BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA LAGS IN PROGRESS TO REGIONAL INTEGRATION, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA LAGS IN PROGRESS TO REGIONAL INTEGRATION,
SECURITY COUNCIL TOLDNew York, May 14 2013 4:00PMPolitical leaders in
Bosnia and Herzegovina are still falling short of the expectations of
their citizens and the international community, causing the country to
slip farther behind its neighbours in regional integration, the
Security Council was today told.

"There can be no more excuses and there is no place to hide from their
responsibilities. The choice is simple. They can succeed together or
they can fail together," said Valentin Inzko, High Representative for
Bosnia and Herzegovina, calling on the political leaders to show the
courage to finally reach the healthy compromises that will enable the
country to progress.

Despite the strides Bosnia and Herzegovina had made in the past two
decades, he told the Council during the 15-member body's regular
meeting on the situation in the country that the international
community's work was not yet done and its engagement remains
essential.

Indeed, with Serbia and Kosovo making progress towards normalizing
relations, Croatia now just seven weeks away from full European Union
membership, and Montenegro also making "impressive" progress, he said:
"The region is moving on, [while] lamentably, Bosnia and Herzegovina
stagnates."

"I want to make clear in no uncertain terms that the fundamental
reason for the country continuing to lag behind its neighbours is the
fact that elected officials and political parties continue to put
their own narrow personal and party political interests before the
interests of the citizens and the country at large," he added.

The High Representative noted that in April, authorities failed to
reach agreement to implement a key ruling of the European Court of
Human Rights in the Sejdic and Finci v. Bosnia and Herzegovina case,
which would unlock the next stage in the EU integration process.

Mr. Inzko also stated that authorities made "little concrete progress"
to register military property in the name of the State, which in
required for the process to enter into the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization's (NATO) Membership Actions Plan.

He also expressed concern about "a pattern of disregard for the rule
of law in the county" which emerged in the last couple of years,
particularly as political actors have "sidestepped, ignored or in some
cases directly violated requirements set out in constitutions and laws
for the sake of political expediency."

Mr. Inzko went on to tell the Council that Bosnia and Herzegovina
fortunately do not have the "immediate security dimensions of other
issues you are dealing with," but underscored that the progress made
following the region's wars in the 1990s is not yet done and will
revert without continued engagement from the international community.

"The country is a country that in so many ways has come to symbolise
our shared commitment and quest for an integrated European continent
rooted in lasting peace, stability, prosperity and tolerance," Mr.
Inzko said.

He added that the European Union and NATO military missions in the
country continue to reassure citizens that the country remains safe
and secure despite the "difficult" political situation.

"I would like to use this opportunity to express my strong belief that
their presence in Bosnia and
Herzegovina under their existing mandate is essential to support
ongoing international community efforts and my ability to fulfil my
civilian mandate," Mr. Inzko said.

The Council is expected to take action in November on the mandate of
the EU stabilization force (EUFOR), which assumed peacekeeping
responsibilities in 2004 when it took over from a stabilization force
led by NATO and is tasked with ensuring that all sides continue to
comply with the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement.May 14 2013 4:00PM
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