OHR

PIC meeting
in Paris 

As you know, the Political Directors of the Peace Implementation Council will
meet in

Paris

on Wednesday,  14
December. The BiH authorities, led by Chairman of the BiH Presidency Ivo Miro
Jovic and Chairman of the Council of Ministers Adnan Terzic, will participate in
part of the meeting.

This meeting of the Political Directors will be the first since the launch of
Stabilisation and Association negotiations between

Bosnia and
Herzegovina

and the European Union; and will
take place ten years to the day since the Dayton-Paris Peace Accords were
signed.

Unusually, there will be two cummuniqes – one will be issued at the
conclusion of commemorative session in the morning and will focus on the
progress that has been made in the last 10 years and the broad policy priorities
that now exist.

The second communique will be issued on the conclusion of the afternoon
session which will look at the detailed policy issues connected to BiH’s
strategic transition to a new phase in its post war recovery
and Euro  – atlantic integration.  

Police Directorate appointments

OHR calls on the Federation government at its session tomorrow to propose
nominees to the relevant positions on the Policing Directorate Executive, so
that the Policing Directorate can meet in full before the December 31st
deadline. OHR also calls on cantonal governments to propose their
representatives on the Executive also.

Minor Offences Reform

In order for the entire Minor Offence reform to be fully implemented, with
the financial support of international donors, two important Laws currently
before the Entity governments must be passed. The Federation government should
discuss these tomorrow, and the RS should discuss them at its next session.
These are the Law on Amendments to the Law on Courts, and the Laws on Minor
Offences. Until these laws are adopted, the minor offences courts
cannot be merged with the regular court system and HJPC cannot appoint any
 judges to minor offences courts. 

OSCE

No statement.

EUPM

European Union Police Mission (EUPM) has been working with Muhidin Alic,
Minister of Interior in Zenica-Doboj Canton in the effort to establish returnee
forum in this

Canton

since December
2004. EUPM supported Minister Alic in initiating talks between the police
authorities and the returnee community.  Since then, the initiative has
proven to be a success story and was also mirrored in Tuzla Canton.

Commissioner Kevin Carty, Head of the EUPM, today attended the first working
session of first such Forum in the RS, which took place in Doboj.  Both,
Ministers of Interior of Zenica-Doboj and Tuzla Canton attended the event,
expressing their support to the RS police and returnees in Doboj region.

The Forums bring returnees, police officers and other authorities together –
where they have an opportunity to discuss security issues and look at the way to
resolve existing problems, thus strengthening not only the overall security
situation, but also the whole concept of community policing in BiH.

EUPM is happy to see that the process has moved forward in the RS and will
continue to urge the local police authorities in other areas of the country to
follow the practice of their colleagues in Zenica-Doboj, Tuzla Canton and the
RS.

EUFOR

No statement.