Sarajevo: Isolation in a country falling apart

Abstract

Several years have lapsed since the Dayton Peace Agreement was signed in 1995. The actual implementation of the Agreement has been delayed. The Peace Implementation Council (PIC) is responsible for the regulation of the implementation of the civil sections of the Dayton Agreement. The Office of the High Representative (OHR) forms the Executive, and the Steering Board (SB) defines the guidelines. Members of G-8 and a representative of the Islamic Conference make up the Steering Board (SB). The contact group (USA, R, GB, F, D) forms the “hard core” of the SB. The PIC organises an annual conference in which all subscribing member countries, thus also Switzerland participate. The International Stabilisation Force (SFOR), as well as the activities of the Office of the High Representative (OHR), the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the International Police Task Force (IPTF) are crucial for the continued existence of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH). Because of the prevailing threat of armed hostility in the event of a with