm in both entities. As Montenegro was one of the six quasi-autonomous constituent republics of the former Yugoslavia, virtually al [...]
2006-05-26 15:27:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1195BOSNIA: HIGH REPRESENTATIVE DELIVERS "100 DAYS"
[...] (U) SUMMARY. In an effort to rally the parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to pass significant pre-election reforms, High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling delivered his "100 days" speech on May 24. The theme referred to what Schwarz-Schilling has seen during his first 100 da [...]
2006-05-26 15:31:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1196BOSNIA: ONE UNIFORM,ONE ARMED FORCE- AND ONE FUTURE
[...] Defense Minister Radovanovic unveiled the new uniform of the unified Bosnian armed force during a ceremony on May 25. For the first time since the abolishment of the entity armies on December 31, 2005, former combatants stood shoulder to shoulder completely indistinguishable from one other. P [...]
2006-05-26 16:00:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1197BOSNIA: BRCKO DISTRICT AND COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 25 meeting with Brcko District Mayor Djapo, the staff of the Sarajevo-based Brcko District Office, and representatives of the BiH Council of Ministers (joined by the Supervisor, her legal advisor, and OHR staff),Ambassador pressed for additional concrete progress to br [...]
2006-05-26 17:25:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO1208BOSNIA: DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM
[...] Post delivered points in reftel on May 26 to Biljana Gutic in the Office of the UN and International Organizations (UN Office) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Gutic thanked us for the information and noted that the MFA would not be able to respond to the substance of the demarche until the [...]
2006-05-30 16:14:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AORC PREL UNGA BK
06SARAJEVO1230BOSNIA: PM CAVES ON INVESTIGATING FATE OF SERBS IN
[...] (C) Summary: On May 25, the BiH Council of Ministers decided to form a state commission to investigate "the truth about the suffering of all citizens of Sarajevo" from 1992-1995. Although Bosnian Serb leaders had long pushed for a commission to investigate the deaths and disappearances of Sara [...]
2006-06-01 11:40:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI BK
06SARAJEVO1231BOSNIA: AFTER MONTENEGRO, BIH SERBS TAKE UP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of the Montenegro referendum, Bosnian Serbs have raised the possibility of a vote here that would determine whether the Republika Srpska (RS) remains part of the Bosnian state. Statements May 27 by RS Premier Milorad Dodik speculating on the possibility of a referend [...]
2006-06-01 14:00:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1235BOSNIA: POLICE REFORM STATE OF PLAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Police Reform Directorate (PRD) held its 12th and 13th meetings on May 24 and 31 with the Republika Srpska (RS) representative (RS police director Smajlovic) in attendance solely as an observer. RS PM Dodik revoked full RS participation in the PRD, in part because of its Ma [...]
2006-06-02 09:54:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PTER KCRM KJUS BK
06SARAJEVO1275BOSNIA: BIH OFFICIALS UNHAPPY OVER NEWS OF U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: Bosnian leaders, particularly those from Bosniak Muslim parties, were unhappy and apprehensive about the news, delivered per reftel, that the U.S. troop presence in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) would be diminished in the coming months and the U.S. presence at Eagle Base, Tuzla, [...]
2006-06-05 11:45:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALOPDC PREL BK NATO
06SARAJEVO1276SUBJECT: BOSNIA: CAVIC HINTS ON SDS CANDIDATES,
[...] (C) Summary: Republika Srpska (RS) President Dragan Cavic told Embassy May 30 that he will likely again be the candidate of the Serb Democratic Party (SDS) for the post of RS President in BiH general elections scheduled for October 2006. (The SDS, whose founder was Radovan Karadzic, has been [...]
2006-06-05 11:59:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1279BOSNIA: STATE COURT BALANCES 2007 BUDGET, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: On May 24 the BiH State Court Registry presented international donors with a realistic plan to balance the 2007 budget and keep the War Crimes Chamber going. This presentation came as a result of collective donor pressure on the Registry to face the fiscal reality that pledges at [...]
2006-06-05 16:38:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALKAWC EAID PHUM PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1287BOSNIA: REPORT ON OHCHR FIELD PRESENCE
[...] On May 26, Poloff met with Jasna Dzumhur, the current head of mission for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Sarajevo, to discuss the mission's field activities and future plans. The OHCHR office in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) will close on June 30, 2007; it wil [...]
2006-06-06 15:19:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM BK
06SARAJEVO1310BOSNIA INPUT TO 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES
[...] a. Claimant A b. 2001 c. Claimant A submitted a bid in 2000 for four wood-processing companies in a privatization tender by the GRS. The tender required all bids to include a deposit fee as a condition of tender, but none of the bidders submitted the required fee. Despite this failure by t [...]
2006-06-08 15:12:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO1321BOSNIA: TIP REPORT DEMARCHE
[...] (U) Poloff delivered the 2006 TIP report and demarche (ref A) to Samir Rizvo, the State Coordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings on June 5. The Coordinator was pleased with comments in the report acknowledging that significant progress has been made in a number of areas. The re [...]
2006-06-09 10:42:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1329BOSNIA: STATE COURT ORDERS WAR CRIMINAL ZELENOVIC
[...] (U) On June 9 an international judge at the BiH State Court ruled that accused war criminal Dragan Zelenovic should be transferred immediately to The Hague for trial. The State Court based its ruling on the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indictment, the INTERP [...]
2006-06-09 17:44:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALKWAC PHUM PGOV PREL RS BK
06SARAJEVO1367BOSNIA: NIGHT OF A THOUSAND DINNERS A SUCCESS FOR
[...] On June 10, 2006, the Embassy co-hosted a "Night of 1,000 Dinners" (N1KD) gala dinner with the local American Chamber of Commerce and the Embassy of Canada, the fourth of its kind since 2002. Donors to the event contributed almost 200,000 KM (approximately US $130,000),which will be matched [...]
2006-06-15 11:10:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KHDP PREF PARM AORC ODIP OFDP KSEP BK
06SARAJEVO1451BOSNIA: NEW REPUBLIKA SRPSKA POLICE DIRECTOR -
[...] (C) The Republika Srpska (RS) confirmed the appointment of relatively unknown Uros Pena as the new RS Police Director on June 23, replacing controversial former director Dragomir Andan. Andan resigned in April under pressure from ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte, who accused Andan of cr [...]
2006-06-27 14:55:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS PTER PGOV PINR PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1464BOSNIA: JUNE PIC AGREES ON OHR CLOSURE TIMELINE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At the June 22-23 meeting of Peace Implementation Council (PIC) Steering Board Political Directors in Sarajevo, the Steering Board agreed to begin preparations for the closure of OHR in June, 2007. The Steering Board agreed to "review and confirm" this decision at the Feb/March [...]
2006-06-29 13:08:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1473BOSNIA: HARRIERS HIT POLITICAL TARGET
[...] (SBU) Two U.S. AV-8B Harrier jump jets assigned to the USS Iwo Jima visited Sarajevo on June 26 as part of a coordinated Embassy-NATO HQ effort to increase the visibility of U.S. bilateral engagement with Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The Ambassador and NATO HQ Commander Brigadier General We [...]
2006-06-30 12:35:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1479BOSNIA: COUNCIL OF EUROPE PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe's (PACE) June 29 resolution on Bosnian Constitutional reform has been topic number one on the minds of BiH politicians, and has dominated the media here. [...]
2006-06-30 16:13:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO1499BOSNIA: BRCKO WORKING GROUP AGREES ON WAY FORWARD
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On June 20-21 the Ambassador convened the second meeting of the Brcko District Working Group, aimed at establishing political and legal mechanisms to regularize Brcko's status in relation to the state institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Representatives came from the C [...]
2006-07-05 13:09:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1634BOSNIA'S FRACTURED ENERGY LANDSCAPE
[...] Summary: The energy market in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a reflection of the ethnic politics that have caused damage and hindered progress in the country as a whole. The electricity sector is still separated between the sub-national government "entities," and there is an ethnic identificatio [...]
2006-07-20 15:31:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON AID BK
06SARAJEVO1664BOSNIA: ORGANIZED CRIME AND CORRUPTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ten years after the war, Bosnia remains in many ways a traumatized, post-Communist, post-war society. Crime and corruption are serious problems and touch nearly every aspect of life. Criminal clans aligned with politicians and political parties are still prospering and are desc [...]
2006-07-25 10:47:00Embassy SarajevoSECRET//NOFORNPINR KJUS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER KCRM BK
06SARAJEVO1695BIH REACTIONS TO THE CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Israeli-Lebansese crisis, and the broader Middle East conflict are garnerning an increasing amount of public and political attention in BiH. Government statements and media reports are generally factual and correct, but some local public figures have begun to manipulate the [...]
2006-07-28 17:11:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV ASEC IS LE SY BK
06SARAJEVO1700LEADING SDA FIGURE PLEDGES ASSISTANCE FOR SOFA
[...] (C) PolMilOff met the morning of July 28 with Halid Genjac, parliamentarian and member of the Party for Democratic Action (SDA) presidency, to discuss continuing delays in the ratification of the U.S.-BiH Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). The BiH House of Representatives ratified the agreem [...]
2006-07-31 06:01:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR BK
06SARAJEVO1719BOSNIA: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT UN GENERAL
[...] Per reftel instructions, the Bosnian government will be represented as follows: A. Attendance of the Head of State: -- Sulejman Tihic, Member of the Tri-Presidency -- Arrival and departure dates unknown. -- Spouse will not attend. -- Bosnian interpretation is required. B. Atten [...]
2006-08-01 09:31:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNGA BK
06SARAJEVO1747BOSNIA: POLICE REFORM AND RS PM DODIK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Police Reform Directorate (PRD) held its 16th meeting on July 26 and is close to an agreement on the basic model, but without Republika Srpska (RS) input, because the official RS representative is an observer-only. Prior to the meeting, the Ambassador discussed police reform [...]
2006-08-03 17:47:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PTER KCRM KJUS BK
06SARAJEVO1748BOSNIA: CITIZENSHIP REVIEW UNDERWAY AS NEGATIVE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The Embassy has been working with the GBiH for more than a year to address the potential threat posed by mujaheddin improperly granted citizenship after the 1992-1995 war. The BiH Citizenship Review Commission, established in January 2006 to review these cases, has received around [...]
2006-08-04 06:09:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPTER ASEC PREL PGOV BG
06SARAJEVO1751RS OFFICIALS PLEDGE ICTY COOPERATION TO SWCI
[...] (U) Summary and Comment: On July 28 and from August 1-2 Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with GBiH and Republika Serpska (RS) officials in Sarajevo and Banja Luka. Both GBiH and RS officials affirmed their commitment to ICTY cooperation, and all agreed with Ambas [...]
2006-08-04 11:42:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALKWAC PHUM PGOV PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1762BOSNIA: RS POLITICIANS SHARPLY REJECT SANADER
[...] (U) In the media August 2 and 3, Serb member of the BiH Tri-Presidency Borislav Paravac and Republika Srpska (RS) President Dragan Cavic sharply and publicly rejected Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader's proposal that Croatia host an international conference on the future of BiH. Paravac im [...]
2006-08-04 15:09:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HR BK
06SARAJEVO1772BOSNIA: BRCKO'S ITA BATTLE PROMPTS RETURN TO THE
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) A previously scheduled July 28 meeting between International Community members of the Brcko District working group was disrupted by the Indirect Taxation Authority Governing Board's (ITA GB) decision to change the allocation of r [...]
2006-08-04 17:28:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1773CORRECTED COPY: RS OFFICIALS PLEDGE ICTY
[...] (U) This cable replaces Sarajevo 1751 (ref. A). This cable has been cleared by S/WCI Ambassador Williamson's office. 2. (U) Summary and Comment: On July 28 and from August 1-2 Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with GBiH and Republika Serpska (RS) officials in Sa [...]
2006-08-07 08:03:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALICTY KAWC PHUM PGOV PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1774CROAT COMMANDER SURRENDERS SELF TO FACE WAR CRIMES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-07 08:26:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDICTY KAWC PHUM PREL PGOV BG
06SARAJEVO1776RS PREMIER DODIK MUSES ON SERBIAN AND BIH
[...] (C) Summary: On the margins of July 28 discussions with RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik on ICTY cooperation (REFTEL),Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson and CDA Cefkin also raised Kosovo and asked about the upcoming Bosnian elections. According to Dodik, the Serbian pu [...]
2006-08-07 08:38:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALUNMIK ICTY KAWC PGOV PREL AL YI BK
06SARAJEVO1784BOSNIA: MFA SUPPORTS US EFFORTS TO HALT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-08 06:02:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV AADP XF BK
06SARAJEVO1822BOSNIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] On August 10 POLOFF delivered reftel demarche and the attached resume to Ambassador Nedzad Hadzimusic, Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs at the BiH Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Hadzimusic said Bosnia would support Professor Ruth Wedgwood's candidacy for the Human Rights Committee. [...]
2006-08-10 17:45:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1826BOSNIA: A ROUGH SEMESTER AHEAD AS NATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: Our tranformational diplomacy in Bosnia and Herzegovina will confront a number of challenges over the next months: -- The Kosovo final status talks, as did the Montenegro referendum, will provide Bosniaks and Serbs, in particular, additional means to radicalize the political [...]
2006-08-10 18:34:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO1852BOSNIA - OPERATION STORM STIRS UP A TEMPEST
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The airing of two videos allegedly documenting war crimes committed against Serbs during Operation Storm in 1995 has set off a political firestorm in Bosnia. The intensity of the political firestorm has been fueled in part by Serb accusations against a prominent Bosniak war he [...]
2006-08-14 09:54:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKAWC KJUS PGOV PINR PREL
06SARAJEVO1860BIH POLITICIANS CHOOSE HIGH-ROAD IN RESPONSE TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Political reaction to the bombing of Former BiH President Alija Izetbegovic's grave, with the exception of one Serb-based party, has been surprisingly measured in this pre-election period. Although the investigation into the attack has yielded few results, some groups, including [...]
2006-08-14 17:24:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR BK
06SARAJEVO1891BOSNIA: OCTOBER NATIONAL ELECTION PRIMER
[...] (U) This is the first in a planned series of cables covering themes relevant to the October 1, 2006 national elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Bosnia will hold national elections on October 1, 2006. Bosnia's major political parties, all ethnically-based, will compete fo [...]
2006-08-18 07:07:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1892BOSNIA - IVANIC SHARES THOUGHTS ON DOMESTIC ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At an August 16 meeting, Mladen Ivanic, Foreign Minister and leader of the Republika Serpska-based Party for Democratic Progress (PDP),shared with us his thoughts on the October elections, Brcko and police reform. Ivanic predicted that the elections would not result in major chan [...]
2006-08-18 07:54:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL BX
06SARAJEVO1916BOSNIAN ELECTIONS - THIS TIME THEY COUNT
[...] (U) This is the second in a planned series of election-related telegrams. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Since 1996, Bosnia has been generally successful in forging a democratic process under close supervision of the international community. However, this year's elections, in our judgment, the country's [...]
2006-08-21 11:14:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK
06SARAJEVO1980BOSNIA - HIREP LAYS OUT POLICE REFORM STRATEGY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 24, OHR High Representative Schwartz-Schilling and Head of the EU Police Mission Coppola briefed key Ambassadors, including the U.S., about police reform. Schwartz-Schilling announced that he planned to conduct political negotiations on police reform, but only on the ba [...]
2006-08-29 10:09:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KCRM KJUS BI
06SARAJEVO1982BOSNIAN PRESS "BREAKS" STORY OF EAGLE BASE CLOSURE
[...] (SBU) On August 30, nearly one month after the BiH Council of Ministers publicly announced the U.S. decision to vacate Eagle Base in Tuzla, the daily newspaper Oslobodjenje ran an "exclusive" front page story under the headline "American Army to Leave Bosnia by the End of the Year." Despite th [...]
2006-08-30 16:41:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALMARR OPDC PREL NATO BK
06SARAJEVO2042TUNISIAN DEPORTATION: BOSNIAN AUTHORITIES OVERCOME
[...] (C) Summary: On August 30, Bosnian authorities executed their second successful removal of a foreign national deemed to be a security risk. The operation was carried out in full accordance with domestic and international laws, and required virtually no USG hand-holding. During the operation, [...]
