The United Nations Security Council held its regular debate on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Tuesday. High Representative Inzko, in his remarks to the Council, emphasized his office’s importance in maintaining peace and stability in BiH, and accused Serb leaders of endangering that stability.
Some speakers took issue with the High Representative’s account. Notably, Germany’s representative at the debate noted that local politicians in BiH have made significant progress on their own in recent months, and suggested that the Office of the High Representative was part of BiH’s past. “Today, however, such policies serve instead as an impediment to the accountability of political leaders to their electorate and to their ownership of the reform process. Instead of sticking to the institutional set-up of the past, we need to focus on concepts and instruments that can initiate forward-looking developments.”
Read the full transcript of the debate here.
