The move came after international peace envoy Paddy Ashdown had imposed sanctions on the Bosnian Serb entity, Republika Srpska, for lack of cooperation with the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague. Ashdown dissolved the entity's defence ministry, established a single police force and sacked a number of Bosnian Serb intelligence and police officials.
MOSTAR, Dec 18 (Hina) - The Serb member of the Bosnian Presidency andits current chairman, Borislav Paravac, told Bosnian Serb radio onSaturday he had sent a letter to his Serb Democratic Party (SDS),offering his resignation and
saying that he would respect any furtherdecision on the matter by the party.
MOSTAR, Dec 18 (Hina) - The Serb member of the Bosnian Presidency and
its current chairman, Borislav Paravac, told Bosnian Serb radio on Saturday he
had sent a letter to his Serb Democratic Party (SDS), offering his resignation
and saying that he would respect any further decision on the matter by the
party.