2006-09-05 06:50:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPTER KHLS SMIG PREL PGOV XI TU BK
06SARAJEVO2060BOSNIA: NATIONAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN CHARACTERIZED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: September 1, the first official day of the campaign season in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was characterized by high-profile events emphasizing ethnic interests. Serb and Croat parties are seeking the support of their electorates by courting patrons in Belgrade and Zagreb. The Bosni [...]
2006-09-06 10:16:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV BK
06SARAJEVO2072BOSNIA - EMBASSY WINS TACTICAL VICTORY ON
[...] (S) Summary and Comment: The Embassy succeeded in persuading the Parliament Collegium of Bosnia and Herzegovina to keep the proposed amendment to the Citizenship Law, with its problematic provision for reapplication for citizenship, off the House of Representatives' agenda until after the Octo [...]
2006-09-08 07:02:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPTER SMIG PREL PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO2086UNSCR 1695: BOSNIA SUPPORTS IMPLEMENTATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-11 10:48:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KNAR KS
06SARAJEVO2097NAM RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MFA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-11 16:47:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALIR PHUM PREL PTER IAEA UNSC BK
06SARAJEVO2111BOSNIA: PM DODIK CLAIMS HE'LL MODERATE RHETORIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 11 meeting with Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik, Ambassador delivered ref A letter from Under Secretary Burns to PM Dodik, and underscored USG concerns over Dodik,s comments on Kosovo during his recent visit to Belgrade. Dodik claimed his me [...]
2006-09-13 09:34:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK YI UNMIK
06SARAJEVO2140BOSNIA - KEEPING THE OHR HORSE IN THE BARN ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with OHR High Representative Schwartz-Schilling on September 13 at the HighRep's request to discuss constitutional reform, police reform, and the transition from his position as High Representative to the EU Special Representative. On constitutional reform, Sch [...]
2006-09-14 15:46:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL BK EU
06SARAJEVO2160BOSNIA: POLITICIANS PLEDGE TO RESTRUCTURE THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As the election campaign reached the halfway mark this week, comments on constitutional reform by Bosnian politicians are featuring prominently in the press. Representatives of the Patriotic Block coalition, who helped defeat the April constitutional reform package met with HighR [...]
2006-09-15 15:07:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK EU
06SARAJEVO2199BOSNIA - SERB PARTIES SET BACK OUR BRCKO AGENDA
[...] (SBU) The final pre-election session of the State-level House of Representatives (HoR) took place on September 18. The HoR had been scheduled to take up amendments to the Law on the Council of Ministers (CoM) that would provide a permanent legal basis for the Brcko District Office (BDO) in Sar [...]
2006-09-19 15:29:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KJUS BK
06SARAJEVO2259AMBASSADOR'S TRAVEL HIGHLIGHTS CONTINUED U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY. To focus public attention on continued U.S. engagement in Bosnia after the announcement of the Eagle Base drawdown, Ambassador and emboffs traveled September 14-21 to headquarters of the BiH Armed Forces' (AFBiH) three new multi-ethnic brigades and the training center for the AFBi [...]
2006-09-27 06:53:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR BK
06SARAJEVO2268BOSNIA: CROATIAN, SERBIAN ENVOYS DOWNPLAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings, the Croatian and Serbian ambassadors to Bosnia and Herzegovina September 22 discussed the upcoming Bosnian elections. On recent activities of Croatian and Serbian politicians with respect to Bosnia, both emphasized their countries' desire to see Bosnia pro [...]
2006-09-27 10:45:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BK HR YI
06SARAJEVO2281BOSNIA CAMPAIGN 2006: NGOS CONTRIBUTE TO LIMITED
[...] (U) This is the third in a planned series of elections related telegrams. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Bosnia and Herzegovina are generally active in the run-up to the October national elections. In particular, a USAID-funded coalition of NGOs called Civic Organ [...]
2006-09-27 18:59:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDBK PGOV PREL
06SARAJEVO2305BOSNIA CAMPAIGN 2006: THE DAY AFTER
[...] (U) This is the fourth in a planned series of election-related cables. It provides information on the procedure and timeline for formation of governing coalitions in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina will go to the polls October 1 to elect t [...]
2006-09-29 11:51:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV BK
06SARAJEVO2307BOSNIA ON ELECTION EVE - EVOLUTION, REVOLUTION,
[...] (U) This is the final in a series of planned pre-election telegrams. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Bosnians go to the polls in two days, October 1, to elect their national and entity governments (Ref E). International observers and Bosnian officials expect an orderly and fair election, though lingering c [...]
2006-09-29 12:20:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK
06SARAJEVO2320BOSNIA CAMPAIGN 2006: THE ROLE OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS
[...] (U) This is the fifth in a planned series of cables covering themes relevant to the October 1, 2006 national elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 2. (C) SUMMARY: As Bosnians prepare to head to the polls this weekend, religious leaders have actively encouraged voter turnout, but also sought [...]
2006-09-29 18:01:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK
06SARAJEVO2329BOSNIAN NATIONAL ELECTIONS: SILAJDZIC LOOKS TO BE
[...] (U) Citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina October 1 went to the polls to elect members of the three-member Presidency, and members of State and local legislatures. CEC preliminary tallies at midnight declared Haris Silajdzic (Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina (SBiH)) winner of the Bosniak Preside [...]
2006-10-02 10:49:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV BK
06SARAJEVO2361BOSNIAN ELECTIONS: PRESIDENCY COUNT FINAL BUT
[...] (SBU) Vote counting for the October 1 national elections is continuing. In the evening of October 2, the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Bosnia and Herzegovina confirmed Haris Silajdzic, Nebojsa Radmanovic and Zeljko Komsic as the winners of Bosniak, Serb and Croat seats on the Tri-Pres [...]
2006-10-03 16:57:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV BK
06SARAJEVO2389BOSNIA: POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-05 17:08:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PREL PARM
06SARAJEVO2397BOSNIA: BRCKO WORKING GROUP DRAFTS NATIONAL LAW
[...] (U) SUMMARY. In the September 27-28 session of the Brcko District Working Group, participants drafted and nearly reached consensus on the text of a national law on Brcko's status within Bosnia. The law, which addresses Brcko's representation in Bosnia and Herzegovina's state institutions, wa [...]
2006-10-06 12:27:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK PGOV PREL
06SARAJEVO2452BOSNIA: PROSECUTOR'S CASE STRONG IN LOCAL
[...] (C) Summary: The BiH State Prosecutor continues to present a strong evidentiary case in the terrorism trial of Mirsad Bektasevic and Abdulkadir Cesur, particularly the former (reftels). The defense so far has been largely ineffective. The prosecutor is fairly confident he will get a terrorism [...]
2006-10-10 06:39:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO2480BIH PLEDGES SUPPORT IN WAKE OF NORTH KOREAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-10 17:39:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL KN PARM KNNP
06SARAJEVO2504BOSNIA PUBLICLY CONDEMNS NORTH KOREAN TEST
[...] (U) Following CDA's presentation of demarche points per reftels, the Bosnian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement October 11 condemning North Korea for its nuclear test. 2. (U) Begin text of MFA announcement: The nuclear test that was, according to statements of high ranking No [...]
2006-10-12 16:04:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KN PARM KNNP
06SARAJEVO2569BOSNIA - FINAL 2006 ELECTION RESULTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This afternoon the Central Election Commission (CEC) provided us with an advance copy of the final election results, which they made public at a 1700 press conference in Sarajevo. The results are in line with our earlier assessments based on partial results the CEC had released s [...]
2006-10-18 17:59:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK
06SARAJEVO2575BOSNIA: BOSNIAKS MORE SENSITIVE ABOUT U.S.
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In the past, Bosniak (i.e., Muslim) politicians and the Bosniak public have been strong supporters of U.S. counterterrorism policies. This includes the work of the Citizenship Review Commission (CRC),one of our top counterterrorism priorities in Bosnia. Criticism of the CRC gen [...]
2006-10-19 13:11:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPTER PINR PHUM PGOV PREL BK
06SARAJEVO2638SENIOR EUFOR COMMANDERS QUESTION DEFENSE REFORM
[...] (C) Summary. We met with senior EUFOR commanders October 16 to discuss EUFOR drawdown plans and the future of the EUFOR mission in Bosnia. During the discussions, the Deputy EUFOR commander (DCOM) and EUFOR chief of staff expressed skepticism at the pace of defense reform in Bosnia, and ques [...]
2006-10-20 18:20:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR BK
06SARAJEVO2650USS RAMAGE VISIT EMPHASIZES U.S.-BOSNIAN MILITARY
[...] (SBU) The USS RAMAGE, a guided-missile destroyer attached the 6th Fleet, visited the Bosnian port of Neum October 17-21. The Embassy and ship hosted a reception for senior Bosnian political and military on board the USS Ramage on October 18, which was attended by all three members of Bosnia' [...]
2006-10-25 06:44:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PREL BK
06SARAJEVO2660BOSNIA SUPPORTS BALANCED UN APPROACH TO LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-26 09:59:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA IS BK
06SARAJEVO2661BOSNIA WILL CONSIDER ATTENDING NOVEMBER 8 UNSCR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-26 10:00:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PARM PREL AORC KPAO UNSCR PTER KNNP BK
06SARAJEVO2699BOSNIA - DAS DICARLO PROBES NEWLY ELECTED BOSNIAK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 19 before the Peace Implementation Council (PIC),DAS Rosemary DiCarlo met separately with the outgoing Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency and leader of the Party for Democratic Action (SDA) Sulejman Tihic; Republika Srpska (RS) PM and leader of the Alliance of Indepe [...]
2006-10-27 15:31:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK
06SARAJEVO2717BOSNIA AND NATO: THE CASE FOR PFP MEMBERSHIP
[...] (S) Summary. As we approach the NATO Riga Summit, we think that the time is right to consider admittance of Bosnia to the Partnership for Peace (PfP). With the implementation of defense reform legislation, Bosnia has met the technical requirements for PfP membership. Bosnia has made substan [...]
2006-10-31 14:55:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPREL PGOV MARR BK
06SARAJEVO2725BOSNIA'S STATE COURT CONVICTS MAJOR PIFWC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 27, the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina sentenced suspected PIFWC Karadzic financier Momcilo Mandic and former Serb Republic official Milorad Govedarica to prison for abuse of office and banking fraud. The men were acquitted of more serious war crimes-related c [...]
2006-11-02 15:28:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDBK KCRM KDEM KJUS PGOV ICTY KWAC
06SARAJEVO27442006-2007 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA INSCR REPORT (PART 1)
[...] (U) BELOW FOLLOWS THE 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INSCR) PART ONE FOR BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: I. Summary Narcotics control capabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina remain in a formative period and have not kept pace with developments in other areas of law enforceme [...]
2006-11-03 15:12:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR BK
06SARAJEVO2752BOSNIA: PIC POLITICAL DIRECTORS PUSH FOR
[...] (C) Summary: The Political Directors of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) Steering Board pushed for constitutional and police reform during the October 19-20 meeting. The Board discussed the OHR June 2007 closure and subsequent role of an expanded European Union Special Representative ( [...]
2006-11-06 14:09:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK PGOV PREL
06SARAJEVO2782BOSNIA: SILAJDZIC VOWS TO DEFEAT U.S.-BROKERED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We met separately October 30 with outgoing Bosniak Tri-Presidency member and Party of Democratic Action (SDA) President Sulejman Tihic and Bosniak President-elect and Party for BiH (SBiH) President Haris Silajdzic. Tihic, despite eroding party discipline, still asserts SDA party [...]
2006-11-08 12:30:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO2783THE AMBASSADOR'S IFTAAR DINNER
[...] (U) In celebration of Ramadan, the Ambassador hosted an Iftaar dinner on October 11 for members of the Islamic Community as part of a recent series of events involving Bosnia's religious communities. Dinner guests included many of Bosnia and Herzegovina's leading Muslim clerics and academics, [...]
2006-11-08 15:12:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDBK PGOV PHUM PREL
06SARAJEVO2831CIVIL AVIATION OFFICIALS REFUSE TO CLEAR TUZLA
[...] (SBU) Bosnia and Herzegovina Civil Aviation (BHCA) authorities notified United States Air Forces Europe (USAFE) November 10 that they had rejected the formal Notice to Airman (NOTAM) announcing the discontinuation of air operations at Tuzla Airbase, attached to Eagle Base. The NOTAM reads "Ef [...]
2006-11-13 18:10:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR BK
06SARAJEVO2876BOSNIA - NEXT STEPS ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Six weeks after the October 1 elections, Bosniak (Muslim) opposition to and anxiety about the U.S.-brokered package of constitutional amendments remains a problem. Newly elected Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency Haris Silajdzic continues his public and private campaign against [...]
2006-11-15 08:12:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK
06SARAJEVO2907DEMINING: ALLEGATIONS OF FRAUD AND MALFEASANCE IN
[...] (S) In response to the August arrest of Radomir Kojic, a prominent figure in the demining community, we have begun to receive allegations of fraud and abuse in humanitarian demining work in Bosnia. There are reports that demining operations throughout Bosnia may suffer from large and systemic [...]
2006-11-17 10:43:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETKCRM MASS PREL MOPS PGOV BK SI
06SARAJEVO2908SILAJDZIC HAS POTENTIAL TO SCUTTLE AFGHAN
[...] (C) Newly elected Bosniak member of the Tri- Presidency Haris Silajdzic removed the decision on the Bosnian arms and ammo donation to Afghanistan from the presidency agenda for its November 14 session. The move effectively blocks the donation in the near term, and is line with Silajdzic's cri [...]
2006-11-17 10:44:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR BK
06SARAJEVO2918COVIC CONVICTED
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On November 17, Dragan Covic, ousted Croat member of the Bosnian Tri-Presidency and Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ-BiH) President, was convicted on one count of abuse of office. Covic was taken into custody immediately to serve his sentence of five years. Covic's six [...]
2006-11-17 17:31:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO2931BOSNIA: INAUGURAL SESSION OF BIH PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At the inaugural session of the BiH House of Representatives (HoR) held on November 20, delegates failed to agree on even the most mundane procedural issues, including the organization of the parliament and the election of the three co-speakers. What was thought to be a pre-cook [...]
2006-11-20 17:19:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK
06SARAJEVO2971U.S. ORGANIZED DAYTON COMMEMORATION EVENTS FOCUS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 21, the 11th anniversary of the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords, Embassy Sarajevo sponsored and/or hosted several events in and around Sarajevo. The highlight of the day was an event for more than 500 guests at the National Theater, which featured speeches by the [...]
2006-11-22 17:46:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ODIP BK
06SARAJEVO2996BOSNIA: POST-ELECTION MOD SHAKE-UP COULD FURTHER
[...] (C) Many contacts within and outside the Ministry of Defense tell us that it is unlikely Minister of Defense Nikola Radovanovic will keep his post in a new government. The departure of Radovanovic, a Serb, may also lead to a strong push to replace the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Lt. [...]
2006-11-27 13:41:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPREL PGOV MARR BK
06SARAJEVO2999BOSNIAN POLICE REFORM: A TROUBLED PROCESS COMES
[...] (C) Summary: The Office of the High Representative (OHR) has proposed a third initiative, in as many months, to salvage the stalled police reform process by facilitating political talks in Banja Luka and on the margins of the December PIC in Brussels. The new OHR strategy seeks to simultaneou [...]
2006-11-27 16:36:00Embassy SarajevoSECRET//NOFORNBK KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL EUN
06SARAJEVO3057BOSNIAN RESPONSE CONCERNING EXTRADITION OF OSMAN
[...] On November 29,2006, Post received an official response concerning the Department's inquiry into whether Osman Sabic would be able to appeal his 1999 conviction in absentia for murder if extradicted to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) Una Sana Canto [...]
2006-11-30 15:00:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM KJUS BK
06SARAJEVO3058BOSNIA: PFP DECISION HAILED AS A HISTORIC MILESTONE
[...] (SBU) Bosnian leaders and the general public hailed the decision to offer Bosnia an invitation into the Partnership for Peace (PfP) at NATO's Riga Summit as an historic event, noting Bosnia's clear progress in integrating into Euro-Atlantic structures. The decision could serve as an impetus t [...]
2006-11-30 15:47:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR BK
06SARAJEVO3060CORRECTED COPY: BOSNIAN RESPONSE CONCERNING
[...] This message corrects an error in paragraph two of Sarajevo 3057 that incorrectly identified the date of the letter from Velika Kladusa Municipal Court. This message supercedes Sarajevo 3057 (REF. A). 2. On November 29,2006, Post received an official response concerning the Department's inq [...]
