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Boundary Demarcation – 1996

According to a report from the High Representative, a sub-commission of the Joint Military Commission was addressing the inter-ethnic boundary issue. They had held nine meetings thus far.²

To complete the agreement on the territory of Brcko, on 15 July 1996 the President of the International Court of Justice appointed Roberts B. Owen as third arbitrator and presiding officer of the Tribunal. After his appointment, Mr. Owen called for a preliminary conference that would be held in Sarajevo on 7 August 1996.³

2. “1st Report of the High Representative for Implementation of the Bosnian Peace Agreement to the Secretary-General of the United Nations,” Office of the High Representative (OHR), 1996, accessed May 4, 2011, http://www.ohr.int/other-doc/hr-reports/default.asp?content_id=3661#3.16…

   The situation improved by the time of the third report of the Office of the High Representative (OHR). The report stated that “the substantial progress achieved earlier in adjusting the Inter-Entity Boundary Line (IEBL), on 17 July the parties signed a formal agreement resolving most of the practical issues that had been outstanding at the time of the signing of the Peace Agreement. Discussions continue under IFOR auspices on the last remaining sections of the IEBL and in particular on the sensitive Sarajevo district of Dobrinja.”¹Ibid.

3. “Brcko Arbitral Tribunal.”