Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Haris Silajdi?, Eljko Komi? (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Haris Silajdi?, eljko Komi?, Chairmen of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Neboja Radmanovi?, Jozo Krianovi?, Mirko arovi?, Stjepan iber. Excerpt: Haris Silajdi (born October 1, 1945, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian politician and academic. In the 2006 elections, Silajdi was elected as the Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina for four years in the rotating presidency. From 1990 to 1993 he served as the foreign minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina and as the prime minister from 1993 to 1996. During the Bosnian War, starting in April 1992 and finally ending with the Dayton Accords, he was perceived as the most visible advocate for self-defense and military assistance to Bosnia, insisting Bosnia faced foreign aggression by Croatia and Serbia based on Karaorevo agreement. He also spoke on the issue of ethnic cleansing of Bosniaks and Bosnian Croats by the Serb forces. He continuously visited Western and Islamic capitals, as well as to the UN, raising the issue of injustice and ethnic cleansing. In 2007, the International Court of Justice in the Hague acquitted Serbia of the charges of complicity in genocide brought against the "Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" by the Bosnian government. Silajdi expressed disappointment at the court's ruling, but welcomed the fact that the court "ruled that Serbia and Montenegro had violated the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide by not preventing or punishing the perpetrators of the genocide.". Silajdi has been a member of the Bosnian delegation which negotiated the US-brokered Dayton Accords. He continues stressing that the document was essential in ending the g... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=5512930