http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/06/europe/EU_POL_Bosnia_Presidency.php
Bosnia's new three-member presidency sworn in SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina: Bosnia's three-member presidency, elected in last month's general election, was sworn into office on Monday, the presidency said. Serb member Nebojsa Radmanovic, of the Union of Independent Social Democrats; Bosniak Haris Silajdzic, of the Party For Bosnia-Herzegovina; and Croat Zeljko Komsic of the Social Democratic Party will serve as joint presidents for four years. The new presidency could be the first to run the country without international supervision if they can overcome ethnic divisions. The office of the international administrator, which has run the country since the end of the 1992-5 war, said it will close up shop next year if newly elected leaders find ways to implement reforms that will take the country closer to the European Union. "There is no doubt that the citizens of Bosnia are for the admission of our country into the European Union. There are, of course, serious differences about the way and the path for reaching this goal and these differences have to be solved with patience, agreement and taking into consideration different opinions," Silajdzic told the inauguration ceremony. A final decision on whether to dissolve the international administrator's office will be made in February, and will depend on how the new leaders succeed in making reforms. "Bosnia has to take a giant step forward. The question is do we all know in what direction and how? It is essential that we completely overcome earlier differences," Radmanovic told the ceremony. The election showed the country's three main ethnic groups have shifted away from the nationalist parties that led them into the 1992-95 war and through its aftermath. However, they remained sharply split in elections on the country's future, with Muslim Bosniaks and Catholic Croats supporting politicians who want to unify the Balkan nation, while Orthodox Serbs backed a candidate whose party advocates continued ethnic division. Additionally, Bosnian Croat nationalist parties opposed the election of Komsic, who comes from the multiethnic Social Democratic Party, arguing he was not a "true Croat" and had been elected with help from Bosniak voters. The complex election system in Bosnia --- which is divided between a Bosniak-Croat federation and a Serb republic --- allows voters in the federation to vote for either a Bosniak or a Croat candidate, while in the Serb republic voters choose a Serb candidate. +++ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
