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  Bosnia and Herzegovina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On November 21, 1995, in Dayton, Ohio, presidents of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Alija Izetbegović), Croatia (Franjo Tuđman), and Serbia (Slobodan Milošević) signed a peace agreement that brought a halt to the three years of war in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (the final agreement was signed in Paris on 14 December 1995).
The Dayton Agreement succeeded in ending the bloodshed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and it institutionalized the division between the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Muslim and Croat entity - Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (51% of the territory), and the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Serb entity - Republika Srpska (49%).
Bosnia is located in the western Balkans, bordering Croatia to the north and south-west, and Serbia and Montenegro to the east.
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bosnia and Herzegovina is a mountainous country in the western Balkans.
It is also decentralized and administratively divided into two entities, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the artificial entity calledRepublika Srpska, both part of State of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
After the fall of Rome, Bosnia was conquested periodically in vasal status by Byzantium and Rome's successors in the West.
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and Montenegro have delimited most of their boundary, but sections along the Drina River remain in dispute; discussions continue with Croatia on several small disputed sections of the boundary.
Bosnia and Herzegovina were annexed to Serbia as part of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes on Oct. 26, 1918.
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Economy - Economy Never particularly robust, Bosnia and Herzegovina's economy was shattered by the civil war...
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 Bosnia - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Bosnia
By May 1994 22,000 UN troops were deployed in the republic, with a mandate to ‘contain’ the fighting, to airlift relief supplies into starving, isolated eastern Bosnia, to enforce the ‘no-fly zone’, and to protect UN ‘safe areas’.
This was followed up by the agreement of the foreign ministers of Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia to start negotiations on a new constitution for post-war Bosnia, which took place at the US air base at Dayton, Ohio, in November 1995.
Former president of Bosnia's Serb republic, Biljana Pavsic, gave herself up to the UN's war crimes tribunal at the Hague on 10 January, 2001, becoming the highest-ranking Bosnian official to date to be tried.
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 World Factbook Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bosnia & Herzegovina Map, Map of Bosnia & Herzegovina, Information on Bosnia & ...
Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as Bosnia, was initially a Republic of former Yugoslavia.
The country of Bosnia and Herzegovina is still divided geographically into a northern region of Bosnia and a southern region of Herzegovina.
Bosnia is a mountainous country, where the extensions of the Dinaric Alps, bordering Bosnia in the west, pass through the western and southern parts of the country.
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bosnia and Herzegovina is extending from 42°30' to 45°20' latitude and its total area amounts to 5,112,900 ha.
Bosnia, the northern part, is a mountainous land covered with large forests.
Herzegovina, the southern part, is composed largely of rocky hills and flat farm land.
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 Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has borders with Serbia and Montenegro (SAM) to the South and East and with Croatia to the North and West, and a 12 kilometre coastline on the Adriatic Sea.
Bosnia and Herzegovina's relations with the Serbia and Montenegro (SAM) have improved significantly since the collapse of the Milosevic regime, with diplomatic relations being established on 15 December 2000.
The minister's main objectives were to explore Bosnia and Herzegovina's experience of international community involvement in a post-conflict environment; encourage the government to take an active lead in donor co-ordination and harmonisation; and to encourage continued political commitment to the Medium-Term Development Strategy (MTDS), including support for integration of the MTDS with EU integration processes.
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 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bosnia remained independent up until 1463, when Ottoman Turks conquered the region and established the Ottoman_province_of_Bosnia.
The Dayton_Agreement succeeded in ending the bloodshed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and it institutionalized the division between the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Muslim and Croat entity - Federation_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina (51% of the territory), and the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Serb entity - Republika_Srpska (49%).
Bosnia and Herzegovina is divided into the Federation_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina and the Republika_Srpska.
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina - FreeEncyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Especially in the beginning of the influence of the Ottoman Empire, children of Catholic and Orthodox Bosnians were separated from their families and raised to be members of the Yeni Ceri (new troops) and became Muslims.
