In case you missed this. Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire
The High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the Office of the High Representative (OHR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was created in 1995 immediately after the Dayton Peace Agreement to oversee the civilian implementation of this agreement. The High Representative and the OHR represent the international community through the United Nations. The High Representative is now also the European Union's Special Representative.
What exactly is the involvement of the US in Bosnia right now? "It's the statue, man, The Statue."
I mean, look at the Office of the High Representative website. It looks 100% EU to me.
Okay, maybe not 100%
The OHR is funded by the PIC. Its budget in 2007 is 6,6 million Euros. Contributions to the OHR budget break down as follows: EU 53 %, USA 22%, Japan 10%, Russia 4%, Canada 3.03 %, OIC 2.5%, others: 5.47%.
Maybe they're talking about NATO?
The mandate of the High Representative is set out in Annex 10. It declares the High Representative the final authority in theatre to interpret the agreement on the civilian implementation of the peace settlement. The Peace Implementation Council (PIC), a group of 55 countries and international organisations that sponsor and direct the peace implementation process, has subsequently elaborated on his mandate. The High Representative has no authority over the NATO-led military Stabilisation Force (SFOR).
The SFOR operated under the code name Operation Joint Guard (December 21, 1996 - June 19, 1998) and Operation Joint Forge (June 20, 1998 - December 2, 2004). ... ... It took over from IFOR and was replaced by the European Union's EUFOR, on the 2nd of December 2004. Small numbers of US troops continue involvement (about 250 total) in a limited capacity to hunt down alleged Bosnian Serb war criminals Radovan Karadžić and Ratko Mladić.
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It took over from IFOR and was replaced by the European Union's EUFOR, on the 2nd of December 2004. Small numbers of US troops continue involvement (about 250 total) in a limited capacity to hunt down alleged Bosnian Serb war criminals Radovan Karadžić and Ratko Mladić.
See Here for EUFOR.
Mr Montgomery is exaggerating the importance of the US role, and you're all too happy to believe it because you need to convince us that the EU doesn't know what's going to hit it in Bosnia. I think you're wrong. "It's the statue, man, The Statue."
As for EUFOR being a joke, that is quite possible. But what do you base that on? "It's the statue, man, The Statue."
