Мониторинг медијских извјештавања

17 September 1997, 19:30 Bugojno - HR senior deputy, Ambassador Gerd Wagner died in helicopter crash this morning, together with 11 more IC representatives. The helicopter was meant to transfer the IC personnel to Central Bosnian Canton for an official visit.

Pale - the RS Government session - the Government agreed to extend a deadline for allocation shares and changing the police school location from Banja Luka to Doboj because of the current situation in Banja Luka, and SFOR, IPTF, and para-police breaking in into the school.

16 September 97, 19:30 Sarajevo/Lukavica - Separate sessions of the House of Representatives (HoR) and the House of Peoples (HoP) of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly were held today. The contracts between BiH and the World bank were ratified by both bodies of the Parliament.

Lukavica - Sessions of the both Chambers of the BiH Parliament - MPs ratified US$ 50 million contracts with the WB, to be invested in transport (US$ 39 million) and education (US$ 11 million), as well as adopting the proposal of the BiH Official Gazette, which will be printed in all three languages.

15 September 97, 19:30 Sarajevo - OSCE spokesman Foley announced that more than 70 % of registered voters voted during the elections. Foley also said that most problems appeared in Brcko, where many unregistered people tried to vote. Foley added that those are the people who registered in the first registration process that was cancelled. According [...]

Sarajevo - Krajisnik and VRS General Colic attended the first SCMM session. Another obligation from the DPA was implemented, and the SCMM was the last joint institution left to be established. The SCMM's main aim is to stabilise the situation and find a solution for overcoming conflicts if they occur.

14 September 97, 19:30 The whole central news was devoted to reports on the local elections. Media Centre OSCE - The local elections in BiH have finished. According to unofficial OSCE information, 89 per cent of the 2,5 million registered voters cast votes in the communities where they lived before 1991.

The elections were carried out in a democratic and peaceful atmosphere. This morning, Acting President of the SDS, Buha also voted, and said that he had mixed feelings - satisfaction, because the RS has its local elections for the first time, and bitterness, because a lot of people did not succeed to exercise their democratic right.

12 September 1997, 19:30 Late last night in Zagreb at a meeting between Croatian President Franjo Tudjman, OSCE and Bosnian Croat officials, the HDZ agreed to change its decision and to take part in the local elections. The OSCE had met some HDZ requests, such as to exclude the Central District Zone from the forthcoming elections.

Sarajevo - the Presidency session - Presidents did not agree on allocation of ambassadorial posts, nor did they establish the delegation for Council of Europe. Prior to the session, the Presidency met NATO Secretary General Solana, and discussed the forthcoming elections and SFOR's role in the process.