2006-12-01 09:46:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM KJUS BK
06SARAJEVO3069STATE COURT UPDATES PART ONE: WAR CRIMES CHAMBER
[...] INTRODUCTION: This is the first of two cables summarizing cases currently before the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This cable summarizes war crimes cases. Cases underway in the State Court Special Section for Organized Crime, Financial Crime and Corruption will be discussed septel. [...]
2006-12-04 13:44:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDICTY KAWC PHUM PINR BK
06SARAJEVO3070STATE COURT UPDATES PART ONE: WAR CRIMES CHAMBER
[...] INTRODUCTION: This is the first of two cables summarizing cases currently bfore the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. his cable summarizes war crimes cases. Cases unerway in the State Court Special Section for Organzed Crime, Financial Crime and Corruption will b discussed septel. The [...]
2006-12-04 13:51:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDICTY KAWC PHUM PINR BK
06SARAJEVO3071BOSNIA AGREES TO TEXT OF NEW 505 AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) We received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated November 28 accepting the U.S. proposed language for a new 505 agreement applicable to GPOI. The MFA note acknowledged that the exchange constitutes an agreement between the United States and Bosnia and Herzegovina. [...]
2006-12-04 15:29:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIA MARR MASS PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO3089MILORAD DODIK RECONFIRMED AS RS PREMIER
[...] (SBU) Milorad Dodik was confirmed for his third term as Republika Srpska (RS) Premier by the RS National Assembly November 30. Both in personnel and policy matters, Dodik,s new RS Government will differ little from his previous cabinet. Eleven of sixteen ministers have retained their posts, [...]
2006-12-06 10:37:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL BK
06SARAJEVO3090NEW DODIK GOVERNMENT: MOST MINISTERS REMAIN
[...] (SBU) The RS National Assembly (RSNA) elected Milorad Dodik for a second consecutive term as Republika Srpska (RS) Premier November 30, by a vote of 60 to 18 with 2 abstentions. Dodik and his government slate received the support of his own Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD),Mla [...]
2006-12-06 10:40:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL BK
06SARAJEVO3102REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON DEMINING ISSUES
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. ------------------ SIPA INVESTIGATION ------------------ 2. (C) Due to widespread allegations of irregular practices and possible misuse of USG demining assistance, post seeks Department concurrance with a proposal to request that t [...]
2006-12-07 16:28:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALKCRM MASS PREL MOPS PGOV BK SI
06SARAJEVO3115BOSNIA MOVING FORWARD IN JOINING PFP
[...] (SBU) Bosnia received its formal invitation from the NATO Secretary-General to join the Partnership for Peace on SIPDIS December 7. Tri-Presidency members plan to travel to Brussels December 14, where Presidency Chairman Radmanovic will sign the Framework Document. With the help of NATO HQ [...]
2006-12-08 17:22:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR BK
06SARAJEVO3151PRESIDENCY APPROVES AFGHAN ARMS DONATION
[...] (SBU) In its December 13 session, the Tri-Presidency approved the donation of arms and ammunition from the former Army of Republika Srpska to Afghanistan. President Silajdzic and former President Tihic had blocked the transfer for months, citing political concerns within the Bosniak caucus. T [...]
2006-12-14 08:04:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR BK
06SARAJEVO3159DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSSES HIS FUTURE, PFP,
[...] (C) In a wide ranging discussion, Defense Minister Nikola Radovanovic said he did not want to continue in his post in the next Bosnian government. The minister cited his fatigue and general exasperation with the political process as reasons for his wish to the leave the ministry. Despite Rad [...]
2006-12-14 14:38:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR BK
06SARAJEVO3185BOSNIA - FEDERATION POLICE CHIEF FACES OUSTER
[...] (C) Longstanding political and personal feuds between Zlatko Miletic, Director of the Federation Police, and members of the Federation government have resulted in procedural attempts to remove Miletic from his position. Miletic has been an effective mission counterpart on security issues and h [...]
2006-12-18 11:58:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KJUS KCRM PTER BK
06SARAJEVO3187BOSNIA - DELPONTE GIVES RS MINISTER CADJO 30 DAYS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The HighRep on December 15 told the Ambassador that ICTY Chief Prosecutor had delivered an ultimatum to RS Minister of Interior Cadjo demanding action within 30 days against ICTY indictee Stojan Zupljanan. The HighRep indicated that he would be prepared to use his Bonn Powers to [...]
2006-12-18 14:02:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETICTY KAWC PHUM PINR BK
06SARAJEVO3188BOSNIA: PIC POLITICAL DIRECTORS STRESS POLICE AND
[...] (C) Summary: During its December 6-7 meeting in Brussels, the Political Directors of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) Steering Board emphasized the need for Bosnian leaders to achieve concrete progress on a wide reform agenda including constitutional, and police reform. EUR DAS Rosemary [...]
2006-12-18 14:08:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK
06SARAJEVO3203BOSNIA - HIGH REP PRESSES FOR "REAL ASSESSMENT" ON
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Prior to the December 6-7 meeting of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) in Brussels, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rosemary DiCarlo meeting with High Representative (HighRep) Christian Schwarz-Schilling. Schwarz-Schilling urged the U.S. to support a "real review" about O [...]
2006-12-20 06:46:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPGOV PREL PINR KAWC BK
06SARAJEVO3209BOSNIA - GBIH OPTS FOR UNILATERAL ACTION ON
[...] (C/NF) Summary: After several years of lobbying the United Nations to revise its stance on police officers decertified by the United Nations International Police Task Force (UNIPTF),the Bosnian Government has opted for unilateral action. Rather than accept a UN proposed compromise to allow t [...]
2006-12-20 17:05:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR KJUS EUN BK
06SARAJEVO3249BOSNIA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] This cable contains Embassy Sarajevo's submission to the 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism, as requested in Ref. A 2. Bosnia and Herzegovina's law enforcement organizations continued their good counterterrorism cooperation with the United States, within the limits of current institutional c [...]
2006-12-26 10:45:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO KHLS AEMR PREL PGOV
06SARAJEVO3254SDS MOVES TO THE RIGHT
[...] (SBU) Serb Democratic Party (SDS) internal elections held December 16 reveal a party divided, with new leadership rethinking the party's support for constitutional reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mladen Bosic, former Deputy President of SDS and the party's failed 2006 state presidency candi [...]
2006-12-26 14:42:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL BK
06SARAJEVO3271BOSNIA: POLICE REFORM DIRECTORATE REPORT COMPLETE
[...] (C) Summary: The Police Reform Directorate (PRD) issued its final report on December 22, but the process of political approval and implementation remains at an impasse despite US and EU warnings that without agreement Bosnia cannot sign a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) until poli [...]
2006-12-29 13:45:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KCRM KJUS EUN BK
06SARAJEVO666BOSNIA: PRESIDENCY AGREES ON CONSTITUTIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After last-minute wrangling among BiH political party leaders, the BiH Tri-Presidency on March 25 endorsed and forwarded to parliament a package of constitutional amendments that will substantially strengthen the Council of Ministers and Parliament and streamline the Presidency, c [...]
2006-03-27 16:50:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO732BOSNIA: TERRORIST SUSPECTS WILL BE INDICTED AT
[...] (U) The BiH State Prosecutor's Office plans to submit its first-ever terrorism indictment on or about April 7. Five individuals will be charged with intent to commit terrorism and illegal possession of weapons and explosive materials. Among the defendants, who are all ethnic Bosniaks, Mirsad [...]
2006-04-06 13:12:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO738BOSNIA: TRUTH COMMISSION PROPOSALS CONTROVERSIAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 12. 2. (SBU) Summary: A number of local and international organizations have put forward concepts for the formation of a "truth and reconciliation commission" for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). However, some of the key players suffer from compet [...]
2006-04-07 14:28:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV SOCI BK
06SARAJEVO742BOSNIA: VOTES LACKING TO PASS CONSTITUTIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Constitutional reform measures agreed on March 18 by Bosnia and Herzegovina's political party leaders are now under consideration by relevant committees in the BiH Parliament. Driven by Bosnia's electoral calendar, amendments must be approved by the end of April in order for t [...]
2006-04-09 13:24:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO749BOSNIA: COURT DECLARES ENTITY SYMBOLS MUST GO
[...] Summary: On March 30, the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) issued a decision that the Federation flag and coat of arms and the Republika Srpska (RS) coat of arms and anthem are unconstitutional because the ethnically-associated symbols they contain constitute a form of raci [...]
2006-04-11 08:22:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM BK
06SARAJEVO756BOSNIA: DISPUTE IN INDIRECT TAXATION AUTHORITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: A long-standing dispute over allocation of Single Account revenues between the entities and Brcko came to a head following recent actions of Indirect Taxation Authority Governing Board Chairman Joly Dixon. At the very end of his mandate, Dixon issued a unilateral decision, qu [...]
2006-04-11 14:15:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL BK
06SARAJEVO768BOSNIA: CONTROVERSIAL REPUBLIKA SRPSKA POLICE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Controversial Republika Srpska (RS) Police Director Dragomir Andan tendered his resignation April 7th. The immediate catalyst for his resignation was a letter sent to RS PM Milorad Dodik and the High Rep by ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte. The letter alleges lack of coope [...]
2006-04-12 10:59:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PTER KCRM KJUS BK
06SARAJEVO769BOSNIA GETS SINGLE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION
[...] On April 3, Bosnia's state-level Parliament adopted the law establishing a single Ombudsman institution composed of three members (a chairman and two deputies). The members will likely represent BiH's three constituent peoples (Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats),although theoretically members of nati [...]
2006-04-12 11:58:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM BK
06SARAJEVO813BOSNIA: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM PACKAGE IN PERIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With a key parliamentary committee session slated for April 18, critical votes are still lacking to move the constitutional reform package out of committee for decision in the full House of Representatives. In the nine-member committee, only 4 votes are in the bag. Of the rem [...]
2006-04-13 16:57:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO814BOSNIA: HDZ REBELS FOUND BREAKAWAY PARTY -- WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On April 8, HDZ rebels -- some formally ousted from HDZ by its leader, Dragan Covic -- founded a new BiH political party: "HDZ 1990." The name is intended to recall (supposed) prewar days of Croat unity in BiH. The approximately 350 attendees at the session were a [...]
2006-04-13 17:04:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO829BOSNIA: SCENESETTER FOR HIGH REP VISIT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling's April 19-21 visit to Washington will be an opportunity to review his first three months in office. CSS (his staff's abbreviation, not used in speech) sees himseslf as the antidote to former High Rep Ashdown's activist interventio [...]
2006-04-14 16:49:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO841BOSNIA: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM AMENDMENTS GET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S.-brokered constitutional reforms faced their first crucial parliamentary hurdle on April 18 when the House Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee (CLAC) considered the package in a marathon day-long session. The result: a temporary stalemate, with the CLAC postponi [...]
2006-04-18 18:32:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO858BOSNIA PASSES LEGISLATION TO RESTRUCTURE WARTIME
[...] (SBU) Summary: After more than two years of efforts (reftel),on April 13 Bosnia's state-level parliament approved legislation to restructure KM 1.9 billion of hard currency bank deposits seized by Belgrade during the war, just in time to meet a court-imposed deadline for a settlement. The [...]
2006-04-19 10:57:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO877BOSNIA: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM GETS COMMITTEE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S.-backed constitutional reform package passed its first parliamentary hurdle when a late-night session of the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee (CLAC) voted in favor of sending the legislation to the full House for consideration. The vote -- 5 to 2 in favor, wi [...]
2006-04-20 18:01:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO937BOSNIA: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM REJECTED BY TWO
[...] (C) On April 26, the constitutional reform package failed by two votes to win approval in the BiH House of Representatives. Although a majority voted in favor, the measures did not gain the two-thirds needed to pass constitutional amendments. The package's rejection was the direct result o [...]
2006-04-27 15:28:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO944BOSNIA: DODIK RELEASES THE PRIVATIZATION HOUNDS.
[...] (C) Summary. Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik has launched a sweeping review of past privatizations as his first major economic policy initiative. A new law will establish a government-appointed commission to hunt for "illegalities" in the privatization process, assign re [...]
2006-04-28 11:23:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO945BOSNIA: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULING AFFIRMS
[...] (C) Summary: On April 19, the Vital National Interest (VNI) panel of the Federation Constitutional Court issued a formal decision upholding the USG-backed Law on Revenue Allocation (Ref B). With a resounding majority, the panel dismissed HDZ claims that objective and transparent revenue al [...]
2006-04-28 11:24:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PREL PGOV ECIN BK
06SARAJEVO946BOSNIA: TEMPORARY AGREEMENT REACHED ON SINGLE
[...] Summary: Intervention by the State and entity Prime Ministers has temporarily resolved the dispute over the Single Account that has frozen any distribution of revenues to the entities and Brcko since the beginning of April. After the Indirect Taxation Authority Governing Board (ITA GB) was un [...]
2006-04-28 13:21:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PREL BK
06SARAJEVO966BOSNIA: WHY THE CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM VOTE FAILED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a late-night vote April 26, the constitutional reform package agreed on by the leaders of Bosnia's major political parties failed to obtain the 2/3 majority it needed in the House of Representatives, falling short by only two votes. Of the 42 delegates, a majority -- 26 -- [...]
2006-05-03 15:59:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO994BOSNIA: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM: STRATEGY FOR THE
[...] (C) With the heat abating somewhat from last week's failure by the BiH parliament to pass constitutional amendments, we are looking ahead to next steps. Bosnia's political parties are now in full electoral battle mode; yesterday the BiH Electoral Commission announced national elections will [...]
2006-05-08 07:01:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK
07ARAJEVO753BOSNIA - BOSNIAK POLITICAL LEADERS WARY OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 29 and April 2, we met separately with Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency Haris Silajdzic, President of the Party for Democratic Action (SDA) Sulejman Tihic, and President of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Zlatko Lagumdzija to discuss the situation in Srebrenica and [...]
2007-04-06 07:52:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KAWC KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO100BOSNIA - OBSTACLES AND OPENINGS FOR TRANSNATIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 11, the Charge and State Court President Meddzida Kreso discussed the possibility of Bosnia making judicial cooperation agreements with neighboring countries. The discussion was a continuation of the dialogue USG officials are encouraging among the Balkan countries ab [...]
2007-01-16 17:48:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL PGOV BK
07SARAJEVO1028ALLEGATIONS OF VIOLENCE STOKE BOSNIAK FEARS
[...] (C) Allegations of a violent attack by "masked gunmen" on Esad Buljubasic, a Bosniak resident of Srebrenica municipality, have been widely circulated in the Federation-based press along with inflammatory graphics and commentary rasing links to the events of 1995. According to press reports, [...]
2007-05-11 17:10:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM BK
07SARAJEVO1042BOSNIA: SILAJDZIC SIGNALS WILLINGNESS TO MAKE
[...] (C) President Haris Silajdzic says that he views his trip to Washington the week of May 21 as a good opportunity to reach basic agreements on police and constitutional reform. Silajdzic said that the concurrent visit of Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik to Washington would allo [...]
2007-05-14 15:53:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KAWC KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO1058BOSNIA: DODIK CHALLENGES STATE COMPETENCIES
[...] (C) On May 4, Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik publicly announced his intention to reverse past transfers of RS competencies to the Bosnian state. Dodik's announcement was followed closely by a lawsuit, filed by SNSD parliamentarian Milorad Zivkovic, challenging the constitutionality of [...]
2007-05-15 10:35:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK PGOV PREL
07SARAJEVO1059BOSNIA - DODIK INDICATES WILLINGNESS TO TALK WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 14, we met with Republika Srpska PM and President of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) Milorad Dodik to discuss making progress on constitutional and police reform before he and Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency Haris Silajdzic visit Washington next wee [...]
2007-05-15 13:33:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK
07SARAJEVO1068BOSNIA - THE STATE PROSECUTOR AND STATE COURT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The February 26 International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision that genocide was committed in and around Srebrenica from July 11, 1995 has placed the issue of war crimes prsecutions near the top of the Bosnian political genda. The current political environment has highlghted criti [...]
2007-05-16 14:32:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPHUM KAWC KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL BK
07SARAJEVO1071BOSNIA: SADOVIC POLITICIZES MINISTRY OF SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: Since his January appointment, Tarik Sadovic has adopted a highly political approach to his role as Minister of Security and worked almost exclusively to advance Bosniak ethnic interests. Sadovic has excluded non-Bosniak Ministry officials, including the Deputy Minister, from pol [...]
