Broken by War and Dayton, Bosnia Needs Help

Institute for the Research of Genocide Canada
Published: April 16, 2011  

BiH in the EU and NATO – a most important goal of BiH citizens

OPEN APPEAL –TWO HUNDRED SIGNATORIES

Intellectuals from Bosnia and Herzegovina – university professors, scientists, authors and artists, residing both in BiH and abroad for an urgent re-establishment of a unified, multiethnic, functional, sustainable, prosperous and European state, a democratic state with equal rights and status for all its citizens, peoples and national minorities.

To be sent to world statesmen of the UN, NATO,

OSCE, European countries, USA, Japan, European

Union Commissioners and Parliament, Council

of the European Union, OIC – Organization of the

Islamic Conference, BRIC - Brazil, Russian Federation,

India and China, Peace Implementation Council Steering

Board and the OHR – Office of the High Representative

Sarajevo, March 22, 2011.

Dear Excellencies and Esteemed Dignitaries

Concerned as we are for the future of our beautiful, yet tormented homeland, we would like to appeal to you, in the name of the basic values of humanity, to take all the measures in your power to restore and strengthen the democratic, multiethnic and multicultural character of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as a unified, sustainable, functional and prosperous European state.

Under the pressure and even coercion from the international community, the Dayton-Paris Accords were signed (November – December 1995), ending the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (which lasted between 1992 and 1995). This event has been characterized and appreciated as a positive achievement.

Unfortunately, subsequent events have shown that the cessation of warfare was nearly the only positive outcome of the Accords, with regard to the reestablishment of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a functional democratic state.

Some of the solutions of the Dayton-Paris Accords, which then appeared essential as a part of the imperative of stopping the armed conflict, are not in accordance with international democratic standards, and have proven to create insurmountable obstacles in all aspects of the reintegration of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a unified state of equal citizens and peoples.

The entities, established by the Accords, generally failed to comply with the two basic provisions of the agreement - those of bringing to justice and punishing those responsible for crimes, and the achievement of the return of refugees and displaced persons to their homes.

What failed to happen after the Accords were signed was removal of those factors who designed, initiated and waged the war from all government structures (as was done in the effort to de-Nazify Germany after the Second World War). These factors have, as a result, remained politically active to this day.

In addition, because of inadequate provision for the return of refugees and displaced persons, the national structure of the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina has been altered.

In these circumstances, the idea of entity voting is abused, thus making the disintegration-oriented nationalist forces dominant, while the influence of democratic, integration-oriented efforts in Bosnian society has been completely deposed and marginalized. In this way, any initiative to change the current untenable situation, and to establish a truly democratic, multiethnic and multicultural society - devoid of discrimination and apartheid on the basis of national, religious, political or other grounds - by improving the constitutional setup or other means, is completely blocked.

Our assessment that this situation is unsustainable is supported by a ruling made by the European Court of Human Rights, which has stated that the constitutional system of Bosnia and Herzegovina is discriminatory and contrary to the European Convention on Human Rights. This ruling, like all other positive initiatives, has been completely ignored.

Renowned analysts have warned about the seriousness of the situation in all spheres of life in Bosnia and Herzegovina, regardless of the entity or national origin of its citizens.

The artificial borders between the entities, established under pressure of military force by the international community under the Dayton Agreement, have been the main culprits for the demise of Bosnia’s conglomerate companies, which were once primary movers of the export of goods and services from the country. In many cases, the management of such companies would remain in one entity, and its plants and factories in the other. With the current poor governance of our fragmented state at all levels of government, it is no surprise that currently, 15 years after the Dayton peace was set up, the export of goods and services from both entities constitutes only half of its scope in 1990. And for that reason, our country’s foreign debt continues to grow exponentially.

Therefore, radical changes need to be made. This means that the BH democratic civil society, together with the international community, must enter a very difficult and conflict-ridden process of changing its current overall, long-term negative nationalistic status-quo, which does not allow for any progress or hope for the future. It also means that Bosnia-Herzegovina must be rebuilt as a unified, multiethnic, functional European state, after having been brutally destroyed by war and strategically dismantled in the Dayton-Paris Accords (1995).

One of the practical results of the destruction of the state is the hate speech that some leading politicians in the country exhibit today.

It is also clear that the current situation points to possible new agony for the residents of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to a new hotspot of instability, both on the regional and international scale.

Despite public awareness that the peace and future of Bosnia and Herzegovina must be the result of efforts by its domestic powers, we are very much convinced that the political situation in the country, and the composition of the delegates elected in the recent elections (held 03 October 2021) are not such that any vital decisions, which would bring about the necessary changes to our current undemocratic and artificially-imposed constitution, could be made without significant intervention by the international community.

An additional important point towards this claim is the fact that this very constitution, which now serves as a major obstacle to the reintegration and functioning of the State of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was adopted in Dayton (in November, 1995) under the direct guidance and oversight of the international community - which today, through its vast Bonn powers, fundamentally controls the situation in the country.

The Dayton Agreement was signed without the knowledge of our citizens, and has, to this day, still not been officially translated from English into the languages spoken by the inhabitants of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Similarly, neither the legal Presidency of the State of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was recognized by the United Nations in 1992, and which, under the Constitution valid 15 years ago, was the only authority with the power to make a decision to sign the Dayton Peace Accords, ever made such a decision, nor was such a decision reached by the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Currently, five months (March 2011) after what were officially labelled ‘free elections’ were held, the dominant nationalist forces have made it impossible for the government or the Council of Ministers of BiH to be established. This proves that the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as destructively broken in Dayton, cannot function normally under its current law, that it is unable to develop its economy, or to protect the human rights of its citizens within the country and abroad. Nor can it even protect its own sovereignty from the interference of neighboring states.

Dear Excellencies and esteemed dignitaries

For this reason, we are adding to our “Open Appeal” an outline of certain political solutions and constitutional principles which, if implemented, could, in our opinion, initiate the rebuilding of a complete and unified, multiethnic and multicultural, and viable and functional European state of Bosnia and Herzegovina as the only true way to achieve the salvation of country and the resolution of the greatest political and existential crisis in its contemporary history.

Firstly, we believe that it is essential that we ensure:

1. Efficient safeguarding of guaranteed human rights and liberties, with a guarantee that these rights can be exercised throughout the entire territory of the country, with no exceptions or discrimination of any sort;

2. The instruments for implementing collective rights in equal measure for all citizens, peoples and national minorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as for exercising the right to regional and local self-governance in accordance with the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Charter of Local Self-Government;

3. An implementation of the process of regional cooperation in an equal measure with all our neighbours, without national favouritism and protectionism (parallel individual relations between the entities and neighbouring states should be carried out in the form of regional cross-border cooperation, and in the spirit of accepted European practices);

4. The establishing of a rational and efficient organization of state authority at all levels, in accordance with recognized standards that apply in progressive democratic states. The authority will base its legitimacy solely on the state identity and sovereignty of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as a state of equal peoples. The right to national veto should be retained only in the House of Peoples, which should be further established as a true guarantee of equality for all the peoples and national minorities of the country;

1. Conditions that will permit focused and accelerated efforts towards Bosnia and Herzegovina’s accession to Euro-Atlantic integration.

