The statement was read to the press by the international community's High Representative to Bosnia, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, in Sarajevo on Tuesday.
The PIC is comprised of representatives of the most influential Western states and Russia. Its Steering Board convened in Sarajevo on Monday and Tuesday at the level of foreign ministry political directors from member-states.
Reading the statement, Schwarz-Schilling said the international community was seriously concerned about the deteriorating political situation in Bosnia.
The international community is unanimous about not tolerating any attempts at undermining the Dayton peace agreement and will not be passive towards provocative statements and actions, he said, adding that he himself had pointed to irresponsible domestic politicians obstructing constitutional and police reform.
Asked whom he was referring to, he answered primarily the state Presidency's Muslim member, Haris Silajdzic, and the Bosnian Serb entity's Prime Minister, Milorad Dodik. He also mentioned Party of Democratic Action leader Sulejman Tihic and the president of Bosnia's Croatian Democratic Union, Dragan Covic, who did not attend a meeting on constitutional changes Schwarz-Schilling convened last weekend.
He said that due to the worrisome situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a decision had been made to leave his successor Miroslav Lajcak extensive authority, including the possibility to replace election officials.
The PIC Steering Board expects Bosnian politicians to immediately resume and complete police reform and thus provide conditions for the signing of a Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the European Union. They also ask for launching constitutional reform based on a package of changes agreed in April 2006.
Discussing Srebrenica's status, the Steering Board decided that the International Court of Justice ruling that genocide had been committed there in 1995 did not have legal consequences for Bosnia's internal make-up or call for constitutional amendments that would provide for separating Srebrenica from the Bosnian Serb entity.
This is something Silajdzic insists on and was the reason why he and the state Presidency's Croat Member, Zeljko Komsic, sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. Presidency chairman Nebojsa Radmanovic, a Serb, said this was unconstitutional.
Schwarz-Schilling said today the letter was not an official note and could not be interpreted as the Presidency's position.