2007-05-17 11:37:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KCRM PTER BK
07SARAJEVO109BOSNIA: EUFOR MOVING AHEAD WITH DRAWDOWN PLANS
[...] (C) The European Union Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina (EUFOR Operation Althea) continues planning to approximately halve its forces in Bosnia this spring. A decision to drawdown was taken "in principle" in December, and is expected to be confirmed in Brussels by the PSC on February 27 or 28, [...]
2007-01-17 15:04:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO1127BOSNIA: MILETIC IN JEOPARDY AGAIN
[...] (C) Summary: Attempts to oust Federation Police Chief Zlatko Miletic continue. On May 29 the Federation Parliament plans to vote on the legality of the last-minute mandate extension of the current Independent Supervisory Review Board (ISRB) and its decision to re-appoint Federation Police Dir [...]
2007-05-24 11:45:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KJUS PINR KCRM BK
07SARAJEVO1157NEW SERBIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MAKES EARLY OFFICIAL
[...] (C) Summary: During his first official visit to Bosnia May 28, new Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic stressed his government's commitment to improving relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina and ICTY cooperation. Alkalaj provided post a generally positive readout of his meeting with Jeremic. [...]
2007-05-29 12:09:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KJUS SR BK
07SARAJEVO1163BOSNIA - 2007 PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR PRM
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraphs 3 and 4. 2. (U) In response to PRM's announced renewal of the Ambassador's Fund for Refugees for the seventh year (ref),we have identified a critical gap in returnee assistance and protection for FY 07. Last year PRM provided funding for the e [...]
2007-05-29 13:49:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDBK PHUM PREF PREL
07SARAJEVO117BOSNIA: MEASURED REACTIONS TO KOSTUNICA AND
[...] (C) Recent comments attributed to Serbian officials, including Premier Vojislav Kostunica and Foreign Minister Vuk Draskovic, linking Kosovo with the status of the Republika Srpska add fuel to the constant drumbeat of statements from Srpska PM Dodik about a referedum for Srpska independence. T [...]
2007-01-18 09:43:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNBK PREL UNMIK YI SR
07SARAJEVO1177BOSNIA - INSIDE THE MIND OF KOMSIC'S CHIEF OF STAFF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 6, Zeljko Komsic, the Croat member of Bosnia's Tri-Presidency, will take over the rotating chairmanship of the Presidency from the Serb member, Nebojsa Radmanovic. Radmanovic has, in our estimation, turned in a solid performance. Komsic's chairmanship comes at a particul [...]
2007-05-30 11:38:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MARR BK
07SARAJEVO1191BOSNIA - HIGHREP SET TO BEGIN CONSTITUTIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 30, High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling met with the Ambassador as well as the German and EC Delegation Ambassadors to discuss plans for consulting with Bosnian political leaders about the proposal to create a Constitutional Reform Commission (CRC). Schilling ex [...]
2007-05-31 16:46:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EU BK
07SARAJEVO12BOSNIA - NUDGING PARTIES TOWARD RESPONSIBILITY ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Three months after Bosnia's October 1 election, negotiations to form a coalition government remain stalled. In an effort to facilitate conversation among the key political players, the Ambassador hosted a series of meetings over the last ten days. The aim was to provide forum wh [...]
2007-01-04 16:33:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV BK
07SARAJEVO1209BOSNIA: DEFENSE PROPERTY RESOLUTION LAGS, SETS
[...] (C) Summary. Over a year behind schedule, the Bosnian Ministry of Defense (MOD) submitted a plan to the Council of Ministers for the resolution of defense property issues between the entities and the state. The plan, required by the 2005 Law on Defense, loosely dictates a transfer arrangement [...]
2007-06-01 14:05:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO121MILETIC MANDATE RENEWED
[...] (C) On January 18 an independent personnel board reconfirmed its decision to appoint Zlatko Miletic as Federation Police Chief. The Federation parliamentary committee charged with administrative oversight upheld the legality of the decision thus overruling the opposition of Miletic opponents i [...]
2007-01-18 16:47:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNBK KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL PTER
07SARAJEVO1211BOSNIA - SILAJDZIC SUGGESTS RAISING SREBRENICA AT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Srebrenica Initiative Board announced plans to hold a public demonstration in front of parliament on June 11 in support if its demand for secession from Republika Srpska. Spokesmen for all three major Bosniak parties endorsed the demonstration. Earlier in the week, the Party [...]
2007-06-01 15:16:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV KAWC KJUS UN BK
07SARAJEVO1212BOSNIA: GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS ON WAR CRIMINALS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In the past seven days two distinct but significant events connected to bringing war criminals to justice occurred in the Republika Srpska (RS). The first, a major success, happened on May 31, when police from the Republika Srpska (RS) apprehended ICTY-indicted Zdravko Tolimir [...]
2007-06-01 17:06:00Embassy SarajevoSECRET//NOFORNPHUM KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL ICTY BK
07SARAJEVO13PARTIES REACH COALITION AGREEMENT
[...] (C) On January 3 seven Bosnian political parties reached a coalition agreement breaking the deadlock on government formation and the seating of Parliament that has existed since the October 1, 2006 national elections. Coalition parties endorsed an agreement confirming Nikola Spiric (SNSD) as [...]
2007-01-04 17:05:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK
07SARAJEVO1317YOUR JUNE 13-14 VISIT TO SARAJEVO
[...] (C) Your visit comes at a particularly troubled time in Bosnia and Herzegovina as a reemergence of nationalism and inflammatory rhetoric has elevated the political temperature to levels some say has not been seen since before the war. With Radovan Karadzic, Ratko Mladic and Stojan Zupljanin re [...]
2007-06-12 05:50:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KAWC KJUS PREL ICTY BK
07SARAJEVO1352BOSNIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE JUNE 18-19 PIC
[...] (C) The June 18-19 PIC will take place against a political climate that has not been as difficult in many years, possibly since the outbreak of the war. The February 26 verdict of the International Court of Justice, ruling that genocide occurred in Bosnia during the war, has refocused Bosniak [...]
2007-06-15 16:05:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK PGOV PREL
07SARAJEVO136GUIDANCE REQUEST - BOSNIA'S MULTINATIONAL FORCE IN
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 7. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Following our initial presentation of the President's Iraq strategy last week (Ref A),the Ambassador met with the all three members of Bosnia's Tri-Presidency to discuss the deployment in Iraq of Bosnia's Expl [...]
2007-01-22 13:59:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO1375SILAJDZIC AND THE "LEGAL OPTION"
[...] (C) For several months, Bosniak Presidency member Haris Silajdzic has alluded to legal avenues by which to "annul the legacy of genocide in Bosnia" and compel the international community to "implement" the February 26 verdict of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Silajdzic's legal visi [...]
2007-06-20 10:42:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK PGOV PHUM PREL
07SARAJEVO1401BOSNIA: DEFENSE MINISTER POSITIVE ON WIDER
[...] (S) Summary. Minister of Defense Selmo Cikotic told the Ambassador that he remains committed to exploring options for expanded Bosnian coalition deployments in the coming year. Cikotic said that he would focus the ministry and military on developing further niche capable units, with an eye tow [...]
2007-06-22 14:14:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPGOV PREL MARR BK IZ
07SARAJEVO1403AMB. WILLIAMSON DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE ON PIFWCS,
[...] (C) Summary: During a two-day visit to Sarajevo, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues J. Clint Williamson met with top Bosnian politicians, justice officials and members of international organizations to discuss improving Bosnia's justice system in advance of the ICTY's planned 2009 clos [...]
2007-06-25 05:39:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC ICTY KJUS PGOV BK
07SARAJEVO1405TERRORISM CONVICTIONS UPHELD BUT SENTENCES
[...] (U) On June 15, the State Court appellate panel affirmed the terrorism convictions of Mirsad Bektasevic and three others (REF A). While rejecting all of the defense's claims for acquittal, the court significantly reduced the sentences, ruling that the original sentences were disproportionate t [...]
2007-06-25 08:05:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPTER KJUS PGOV BK
07SARAJEVO1429OHR IMPOSED LEGISLATION ROILS RSNA
[...] (C) On June 25, High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling invoked the Bonn Powers to impose legislation placing the Potocari Memorial Foundation and its property under state government control. The legislation had been introduced on June 13 in parliament and had been rejected by the Ser [...]
2007-06-27 17:02:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK PGOV PHUM PREL
07SARAJEVO1437BOSNIA: COVIC ON CROAT POLITICS
[...] (C) Summary: Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) President Dragan Covic recently discussed Croat party politics and the chances for a renewed round of talks on constitutional reform. Covic highlighted that recent rumors of a merger between HDZ and the breakaway HDZ-1990 were unfounded because of [...]
2007-06-28 13:01:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK
07SARAJEVO1461BOSNIA: PIC CONFRONTS DETERIORATING POLITICAL
[...] (C) During the June 18-19 meeting of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) in Sarajevo, Bosnian political leaders demonstrated little willingness toabandon the nationalist rhetoric and confrontatinal positions that have stalled the reform proces and resulted in government paralysis. PM Spiri [...]
2007-07-02 14:58:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK PGOV PREL EUN
07SARAJEVO1471BOSNIA: EAGLE BASE TRANSFER CEREMONY MARKS NEW ERA
[...] (SBU) Summary. The return of Eagle Base in Tuzla to the authority of Bosnia-Herzegovina was marked in a poignant ceremony at the facility on June 30. The ceremony focused on the essential contributions to peace and security of the approximately 100,000 U.S. servicemen and women who served in [...]
2007-07-03 16:12:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO1503BOSNIA - HIGHREP USES BONN POWERS TO STRENGTHEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Only the second week into his tenure as High Representative, Miroslav Lajcak will use the Bonn Powers on July 10 to amend state-level legislation in order to strengthen Bosnia,s ability to cooperate with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Lajca [...]
2007-07-09 18:10:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ICTY KAWC KCRM KJUS PREL BK
07SARAJEVO1519BOSNIA CANTON 7 GOVERNMENT REMAINS IN LIMBO
[...] SUMMARY: (C) During a July 6 meeting Canton 7/Herzegovina Neretva Canton (HNK) Prime Minister designate Marin Raspudic, of the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (HDZ-BH),claimed that near-term prospects for forming a government in the canton are bleak. The cantonal governmen [...]
2007-07-11 13:02:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK
07SARAJEVO1529VISA INELIGIBILITY ON FOREIGN POLICY GROUNDS -
[...] (U) Action request: see paragraph 4. 2. (U) On July 10, the High Representative Miroslav Lajcak dismissed Mr. Dragomir Andan from office for activities deemed to obstruct implementation of the Dayton Agreement. Andan is a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the former Director of th [...]
2007-07-13 05:48:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALCIVS KAWC ICTY PREL BK
07SARAJEVO1545BOSNIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE JULY 19-20 VISIT OF
[...] (C) Your visit comes at a time of high political polarization in Bosnia. Increased tensions have resulted in the near total paralysis of government and the reform process. Nationalism has even begun to impact the defense reform agenda, where we have seen some recent slippage in the so far suc [...]
2007-07-13 15:11:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO1547BOSNIA - SREBRENICA: AN ISSUE DEFLATED, BUT NOT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and representatives from the international community July 11 participated in events to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the 1995 genocide that took place in Srebrenica. The commemoration followed a politically tense four months in Bosnia after the International Cour [...]
2007-07-16 13:15:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KAWC KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO1563BOSNIA - A GLIMMER OF HOPE ON DEFENSE PROPERTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 12, the State and two Entity Prime Ministers reached an "Agreement on Basic Principles" on defense property, which holds out the prospect of finally resolving a vexing issue that has hampered Bosnia's defense reform efforts over the last several months. The principles pro [...]
2007-07-17 15:33:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PARM MARR BK
07SARAJEVO1564BOSNIAN CROATS TO CHALLENGE PBS
[...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Bosnian Croat political parties have reacted negatively to the Federation government,s July 13 endorsement of a Public Broadcasting Systems (PBS) law, a key precondition for Bosnia to sign a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU. Bosnian Croat ministers in t [...]
2007-07-17 17:09:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL BK
07SARAJEVO1570STATE COURT ACQUITS SERB WARTIME MINISTER OF WAR
[...] (U) On July 18 the BiH State Court acquitted Momcilo Mandic on charges of committing crimes against humanity and war crimes against civilians during the 1992-95 conflict. The war crimes case against Mandic cited his role as Assistant Minister of Interior in the "Serb Republic of Bosnia" in 199 [...]
2007-07-19 16:21:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KAWC KCRM KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO1577BOSNIA - IT IS TIME TO PUT BRCKO BACK ON THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the Peace Implementation Council's December 2007 decision not to close OHR, our central concern regarding Brcko has been the District's disput%&QJkQQ! of Brcko's relationship with the State (Ref A). With the ITA dispute behind us, it is time to refocus our energies on put [...]
2007-07-23 08:33:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR BK
07SARAJEVO158BOSNIA: SERBIAN PM KOSTUNICA IN BANJA LUKA;
[...] (SBU) Serbian Premier Vojislav Kostunica visited Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina January 19 to attend the signing of a 646 million EUR contract to sell Republika Srpska,s (RS) telecommunications operator to Telekom Srbija. In addition to the Telekom deal, Serbian and RS officials also sign [...]
2007-01-23 12:55:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK PREL YI SR
07SARAJEVO1584EXPANDING BOSNIA,S IRAQ MISSION
[...] Summary: (C) On 18 July, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iraq Lawrence Butler and OSD Director of Coalition Operations Peter McVety had constructive meetings with Minister of Defense Selmo Cikotic, Chief of Defense LTG Sifet Podzic, and Council of Ministers Chairman Nikola Spiric to d [...]
2007-07-23 16:15:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK
07SARAJEVO161BOSNIA - CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR REACTION TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Over recent months RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik has adopted an increasingly confrontational stance with the international community. Although he has steered clear of redlines, Dodik has repeatedly linked Kosovo independence with the status of the Republika Srpska (RS). In this [...]
2007-01-23 14:45:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL YI SR BK
07SARAJEVO162BOSNIA - SILAJDZIC RAISES ALGERIAN 6 GUANTANAMO
[...] (S) SUMMARY: At a January 18 meeting, Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency raised the Algerian 6 with the Ambassador. Silajdzic said that his impression was that the U.S. planned to release the six men and posed several questions about how their citizenship might impact that decision. We foll [...]
2007-01-23 15:22:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPTER PGOV PREL PINR BK
07SARAJEVO1624VISA INELIGIBILITY ON FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (U) Action request: see paragraph 3. 2. (C) On July 16 the Office of the High Representative supplied Embassy with a list of 90 individuals who are currently under investigation by the Office of the Prosecutor for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) for suspected involvement in war crimes in conne [...]
2007-07-27 08:15:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALCIVS KAWC ICTY PREL BK
07SARAJEVO1625BOSNIA: DONOR CONSENSUS GROWS FOR BUILDING A STATE
[...] (C) Summary: Radovan Stankovic's escape from Foca Prison in the Republika Srpska dramatically demonstrated the legal and physical shortcomings of housing convicted war criminals and other dangerous convicts in entity prisons. Stankovic's case has galvanized the international community to reex [...]
2007-07-27 09:32:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ICTY KAWC KCRM KJUS PREL BK
07SARAJEVO163BOSNIA - HIGHREP CONTEMPLATES ACTION AGAINST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a January 22 meeting with the Ambassador, High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling said he could no longer allow Dodik's irresponsible rhetoric to go unpunished. With this in mind, he planned to summon Dodik to Sarajevo and implement one "targeted measure" against Repub [...]
2007-01-23 15:58:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR BK
07SARAJEVO1663BOSNIA - THE NEW HIGHREP: A NEW STYLE, NEW HOPE
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In his first few weeks on the job, new High Representative Miroslav Lajcak has moved quickly to take charge of OHR and improve its operations. He has also sent a clear signal to Bosnian political leaders and the Bosnian public that he will be a different kind of HighRep than hi [...]
2007-08-01 14:41:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KAWC KJUS MARR BK
07SARAJEVO1671BOSNIA - CROATS REVIVE THIRD ENTITY CONCEPT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Croat political leaders have become increasingly open in their search for a politically palatable way to repackage old demands for a third Croat entity. The nationalist rhetoric of Haris Silajdzic and Milorad Dodik, which has included statements about abolishing entities and "fe [...]
