Dodik announced the drafting of a new RS Constitution and a rejection of all decisions and laws by High Representatives. Dodik has called for the Republica Sırpska’s (RS) unilateral withdrawal from agreements reached long ago on the transfer of entity competences to the State in the areas of defense, indirect taxes and the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council (HJPC), and for the entity to reclaim constitutional competences in the fields of the State judiciary, law enforcement and intelligence. Persistent, grave challenges to the fundamentals of the General Framework Agreement for Peace (GFAP) by the Republika Srpska (RS) entity authorities, led by the biggest RS party, the Alliance for Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) headed by BiH Presidency member Milorad Dodik, endanger not only the peace and stability of the country and the region and if unanswered by the international community his moves could lead to the undoing of the Agreement itself.

Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) faces the greatest existential threat of the postwar period.

In summary, the report reflects the following views: In the midst of these serious developments, the new High Representative of BiH, Christian Schmidt, submitted the 60th Report of the High Representative for Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina to the UN Secretary General on 5 November 2021. For instance, The Guardian newspaper reports these developments in an exclusive article by the World Affairs editor entitled 'Bosnia is in danger of partition, warns top international official.' The exclusive article, with reference to BiH High Representative reflects the view that BiH is in imminent danger of breaking apart, and there is a very real prospect of a return to conflict.īiH High Representative’s report to the UN Secretary General

Recent developments reveal that the dangers we have expressed in our analyzes have reached a level that can no longer be swept under the carpet, and that the territorial integrity of BiH is under serious and imminent threat. We stated that reckless proposals contained in the non-paper could lead to bloodshed in the Balkans and spill over to whole Europe.

The non-paper is purported to have been prepared by the EU member Slovenia (currently holding EU presidency) and sent to Charles Michel, President of the European Council. In our following analysis titled “Slovenian Document on Dismemberment of Bosnia-Herzegovina Confirms the Necessity of Continuing the PIC-OHR-Bonn Powers,” we explained how a non-paper suggested redrawing the borders in the Balkans ploy and sought to dismember BİH. In this context, in our analysis entitled “Why Should the Role of The Peace Implementation Council and OHR Continue In Bosnia And Herzegovina?”, we asserted the view that the continuation of the powers of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC), including the Bonn Powers, is essential for the preservation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Bosnia-Herzegovina in face of the secessionist threats of Milorad Dodik, the Serb member of the Presidency of BiH. AVİM has been consistently drawing attention to the developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) that threaten the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

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