Bosnia mandate renewed
The UN Security Council renewed the authorisation for the Nato-led force in Bosnia for six months and welcomed the European Union’s intention to take over the peacekeeping effort by the end of the year.
A resolution adopted unanimously by the council underlined its commitment to the Dayton peace agreement that ended the 1992-95 war, which pitted Bosnia’s Muslims, Croats and Serbs against each other.
The Security Council welcomed Nato’s announcement at its June 28 summit in Istanbul, Turkey, that it would formally retire from nine years of peacekeeping in Bosnia at the end of this year and hand over its 7,500 strong mission to the EU.