2007-08-03 07:18:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK
07SARAJEVO1672BOSNIA - CROATS REVIVE THIRD ENTITY CONCEPT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Croat political leaders have become increasingly open in their search for a politically palatable way to repackage old demands for a third Croat entity. The nationalist rhetoric of Haris Silajdzic and Milorad Dodik, which has included statements about abolishing entities and "fe [...]
2007-08-03 07:18:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK
07SARAJEVO1673BOSNIA - SNSD CALLS FOR RIGHT TO REFERENDUM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY:In an interview with Republika Srpska (RS) wire service SRNA, RS PM Milorad Dodik on August 1 stated that the RS would condition its future participation in constitutional reform talks to the inclusion of a specific provision in the constitution granting the RS the right to hold [...]
2007-08-03 07:47:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR BK
07SARAJEVO1678BOSNIA-CROATS MAKE RUCKUS IN THE CALM OF SUMMER
[...] Summary: (C) Croat issues have taken center stage in an otherwise calm political environment, as most other politicians appear to be gearing up for a lazy August. Croats finally managed to resolve the nagging issue of forming a government in the Herzegovina Neretva Canton (HNK),but the ideol [...]
2007-08-03 11:57:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK
07SARAJEVO1700BOSNIA: ADMIRAL ULRICH URGES OFFICIALS TO MEET PFP
[...] (C) During a July 19-20 visit to Sarajevo, Admiral Harry Ulrich, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe and NATO Forces South, met separately with Presidency members Zeljko Komsic and Haris Silajdzic, Defense Minister Selmo Cikotic, Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant General Sifet Podzic and Hi [...]
2007-08-06 13:41:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK MARR PGOV PREL
07SARAJEVO1738BOSNIA: GEORGIAN ARMS DEAL REVIVED?
[...] (S) In recent weeks, several high-ranking government officials have raised the possibility of reviving a Bosnia-Georgia arms deal that was scuttled in 2006 over strenuous Russian objections. President Komsic and his senior advisors seem to be the main proponents of reviving the sale, which i [...]
2007-08-10 09:28:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPGOV PREL PARM MASS MARR BK GG RS SR
07SARAJEVO1766BOSNIA-THE TREBINJE WILDFIRES, A STUDY IN BAD
[...] (SBU) Ambassador discussed the recent series of fires with local officials in Trebinje where a large number of blazes and outdated equipment had hindered firefighting. The problem was compounded by the failure of State-level institutions, including the Presidency, to provide guidance and addr [...]
2007-08-13 14:59:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SENV HR BK
07SARAJEVO1806CARDINAL MCCARRICK VISITS BOSNIA
[...] (C) Washington Archbishop Emeritus Cardinal Theodore McCarrick visited Bosnia August 14 to 16. While in Sarajevo Cardinal McCarrick met with Croat member and Chairman of the Tri-Presidency Zeljko Komsic, Islamic Community leader Reisu-l-Ulema Mustafa effendi Ceric and Jewish Community Preside [...]
2007-08-21 05:40:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK PGOV PHUM PREL
07SARAJEVO1815BOSNIA - BOSNIAN CROATS PARTIES AND THE CROATIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: When Zagreb holds national elections in November, Bosnian Croat voters will also go to the polls to select representatives for the "Croat Diaspora" electoral unit in the Croatian Sabor. In the past, HDZ-BiH, Bosnia's largest Croat political party, has backed the candidate list pu [...]
2007-08-23 08:58:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK
07SARAJEVO1822BOSNIA - AMBASSADOR PRESSES USG LAW ENFORCEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador August 22 raised the issues of civil protection, our upcoming law enforcement agenda, defense reform, and the increase in nationalist rhetoric during an August 22 meeting with Council of Ministers (CoM) Chair Nikola Spiric. Using recent fires as an example, Ambassador [...]
2007-08-24 11:27:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SENV HR BK
07SARAJEVO1849BOSNIA: PROMOTING DISCUSSIONS OF THE COMPLEMENTARY
[...] (C) Per reftel, post recommends the following individuals as possible Bosnian interlocutors on the complementary nature of Islam and Democracy: Government Officials and Political Leaders: - Sulejman Tihic, former Bosniak member of the Presidency and current president of the Party for Democ [...]
2007-08-30 05:41:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM BK
07SARAJEVO186BOSNIA - DODIK RECEIVES CLEAR U.S. WARNING ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Republika Srpska (RS) Premier Milorad Dodik January 25 and delivered a stern warning that the USG had lost patience with his destabilizing rhetoric, especially on Kosovo status. He told Dodik that if such rhetoric did not cease, the USG would be forced to [...]
2007-01-25 19:15:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR BK
07SARAJEVO1862BOSNIA - AMBASSADOR DELIVERS STERN MESSAGE TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Bosnian Serb member of the Presidency Nebojsa Radmanovic August 29 to deliver a strong message that the USG was growing increasingly concerned by recent comments from Republika Srpska Prime Minister Milorad Dodik, radmanovic himself, and other senior Allian [...]
2007-08-30 14:53:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK
07SARAJEVO1872BOSNIA - BOSNIAKS TORPEDO PROSPECTS FOR POLICE
[...] (C) Since assuming office in July, High Representative Miroslav Lajcak has stated publicly that his first major task would be concluding an agreement on Police Reform in September, allowing Bosnia to initial an SAA with the EU. Lajcak circulated a draft of the proposal in private talks this we [...]
2007-08-31 15:46:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PINR EUN BK
07SARAJEVO1914BOSNIA: DODIK AND SILAJDZIC
[...] (C) During separate meetings with Milorad Dodik and Haris Silajdzic, Ambassador urged both leaders to consider the consequences of a police reform collapse on Bosnia's Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) prospects. Ambassador warned Dodik that his rhetoric over recent weeks has cros [...]
2007-09-06 15:59:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PINR EUN BK
07SARAJEVO1915BOSNIA: DODIK AND SILAJDZIC REBUFF HIGH
[...] (C) High Representative Lajcak delivered his first major policy address to a joint session of Parliament and the state and entity governments. Lajcak warned that there will be "certain consequences" for continued provocation and the stalemate could soon prompt the international community to c [...]
2007-09-06 16:24:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK PGOV PREL
07SARAJEVO1929BOSNIA: DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSSES COALITION
[...] (C) Ambassador paid a farewell call on Bosnian Minister of Defense Selmo Cikotic September 5, highlighting the importance of Bosnia's continued support for coalition operations, and the necessity to finish the defense reform agenda in order to make the country a credible candidate for NATO mem [...]
2007-09-07 15:00:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MARR BK
07SARAJEVO1980CONTINUED NECESSITY TO MAINTAIN US MILITARY
[...] (C) Summary. Replacing the US military commander of NATO HQ Sarajevo with a European is premature and would adversely affect US interests in Bosnia. Turning over NATO HQ to the Europeans would make the organization virtually indistinguishable from EUFOR, and undermine its standing and influe [...]
2007-09-14 14:44:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO1986BOSNIAN SECURITY AGENCY HEADS PLEDGE COOPERATION
[...] (C) DCM, September 10, hosted heads of security and law enforcement agencies to lunch to discuss maximizing interagency cooperation. Agency heads stressed their commitment to interagency cooperation but complained that political leaders make effective police and intelligence work difficult. [...]
2007-09-19 06:38:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK KCRM PGOV PINR PREL PTER
07SARAJEVO1987BOSNIA - LAJCAK DELIVERS POLICE REFORM STRATEGY TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: High Representative Miroslav Lajcak presented to Quint Ambassadors on September 18 his strategy for securing a deal on police reform. OHR will continue with technical talks on police reform while maintaining political pressure on party leaders to compromise. After a two-hour mee [...]
2007-09-19 08:29:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM PINR EUN UN RS BK
07SARAJEVO199BOSNIA: NEW PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKERS PLEDGE SUPPORT
[...] (C) DCM, along with Political and Economic section representatives, met January 25 with new co-speakers of the BiH House of Representatives Niko Lozancic (HDZ-BiH) and Milorad Zivkovic (SNSD) to discuss legislative priorities in the months ahead; a key focus of the discussion was the need for [...]
2007-01-26 16:25:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPGOV PTER BK
07SARAJEVO1990BOSNIA - YOUTUBE, FORMER BOSNIAN COMMANDER DELIC,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 14, a video clip of Rasim Delic, the highest ranking Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) indicted by the International War Crimes Tribunal (ICTY),addressing mujahedeen surfaced. Delic is accused of not preventing war crimes committed by mujahedeen during the 1992-1995 war. [...]
2007-09-19 10:56:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KAWC KCRM BK
07SARAJEVO1999BOSNIA - DEFENSE REFORM PROGRESSES BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the past six months, Bosnia has made important progress in defense reform. Defense Minister Selmo Cikotic and his senior deputies have demonstrated that they are committed to reforms and moved quickly to fill the leadership vacuum that existed at the Ministry of Defense (Mo [...]
2007-09-20 08:51:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR BK
07SARAJEVO2018BOSNIA: EMBASSY TO PROVIDE A MILLION EUROS FOR
[...] (U) After carefully reviewing our priorities and SEED funding plans, we have decided to allocate the USD equivalent of one (approximately 1.394) million euros in 2007 bilateral SEED funding to support the Bosnian government,s planned construction of a state prison. The entire project is expec [...]
2007-09-21 07:42:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO2031BOSNIA - ADMONISHING TIHIC TO SPLIT WITH SILAJDZIC
[...] (C) Summary: Charge delivered a strong message to SDA President Sulejman Tihic to compromise on police reform so that Bosnia-Herzegovina could initial a Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU. Tihic related his negative views of the current OHR police reform protocol (reftel) an [...]
2007-09-21 15:18:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM PINR EUN BK
07SARAJEVO2046BOSNIA - BUGOJNO WAR CRIMES AND DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 19, the State Prosecutor,s Office confirmed indictments of two individuals in its ongoing investigation of war crimes committed by the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ABiH) in and around Bugojno during the 1992-1995 war. Bugojno was the scene of heavy fighting betwee [...]
2007-09-25 17:38:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KAWC KJUS KCRM MARR BK
07SARAJEVO2047SCENESETTER FOR DASD CAGAN VISIT TO SARAJEVO
[...] (S) Summary. Bosnia has provided valuable assistance to coalition operations in Iraq over the past two years with the deployment of its Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit. After the visit of DAS Butler (Reftel A),we secured approval from civilian and military officials at the Ministry of [...]
2007-09-26 07:20:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPGOV PREL MARR PINR BK
07SARAJEVO2057BOSNIA - CROATS SIGN CONSTITUTIONAL DECLARATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 21, the leaders of six Croat political parties finally signed the Croat &Declaration on Principles of Constitutional Reform.8 The final text is notably more nationalistic than previous drafts we had seen. Most notably, the final document includes language on &territo [...]
2007-09-26 18:20:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK
07SARAJEVO2062BOSNIA: COVIC CASE GOES TO RETRIAL
[...] (C) Summary. A State Court appeals panel on September 26 invalidated on a technicality the corruption conviction of Dragan Covic, president of Bosnia,s Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ),and directed that the case be retried. In November 2006, Covic was convicted of abuse of office while ser [...]
2007-09-27 18:29:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO2073BOSNIA - INITIAL MEETING OF WAR CRIMES RECOVERY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Strategy for War Crimes Recovery Working Group met for the first time on September 19. The Working Group was established by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in the wake of the February International Court Justice (ICJ) verdict that genocide took place in and around Sreb [...]
2007-09-28 16:43:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM ICTY KAWC KJUS MCRM BK
07SARAJEVO2080BOSNIA - DODIK-SILAJDZIC PROTOCOL ON POLICE REFORM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Late on Friday, September 28, Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik and Bosniak Member of the Tri-Presidency Haris Silajdzic signed a 3-page "Protocol on Police Reform." The consensus among Bosnian political leaders, OHR and other international community representatives is that [...]
2007-10-01 16:14:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KCRM EU BK
07SARAJEVO2082YOUTUBE THREATS TO BOSNIAK LEADERS
[...] (U) On September 29, a user identified as Hattab 72 posted a nine-minute video clip on YouTube threatening President Haris Silajdzic, Islamic Community President Reis Ceric, and SDA President Sulejman Tihic with &political, moral, and religious assassination8 if they continue to support the [...]
2007-10-01 18:25:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KAWC KCRM BK
07SARAJEVO2086BOSNIA- KOMSIC APOLOGIZES FOR WARTIME ATROCITIES
[...] (SBU) On October 1, Presidency Chairman Zeljko Komsic acknowledged that individuals in the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ABiH),the Bosniak dominated force during the war, committed atrocities that must be punished. Speaking at a ceremony marking the 15th anniversary of founding of the 1st [...]
2007-10-02 11:08:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR BK
07SARAJEVO210BOSNIA CONSIDERS UNHRC CANDIDACY
[...] (SBU) On January 29, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Anton Rill, Deputy Foreign Minister, inquiring whether Bosnia would consider running for an Eastern Europe Group seat in the UN Human Rights Commission. Deputy Minister Rill replied that a Bosnian UNHRC candidacy would be an "excellent i [...]
2007-01-29 17:34:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNHRC BK
07SARAJEVO211BOSNIA - DODIK HEARS CLEAR U.S. MESSAGE TO DESIST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We met with Republika Srpska (RS) Premier Milorad Dodik January 25 to deliver a stern warning that the USG had lost patience with his destabilizing rhetoric, especially on Kosovo status, as well as with press statements like the recent article in Croatia,s &Globus8 which strike at [...]
2007-01-30 06:33:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK PGOV PINR PREL
07SARAJEVO2142BOSNIAN DEFENSE LEADERSHIP TO CONSIDER ADDITIONAL
[...] (S) DASD Debra Cagan visited Sarajevo September 28 to encourage the senior Bosnian defense leadership to augment their military deployments in support of coalition operations Iraq. DASD Cagan urged Minister of Defense Selmo Cikotic and Chief of the Joint Staff LTG Sifet Podzic to deploy an in [...]
2007-10-04 16:23:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPGOV PREL MARR BK IZ
07SARAJEVO2143BOSNIA - HIREP REJECTS SILAJDZIC-DODIK PROTOCOL
[...] (C) High Representative Miroslav Lajcak issued a statement October 4 formally rejecting the Police Reform Protocol signed by Party for BiH (SBiH) President Haris Silajdzic and Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) President Milorad Dodik (Ref A). The HighRep made the announcement af [...]
2007-10-05 06:47:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KCRM EU BK
07SARAJEVO2160AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
[...] (U) Ambassador Charles English presented his credentials yesterday to the BiH government. After first meeting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chief of Protocol, the Ambassador presented his credentials to Zejlko Komsic, Chairman and Croat member of the Tri Presidency, during a formal [...]
2007-10-05 17:44:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV BK
07SARAJEVO2174BOSNIA--HIREP ON MOSCOW TRIP, POLICE REFORM, AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 8 dinner for Quint Ambassadors and previewed in an earlier courtesy call with the Ambassador that day, OHR High Representative Miroslav Lajcak shared a read-out from his visit to Moscow, his plans for police reform, and ideas to promote Dayton-implementation . L [...]
2007-10-09 15:56:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK
07SARAJEVO2179BOSNIA: AMBASSADOR FOCUSES ON POLITICAL SITUATION,
[...] (C) Ambassador made his initial call on the Bosnian Tri-Presidency October 9, stressing US support for Bosnia's Euro-Atlantic integration, the need for constructive leadership from the Presidency, and the importance of consensus in moving the reform agenda forward. All three Presidents affirme [...]
2007-10-10 12:48:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK
07SARAJEVO2180AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON PM SPIRIC
[...] (C) Ambassador English paid an introductory call on Prime Minister Nikola Spiric on October 9. Ambassador emphasized abiding U.S. interests in developments in Bosnia and a commitment to work with forward-looking Bosnian leaders who are focused on the future to realize the goal of Euro-Atlanti [...]
2007-10-10 12:57:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK PGOV PREL
07SARAJEVO2195BOSNIA - POLICE REFORM TALKS FINALLY COLLAPSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: High Representative Lajcak conducted a series of bilateral meetings with political party leaders warning them that they had one "last chance" to reach a deal on police reform; Croat party leaders distributed an alternative protocol that met the three EU principles and was designed [...]