In the interim period, until a new Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina is adopted, it is possible to restore legal authority to the Constitution of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was unconstitutionally suspended under the Dayton Accords, without the consent of the country’s citizens.

The last constitution adopted by the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1990) represents the most recent appropriate, fair, and thus legitimate solution for the constitutional organisation of our state, This constitution put an end to communism and enabled the first multi-party elections to be held in 1990. It also enabled the referendum on the country’s independence, which took place on 1 March 1992, on the grounds of which the United Nations recognised Bosnia and Herzegovina as an independent state. The constitution also ensured that all citizens had equal rights throughout the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, regardless of their ethnicity or religion, which is not the case with the imposed Dayton constitution. It is clear that no-one has the right to subsequently question or review the decision by citizens which was made under entirely free and democratic conditions.

The Dayton model of the constitution is in fact just one of the Appendices of the Dayton Peace Accords and does not correspond to the standard of a constitutional act. For that reason, Bosnia and Herzegovina is portrayed as “a constitutional state” when it is, in fact, being operated without a legitimate constitution.

In our opinion, the new Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which would then have a European character, should incorporate the following basic principles:

1. Bosnia and Herzegovina should be a state of all its citizens and nationalities: its three major “constituent peoples” - Bosniaks, Serbs, and Croats - as well as all other minorities (including “mixed”) that live in it. Bosnia and Herzegovina should be based on the rule of law and social justice, as well as on the principles of participatory civil democracy, human and minority rights and liberties, environmental protection, international cooperation and a market economy, and on integration with European principles and socio-historical values.

1. Original sovereignty must be attributed to the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and must be derived exclusively from the rights of all its citizens and peoples. No state organ, political organization, group, individual or nation, can exclusively expropriate the original sovereignty or any part of the original sovereignty of the state, or set up authority outside the original sovereignty.

3. The legal system should be unified. Political authority rests on the division of power into legislative, executive and judicial power. The House of Representatives exercises the legislative power according to the principle of democratic vote, and in accordance with constitutional provisions. The House of Peoples protects the vital collective interests of all the peoples and ethnic minorities alike, along with the implementation of certain instruments as specified by the Constitution. The executive power is exercised by the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is formed on the basis of competence, and in such a way as to also reflect the national balance of the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina (according to the 1991 census).

The judicial authority should be independent from political and any other form of influence; in that sense, the Supreme Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which had existed since 1909 (during the Austria-Hungarian rule), and which was unconstitutionally eliminated after the agreement by the three dominant nationalist parties in the post-Dayton period, should be re-established.

4. The function of the executive branch should be executed by the Presidency, composed of the Chairman of the Presidency and three other members. The Chairman and Members of the Presidency are to be elected to a mandate of four years, with three of the members from among the three constituent peoples, and one member from within the other nationalities that make up the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Presidency should be formed on the basis of a state-wide general election, wherein all citizens have free access to both active and passive voting rights.

5. The control of the state border will be under the jurisdiction of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Only the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina has decision rights over the citizenship of its residents.

6. The State of Bosnia and Herzegovina is to have its own armed forces, police and security institutions, while lower levels of government also have their own appropriate police agencies. The territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina is indissoluble and cannot be divided under any legal act. The property inherited by Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1991, after separation from the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia, shall remain the property of the State of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and may not be subject to any agreements or compromises.

7. Religious communities are separate from the State. No religion can be
established as a state or mandatory religion, nor can any religious holiday be considered a state holiday.

8. All people are equal under the Constitution and the law. All citizens have equal rights to protection of the law without discrimination. The right to life and property is inviolable.

9. The economic setup of Bosnia and Herzegovina is based on a market economy, an open and free market, freedom of entrepreneurship, independent market participants, and an equality of private and other forms of property. Bosnia and Herzegovina should be a unified economic area, with a unified market for goods, labour, capital and services.

10. The foreign policy of the country must rest on generally recognized principles and rules of international law, and must fall within the authority of the original state sovereignty.

11. The provisions of the Constitution, which ensure the collective national rights,
and the right to regional and local self-governance, must also ensure protection
against the possible abuse of these rights, in terms of blocking the work of the Parliament and other state institutions, or hindering the functioning of the state as such.

12. Segregation in educational institutions and lack of tolerance towards others should be prevented on the basis of provisions included in the Constitution. Also, all state institutions, at all levels of government, should be urged to take into account the modern role of science, education, culture and art, and the fact that these areas should be financed according to models existing in developed European countries, in order to ensure the welfare of citizens and foster a community spirit.

On account of all of the above, we must insist that, prior to any future discussion on constitutional amendments and a new Constitution, a constitutional convention is established, which would, alongside representatives of political structures, also include, under equal status, other non-party figures, including ours, i.e. the IA-14.

The adoption of any constitutional change and a new Constitution has to undergo the procedure set in the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina valid in 1990. Any other amendment procedure is illegal and non-constitutional.

A law on the process of adopting a new constitution and international arbitrage should be structured in such a way that, in the case of any disputes, the decision on the constitutional convention should be referred without delay to an arbitrage commission, composed of constitutional law experts selected by the Peace Implementation Council Steering Board. The arbiters should make decisions on the basis of modern European standards for multinational states, and not on the basis of the Dayton solutions imposed by the war.

In conclusion to this “Open Appeal”, we call upon you, ladies and gentlemen members of parliament, parliamentary institutions, presidents and prime ministers of the world’s most powerful democratic forces, as well as local state institutions, and urge you: Now, at a time of imperative changes to the current, and adoption of a new, BiH Constitution, please, do not allow the general evil that has so far dominated this multi-ethnic country, from both within and without its borders, to have the final word!

(The signatories of the “Open Appeal” have, as proof of their participation, submitted their identification numbers to the Editorial Board of the 14 Appeal Initiators, the
IA–14, who are thus authorized to sign the Appeal and all accompanying letters on behalf of all the signatories):

With our best regards

Intellectuals from Bosnia and Herzegovina, residing in the country or abroad,

signatories of the Appeal:

I N I T I A T O R S O F T H E A P P E A L (IA - 14)

Mr. Jakob Finci, iur Corresponding member BHAAAS – BH American Academy of Arts and Science; President, Jewish Community of Bosnia and Herzegovina; currently serving as BiH Ambassador to Switzerland

Mr. Jure Galić President, Union of Antifascists and Soldiers in the War for National Liberation

Assistant Professor Dr Tarik Haverić, PhD, Professor of Political and Legal Systems in BiH, University of Zenica

Professor Tomislav Išek, PhD, Professor of BiH Modern History, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Tuzla

G. Milorad Krunić, B.A. Economics, President, “Prosveta” Serb Society for Culture, Sarajevo, BiH

Friar Luka Markešić, PhD, Professor, President, Croatian National Council, Sarajevo, BiH

Academician Dejan Milošević, Corresponding member of the Academy of Science and Arts of BiH (ANUBiH), researcher in atomic, molecular and optical physics, and Professor, Faculty of Natural Science, University of Sarajevo

Professor Nedžad Mulabegović, ScD, President, Council of the Congress of Bosniak Intellectuals, Sarajevo, Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University Sarajevo

