Republika Srpska today delivered its 28th Report to the UN Security Council. Below is the report’s introduction and executive summary. Read the full report here.
Republika Srpska’s 28th Report to the UN Security Council
Introduction and Executive Summary
Republika Srpska (RS), a party to the treaties that make up the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords and one of the two autonomous Entities that make up Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), is pleased to submit this 28th Report to the UN Security Council.
Part I of the report examines the results of BiH’s 2 October 2022 elections, including the success of the RS’s current governing coalition, which demonstrates RS voters’ support for the coalition’s zealous defense of the RS’s rights under the Dayton Accords. Part I also examines: the regrettable election to the BiH Presidency of two politicians who want to scrap the Dayton Accords; the denial of representation on the BiH Presidency to the Croats; and the Central Election’s recount order in the election for the RS Presidency.
In part II, the report explains why adherence to the Dayton Accords is essential for BiH’s success, given its tragic history. It notes that many successful democratic systems, like BiH, include regional autonomy and national rights. It emphasizes the RS’s commitment to the Dayton Accords and the need for the international community and BiH’s Bosniak leadership to stop attacking the Accords and accept them as the key to BiH’s future.
Part III explains that BiH’s security is not in danger, despite irresponsible rhetoric by some Bosniak politicians, and that alarmism about BiH’s security is a cynical political ploy. Part III also emphasizes that the RS has consistently ruled out any resort to violence and has no plans for secession.
In part IV, the report examines the harm that the Office of the High Representative (OHR) continues to inflict on BiH. It explains why the dictatorial powers the OHR asserts are manifestly unlawful and why German diplomat Christian Schmidt’s issuance of decrees flagrantly violates the Dayton Accords. Part IV also describes how the Bosniak parties’ vehement rejection of a decree by Mr. Schmidt helps expose the illegitimacy of the OHR’s claimed powers. Moreover, it
notes the growing support for closing the OHR and calls for the OHR to at last renounce its asserted dictatorial authority.
Finally, part V welcomes the European Commission’s recent decision recommending BiH for EU candidate status and emphasizes the RS’s support for BiH’s European integration.