2007-10-11 18:44:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK
07SARAJEVO22RS ORGANIZED CRIME PROSECUTIONS CHALLENGE STATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since returning to office in February 2006, RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik has taken concrete steps to fulfill specific campaign promises, including his pledge to combat crimes that impair the local investment climate. As part of this effort, in April Dodik created the RS Special [...]
2007-01-05 16:39:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS EINV PGOV BK
07SARAJEVO2201BOSNIA - WAR CRIMES AND JURISPRUDENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) verdict earlier this year and the deteriorating political situation have stirred renewed interest in the country,s fragmented judicial system and its ability to manage war crimes cases. The State Court,s potential war crimes workload has e [...]
2007-10-16 08:30:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL ICTY KAWC PGOV PHUM PINR KJUS MCRM BK
07SARAJEVO2229BOSNIA - WOMAN OF COURAGE NOMINATION FOR FATA
[...] (U) Post nominates Fata Orlovic as an International Woman of Courage for 2008. For more than 8 years, Ms. Orlovic, a Muslim, has been involved in a political and legal battle with the Government of the Republika Srpska (RS) and the Serb Orthodox Church for the return of property illegally tak [...]
2007-10-19 07:35:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KWMN KPAO BK
07SARAJEVO2236BOSNIA - HIGHREP IMPOSES FIRST MEASURES; DODIK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 19, High Representative Lajcak publicly announced three measures designed to improve decision-making in and the functionality of state-level government. After Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik was briefed by OHR in advance of the actions, he called the Ambassador [...]
2007-10-19 17:23:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EU BK
07SARAJEVO2237BOSNIA - SERBS CONTINUE PLANS TO CONFRONT HIGHREP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite intensive public and private diplomacy over the October 19-21 period, Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik and other leaders of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) still appear determined to force a confrontation over the HighRep,s October 19 use of the B [...]
2007-10-22 11:30:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EU BK
07SARAJEVO224INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
[...] In response to reftel action request, the following is Embassy Sarajevo's list of five extremely influential women in Bosnia and Herzegovina. These women represent a variety of professional and ethnic backgrounds and were chosen for their national influence. Name: Lidija Korac Title: Co-C [...]
2007-01-31 09:39:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL BK
07SARAJEVO2252BOSNIA - DODIK DECIDES ON CONFRONTATION
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph seven. 2. (C) SUMMARY: It appears that Republika Srpska PM Milorad Dodik has again reversed course and decided to confront head on the authority of the High Representative. Despite a three hour meeting with the HighRep on October 22, at which Do [...]
2007-10-23 19:40:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EU BK
07SARAJEVO2253BOSNIA-BOSNIAK PARTIES VIE FOR CONTROL OF PUBLIC
[...] (C) Summary. Since taking office in April in the Federation, the leadership of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) and Party for BiH (SBiH),the two largest Bosniak affiliated parties, have jockeyed for control of two large Federation-run enterprises, BiH Telecom and Elektropriveda BiH. Both [...]
2007-10-24 09:23:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON BK
07SARAJEVO2261BOSNIA- AMBASSADOR REACHES OUT TO RADMANOVIC ON
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador spoke with Bosnian Serb member of the Tri-Presidency Nebosja Radmanovic October 24 to make clear that recent rhetoric and actions by RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik were leading the RS into a direct and serious confrontation with the international community and the U [...]
2007-10-24 13:20:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EU BK
07SARAJEVO2266BOSNIA - DODIK SEEKS AMBASSADOR'S HELP WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik called the Ambassador on October 24 to ask for help finding a positive resolution to the confrontation between the RS and the international community over the measures announced by the HighRep on October 19. Dodik outlined his concerns about [...]
2007-10-24 15:22:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EU BK
07SARAJEVO2270BOSNIA - STALEMATE OVER CATHOLIC CHURCH PERMIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During recent visits to Sarajevo, prominent Catholic Church (hereinafter "Church") officials have highlighted their concerns over a seven-year wait for permission to build a new church in the Sarajevo neighborhood of Grbavica. Although the Church has made several requests for a b [...]
2007-10-25 08:29:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF BK
07SARAJEVO2277BOSNIA- RS LEADERSHIP QUESTIONS HIGH REP'S LEGAL
[...] (C) Summary. On October 25, Bosnian Serb Member of the Tri-Presidency Nebojsa Radmanovic told the Ambassador that the RS leadership still had reservations about the constitutionality of the recent High Representative measures to facilitate decision-making in state-level institutions. Radmano [...]
2007-10-25 16:30:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK
07SARAJEVO2278BOSINA POLITICAL UPDATE - OCTOBER 25, 2007
[...] (C) In a telephone call with the Ambassador, SDA President Sulejman Tihic expressed concern over situation in the RS and asserted Dodik,s behavior was part of coordinated plot with Belgrade to destabilize Bosnia and link Kosovo to the RS. Tihic explained he had met today with SDA RSNA delega [...]
2007-10-25 17:06:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK PGOV PREL
07SARAJEVO2279BOSNIA: RS PUBLIC OPINION SOLIDLY BEHIND DODIK
[...] (C) RS media outlets overwhelmingly support PM Milorad Dodik and echo his opposition to the announced OHR Bonn Powers impositions. Predictably, under these circumstances, RS public opinion increasingly echoes now familiar SNSD assertions that the High Representative has put Serbs at risk and [...]
2007-10-25 19:20:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK PGOV PREL
07SARAJEVO2293BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR THE OCTOBER 30-31 PIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Republika Srpska Premier Milorad Dodik's ongoing challenge to the authority of the High Representative represents a serious challenge to U.S. interests and is the most fundamental challenge to the integrity of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina since the signing of Dayton. Kosov [...]
2007-10-26 16:14:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK
07SARAJEVO2294BOSNIA - GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES NATIONAL JUSTICE
[...] (SBU) Early in his tenure, High Representative Miroslav Lajcak indicated that he would focus greater OHR attention on the justice sector. His preoccuption with police reform and now the current poltiical crisis with Republika Srpska (RS) meant that he has not devoted as much time to the issue [...]
2007-10-26 17:53:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO2295BOSNIA - BOSNIAN-SERB GENERALS MEET WITH DODIK
[...] (S) Summary. Chief of the Joint Staff Lieutenant General Sifet Podzic informed us that Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik met with Deputy Defense Minister Igor Crnadak and all the Bosnian-Serb general officers October 26 in Banja Luka. Podzic said such a meeting was highly unusu [...]
2007-10-26 18:54:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPGOV PREL PINR MARR BK
07SARAJEVO2296BOSNIA- DEFENSE MINISTER ON SECURITY SITUATION
[...] Minister of Defense Selmo Cikotic requested to meet with the Ambassador on October 27 to discuss developments in the security situation in Bosnia. Though clear threats to the stability of the country were present, Cikotic told the Ambassador that he believed that he had control over the secu [...]
2007-10-27 17:45:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPREL PGOV PINR MARR BK
07SARAJEVO230BOSNIA - PROSECUTOR TO OPEN INVESTIGATION OF
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On January 31, we formally requested that the State Prosecutor and State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) open a full investigation of USG-funded humanitarian demining programs (Ref A). Both organizations pledged to conduct a thorough investigation separate from the [...]
2007-01-31 17:12:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMASS PREL MOPS PGOV KCRM BK SI
07SARAJEVO2309BOSNIA - EUR/SCE DIRECTOR CHRIS HOH'S OCTOBER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During his October 16-20 visit to the Brcko District, Banja Luka, and Sarajevo, visiting EUR/SCE Director Christopher Hoh expressed concern about the current political stalemate, but pledged continued US support to help Bosnia move forward. While the economy has visibly improved [...]
2007-10-29 14:41:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EU BK
07SARAJEVO2313BOSNIA POLITICAL UPDATE - OCTOBER 29, 2007
[...] (U) The RS government met before today's session of the RS National Assembly Speaker (RSNA) and concluded that the High Representative's measures are anti-Dayton and endorsed PM Milorad Dodik's view that they must be overturned. The RS government decision was passed to the RSNA as the basis fo [...]
2007-10-29 18:01:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK PGOV PREL
07SARAJEVO2315BOSNIA POLITICAL UPDATE - OCTOBER 30, 2007
[...] (C) Yesterday's special session of the RS National Assembly resumed this morning in order to approve the text of a resolution negotiated over the evening. The resolution which consisted of language agreed by SNSD, SDS, the Serb Radical Party and PDP passed with 71 votes in favor and 6 votes, [...]
2007-10-30 16:59:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK PGOV PREL
07SARAJEVO2316BOSNIA - RS MEDIA FOCUSING ON WARTIME PAST, NOT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the last year, there has been a steady stream of reporting from Republika Srpska (RS) media about the 1992-1995 war. Almost all of it has focused on alleged crimes and perceived injustices committed against the Serbs, including the post-war "failure" of international and stat [...]
2007-10-31 07:18:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK
07SARAJEVO23272007-2008 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA INCSR REPORT (PART I)
[...] (U) BELOW FOLLOWS THE 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR) PART ONE FOR BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: I. Summary Narcotics control capabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina remain in a formative period and have not kept pace with developments in other areas of law enforceme [...]
2007-10-31 11:18:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM BK
07SARAJEVO2369BOSNIA: SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-02 17:35:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK IZ MARR MOPS PREL
07SARAJEVO2370BOSNIA: PM SPIRIC RESIGNS
[...] (SBU) Prime Minister Nikola Spiric submitted his written resignation on Thursday, November 1. It remains unclear whether the Presidency must formally accept or reject the resignation and Presidency members met today without taking a decision. OHR lawyers believe that the resignation took eff [...]
2007-11-02 18:18:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBK PGOV PREL
07SARAJEVO2371PIC EXPRESSES PROFOUND CONCERN; RUSSIA BREAKS
[...] (C) During the October 30-31 meeting of the Peace Implementation Council, representatives expressed deep concerns over the increased political tensions precipitated by Republika Srpska Prime Minister Milorad Dodik's moves to challenge the authority of the High Representative. With the notabl [...]
2007-11-02 18:47:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EU BK
07SARAJEVO2372BOSNIA: DAS DICARLO'S MEETINGS WITH POLITICAL
[...] (C) EUR DAS DiCarlo held bilateral meetings with political leaders on the margins of the October 30-31 PIC to discuss the current political crisis in Bosnia. She reviewed USG concerns with Haris Silajdzic (SBiH),Dragan Covic (HDZ),and Sulejman Tihic. Silajdzic complained about the high bar [...]
2007-11-02 19:04:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EU BK
07SARAJEVO2373BOSNIA: DODIK MEETS DAS DICARLO; REJECTS LAJCAK
[...] (C) On the margins of the October 31 session of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC),the Ambassador and EUR DAS Rosemary DiCarlo met with Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik to register U.S. concerns with his reactions to High Representative Lajcak's October 19 measures and [...]
2007-11-02 19:05:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK
07SARAJEVO2392BOSNIA - RSNA SPECIAL SESSION CONCLUSIONS
[...] (SBU) On the evening of November 5 the Republika Srpska National Assembly (RSNA) resumed the special session previously adjourned on October 29. The session, which had been postponed several times throughout the day while talks between OHR lawyers and RS officials continued, met for approxim [...]
2007-11-06 15:56:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV BK
07SARAJEVO2395BOSNIA- DEVELOPMENTS IN GEORGIAN MLRS SALE
[...] (S) Summary. The dispute over the proposed sale of Bosnian Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) components to Georgia has resurfaced -- this time with an unusual new twist. As previously reported (reftel),an earlier request by Georgia to purchase the systems was scuttled on "foreign policy [...]
2007-11-07 07:25:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPGOV PREL MARR BK
07SARAJEVO2406LEGAL TALKS CONCLUDE - DODIK LOOKS HEADED FOR
[...] (C) On November 6, talks between OHR lawyers and RS government experts, with the goal of resolving RS concerns over the High Representative's October 19 measures, concluded without agreement. The same day, the OHR Legal Advisor, on instructions from the High Representative, informed Steering [...]
2007-11-08 15:27:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK PGOV PREL
07SARAJEVO2408BOSNIA - CAR BOMB KILLS OUTSPOKEN GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 6, a car bomb killed civil servant Milan Vukelic in Banja Luka. According to media reports, Vukelic was an outspoken critic of the government and had been the target of attacks in the past. Unknown perpetrators burned his vehicle and set fire to his mother's house [...]
2007-11-08 17:29:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PINR EUN BK
07SARAJEVO2409BOSNIA: AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON JEWISH
[...] (U) Ambassador held an introductory meeting with Jewish Community leader Jacob Finci on November 5 to discuss the community's state of affairs. Finci noted that the Bosnian Jewish community, which currently numbers around 1000 members but faces a declining birth rate, is heavily focused on [...]
2007-11-08 17:38:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR SOCI BK
07SARAJEVO2425BOSNIA - HIGHREP'S NOVEMBER 15 REPORT TO THE UN
[...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph six. 2. (C) SUMMARY: High Representative Miroslav Lajcak will make his semi-annual report to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) against the backdrop Bosnia's most serious political crisis since Dayton. Bosnian Serb Chairman of the Counci [...]
2007-11-13 16:54:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR EU UN BK
07SARAJEVO2448BOSNIA - KEEPING THE US FLAG ON NATO HQ SARAJEVO
[...] (C/NF) Earlier this year, my predecessor concluded that it remained critical to U.S. objectives in Bosnia for a U.S. general officer to command NATO HQ Sarajevo (Ref A). After careful review, I have now reached the same conclusion. I am writing to ask you to reconsider the decision not to ret [...]
2007-11-14 17:53:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR MARR BK
07SARAJEVO2487BOSNIA--SECURITY MINISTER ON SPIRIC RESIGNATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 13 meeting, the Ambassador and Minister of Security Tarik Sadovic discussed the work of the Council of Ministers (CoM) in technical mandate and the selection process for the director of the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA). Sadovic blames Serbian [...]
2007-11-16 13:46:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS KCRM BK
07SARAJEVO2490BOSNIA- HDZ-1990 PARTY CONGRESS CALLS FOR "ETHNIC
[...] (SBU) Summary. On November 10 in Mostar, the Croatian Democratic Union 1990 (HDZ-1990) held its first party congress since its founding in April 2006. Delegates re-elected the senior party leadership, including Chairman Bozo Ljubic and Deputy Chairman Martin Raguz. The participation of Croat [...]
2007-11-16 14:12:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HR BK
07SARAJEVO2516BOSNIA - SILAJDZIC USES STATEHOOD COMMEMORATION TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Presidency's commemoration of Bosnia's Statehood Day November 20, which marks the 64th anniversary of the declaration of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina by the Anti-Fascist Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ZAVNOBiH) during World War II, took a particularly political and [...]
2007-11-21 18:24:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK
07SARAJEVO2517BOSNIA - FM ALKALAJ SEEKS CONTROL OF NATO
[...] (C) Summary: Given the current political environment, keeping Bosnia on the NATO track is even more critical to U.S. objectives here. Therefore, we are concerned by a recent move by Minister of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Sven Alkalaj to politicize this issue by challenging Minister of Defense (MOD [...]
2007-11-21 18:41:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK
07SARAJEVO2518BOSNIA - LAJCAK BRIEFS QUINT AMBASSADORS ON NEXT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: High Representative Lajcak briefed Quint Ambassadors on November 21 about the current political crisis and his plans for managing it. Lajcak told the Quint that he plans to attend the November 22 meeting of governing-coalition political party leaders hosted by Bosniak member of t [...]
2007-11-21 18:46:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EU BK
07SARAJEVO2519BOSNIA - MEDIA REPORT U.S. PLANS TO REMOVE DODIK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The week of November 12, Bosnian media outlets reported that the U.S. hatched a plan to enable High Representative Lajcak to remove Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik by exposing his links to corruption and criminal activities. The story, which first surfaced on t [...]
2007-11-21 18:55:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM BK
07SARAJEVO2535BOSNIA: POLICE REFORM AGREEMENT GIVES DODIK MORE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the six governing political parties adopted an Action Plan on Police Reform during a meeting in Sarajevo on November 22 (see paragraph six below). The Action Plan lays out a timetable for implementing the October 28 Mostar Declaration, which had reaffirmed the three [...]
2007-11-23 17:26:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM EUN BK
07SARAJEVO2536BOSNIA - RADMANOVIC "OPTIMISTIC" THAT RESOLUTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 23, Ambassador met with Bosnian-Serb member of the Tri-Presidency Nebojsa Radmanovic to discuss the ongoing political crisis and the outcome of the November 22 meeting of coalition political party leaders. The Ambassador also asked Radmanovic whether recent statements [...]
