Bosnia

Bosnia and Herzegovina: UN dismisses three police linked to past war crimes

27 November 2001
The Commissioner of the United Nations International Police Task Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina has dismissed three Bosnian Serb police officers who were linked to atrocities against non-Serbs in the town of Foca during the Bosnian war, the UN announced today.

Bosnia and Herzegovina: UN court confirms genocide charges against Milosevic

23 November 2001
The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has confirmed an indictment against Slobodan Milosevic charging him with genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the early 1990s.

UN's work in Bosnia more urgent after terror attacks, officials tell Security Council

21 September 2001
The international community's efforts to foster a thriving multiethnic democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina have gained even greater importance in the wake of last week's terrorist attacks against the United States, officials today told the United Nations Security Council.

UN unveils more aggressive plan to fight human trafficking in Bosnia and Herzegovina

27 July 2001
The United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) has introduced a more aggressive approach to dealing with that country's problems in human trafficking and prostitution as well as countering the increased ability of traffickers to escape detection.

16-year-old Bosnian girl killed by gunfire in Srebrenica, UN mission says

12 July 2001
A 16-year-old Bosniac girl was killed when shots were fired into a house near Srebrenica, the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) reported today.

Security Council extends UN Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina for one year

21 June 2001
The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) for 12 months, simultaneously authorizing the NATO-led Stabilization Force (SFOR) to continue operating in the country during the same period.

UN official warns of dire results if world abandons efforts in Bosnia-Herzegovina

15 June 2001
The precedent of giving up on a multiethnic Bosnia and Herzegovina would be a "disaster" for the country's people, the region and the international community, a senior United Nations official warned the Security Council today.
UN trains police in crowd control

Annan asks for 12-month extension of UN Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina

12 June 2001
Calling Bosnia and Herzegovina a "test case" of international efforts to bring lasting peace to a troubled country, Secretary-General Kofi Annan has recommended a 12-month extension of the United Nations operation there.

Bosnia and Herzegovina: UN official disciplines police officers for code violations

14 May 2001
The top United Nations law enforcement official in Bosnia and Herzegovina today took strong disciplinary measures against over a dozen Bosnian Croat police found to have violated the police code of conduct, according to the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, known by the acronym UNMIBH.

Bosnia and Herzegovina: protest against anti-Muslim violence held without incident

9 May 2001
A protest against recent Serb violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina has concluded "without incident," a United Nations spokesman reported today.