Professor Muris Osmanagić, PhD, Recipient of the highest award for science in the Former Yugoslavia – the AVNOJ Award for 1982

Academician Professor emeritus Dr. Branislava Peruničić, Vice-President, ANUBiH, Sarajevo, BiH

Academician Professor Vladimir Premec, PhD, Secretary, Department of Humanistic Studies, Academy of Sciences and Arts of BiH (ANUBiH), Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo, President of the Croatian Society of Science and Arts, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sretko Radišić, BSc Eng., President, Serb Civil Council, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Academician Abdulah Šarčević, Member of ANUBiH, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo

Mr. Schlomo Bar Giyora (Vladimir) Zupković, BSc Chemical Engineering, Consultant and Expert Associate, Caduri Center Laboratories, Lower Galilee, (Nazareth, Haifa, Ako and Tiberias), Israel, BiH expatriate

The Signatories of the “Open Appeal”

#	Title, name and surname	Affiliation	City/Country of residence
1.	Amina Agovic, LLD Candidate	IPR University Centre, Faculty of Law, Helsinki University	Helsinki, Finland
2.	Midhat Ajanovic, PhD	Film-maker, Author, Professor of Visual Communications, University West, Trollhättan	Trolhättan, Sweden
3.	Haris Alibasic, MPA, PhD Candidate	President of the Congress of North American Bosniaks	Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
4.	Professor emeritus Ibrahim Arnautović, PhD	Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
5.	Kenan Arnautović, MD, FACS, PhD	Semmes-Murhey Clinic, Memphis, Tennessee, USA - President of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian - American Academy of Arts and Sciences (BHAAAS)	Memphis, Tennessee, USA
6.	Professor, Friar Mile Babić, PhD	Dean, Franciscan Theological Faculty Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
7.	Professor Haša Bajraktarević-Dobran, PhD	Associate Professor of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, University Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
8.	Esad Bajtal, PhD	Independent research, editor-in-chief of the journal “Glas antifašista”, (the Antifascist Voice), Sarajevo	SarajevoBiH
9.	Prima Donna Amila Bakšić	Artistic Director, Sarajevo National Theatre	Sarajevo, BiH
10.	Professor Hasan Balić, PhD	Professor, Faculty of Law, Kiseljak, University of Travnik, former Head of the Dept. of Criminal Law, former Justice of Supreme Court of BiH, former President of the BiH Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal and former member of International Court for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo, BiH
11.	Professor Josip Baotić, PhD	Professor of Literature, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
12.	Associate Professor Vedada Baraković, PhD	Faculty of Philosophy, University of Tuzla	Tuzla, BiH
13.	Associate Professor Hajriz Bećirović, PhD	Department of Political Sciences, University “Dzemal Bijedič”, Mostar	Mostar, BiH
14.	Professor Rešad Begtić, PhD	President, Council of the Congress of Bosniak Intellectuals of the Tuzla Canton, Emeritus Professor of Economics	Tuzla, BiH
15.	Mr. Mersad Berber	Renowned visual artist: painter and graphic artist	Zagreb, Croatia

16.	Academician Professor Ljubomir Berberović, PhD	Member of Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ANUBiH)	Sarajevo, BiH
17.	Professor Sead Berberovic, PhD	Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University Zagreb	Zagreb, Croatia
18.	Professor Seniha Bešlagić, PhD	Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH-
19.	Professor Ivan Bubalo, PhD	Professor, Franciscan Theological Faculty	Sarajevo, BiH
20.	Professor Suzana Bubić, PhD	Former Chancellor, “Džemal Bijedić” University, Dean of Law Faculty, Mostar, BiH	Mostar, BiH
21.	Professor Snježana Buzov	Professor, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Department, Ohio State University, Member of Bosnian Herzegovinian American Academy of Arts and Sciences (BHAAAS)	Columbus, Ohio USA
22.	Academician Professor Ivan Cvitković, PhD	Corresponding member of ANUBiH, Professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
23.	Professor Faruk Čaklovica, PhD	Chancellor, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
24.	Professor Ivan Čavlović, PhD	Dean, Academy of Music, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
25.	Professor Ekrem Čaušević, PhD	Faculty of Philosophy, University Zagreb	Zagreb, Croatia
26.	Professor Ibrahim Čedić, PhD	Advisor of Science, Institute of Language	Sarajevo, BiH
27.	Professor Smail Čekić, PhD	Professor, Faculty of Political Science, University of Sarajevo, and Director, Institute for Research of Crimes Against Humanity and International Law	Sarajevo, BiH
28.	Assoc. Academician, Professor Muris Čičić, PhD	ANUBiH corresponding member, Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
29.	Professor Esad Ćimić, PhD	Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Sociology, Religion and Sociology of Moral, University of Sarajevo, BiH, University of Zadar, Croatia, Univ. of Belgrade, Serbia	Sarajevo/ Zadar/Belgrade
30.	Professor Faruk Dalagija, MD, PhD	Radiologist, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
31.	Professor Ismet Demirdžić, PhD	Professor of Mechanical Engineering Faculty, University Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
32.	Assistant Professor Daut Djenjo, PhD	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of “Dzemal Bijedic”, Mostar	Mostar, BiH
33.	Assistant Professor Alma Dizdarević, PhD	Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, University Tuzla, and Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Sarajevo	Tuzla/Sarajevo, BiH
34	Professor Ismet Dizdarević, PhD	Professor emeritus of psychology at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
35. 36.	Professor Ahmet Dzubur, PhD Professor Semir Djulic, PhD	Professor at the Agromediterranean Faculty and the Rector of University „Dzemal Bijedic“ Mostar Professor of Philosophy and Sociology	Mostar, BiH Atlanta, Georgia - USA
37.	Academician Professor Vlatko Doleček, PhD	Member of ANUBiH, Professor of Robotics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
38.	Professor Enes Duraković, PhD	Professor of Literature, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
39.	Professor Enes Durmišević, PhD	Professor of the Law Faculty, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
40.	Primarius Smail Durmišević, PhD	Docent, Zdravstveni i Islamski fakulteti u Zenici, University of Zenica	Zenica, BiH
41.	Professor Muhamed Dželilović, PhD	Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy and the Theatre Arts, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
42.	Professor Rifet Đokić, PhD	Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics, University of Zenica	Zenica, BiH
43.	Dr. med. Biljana Đurica-Asotić	Medical Doctor, Zenica Medical Centre	Zenica, BiH
44.	Asst. Professor Emir Festić, PhD	Director, Intensive Care Units, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic	Jacksonville, Florida, USA
45.	Professor Šaćir Filandra, PhD	Professor, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
46.	Professor Ivan Filipović, PhD	Professor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
47.	Mr. Jakob Finci	Corresponding member BHAAS – BiH American Academy of Arts and Science, President of the Jewish Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador of BiH in Switzerland	Sarajevo, BiH, Bern, Switzerland
48.	Professor Ognjenka Finci, PhD	Professor, Faculty of Architecture and Academy of Graphic Arts, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
49.	Professor Ešref Gačanin, PhD	Director, IPSA Institute for Research and Design	Sarajevo, BiH
50.	Academician Professor Ejup Ganić, PhDD	ANUBiH member, President and Chancellor, SSST University	Sarajevo, BiH
51.	Marko Galić, B.A. Ecc.	Economic Systems Specialist	Zagreb, Croatia
52.	Professor Maida-Medi Ganibegović, D.D.S. PhD	Professor and Chairman Dept. of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
53.	Profesor Šefket Goletić, PhD	Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Zenica	Zenica, BiH
54.	Professor Kemal Gutić, PhD	Dean, Faculty of Mining, Geology and Civil Engineering, University of Tuzla	Tuzla, BiH
55.	Professor Rešid Hafizović, PhD	Professor at the Faculty of Islamic Studies, University of Sarajevo, BiH	Sarajevo, BiH
56.	Professor Admir Hadzic, PhD	Professor of Anesthesiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University	New York, NY - USA
57.	Assistant Professor Emina Hadžić, PhD	Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Environmental Engineering and Hydrotechnical Structures, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH

58.	Profesor Esad Hadzić, PhD	Professor at the Mining-Geology-Civil Engineering Faculty, University of Tuzla and Head of the Department for Underground Exploitation of Coal, of the Tuzla Mining Institute	Tuzla, BiH
59.	Professor Mirsad Hadžikadić, PhD	Founding president of the BiH American Academy of Arts and Sciences (BHAAAS), between 2007 and 2008; Director, Complex Systems Institute (complexity.uncc.edu), Software and Information Systems Dept., College of Computing and Informatics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte	Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
60.	Dr Omer Hadžiselimović, PhD, Adjunct Professor of English	Loyola University, Member of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian-American Academy of Arts and Sciences (BHAAS)	Chicago, Illinois, USA
61.	Senad Hadziselimovi PhD	President of the Bosniacs Academic Forum	Mannheim, Germany
62.	Hadžem Hajdarević	Writer, Institute for Language, Sarajevo, Professor of Philosophy, University of Tuzla	Sarajevo and Tuzla, BiH
63.	Professor Enver Halilovic, PhD	Professor of Philosophy, Rector of University of Tuzla	Tuzla, BiH
64.	Professor Elvedin Hanic, PhD	Professor at the Agro-Mediterranean Faculty of the University “Dzemal Bijedic” Mostar and Asst. Prof. of Agriculture Faculty of University of Sarajevo	Mostar, BiH
65.	Academician Professor Kemal Hanjalić, PhD	ANUBiH member, Professor at Delft University	Delft , The Netherlands
66.	Docentica Memnuna Hasanica, PhD	Professor of German, Pedagogical Faculty, Univerzity of Zenica	Zenica, BiH
67.	Primarius Hadži Esad Hasaničević, PhD	Emergency Medicine Specialist, Dom Zdravlja Tešanj and Assistant at Health Faculty in Zenica (Emergency Medicine)	Tešanj and Zenica, BiH
68.	Profesor Bilal Hasanović, PhD	Associate Profesor, Islamic Fakultet at Zenica	Zenica, BiH
69.	Mario Heinal, MSc	Master of Political Sciences	Bat–Yam, Israel
70.	Professor Vesna Hercegovac-Pašić, PhD	Architect-Urban designer, Faculty of Architecture, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
71.	Aden Hodžić, PhD	Senior Researcher at Research Center of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Science, Graz	Graz, Austria
72.	Emir Hodžić, D.V.M. PhD	Center for Comparative Medicine, Director of the Real-Time PCR Research & Diagnostic Core Facility, School of Veterinary Medicine, Univ. of California at Davis, Member BHAAS	Davis, California – USA
73.	Professor Migdat Hodžić, PhD	Member of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian American Academy of Arts and Sciences (BHAAS)	Cupertino, California – USA
74.	Profesor Nedim Hodžić, PhD	Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Faculty , University of Zenica	Zenica, BiH
75.	Academician Professor Dževad Hozo, PhD	ANUBiH member, Academic painter, Professor, Academy of Visual Arts, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
76.	Professor Izet Hozo, PhD	Faculty of Medicine, University of Split	Split, Croatia
77.	Docent Rešad Husagić, PhD	General Director, Mine of Lignite at Kreka	Kreka, BiH
78.	Professor emeritus Omer Ibrahimagić, PhD	Faculty of Political Science, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
79.	Assoc. Academician Nedžad Ibrišimović	ANUBiH corresponding member, author, sculptor	Podlugovi, BiH
80.	Professor Tomislav Išek, PhD	Professor of Modern History, University of Tuzla, BiH	Tuzla, BiH
81.	Zerina Jašarević, PhD, MD, MSc	Pathologist, Specialist in Biomedicine and Breast Cancer	Voralberg, Austria
82.	Prof. Dr. Anton Jekauc	Director of the Institute for Strategic Research, Sarajevo, and Head of Dept. of the Croatian Society of Science and Arts - B&H	Sarajevo, BiH
83.	Smail Jonuz, Bc Law	President of the Party of the Diaspora of Bosnia and Herzegovina	Chicago, Illinois – USA
84.	Professor Pavo Jurišić, PhD	Dean, Catholic Theological Faculty	Sarajevo, BiH
85.	Docent Lejla Jusić	Academic Musician, soloist, Academy of Theatrical Arts, Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
86.	Academician Professor Dževad Juzbašić, PhD	Member of ANUBiH, Historian of the Austro-Hungarian period	Sarajevo, BiH
87.	Professor David Kamhi	Professor of Violin, Emeritus professor at the Academy of Music, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
88.	Mustafa Kapidžić	Film Director, Editor–in-Chief of Publishing House KultB	Sarajevo, BiH
89.	Academician Professor Dr. Hanifa Kapidžić-Osmanagić	ANUBIH Member, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
90.	Professor Isak Karabegović, PhD	Faculty of Technical Engineering, Bihać	Bihać, BiH
91.	Professor Aleksandar Karač, PhD	Professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Zenica	Zenica, BiH
92.	Professor Dževad Karahasan, PhD	Author and professor, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
93.	Docent Eldin Karaikovic, MD, PhD	Former President of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian American Academy of Arts and Sciences (BHAAAS), Northwestern University, Chicago	Chicago, Illinois – USA
94.	Proessor Friar Marko Karamatić, PhD	Franciscan Theological Faculty	Sarajevo, BiH
95.	Professor Munib Karavdic, PhD	Australian School of Business, UNSW, Sidney, Australia - and Strategy Principal, AMP Financial Services	Sidney, Australia
96.	Professor Vlado Kerošević	Dean, Academy of Dramatic Arts, University of Tuzla	Tuzla, BiH
97.	Mr. Stjepan Kljujić	Journalist, former pre-war and war-time Member of Presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo, BiH
98.	Professor Aleksandar Knežević, PhD	Professor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH

99.	Professor Hajro Kofrc, PhD	Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Tuzla	Tuzla, BiH
100.	Professor Ivo Komšić, PhD	Professor of Philosophy and Dean of the Philosophical Faculty, Univ. of Sarajevo; member of the wartime Presidium of the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina, former president of the Croatian National Council (HNS) from its founding, when the Washington Agreement was signed (February 1994) bringing an end to the armed conflict between the Army of Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Croatian Council of Defence (HVO), together with the agreement on cantonal organization of the unified state of Bosnia- Herzegovina. That agreement was ignored and violated by the Dayton Agreement imposed by the great powers in November 1995, which broke up the legal and unified, multi-ethnic, democratic state of the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina.	Sarajevo, BiH
101.	Assis. Dr. Safet Kozarević, PhD	Dean, Faculty of Economics, University of Tuzla	Tuzla, BiH
102.	Professor Azem Kožar, PhD	Professor, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Tuzla	Tuzla, BiH
103.	Professor Metka Krajgher-Hozo, PhD	Professor, Academy of Visual Arts, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
104.	Aida Kršo, M.S.	Researcher, Institute of Language, Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
105.	Mišo Krunić, M.A.	President, “Prosveta” Serb Cultural Society, BiH	Sarajevo, BiH
106.	Professor Slavo Kukić, PhD	Professor and Vice-Dean, Faculty of Economics, University of Mostar	Mostar, BiH
107.	Mr. Dzafer Kulenovic	Banker	Chicago, Illinois – USA
108.	Professor Senadin Lavić, PhD	Faculty of Political Science, University of Sarajevo, President of Bosniak Cultural Society (BZK) of BiH	Sarajevo, BiH
109.	Miro Lazović, BS, Political Science	First President of the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1996) and Member of the War-time Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo, BiH
110.	Academician Lidija Licender-Cvijetić	Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts B&H (ANUBiH)	Sarajevo, BiH
111.	Academician Professor Slobodan Loga, PhD	Vice-President of the Academy of Sciences and Arts (ANUBiH)	Sarajevo, BiH
112.	Naim Logic, PhD, PE	SRP Computer Application; Electro-generating Power System Arizona – “Salt River Project”	Arizona – USA
113.	Profesor Milka Maksimović, PhD	Professor of Biology at the Faculty of Science, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
114.	Professor Mirjana Malić, PhD. Med.	Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
115.	Professor Rajka Mandić, PhD	Professor and Designer, Faculty of Architecture, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH

116.	Friar Luka Markešić, PhD, Professor	President, Croatian National Council (HNV) Professor at the Franciscan Theological Faculty, University Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
117.	Academician Professor Juraj Martinović, PhD	Member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts (ANUBiH)	Sarajevo, BiH
118.	Academician Professor Božidar Matić, PhD	Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Univ. of Sarajevo, President of Academy of Sciences and Arts B&H (ANUBiH), Former Chancellor of University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
119.	Professor Predrag Matvejević, PhD	Professor of Slavic Studies, University “La Sapienza”, Rome	Roma, Italy
120.	Prof. Behdžet Mesihović, PhD	Professor at Civil Engineering Faculty, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
121.	Mr. Zeljko Milicevic	President, Justice for Bosnia Task Force, Ottawa	Ottawa, Canada
122.	Slađana Miljanovic, M.S.	Assistant at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
123.	Assoc. Academician, Professor Dejan Milošević, PhD	ANUBiH corresponding member, Professor of atomic, molecular and optical physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
124.	Professor Ferid Muhić, PhD	Professor of Sociology and Anthropology University of Skopje	Skopje, Macedonia
125.	Professor Nedžad Mulabegović, PhD	President, Council of Congress of Bosniak Intellectuals (VKBI), Fakulty of Medicine University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
126.	Dr. Rasim Muratović	Senior Research Associate, Institute for Research of Crimes Against Humanity and International Law	Sarajevo, BiH
127.	Asst. Prof. Džemil Najetović, PhD	University Lecturer in the Social Sciences, International University “Philip Noel Baker” Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
128.	Professor Muris Osmanagić, PhD	Recipient of the highest award for science in the former Yugoslavia – the AVNOJ Award (1982); Emeritus Professor of Mining and Energy Sciences at Tuzla and Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
129.	Assoc. Academician Professor Adila Pašalić-Kreso, PhD	ANUBiH Corresponding Member, Professor, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
130.	Professor Djenita Pasic Esq. PhD	Bordeaux Business School in Bordeaux, France – and University of Louisville School of Law, Louisville, Kentucky; Vice-President of Bosnian- Herzegovinian-American Academy of Arts and Sciences	Bordeaux, France and Louisville, Kentucky – USA
131.	Professor Resad Pasic, PhD	Director of Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Univ. of Louisville Medical School; First Vice-President of Bosnian-Herzegovinian-American Academy of Arts and Sciences	Louisville, Kentucky – USA
132.	Mr. Zaim Pasic	Bosnia and Herzegovina World Network Diaspora	Birmingham, United Kingdom
133.	Professor Zijad Pašić, PhD	Faculty of Mining, Geology & Civil Engineering, University of Tuzla; former Federal Minister of Education and Science in the Federation of BiH	Tuzla, BiH

134.	Amina Pehlić, M.S.	Assistant at Islamic Pedagogical Faculty, University of Zenica	Zenica, BiH
135.	Izet Pehlić, PhD	Assistant Professor of Science in Pedagogy at the University of Zenica	Zenica, BiH
136.	Professor Enes Pelidija, PhD	Professor of Ottoman History, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
137.	Academician Professor Branislava Peruničić, ScD	Vice-President of ANUBiH, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
138.	Asst. Professor Marica Petrović, PhD	Vice Dean of Scientific Research and Development, Philosophical Faculty, University of Tuzla	Tuzla, BiH
139.	Mirza Popovac, PhD	Researcher, Austrian Institute of Technology, Vienna	Vienna, Austria
140.	Academician Professor Vladimir Premec, PhD	ANUBiH Member, Professor, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo, President of the Croatian Society of Science and Arts	Sarajevo, BiH
141.	Professor Naser Prljaca, PhD	Electrotechnical Faculty, University of Tuzla, Pro-Rector, University of Tuzla	Tuzla, BiH
142.	Mr. Sretko Radišić	President, Serb Civil Council (SGV)	Sarajevo, BiH
143.	Mr. Emir Ramić, MSc	Director, Genocide Research Institute	Hamilton, Canada
144.	Professor Šukrija Ramić, PhD	Associate Professor of Philosophy of Islamic Law, Dean, Islamic Pedagogical Fakulty, University of Zenica	Zenica, BiH
145.	Academician Prof. Sulejman Redžić, PhD	Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts B&H (ANUBiH), Professor, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Sarajevo, President of the Independent Intellectual Circle 99 Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
146.	Academician Teodor Romanić	ANUBiH member, Emeritus Professor, Academy of Music, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
147.	Mrs. Almijana Rudić	Advisor, Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel	Tel Aviv, Israel
148.	Professor Asif Sabanovic, PhD	Adjunct Professor at Sabanci University, Istanbul – Consultant of Ecology and Dangerous Materials	Istanbul, Turkey
149.	Ms. Nadira Sabanovic-Behlilovic	Professional Consultant, Sabanci University, Istanbul	Istanbul, Turkey
150.	Amer Sabitovic, M.S. Engineering	President of the Bosnian Academic Circle, Munich	Munich, Germany
151.	Elmir Sadiković, M.S.	Assistant, Faculty of Political Science, University of Sarajevu	Sarajevo, BiH
152.	Professor Čazim Sadiković, PhD	Professor of International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
153.	Academician Professor Dževad Sarač, PhD	Member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ANUBiH)	Sarajevo, BiH
154.	Sanja Seferovic – Drnovsek, MSc.	Director of Bosnian-American Genocide Institute and Educational Center, Chicago	Chicago, Illinois – USA
155.	Zarije Seizović, PhD	University researcher and instructor of International Law, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH

156.	Academician Abdulah Sidran	Poet and Member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ANUBiH)	Sarajevo, BiH
157.	Professor Adnan Silajdžić, PhD	Professor, Faculty of Islamic Sciences, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
158.	Mr. Zekerijah Smajić	Journalist and publicist, European Integrations specialist	Sarajevo, BiH
159.	Ms. Senada Softic – Telalovic, MSc	Chair, Australian Council of Bosnian -Herzegovinian Organisations	Melbourne, Australia
160.	Professor Džemal Sokolović, PhD	Professor of Political Sciences, Bergen, Norway	Bergen, Norway
161.	Professor Besim Spahić, PhD	Faculty of Political Science, University of Sarajevu	Sarajevo, BiH
162.	Professor Muriz Spahić, PhD	Dean of Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
163.	Professor Sead Spuzic, PhD	Professor of Automatics at the University of South Australia, Adelaide	Adelaide, Australia
164.	Gordan Srkalović, MD, OhD, FACP	Director, Sector of Clinical Research, Sparrow Cancer Centre, Clinical Associate Professor, Dept. of Medicine, School of Medicine, Michigan State University	Lansing, Michigan – USA
165.	Professor Milan Stević, PhD	Faculty of Mining, Geological and Construction Studies, Univ. of Tuzla	Tuzla, BiH
166.	Slavka Sufi-Mičić, MSc, Bc-Eng.	Association for Integral Ecology and Development	Tuzla, BiH
167.	Academician Prof. Abdulah Šarčević, PhD	ANUBiH member, Professor of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
168.	Academician Professor Edin Šarčević, PhD	ANUBiH Member, Asst. Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Leipzig, Member of ANUBiH, President, Centre for Public Law (CJP), Leipzig	Leipzig, Germany
169.	Friar Ivan Šarčević, PhD, Professor	Franciscan Theological Faculty, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
170.	Academician Professor Taib Šarić, PhD	ANUBiH member, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
171.	Professor Lada Šestić, PhD	Professor of English Language, Philosophical Faculty, Univ. of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
172.	Professor Dubravka Šoljan, PhD	Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
173.	Professor Lamija Tanović, PhD	Professor of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
174.	Professor Nenad Tanović, PhD	Professor of Higher Mathematics, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
175.	Elma Tataragić, M.S.	Scenarist, Academy of Theatrical Arts, Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
176.	Academician Professor Boris Tihi, PhD	Member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts B&H (ANUBiH), Professor, University of Vitez	Sarajevo, BiH

177.	Profesor Amir Tokić, PhD	Professor of Electronics, Dean of Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Tuzla	Tuzla, BiH
178.	Assoc. Academician Professor Miloš Trifković, PhD	Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts B&H (ANUBiH), University of Vitez	Sarajevo, BiH
179.	Academician Professor Mladen Trkovnik, PhD	Member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts - Bosnia and Herzegovina (ANUBiH)	Sarajevo, BiH and Zagreb, Croatia
180.	Professor Šemso Tucaković, PhD	Faculty of Political Science, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
181.	Professor Dinko Tuchtar, PhD	Adjunct Professor (former) at University of Manitoba, Winnipeg	Winnipeg
182.	Asst. Professor Emir Turkušić, PhD	Faculty of Natural Science, University of Sarajevo, former Minister of Science and Education in the Sarajevo Canton, Federation of BiH	Sarajevo, BiH
183.	Academician Professor Zlatko Ugljen, PhD	ANUBiH member, Architect, designer, Professor at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
184.	Professor Bahrija Umihanić, PhD	Professor at the Faculty of Economics, University of Tuzla	Tuzla, BiH
185.	Academician Professor Midhat Ušćuplić, ScD	ANUBiH member, Professor, Faculty of Forestry, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
186.	Friar Velimir Valjan, PhD, Professor	Franciscan Theological Faculty, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
187.	Professor Naila Valjevac, PhD	Scientific Advisor, Institute for Language, Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
188.	Associate Professor Mensur Vegara, PhD	Programme Coordinator, Department of International Environment and Development Studies NORAGRIC, Norwegian University of Life Sciences UMB	Aas, Norway
189.	Academician Friar Petar-Perica Vidić	ANUBiH member, Saint Anthony’s Franciscan Monastery, Bistrik	Sarajevo, BiH
190.	Academician Professor Mihovil Vlahinić, PhD	Member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts B&H (ANUBiH)	Sarajevo, BiH
191.	Professor Slavenka Vobornik, PhD	Vice Chancellor for Teaching, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
192.	Friar Benedikt Vujica, PhD	Professor, Franciscan Theological Faculty, Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
193.	Academician Mehmed Zaimović	Member of Academy of Sciences and Arts B&H	Sarajevo, BiH
194.	Mr. Safet Zec	Renowned graphic artist, who works both in Venice and Sarajevo	Venice, Italy and Sarajevo, BiH
195.	Assoc. Professor Behija Zlatar, PhD	Expert associate and Director of the Oriental Institute, Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
196.	Professor Muhamed Zlatar, PhD	Professor, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Sarajevo, BiH	Sarajevo, BiH
197.	Mr. Schlomo Bar Giyora (Vladimir) Zupković, BSc	Specialist in Bio-energy and Bio-analysis, Ecologist, Consultant and Associate Expert, Caduri Center Laboratories, Lower Galilee	Nazareth, Haifa, Ako, Tiberias, Israel
198.	Professor Jasna Žalica	Actress and Professor at the Academy of Theatrical Arts, University of Sarajevo	Sarajevo, BiH
199.	Professor Pjer Žalica	Director at Academy of Theatrical Arts; Refresh Productions	Sarajevo, BiH
200.	Professor Miodrag Živanović, PhD	Faculty of Philosophy, University of Banja Luka	Banja Luka, BiH

OPEN LETTER FROM INTERNATIONAL ACADEMICS, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, STATESMEN, AND INTELLECTUALS

FROM AMERICA AND EUROPE TO THE PARLIAMENTS

OF EIGHT STATES AND MEMBERS OF THE STEERING BOARD OF THE PEACE IMPLEMENTATION COUNCIL

Sarajevo - Berlin

Help to allow this lovely European country, broken by war and Dayton, to be re-born again!

OPEN LETTER FROM INTERNATIONAL ACADEMICS, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, STATESMEN AND INTELLECTUALS

FROM AMERICA AND EUROPE

This is a public call for support of an Open Appeal from 200 Bosnian-Herzegovinian Intellectuals from January/March 2011 to the parliaments and governments of the European Union, the USA, Russia, Japan, Great Britain, France, Germany, Canada and Turkey, whose states are members of the Steering Board of PIC, to take all the measures in their power to restore and strengthen the democratic, multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and legally recognised state of Bosnia-Herzegovina, which has been broken and brutally destroyed, first by war and then by the Dayton-Paris Accords (November–December 1995), to revive and function again as a healthy European state.