On November 21, 1995, in Dayton, Ohio, the warring parties signed a peace agreement that brought to a halt the inter-ethnic civil strife (the final agreement was signed in Paris on December 14, 1995).
The United Nations' International Police Task Force[?] in Bosnia was replaced at the end of 2002 by the European Union Police Mission, the first such police training and monitoring taskforce from the European Union.
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina, Map and Flag
Bosnia and Herzegovina's declaration of sovereignty in October 1991, was followed by a declaration of independence from the former Yugoslavia on 3 March 1992 after a referendum boycotted by ethnic Serbs.
Bosnia and Herzegovina ranked next to The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as the poorest republic in the old Yugoslav federation.
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and Montenegro have delimited about half of their boundary, but sections along the Drina River remain in dispute; discussions continue with Croatia on problem sections of the Una River and villages at the base of Mount Pljesevica
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bosnia and Herzegovina themselves are historical-geographic regions which today have no political status.
At the end of the war more than 200,000 had been killed and more than 2 million people fled their homes (including over 1 million to neighboring nations and the west).
Bosnia: Sex Slave Recounts Her Ordeal - Institute for War and Peace Reporting (http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/bcr3/bcr3_200303_415_3_eng.txt#)
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 OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina - > Mission general
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) lies in the heart of south-eastern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula.
Bosnia and Herzegovina, and its capital Sarajevo, are fondly remembered in the sports world as the site of the 14th Olympic Games in 1984.
The State of Bosnia and Herzegovina is divided into two Entities: the Republika Srpska, which covers 49 per cent of the territory of the State and forms a semi-circular shape around the north and east, and the Federation, which forms 51 per cent of the territory of the State.
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina is located in Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Croatia.
The government of Bosnia and Herzegovina is an emerging federal democratic republic.
Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian are spoken in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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 Bosnia-Herzegovina - Atlapedia Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
It is bound by Croatia to the north, northwest and west, Serbia and Montenegro to the northeast, east and southeast as well as the Adriatic Sea to the south.
(1.) Herzegovina and the southern area has a modified Mediterranean climate with an average annual precipitation of 600 to 800 mm (24 to 31.5 inches) while (2.) the central and northern area of Bosnia has a modified Pannoian or Alpine climate with an average annual precipitation of 1,500 to 2,500 mm (59 to 98 inches).
On March 27, 1992 the Serb leaders proclaimed the Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, declaring it to be part of Yugoslavia.
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina information and facts
Geography—note: within Bosnia and Herzegovina's recognized borders, the country is divided into a joint Muslim/Croat Federation (about 51% of the territory) and the Bosnian Serb-led Republika Srpska [RS] (about 49% of the territory); the region called Herzegovina is contiguous to Croatia and traditionally has been settled by an ethnic Croat majority
Bosnia was partitioned by fighting during 1992-95 and governed by competing ethnic factions.
Economy—overview: Bosnia and Herzegovina ranked next to The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as the poorest republic in the old Yugoslav federation.
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosnia and Herzegovina and its Borders According to International Agreements and Constitutional Law (Source: BosNet Archives).
To ensure that Bosnia and Herzegovina is a peaceful, viable state on course to European integration.
www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/bosnia_herzegowina.htm   (918 words)

  
 SFOR Informer Online: Geography of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Surrounded by Croatia in the Southwest and much of the North, and by Serbia and Montenegro in the East, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is not such a large country.
The mouth of the Neretva River is not located in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but in Croatia.
Another aspect of the geography lies in the population settlement.
www.nato.int /sfor/indexinf/161/p06a/t02p06a.htm   (689 words)

  
 Bosnia And Herzegovina Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina continues to make progress towards becoming modern European country, Security Council told, but High Representative also says time is short for country to meet conditions for partnership for peace, stabilization agreement.
Postwar political economy in Bosnia and Herzegovina: the spoils of peace.
The Dayton Peace Accords: General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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 JAKWEB.COM World Guide > Bosnia and Herzegovina, Europe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bosnia and Herzegovina's declaration of sovereignty in October 1991, was followed by a referendum for independence from the former Yugoslavia in February 1992.
