SARAJEVO, March 31 (Hina) - Deputy to the EU High Commissioner for
civil affairs in BiH, Michael Steiner, publicized at Sunday's press
conference in Sarajevo the contents of the Agreement on the
Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina reached Saturday by highest
officials of the Croatian and Muslim communities in BiH.
Commenting the agreement Steiner said that it was different
than the former ones and that the two sides worked on it hard and
constructively. The partners agreed to propose to the federal
parliament the adoption of the Federation's coat of arms and flag.
"More than twenty tasks have been foreseen of which some
should be tackled as early as tomorrow, 1 April, and the last one
on 30 April," Steiner stated. He considered the Regulation of
strengthening Federation's government as a particularly important
one. "The president of the World Bank said once again that the
Federation's minister of finance had to form a ministry rapidly in
order to receive aid, Steiner continued.
Authorities of the districts and of all the municipalities
must be formed by April 9, Steiner continued. On Monday the customs
system has to begin operating, and the monetary system, by the end
of April. Steiner strictly emphasized that the tasks were given to
specific persons and municipalities which fail to fulfill the tasks
would be exempted from receiving assistance, while responsible
individuals would be dismissed. Apart from an important role of the
Federal Government, Steiner also pointed to the importance of
media.
Steiner announced he would suggest to German Foreign Minister
Kinkel to reconvene the federal partners in Petersberg to the
meeting postponed a few days ago. "I will propose to Kinkel that
the main topic be the restructuring of police forces in the BiH
Federation with the international police forces," he said adding
that the formation of a single federal police on the entire
Federation's territory with dark-gray uniforms was the final task
to be fulfilled by the end of year.
Concluding the press conference Steiner called this Croat-
Muslim agreement a new good beginning and that there was still a
lot to do in the BiH Federation.
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