2007-11-23 17:28:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK
07SARAJEVO2537BOSNIA - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COLLEGIUM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with the Ambassador on November 22, the three Speakers of the House of Representatives (HoR),known as the Collegium, each stated they were committed to amending HoR rules of procedure by December 1 in order to comply with the High Representatives October 19 m [...]
2007-11-26 21:58:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK
07SARAJEVO2555BOSNIA- CHALLENGES FOR THE STATE COURT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past four years, the State Prosecutor,s Office and State Court have made important strides building Bosnia,s capacity to try war crimes cases. Preliminary information on likely future war crimes cases suggests a demanding workload and challenges for both the prosecutor an [...]
2007-11-27 16:56:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ICTY KAWC KJUS KCRM BK
07SARAJEVO2556BOSNIA - QUINT AMBASSADORS URGE BOSNIAKS TO ENGAGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Quint Ambassadors met separately with Sulejman Tihic, President of the Party for Democratic Action (SDA),and Haris Silajdzic, President of the Party for Bosnia (SBiH),to urge them to engage constructively in negotiations over the High Representative's proposed changes to the Par [...]
2007-11-27 17:34:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK
07SARAJEVO2557BOSNIA: NGOS PAINT A GLOOMY PICTURE OF POLITICAL
[...] (U) On November 21, the Ambassador hosted NGO representatives participating at a roundtable commemorating the twelfth anniversary of the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords. Participants were pessimistic about the prospects for improvements in Bosnia's political environment and complained of [...]
2007-11-28 10:13:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI BK
07SARAJEVO2568BOSNIA - SILAJDZIC SEEKS CONTROL OF FEDERATION TV
[...] (SBU) Summary: Political and media contacts allege that Bosniak nationalist parties are conspiring to seek control over the editorial policies of public television. An upcoming vote in Parliament to replace the Bosniak board member for Bosnia-Herzegovina Radio and Television (BHRT) will provi [...]
2007-11-30 12:22:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR PHUM KPAO BK
07SARAJEVO2570BOSNIA - OIC AMBASSADORS SUPPORT HIGH
[...] (C) The Ambassador hosted a November 27 lunch for key Organization of Islamic Council (OIC) Ambassadors and Charges in Sarajevo. The OIC Ambassadors expressed support for High Representative Lajcak and his October 19 measures. They also endorsed the Ambassador's Dayton anniversary message th [...]
2007-11-30 15:27:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR BK
07SARAJEVO2573BOSNIA - HDZ 1990 WEIGHS IN ON CURRENT POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: On November 28, Ambassador met with Bozo Ljubic, Minister of Transport and Communication, and Chairman of the Croatian Democratic Union 1990 (HDZ-1990) (one of the six parties in coalition in state-level government) to discuss the ongoing political crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovin [...]
2007-11-30 17:36:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK
07SARAJEVO2574BOSNIA - POSSIBLE DEAL OPENS WINDOW FOR INITIALING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Developments over the course of November 29-30 have brought us very close to resolution of the political crisis over High Representative Lajcak,s October 19 measures designed to facilitate decision-making in the Parliamentary Assembly (PA) and the Council of Ministers (CoM). This [...]
2007-11-30 20:12:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK EU
07SARAJEVO2575BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED'S DECEMBER 4-5
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After six weeks of an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation between the High Representative, backed by the international community, and Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik, backed by the RS political establishment, both sides have blinked a bit. It now appears that we may have a dea [...]
2007-11-30 20:19:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL BK
07SARAJEVO2586BOSNIA- RS GOVERNMENT STYMIES DEFENSE PROPERTY
[...] (C) Summary. NATO HQ,s efforts to finalize a comprehensive transfer agreement on movable defense property were dealt a serious setback on November 29. At a meeting in Banja Luka, Republika Srpska (RS) government representatives back-tracked on initial commitments made to NATO HQ and declined [...]
2007-12-03 16:10:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MARR BK
07SARAJEVO2595DEMARCHE ON THE NIE'S ESTIMATE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-04 13:43:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETKNNP MNUC PREL PARM IR BK
07SARAJEVO2623BOSNIA - PREVIEW OF DECEMBER 9 RS SPECIAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 9, Republika Srpska (RS) will hold a special election for RS President to fill a position vacated by the September 30 death of former RS President Milan Jelic. While there are several strong candidates, most analysts agree that none of them are likely to defeat the [...]
2007-12-07 14:05:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR BK
07SARAJEVO2629BOSNIA - HIGHREP LAJCAK AND QUINT AMBASSADORS LOOK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: High Representative Lajcak met with Quint Ambassadors on December 6 to take stock of the situation in Bosnia and discuss how best to manage key issues over the next several weeks. Lajcak reported that Prime Minister Spiric (still in a technical mandate) planning to establish a wo [...]
2007-12-10 13:22:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL BK
07SARAJEVO2631BOSNIA TO VOTE FOR COUNTRY-SPECIFIC RESOLUTIONS AT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 16:13:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL UNGA BK
07SARAJEVO2632BOSNIA - RS PLANS TO KEEP SURPLUS ARMS, AMMUNITION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following up Assistant Secretary Fried's December 5 exchange with Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik, we met with RS "Military Advisor" Dusko Cetkovic on December 6 to discuss defense property issues. We expressed our concern about statements by RS negotiators that the RS wan [...]
2007-12-10 17:41:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MARR BK
07SARAJEVO2636A/S FRIED'S VISIT TO BOSNIA
[...] (C) During a December 4-5 visit to Sarajevo, EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried met with Republika Srpska Prime Minister Milorad Dodik, Bosniak Presidency member Haris Silajdzic, Party for Democratic Action president Sulejman Tihic, Social Democratic Party president Zlatko Lagumdzija and Hig [...]
2007-12-11 12:57:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK PGOV PREL
07SARAJEVO2647BOSNIA- FOREIGN MINISTRY UPDATED ON MNF-I UNSC
[...] (C) We presented points, draft UNSC resolutions, and letters per reftel to Acting Assistant Foreign Minister Davorka Istuk, MFA America's Desk Officer Asim Karahasanovic, and Foreign Minister's Advisor Asim Dorovic. Istuk thanked us for the information, and requested further updates as availa [...]
2007-12-11 17:03:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC EFIN MARR IZ BK
07SARAJEVO2648BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary. Defense Minister Selmo Cikotic comes to Washington December 17-21 for Bilateral Defense Consultations (BDCs) and other meetings ready to present his vision completing Bosnia's defense reform, expanding Bosnia's participation in coalition support operations, and expediting NATO ac [...]
2007-12-11 18:04:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MARR BK
07SARAJEVO2653BOSNIA- DAO VERIFIES DESTRUCTION OF AMMUNITION
[...] (U) DAO visited the Bosnian Armed Forces' ammunition destruction facility in Doboj December 11 to verify destruction of ammunition per terms of US-BiH agreement (Ref A). DAO confirms that destruction of first segment of ammunition, 870 tons, occurred as required by the agreement. Minister of [...]
2007-12-12 13:59:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR BK
07SARAJEVO2655BOSNIA- PRESIDENT KOMSIC SUPPORTS US POSITION ON
[...] (C) On December 12, Ambassador reviewed reftel points on next steps on Kosovo status with Chairman of the Presidency Zeljko Komsic. Ambassador highlighted the points recently raised by A/S Fried during his visit to Sarajevo that the United States understands the particularly delicate position [...]
2007-12-12 16:33:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BK YI
07SARAJEVO2663BOSNIA - FIRST DEPORTATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL
[...] (C) On December 9, Bosnian authorities deported Algerian native Atau Mimun, who was stripped of Bosnian citizenship by the Citizen Review Commission (CRC). The CRC was established in 2006 to review the status of individuals who had fraudently obtained Bosnian citizenship between 1992 and ear [...]
2007-12-14 11:30:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KCRM BK
07SARAJEVO2670BOSNIA - EU RETREAT ON POLICE REFORM MAY HERALD AN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Meeting in Laktasi, Republika Srpska PM Milorad Dodik's hometown, leaders from the six governing parties agreed on December 11 to the terms of reference for a working group that would draft legislation creating the seven state-level police support bodies called for in the Sarajevo [...]
2007-12-17 08:15:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM EUN BK
07SARAJEVO2681BOSNIA TO MAINTAIN UNGA VOTE AGAINST FUNDING OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-17 15:17:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PGOV UNGA BK
07SARAJEVO2682BOSNIA - STATE PRSECUTOR'S OFFICE BEGINS TO TACKLE
[...] (C) Although it was established four years ago, the Special Department for Organized Crimes (SDOC) at the State Prosecutor,s Office is only now starting to prosecute the most complex corruption, organized and financial crimes in Bosnia. With our strong support, Drew Engel, the Deputy Chief Pr [...]
2007-12-17 17:32:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID ECON PREL KCRM BK
07SARAJEVO288SCENESETTER - AMBASSADOR ROONEY'S FEBRUARY 13
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We are pleased to welcome you and your delegation to Sarajevo on February 13. Your visit, which includes a roundtable at the Inter-Religious Council (IRC),a lunch hosted by Cardinal Puljic (the head of the Catholic Church in Bosnia),and a tour of major religious sites in Saraje [...]
2007-02-08 09:07:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PHUM BK
07SARAJEVO292BOSNIA: USG MESSAGE ON KOSOVO DELIVERED TO KEY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with all three members of the Bosnian Tri-Presidency and the DCM with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs February 5 and 6 to discuss the Ahtisaari Kosovo plan. All of the Embassy's interlocutors expressed cautious support for the proposal, and none said they were [...]
2007-02-08 14:39:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BK YI
07SARAJEVO310PRESIDENCY EXTENDS MANDATE OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT
[...] (C) Summary. The Presidency extended the mandate of the Bosnian Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) unit in Iraq through the end of the year. If confirmed by the parliament, the decision will permit a fifth rotation of the unit to deploy to Iraq in May as we requested. The provision requirin [...]
2007-02-12 06:43:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR BK IZ
07SARAJEVO319BOSNIA: THE NEW COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
[...] (U) Following is biographic information on the new BiH Council of Ministers, confirmed by the BiH House of Representatives on February 9. Details of the parliamentary session will be reported septel. MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SVEN ALKALAJ (Sven AL-ka-lye),SBiH ---------------------- [...]
2007-02-13 09:05:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV BK
07SARAJEVO348BOSNIA - BIH HELSINKI ERRONEOUSLY ATTACKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The BiH Helsinki Committee released its "Report on the Status of Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina" on February 12. The report raises the traditional range of human rights concerns, but also makes several erroneous accusations about the work of the Citizenship Review Commiss [...]
2007-02-13 14:38:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PTER BK
07SARAJEVO356BOSNIA: HAMAS AND FATAH AGREEMENT DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-13 16:10:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDKISL KPAL KWBG PREL IS XX BK
07SARAJEVO357BOSNIAN PARLIAMENT CONFIRMS NEW GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) At the end of an often heated six-hour debate, the BiH House of Representatives (HoR) on February 9 confirmed the slate of ministers and deputy ministers proposed by Prime Minister Nikola Spiric by a vote of 31-9 with one abstention. Political side deals allowed the government's confimati [...]
2007-02-13 17:59:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV BK
07SARAJEVO36BOSNIA: SILAJDZIC AND TIHIC AGREE DEFENSE REFORM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with Charge January 5 and 8, Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency Haris Silajdzic of the Party for BiH (SBiH) and Party of Democratic Action (SDA) President Sulejman Tihic both made clear that defense reform will continue to be a high priority for the new governing co [...]
2007-01-09 11:21:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO362BOSNIA - ICJ RULING ON GENOCIDE WILL SHAKE BOSNIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 12, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced that on February 26 it would rule on the case concerning the "Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro)." Whatever th [...]
2007-02-14 12:00:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO369BOSNIAN DEMINING INVESTIGATION UPDATE:
[...] (S/NF) In consultations regarding investigations into allegations of misconduct by organizations involved in demining, State Prosecutor Jurcevic and SIPA officials informed us that they would begin investigatory work shortly. Both organizations again pledged to undertake a thorough and comp [...]
2007-02-14 16:58:00Embassy SarajevoSECRET//NOFORNMASS PREL MOPS PGOV KCRM BK SI
07SARAJEVO373BOSNIA: OSD DASD FATA VISIT TO SARAJEVO
[...] (C) Summary. Your visit comes after two years of nearly uninterrupted progress in the defense sphere in Bosnia. Bosnia has successfully created a unified, single Armed Forces and maintains a robust and continuously straightening security relationship with the United States. Leaders and the pub [...]
2007-02-15 13:30:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO41BOSNIA - THE HIGHREP'S PROPOSAL FOR PHASE II
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The High Representative (High Rep) shared with us his draft proposal for conducting phase II of constitutional reform (A copy of the 21-page paper was e-mailed to EUR/SCE) and asked for official U.S. comments on it. The HighRep proposes establishing a Commission on Constitutional [...]
2007-01-10 09:55:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK EU
07SARAJEVO433BOSNIA: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULING CLAIMS OHR
[...] (C) Over Presidents' Day weekend, the Bosnian Constitutional Court released a July 2006 decision calling on the Bosnian government to address human rights violations stemming from OHR's 2004 removal from office of two Republika Srpska (RS) officials who had abetted war criminals. The Court ru [...]
2007-02-23 15:19:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KJUS EUN UNSC BK
07SARAJEVO438BOSNIA WILL PURSUE UNHRC CANDIDACY
[...] Following leadership changes in the BiH Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the DCM delivered REF. A demarche to incoming BiH Deputy Foreign Minister Ana Trisic-Babic on February 21. Embassy had demarched the previous Deputy Foreign Minister Anton Rill on January 29 (REF. B). Trisic-Babic said Bosn [...]
2007-02-23 15:29:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINR PREL UNHRC
07SARAJEVO441BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR THE FEBRUARY 26-27 PIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We expect the February 26-27 meeting of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) to approve a one-year extension of OHR's mandate (i.e., to June 2008),though we anticipate the Russians will complicate efforts to reach consensus on this decision. High Representative Christian Schwa [...]
2007-02-23 15:46:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO442BOSNIA: SENIOR VENEZUELAN DELEGATION TO PROTEST
[...] (S/NF) Assistant Minister of Foreign Trade Dragisa Mekic informed us that a senior Venezuelan delegation from the ministries of defense and foreign affairs would be visiting Bosnia in the coming weeks. The Venezuelan delegation, headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Rodrigo Chavez, requested meet [...]
2007-02-23 15:59:00Embassy SarajevoSECRET//NOFORNEUN MARR MASS PARM BK VE
07SARAJEVO443BOSNIA: FEDERATION PRESIDENCY CONFIRMED; STATE
[...] (SBU) At its February 21 session, the Federation House of Representatives confirmed the appointment of Borjana Kristo of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ-BiH) as Federation President and Spomenka Micic of the Party for BiH (SBiH) and Mirsad Kebo of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) as Vic [...]
2007-02-23 16:01:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV BK
07SARAJEVO444BOSNIA: POLITICIANS BLAME INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Taking diametrically opposed positions, Federation-based and Republika Srpska-based political leaders reached an impasse following a week of increasingly confrontational negotiations over adopting a Draft Implementation Plan for Police Reform (the "Implementation Plan") (REF. B). [...]
2007-02-26 06:25:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS EUN PREL PGOV BK
07SARAJEVO456BOSNIAN REACTIONS TO ICJ VERDICT: FROM
[...] (U) Following weeks of speculation and building up of expectations, the announcement by the International Court of Justice that Serbia and Montenegro were not guilty of genocide during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina provoked immediate reactions across the political spectrum here. [...]
2007-02-26 16:30:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO467BOSNIA: OSD DAS FATA'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS SECURITY
[...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy Daniel Fata visited Sarajevo February 21 for discussions with senior Bosnian leaders on Bosnia's NATO integration process and continued U.S. support for defense reform and Bosnia's Euro-Atlantic integration. DASD Fata made [...]
2007-02-27 15:35:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO481BOSNIA SUPPORTS EFFORTS IN UNSCR 1737
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-28 15:02:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY BK IR
07SARAJEVO487BOSNIA: SUBMISSION FOR 2007 TIP REPORT
[...] (U) Summary: This cable constitutes Post's submission for the 2007 TIP report for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Post's point of contact for trafficking issues is Poloff Danielle Harms, phone 387-33-445-700 x2312, fax 387-33-659-722, e-mail HarmsDA@state.gov. Time spent in preparing report: CDA [...]
