Security Council urged to stand firm as Bosnia and Herzegovina faces deepening crisis

Christian Schmidt has further worsened the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina by invoking the so-called Bonn powers and has created discord and tensions among the population in Bosnia and Herzegovina, instead of alleviating them, said Chinese Ambassador to the UN Geng Shuang.

Cvijanović: Result of Schmidt's Decrees is Not a More "Cohes

Serb member and Chairwoman of the BiH Presidency Željka Cvijanović pointed out that the result of many decrees that Christian Scmidt lawlessly imposed since he came to BiH is not a “more cohesive BiH,” but a deeply polarized society that hardly can survive with foreign meddling of that nature and intensity. “Therefore, condemning the actions […] The post Cvijanović: Result of Schmidt's Decrees is Not a More "Cohesive" BiH, but a Deeply Polarized…

A session of the United Nations Security Council was held in New York, where the political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina was also discussed. The Chairperson of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Željka Cvijanović, and the High Representative, Christian Schmidt, addressed the meeting. As expected, the reports were quite different. The Russian ambassador addressed the meeting right at the beginning, strongly objecting to Christian Sch…

Security Council urged to stand firm as Bosnia and Herzegovina faces deepening crisis

A recent rise in tensions in Bosnia and Herzegovina has sparked an “extraordinary crisis” as the country continues to emerge from the shadows of the Balkan wars 30 years ago, the UN Security Council heard on Tuesday.

This was the observation made on Tuesday before the UN Security Council by the international community's envoy to Sarajevo, Christian Schmidt, for whom an "extraordinary crisis" is currently shaking Bosnia-Herzegovina. A drift, according to him, fueled by the secessionist initiatives of the Republika Srpska, the Serb-majority political entity in this […]

Most members of the UN Security Council today called on all parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina to calm tensions during the regular semi-annual briefing by the High Representative of the International Community in BiH, Christian Schmidt. Most of the criticism was directed at Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, and the Russian ambassador demonstratively walked away from the session.