They said all outstanding issues should be addressed by the end of the year and expect every government to finalise a comprehensive Road Map and a Joint Implementation Matrix, the OSCE Mission to Zagreb said in a press release.
The statement said the heads met in Zagreb today to discuss the implementation of the Sarajevo Ministerial Declaration on Refugee Return, which was signed on 31 January 2005 and was the first regional agreement on refugee return after the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords.
Under the Declaration, the governments of BiH, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia committed themselves to solving the remaining population displacement by the end of 2006 through facilitating returns or local integration of refugees and internally displaced persons, depending on the individuals' decisions, without any discrimination.
The OSCE, UNHCR and EC acknowledged some progress made by the governments of the four countries in the implementation process of the declaration since the 31 March ministerial meeting in Sarajevo, but recalled that the deadline of December 2006 was approaching and considerable work had to be done to achieve a resolution to the issue of refugee returns.
"The International Community remains committed to continuing support and facilitating dialogue between the four governments on refugee issues and will contact the respective administrations with more concrete proposals on outstanding issues," the statement said.