2007-03-02 06:36:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
07SARAJEVO500BIH STATE COURT UPDATES PART TWO: TERRORISM,
[...] INTRODUCTION: This is the second of two cables summarizing cases currently before the BiH State Court. This cable summarizes organized crime, corruption and terrorism cases underway in the BiH State Court. Cases underway in the War Crimes Chamber were reported previously (REF. B). These cab [...]
2007-03-05 14:24:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KCRM KJUS KCOR KAWC PHUM PINR BK
07SARAJEVO509BOSNIA - HIGHREP'S OFFICE WILL STAY UNTIL JUNE 2008
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At their February 26-27 meeting, the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) Political Directors agreed to continue the OHR's mandate with the aim of closing it down by June 30, 2008. Russia refused to join the consensus, however, insisting on a footnote in the communique highlighting [...]
2007-03-06 14:53:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KJUS KAWC BK
07SARAJEVO510BOSNIA - NEW BATTLE BEGINS OVER CITIZENSHIP LAW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The opening salvo in what could prove to be an ugly political battle over amendments to the Bosnian Law on Citizenship came on February 27, when FM Sven Alkalaj (Party for BiH (SBiH)) sent a diplomatic note to the Serbian MFA informing it that the bilateral agreement on dual cit [...]
2007-03-06 15:01:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER BK
07SARAJEVO526BOSNIA - HIGHREP BALKS AT ANNULLING CONSTITUTIONAL
[...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph six below. 2. (C) High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling convened a special session of the Steering Board Ambassadors (SBA) on March 7 to discuss the recently released decision by the Bosnian Constitutional Court calling on the Bosnian [...]
2007-03-07 16:36:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KAWC BK UN
07SARAJEVO528BOSNIA SEEKS GUIDANCE ON PURSUING UNHRC CANDIDACY
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see action request, paragraph 4. 2. (C) On March 7, the DCM and BiH Foreign Minister Sven Alkalaj discussed Bosnia's potential bid for one of the two Eastern European Group (EEG) seats on the UN Human Rights Council (REF. B and C). Alkalaj said Sloven [...]
2007-03-08 16:22:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC SI BK
07SARAJEVO541AMBASSADOR'S MEETS WITH BIH FOREIGN MINISTER SVEN
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador, accompanied by the DCM, called on new Bosnian Foreign Minister Sven Alkalaj at the Ministry March 7. In a wide-ranging exchange, Minister Alkalaj reviewed Bosnia's efforts to fulfill itsPartnership for Peace (PfP) commitments, and disussed the current controversy [...]
2007-03-09 17:22:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPREL MARR PARM PGOV PINR ENRG EPET BK
07SARAJEVO552BOSNIA: POLICE REFORM TALKS FALTER AS EC
[...] (SBU) Summary: The German Embassy March 6 hosted police reform negotiations with the leaders of eight major political parties in the hopes of facilitating agreement on police reform in anticipation of the March 16 visit of EU Commissioner for Enlargement Oli Rehn. Ambassadors from the US, Ger [...]
2007-03-12 11:56:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PINR EUN BK
07SARAJEVO556BOSNIA - TENSIONS RISE AS BOSNIAKS CALL FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the February 26 International Court of Justice Verdict (ICJ) that genocide was committed in Srebrenica, there have been growing calls for giving the municipality special status within Bosnia. This campaign has been stoked by Bosniak politicians, particularly Bosniak member [...]
2007-03-12 16:25:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KAWC KJUS MARR BK
07SARAJEVO557BOSNIA: MOD REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE FOR AMMO
[...] (U) Following up on the November 2006 visit of PM/WRA program managers, Acting Minister of Defense Marina Pendes submitted a formal request to the Embassy for USG financial assistance in the disposal of 2600 tons of unstable ammunition and infrastructure upgrades to the BiH Armed Forces' ordin [...]
2007-03-12 16:31:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MASS MARR BK
07SARAJEVO577MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE HOLDS LINE ON VENEZUELAN
[...] This is an Action Request. See para 5. 2. (S/NF) Summary. The DCM called on newly-installed State Minister of Trade and Economic Relations (MoFTER) Slobodan Puhalac, a Serb from PM Dodik's Party of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD),in advance of the visit of a Venezuelan delegation to [...]
2007-03-13 13:02:00Embassy SarajevoSECRET//NOFORNEUN MARR MASS PARM BK VE
07SARAJEVO579BOSNIA: SREBRENICA "SPECIAL STATUS" SESSION ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As a response to the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) finding of genocide in Srebrenica, Srebrenica Municipality Mayor Abdurahman Malkic hosted a meeting on March 12 to discuss proposals that his municipality seceed from the Republika Srpska (RS) and receive "special status" [...]
2007-03-13 18:49:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KAWC KJUS MARR BK
07SARAJEVO595BOSNIA - SILAJDZIC BLOCKS POLICE REFORM DEAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: March 12 police reform talks organized by High Representative Schwarz-Schilling collapsed after Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency Haris Silajdzic refused an offer from Republika Srpska PM Milorad Dodik to transfer competency and authority for the RS police to the state, provided [...]
2007-03-15 19:01:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KJUS KCRM EU BK
07SARAJEVO596BOSNIA - REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON FINDING OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. U.S. Must Vote on Whether to Acknowledge Geneocide --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. (C) At the March 12 Foundation of Srebrenica-Potocari Memorial and Cemetery Executive Board Meeting, ("Foundation") Amor Ma [...]
2007-03-15 19:03:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KAWC BK
07SARAJEVO60BOSNIA: TIHIC LOOKS TO CIKOTIC AS NEXT DEFENSE
[...] (C) Party of Democratic Action (SDA) Chairman Suljeman Tihic confirmed to CDA and NATO POLAD that he would nominate former general Selmo Cikotic to be Bosnia's next minister of defense, considering that the USG and NATO had no objection to his appointment. Tihic said he may be able to submit t [...]
2007-01-11 16:37:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO607BOSNIA: SILAJDZIC CALLS FOR RADICAL SURGERY ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following the March 12 ad hoc meeting (ref A) on the status of Srebrenica, the Ambassador met with Bosniak (Muslim) leaders March 14 to urge calm and solicit their plans for Srebrenica in light of the February 26 International Court of Justice verdict on genocide in Srebrenica. [...]
2007-03-16 14:18:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KAWC KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO615BOSNIA - THE PERILOUS POLITICS OF RECALL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the October 2006 elections, eight Bosnian municipal councils, mainly in the Eastern portion of Republika Srpska (RS),have begun initiatives to remove their mayors. Though recall is ostensibly a tool for holding accountable a mayor who does not perform his/her duties, po [...]
2007-03-20 11:48:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR BK
07SARAJEVO62DECERTIFIED POLICE: SOLUTION REMAINS ELUSIVE
[...] (U) This is an Action Request for the Department. Please see Para 8. 2. (C) Summary: After a December 21-22 visit to Sarajevo, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg assessed that the International Police Task Force (IPTF) police decertification process had flaws [...]
2007-01-11 17:17:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK KJUS PGOV PINR PREL EUN UNSC
07SARAJEVO63STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOLDS INAUGURAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The State House of Representatives (HoR) held its inaugural session January 11. The session focused mainly on procedural matters, including the selection of the House leadership, creation of a committee to select cabinet ministers, and confirmation of the Prime Ministerial ca [...]
2007-01-11 17:18:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV BK
07SARAJEVO650BOSNIA - WAHHABISM THREATENS TRADITIONAL BOSNIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Islamic Community (IC) is on the defensive as Bosnian Islam undergoes an identity crisis. While the scope of the problem remains unclear, there is a general recognition that more extreme believers (foreigners and nationals) are deliberately disrupting Bosnian Muslim communiti [...]
2007-03-23 16:13:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KISL SCUL BK
07SARAJEVO651BOSNIA - NOT WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: One year ago, Bosnia's prospects looked brighter than they had at any moment since Dayton. Today, the accomplishments of post-war reconstruction have been placed in question. Externally, the drawdown of the international presence here, coupled with Europe's stupor over future en [...]
2007-03-23 16:41:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KAWC KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO670BOSNIA: FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER NAMED NATO
[...] (SBU) On March 27, the Tri-Presidency appointed former Defense Minister Nikola Radovanovic as Bosnia's new Ambassador to NATO. Radovanovic is expected to assume his duties in the coming weeks and will head-up Bosnia's effort to move through the Partnership for Peace (PfP) processes to full NA [...]
2007-03-27 12:15:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO674BOSNIA - THE PRESIDENCY DEVELOPS A STAFF-LEVEL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bosnian Tri-Presidency has begun to develop a staff that can serve their respective bosses. On a day-to-day basis the vast majority of our contact with the Presidency takes place at the staff level, which has provided an important avenue for influencing their bosses' thinking [...]
2007-03-27 14:52:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BK
07SARAJEVO677BOSNIA - THE CHALLENGE OF WAR CRIMES PROSECUTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prior to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) verdict, Srebrenica victims associations had often appealed for U.S. help in bringing to justice local police or other officials they "knew" to be war criminals. Last week the Srebrenica Municipal Council identified the Republika [...]
2007-03-27 17:39:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPHUM KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL BK
07SARAJEVO686BOSNIA - SREBRENICA'S CITIZENS LIKELIEST LOSERS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Long ignored by state and entity politicians, Srebrenica Municipality is now the subject of a tug-of-war pitting political interests of the country's leading Bosniak politicians against those of Srebrenica's local community. In the wake of the ICJ verdict, calls for Srebrenica's s [...]
2007-03-29 08:59:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KAWC KJUS MARR BK
07SARAJEVO706BOSNIA - BOSNIAK LEADERSHIP DISMISSES WARNINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 29, the Ambassador and High Representative Schwarz Schilling met with the Bosniak political leadership to express their concern about growing political tensions over Srebrenica. They stressed the international community's commitment to helping Srebrenica residents and ur [...]
2007-03-30 12:32:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KAWC KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO728BOSNIA: PARLIAMENT CONFIRMS EXTENDED IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary. The Bosnian Parliament voted March 30 to confirm the Presidency's decision to extend the mandate of the Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) unit in Iraq through the end of 2007. The move clears the final legal hurdle to the deployment of a fifth EOD rotation in May. Securing the ex [...]
2007-04-02 11:51:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR BK IZ
07SARAJEVO752BOSNIA - OHR URGES SPEEDY RESOLUTION TO
[...] (SBU) On April 5, the Office of the High Representative (OHR) convened a meeting of representatives from the U.S. and current European members of the Security Council and urged them to support a UK proposal that would end the current standoff between the Bosnian government and the UN over the [...]
2007-04-05 16:35:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR UN BK
07SARAJEVO753BOSNIA - BOSNIAK POLITICAL LEADERS WARY OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 29 and April 2, we met separately with Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency Haris Silajdzic, President of the Party for Democratic Action (SDA) Sulejman Tihic, and President of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Zlatko Lagumdzija to discuss the situation in Srebrenica and [...]
2007-04-06 07:52:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KAWC KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO754BOSNIA - AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO SREBRENICA TO CALM
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and embassy staff traveled to Srebrenica April 3 to meet with local citizens and to discuss possible improvements to living conditions for municipality residents. Srebrenica has been the subject of a Bosniak political movement for secession since the February ICJ verdi [...]
2007-04-06 08:58:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KAWC KJUS MARR BK
07SARAJEVO757BOSNIA: SANADER VISIT ADVANCES BILATERAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Bosnian government officials and the Croatian DCM described Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader's March 28-30 visit to Bosnia as positive and constructive. His impact on internal Bosnian Croat politics was less clear. Croatia and Bosnia concluded agreements on dual citizenship an [...]
2007-04-06 09:35:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON HR BK
07SARAJEVO791A/S FRIED'S VISIT TO BOSNIA
[...] (C) During his April 3-5 visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina, EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried conveyed a message of strong U.S. support for Bosnia's path to Europe. He urged political leaders to seize current opportunities to finalize constitutional and police reforms, thereby cementing Bosni [...]
2007-04-12 16:10:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK
07SARAJEVO801BOSNIA OFFERS TO HOST COMBINED ENDEAVOR 2008
[...] (SBU) Post received a diplomatic note from Acting Minister of Defense Marina Pendes offering Bosnia as the host and organizer of the Combined Endeavor 2008 (CE 08) military exercise. The Ministry of Defense is offering the barracks in Banja Luka and the nearby training center in Manjaca as the [...]
2007-04-13 13:22:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO804BOSNIA DEMINING: PROSECUTOR REQUESTS QSI REPORT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary. After briefings from the Quality Solutions International (QSI) team on their recent assessment of demining operations in Bosnia, post believes the report highlights the importance of changing our demining operating pr [...]
2007-04-13 13:35:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM MASS PREL MOPS PGOV BK SI
07SARAJEVO807BOSNIA - BRATUNAC THE NEXT SREBRENICA?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 12, 2007, the Bosniak Association "Women of Podrinje" intends to bury 108 identified victims of the May 1992 Bratunac massacre in land owned by the Islamic Community. However, Bratunac Mayor Nedeljko Mladjenovic (SDS) and Serb delegates in the Bratunac Municipal Council [...]
2007-04-13 15:56:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KAWC KJUS MARR BK
07SARAJEVO808RSNA VOTES TO SCRAP POLICE REFORM DIRECTORATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: This week the Republika Srpska (RS) government and RS National Assembly both took separate decisions rejecting the Police Reform Directorate (PRD) final report and calling for new police reform talks. At its April 11 session the RSNA approved a conclusion calling for a referend [...]
2007-04-13 16:09:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KJUS KCRM BK
07SARAJEVO832BOSNIA: BUGOJNO INDICTMENTS TIMED TO DERAIL
[...] (C) On April 16, the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) arrested two individuals on orders from the State Prosecutor over their alleged involvement in the disappearance of Bosnian-Croats in the Central Bosnian town of Bugojno in 1993. The arrests of the two individuals, former B [...]
2007-04-17 13:31:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR BK
07SARAJEVO836"SCORPIONS" VERDICT FUELS BOSNIAK GRIEVANCES
[...] (U) Sentences handed down by the Special War Crimes Court in Belgrade on April 10 for four members of the "Scorpions" military unit for war crimes against Bosniak citizens of Trnovo, Bosnia (ref A) have exacerbated tensions among Bosnians, already high as a result of the ICJ verdict. The sent [...]
2007-04-17 16:04:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KJUS BK SR
07SARAJEVO84BOSNIA SUPPORTIVE OF IRAQ STRATEGY, SEEKS
[...] (C) Chairman of the Tri-Presidency Nebojsha Radmanovic told CDA that Bosnia was supportive of the new Iraq strategy, and noted Bosnia's continued support for Global War on Terror (GWOT) activities. Radmanovic cited the deployment of Bosnia's explosive ordinance disposal (EOD) units to Iraq as [...]
2007-01-12 16:48:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PREL BK IZ
07SARAJEVO863BOSNIA - SILAJDZIC CONTINUES TO PROVOKE POLITICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since he returned to Bosnian politics during last year's elections, Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency Haris Siladjic has actively worked toward creating a Bosniak Muslim rejectionist front that, in his words to the Ambassador, "will stand up to the Serbs and be as obstructionis [...]
2007-04-20 17:06:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KAWC KJUS MARR BK
07SARAJEVO87PM SPIRIC PRESENTS PLAN FOR GOVERNING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prior to the vote on his confirmation January 11 to become Bosnia's new Chairman of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister),Nikola Spiric of the Serb Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) presented a detailed work plan for the new government. In a 40-minute speech [...]
2007-01-12 17:12:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR ECON KCRM KJUS EUN BK
07SARAJEVO931BOSNIA BEHIND CONTINUED COALITION PARTICIPATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-27 12:40:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER BK IZ
07SARAJEVO932BOSNIA: NEW MINISTER OF DEFENSE TO ATTEND
[...] (SBU) Newly-installed Bosnian Minister of Defense Selmo Cikotic, along with Deputy Defense Minister Igor Crnadak and Deputy Commander of the Armed Forces' Operational Command BG Mirko Tepsic, will attend the Coalition Conference in Tampa, Florida April 30-May 2. Cikotic, who assumed his duties [...]
2007-04-27 12:45:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER BK