As representatives of the academic community and intellectuals from around the world, we are asking to be able to tell the whole truth about the undemocratic and artificially-imposed Dayton Accord, with its long-term negative consequences, and the seriousness of the current situation, which seems headed to a possible new agony and increased misery, provoked by the dominant nationalist powers within the country and their inhuman politics.

After fifteen years of deterioration in a “cold peace”, the once-modern, democratic and multi-ethnic land of Bosnia-Herzegovina, with a thousand-year-old tradition of integrated life, has shown that the Dayton Accord has changed from serving as a “life-vest” into being used as a “strait-jacket” for the citizens of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

A recent serious warning about this intolerable situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina is given in the commentary published in the oldest and highly respected Sarajevo newspaper – “Oslobodjenje”, in an article by the well-known journalist, Zija Dizdarevic, published March 11, 2011, where he writes:

“Republika Srpska is headed towards declaring war on Bosnia-Herzegovina. From the capital of RS, Banja Luka, there is developing a renewal of the old, wartime, Croatian separatist “Herceg Bosna”. The answer to the greater-Serb and greater-Croatian provocation which the Bosnian side must give must be to support Bosnia-Herzegovina and democracy with determination and to defend its state with all means and by including all those who support it. There are enough Herzegovinians and Bosnians to be able to sustain Bosnia-Herzegovina.”

We are in agreement that the war-mongering propaganda against Bosnia-Herzegovina from certain officials, the television media and journalists supporting the R.S. regime legalized by the Dayton Accord has reached such a level as was achieved in Beograd two years before the outbreak of the vicious and deadly war for the Greater Serbian planned takeover of Bosnia-Herzegovina, including its genocidal intentions (1992-1995). Is history to replay this same trick and repeat itself in its ugliest disguise?

The war against Bosnia-Herzegovina and primarily against Bosnian Muslims – or Bosniacs - from 1992 to 1995 was waged as a classic example of genocide, without regard for any of the rules of war on the part of the aggressor. It is encouraging to note the recent decision by the government of Canada that forbids on its territory the presence of those who generate, propagate and spread national, religious, or racial intolerance. In contrast to this example, such negative and dangerous elements in the attempt to break up the civilized and long-standing multi-ethnic society of Bosnia-Herzegovina, and to cultivate hatred towards citizens of a different ethnicity, are inherent in the politics of the nationalist leaders in Republika Srpska and in areas of the former Croatian-nationalist “Herceg-Bosna”.

The seriousness of the situation is confirmed by the message of former president of the Republic of Croatia, Stjepan Mesić, which he gave during his most recent visit to neighboring Bosnia-Herzegovina. His warning to the international community was quoted in “Oslobođenje” (17 march 2022):

“The international community must discourage those who
would destroy Bosnia- Herzegovina!”

And what is the international community doing? It is behaving much in the same manner as in 1992 when, with its irresponsible policies it opened the door to a horrible genocidal war against Bosnia-Herzegovina. For this reason, we – as concerned intellectuals and humanists from around the world – give our support to this “Open Letter of Appeal of 200 intellectuals of Bosnia-Herzegovina” with all our hearts and souls, as the only possible appropriate way to the prevention of this most horrible of historical developments.

List of Honorary International Representatives of the Open Letter

William Jefferson “Bill” Clinton

The 42nd President of the United States (1993 to 2001)

In 1995, under President Clinton, US and NATO aircraft attacked Bosnian Serb targets to halt attacks on UN safe zones and to pressure them to a peace accord.

Dr. Helmut Kohl

Chancellor of West Germany 1982-1990 and of reunified Germany1990-1998.

During the Serbian war against Bosnia and Herzegovina, he carried a Clinton administration appeal to the EC Summit but failed to persuade his European partners to support even a partial lifting of the arms embargo for the B&H Army (June 1993).

Robert Joseph “Bob” Dole

American Attorney and Politician

- US Senator Majority Leader 1985-1987 and 1995-1996 –

Hero from World War II

In the article by BOB DOLE (Wall Street Journal, October 23, 2021) “Bosnia and American Exceptionalism”, he says: “It took U.S. leadership to end the war. It will take new U.S. leadership to prevent the country from dissolving.”

Stjepan Mesic

President of the Republic of Croatia
19 February 2022 – 19 February 2010.

In opposition to Tudjman’s personality and general politics, including negative policies directed against Bosnia and Herzegovina, Stjepan Mesic was, over the last ten years, repeatedly voted the most popular politician in Croatia.

Madeleine Allbright, PhD

The 64th United States Secretary of State (1997 to 2001)

Professor of International Relations at Georgetown University, she also served as a Director on the Board of the Council on Foreign Relations. Secretaries Allbright and Cohen in 2007 announced the formation of a Task Force on Prevention of Genocide, dealing with early warning, pre-crisis engagement, preventive diplomacy, military intervention and appropriate

Lord Paddy Ashdown

Baron of Norton sub-Hamdon, British Politician and Diplomat,

former High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina

(27 May 2021 – 31 January 2022)

Article by William Hague and Paddy Ashdown *

Financial Times, London, 30 December, 2009:

Broken Bosnia Needs Western Attention

Dr. Christian Schwarz Schilling

German Politician, former Minister for the Post and Telekommunications (1982-1992),

served as International Mediator in BiH (1994-2004 )

and as High Representatives for the BiH

(31 January 2022 – 02 July 2021)

In the book “Bosnia in Focus”, he writes: … The Americans should have seen in time that the Europeans were still not ready to take on that responsibility. A turnaround began when Elie Wiesel warned, in his speech at the opening of the Holocaust Memorial in Washington (in April 1993), that Clinton should take immediate action to avoid having some day to open such a new memorial center in the Balkans. After recognition that the USA, EU and NATO remained passive – which was confirmed by a controversy in the German government cabinet – I came to realize that I had to accept my own personal consequences. This I did in December 1992, resigning from a ministerial post, realizing my major future task was to serve in German foreign affairs and the politics and policies of human rights, with a special “focus on Bosnia”.

from the study on the war against Bosnia-Herzegovina, edited by Erich Ratfelder and Carl Bethke, Berlin 2010, Hans Schiller Publishers, 447 pages “Bosnien im Focus”

The latest Article from Dr. Christian Schwarz Schilling, printed

in “L’Europe en Formation”, automne 2010, No 357 was:

The Ejup Ganic Case:

How Serbia Attempted to Manipulate the British Justice System

Dr. Wolfgang Petritsch

Austrian Diplomat and Politician (SPO), part of the Slovenian minority
in Kärnten (Koruška). From 1997 to 1999 served as Austrian ambassador to Yugoslavia in Beograd and from 1999 to 2002 he was the High Representative for Bosnia-Herzegovina

In a contribution for the book“Bosnien im Focus”, he writes: “Mistaken decisions with far-reaching consequences were made for war-torn Bosnia-Herzegovina … when America in the summer of 1995, at the behest of their special envoy Richard Holbrooke, stopped the Bosniak progress towards Banja Luka, the capital of the Bosnian-Serb “republic” and thereby prevented the taking of the second-most important city under Serb control.

Tadeusz Mazowiecki

Polish journalist, philantropist, CD politician, former prime minister.

