"To join the EU, Bosnia-Herzegovina needs more stable institutions which would be not depend on their national affiliations," FM Dimitrij Rupel, the OSCE chairman, told the opening of an international conference devoted to the 10th anniversary of the Dayton Peace Agreement.
Rupel was optimistic about Bosnia's future, although he said caution is needed in adjusting the Dayton agreement. The key issues are the refugees, crime and the respecting the law in line with the 21st century's standards to accommodate diversity, multiculturalism and tolerance, he said in Sarajevo on Tuesday.
Ivo Miro Jovic, the chairman of the Bosnia-Herzegovina presidency, labelled the conference as an opportunity to review and adjust the Dayton agreement in the light of today's political, social, economic and cultural issues, which still exist in the country despite the agreement.
Bosnia-Herzegovina needs a new constitution for an effective political organisation and for ensuring citizens' rights of all nations in the country. "This conference will analyse the opportunities for Bosnia's development in line with the principles and standards of the modern Europe," Jovic said.
Lucija Cok, the chancellor of the University of Primorsko, sees the conference as an opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience. Although unsatisfactory, the results of the Dayton agreement are guidelines for a sovereign state, she said.
"The division of territory, the formation of two states in one, parallel systems in the military, police, and education are only few of the Dayton agreement provisions, which set the society in Bosnia, thus obstructing the development of the country, the Deputy Chancellor of the University of Sarajevo Nikola Kovac said.
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