Within Bosnia and Herzegovina's recognized borders, the country is divided into a joint Bosniak/Croat Federation (about 51% of the territory) and the Bosnian Serb-led Republika Srpska or RS (about 49% of the territory); the region called Herzegovina is contiguous to Croatia and traditionally has been settled by an ethnic Croat majority
There are two first-order administrative divisions - the Bosniak/Croat Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Federacija Bosna i Hercegovina) and the Bosnian Serb-led Republika Srpska; note - Brcko in northeastern Bosnia is a self-governing administrative unit under the sovereignty of Bosnia and Herzegovina; it is not part of either the Federation or Republika Srpska
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 REENIC: Bosnia and Herzegovina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Structure of Educational System in Bosnia and Hercegovina (a page from the international directory EuroEducation.net presents data on structure of educational system, pre-higher education system, higher education system, administrative structure of higher education, admissions to higher education and recognition, grading system and student life; data is current for academic 2000/2001 academic year)
Education Policy in Bosnia and Herzegovina (a report by the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Hercegovina)
Ombudsman of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (an official site for the institution helping citizens to restitute their rights and reverse of consequences of ethnic cleansing; reports, publications, statistics)
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 Geography Of Bosnia and Herzegovina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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 CIA - The World Factbook -- Bosnia and Herzegovina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Office of the High Representative (OHR) was established to oversee the implementation of the civilian aspects of the agreement.
Bosnia and Herzegovina ranked next to Macedonia as the poorest republic in the old Yugoslav federation.
The konvertibilna marka (convertible mark or BAM)- the national currency introduced in 1998 - is now pegged to the euro, and the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina has dramatically increased its reserve holdings.
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 World Factbook 2000 [A] - BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (by the CIA)
Geography - note: within Bosnia and Herzegovina’s recognized borders, the country is divided into a joint Bosniak/Croat Federation (about 51% of the territory) and the Bosnian Serb-led Republika Srpska (about 49% of the territory); the region called Herzegovina is contiguous to Croatia and traditionally has been settled by an ethnic Croat majority
Administrative divisions: there are two first-order administrative divisions - the Bosniak/Croat Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Federacija Bosna i Hercegovina) and the Bosnian Serb-led Republika Srpska; note - Brcko in northeastern Bosnia is a self-governing administrative unit under the sovereignty of Bosnia and Herzegovina; it is not part of either the Federation or Republika Srpska
Economy - overview: Bosnia and Herzegovina ranked next to The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as the poorest republic in the old Yugoslav federation.
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 Bosnia map, map of Bosnia-Herzegovina, buy Bosnia maps and buy Bosnia travel book from Map Town Ltd.
Bosnia map, map of Bosnia-Herzegovina, buy Bosnia maps and buy Bosnia travel book from Map Town Ltd.
Major cities and attractions include Sarajevo, Mostar, Banja Luka, the Bjelasnica mountain range, Sutjeska National Park and Hutovo Blato National Park (the only bird reserve in the country).
To make the most of your visit, buy a Bosnia map and a Bosnia travel guide.
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 Encyclopedia: Geography of Bosnia and Herzegovina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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 CIA - The World Factbook 2002 -- Bosnia and Herzegovina
CIA - The World Factbook 2002 -- Bosnia and Herzegovina
note: President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Safet HALILOVIC (since 1 January 2002); Vice President Karlo FILIPOVIC (since 1 January 2002); note - president and vice president rotate every year; President of the Republika Srpska: Mirko SAROVIC (since 11 November 2000); Vice President of the Republika Srpska: Dragan CAVIZ (since NA)
With an uneasy peace in place, output recovered in 1996-99 at high percentage rates from a low base; but output growth slowed in 2000 and 2001.
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 GeographyIQ - World Atlas - Europe - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Geography Facts and Figures
GeographyIQ - World Atlas - Europe - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Geography Facts and Figures
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 Facts about Bosnia-Herzegovina
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