Formerly one of leaders of the Solidarity movement and the first non-communist prime minister in Central and Eastern Europe after World War II, Tadeusz Mazowiecki was special U.N. emissary to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992. In 1993 he issued a report on human rights violations in the former Yugoslavia. Mazowiecki stepped down in 1995 to protest the world powers’ lack of response to the atrocities committed during the Bosnian war, particularly the Srebrenica genocide committed by the Serb army that year.

Bernard Kouchner

French Politician, Diplomat, Doctor, Former Minister

of Foreign and European Affairs of France (2007 -2010)

Founder of „Medicins Sans Frontiers“, which helped Sarajevo citizens during the Serb siege

of the city and throughout the war against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Pierre Pettigrewe

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada,
when the resolution on Srebrenica was adopted
and member of the Liberal Party of Canada.

On behalf of the Canadian government he announced: “The killing in Srebrenica represents the worst crime committed in Europe since WWII. The best way for honoring those who were killed in Srebrenica is for all the architects of genocide to be brought to trial.”

Professor Francis Boyle, PhD

American Professor and Leading Expert on International Law,

Professor at University of Illinois, USA, he has devoted much time and energy as an expert on international law and as advisor to the people and the government of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who have been exposed to and endangered by war criminals and acts of genocide.

Roy Gutman

Former European correspondent from USA for Newsday.

The first reporter to discover and report on a network of concentration camps run by Bosnian Serbs where primarily Muslim Bosnians were beaten, raped and often killed. Gutman’s coverage won international awards, including the Pulitzer Prize.

Dr. Noel Malcolm

British historian. World wellknown his books about history of Bosnia and Kosovo.

The chair of Trustees at the Bosnian Institute, PO Box 58835, London SE156XL

In his accurate and condensed “A Short History of Bosnia” which covered fairly and successfully 1000 years or so of Bosnia’s history, at the end of this book, we can read that “ethnic cleansing” (genocide) is not a by-product of the current war (1992-1995) but a central element in the Serbian goal of creating homogeneous Serb enclaves that eventually will join together in a greater Serbia.” Malcolm condemns Western interference, singling out politicians and diplomats who attempt to suppress the war’s symptoms instead of treating its causes. He argues persuasively that the United Nations-imposed arms embargo against Bosnia (1992) opened the way to that nation’s destruction.

After the war against Bosnia he published the Article: “The grandee and a question of genocide” (Daily Mail, 6. November 1996).

Bernard Henry Levy

French public intellectual, philosopher and journalist

One of the first French intellectuals who called for intervention in the war against Bosnia and

spoke out early about Serb concentration camps

Dr Robert Donia

American historian and Research Associate at the University of Michigan’s Center for Russian and East European Studies, author of ‘Sarajevo: A Biography’

An expert who testified before the ICTY in the Radovan Karadzic trial. On June 7, 2010, at the Hague, Robert Donia blamed the Bosnian war on “Serb separatists” observing that the “Bosnian Serbs” were seeking to separate from Bosnia and Herzegovina and undertook all kinds of initiatives to do so, and the Yugoslav Army become the army of the Serb nationalists.

Umberto Eco

Italian medievalist, semiotician, philosopher, literary critic and novelist.

See his recent article in „GLAS antifašista“ (“The Voice of Antifascists“),

Sarajevo, Summer 2010 : „Ur-fascism: evil in 14 points“

Tilman Zülch

General Secretary and President of the
Society for Threatened Peoples International.

Writer and editor for a number of publications on problems of nationalism and war crimes. In his contribution to the book “Bosnia in Focus” he quotes the words of Marek Edelman, the last commander of the Warsaw Ghetto resistance, who said: “Europe has learned nothing from the holocaust. It has done nothing to put a stop to this murder. What happened in Bosnia-Herzegovina amounts to Hitler’s posthumous victory.”

Doris Pack

German politician, the Chairperson of the Committee on Culture

and Education of the European Parliament

Since July 1989 she is in the European Parliament, member of the leadership of the European Peoples Party (EVP).. On International Conference „Europe 2020 – Civic Visions“, Sofia, Bulgaria , January 30, 2010, Mrs. Doris Pack said:

„The soul of Europe is culture ….We should keep in mind that the EU is the only guarantee for preserving the different cultural identities and this means that is not one European Culture, there are thousands of European Cultures and each deserve to be kept.“

In the book “Bosnia in Focus” she insists upon the need to build a strong civil society.

Sonja Biserko

Head of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia

She has written and edited several books about Serbian nationalism, among them ‘Bosnia-Herzegovina - the Core of the Great Serbia Project’.

Michael Brandt

elected to the German Federal Parliament in 2005, member of the Defense Commission, the Commission for Human Rights and Humanitarian Assistance, and the Parliamentary Assembly of NATO

During the war in Bosnia he organized political and humanitarian assistance for this country. In an article entitled “Getting Out of Daytonstan – Europe must reject the double standard” in the book Bosnia in Focus, (2010), he wrote: “The Bosnian war and the weak reaction of the West clearly taught the war-monger Milošević that the use of violence pays… The mistaken strategy at Dayton by the head of the negotiating team, Richard Holbrooke, in a desire to achieve results as quickly as possible with the war criminal Milošević, created a rotten compromise … and fatal mistakes. … But if Dayton can be considered a compromise with a war criminal – then, after the arrest of this war criminal, a calm and careful review of the parts making up Dayton for their functionality and legitimacy will be pointless. … Critical insight concerning Dayton shows this: above all, the insane political concepts of Milošević, Karadžić, Mladić & Co., using military force to break up into ethnic groups a country which previously was not ethnically divided, after the military and political end of the aggressive expansion, must be corrected with an orderly approach using standard European values – without separatism on an ethnic basis and without distribution and division of power in favor of those who benefitted from war.

Roberts Owen

US Diplomat and Presiding Arbitor for the Brcko Arbitration, B&H

As the arbitrator for Brcko he adopted the decision that the Brcko District should fall under the jurisdiction of the state institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina (05 March, 1999).

Brian Masse

Member of Parlament of Canada and the NDP (New Democratic Party)

Sponsor of the proposal in the Canadian Parlament to adopt a resolution on the genocide in Srebrenica 20 october 2021 and to recognize 11 July as a day of remembrance for that terrible crime, committed by the army of Republika Srpska under the command of the
General Command in Beograd and Slobodan Milošević. After the adoption of the resolution, he stated: “This commemoration will raise awareness of the tragic torture of the people of Bosnia, honoring and remembering those who were killed as a result of a policy of genocide, ethnic cleansing and war-crimes, committed in Bosnia-Herzegovina from 1992 to 1995.”

Professor Ferid Muhić, PhD

Professor of Philosophy at the “Saint Cyril and Methodius” University in Skopje, the capital of Macedonia, he has been a guest professor at well known universities worldwide, (e.g. New York State University, Freie Universität - Berlin, the Sorbonne – Paris, among others). The author of 23 monographs in philosophy, his main topics are contemporary philosophy and cultural anthropology, aesthetics and the philosophy of politics. On December 2010 he held a lecture in Sarajevo where he pointed out:

“Without Bosnia and Herzegovina there is no life for Bosni