The new structure being established will help move Bosnia and Herzegovina from the Dayton to the Brussels eras, and should set the stage for concluding the military aspects of the Dayton Paris peace accords in due course.

The reporting period saw the return home of the 1 millionth refugee in Bosnia and Herzegovina a significant milestone in the return process since the Dayton Paris Peace Accords.

Bosnia and Herzegovina is actively involved in the implementation of the measures regulated by the agreement on subregional arms control contained in annex 1B, article IV, of the Dayton Peace Accords.

MINUGUA also participated as an observer in the National Peace Accords Commission, created in 2004, to replace the peace accords Follow Up Commission.

However, although the Dayton Accords had raised prospects for large scale repatriation, the situation in the former Yugoslavia was still plagued with difficulties.

In addition, HDZ members pushed for the establishment of three separate national channels in addition to the two existing entity broadcasters, which was clearly against the requirements of the feasibility study and the Dayton Paris Peace Accords.

According to annex 2 of the Dayton Peace Accords, the Arbitral Tribunal for the Dispute over the Inter Entity Boundary in the Brčko Area was established in order to reach a decision on the administration of Brčko.

It is high time that this take place, as this year is the tenth anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre and the Dayton Paris Accords.

An effort is also made in the draft resolution to conceal the constructive contribution of the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to the implementation of the Dayton Paris Peace Accords, even though it is widely known that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has fulfilled its obligations under the Accords and that it is a factor of peace and stability in the Balkans.

In 1999, opponents of the peace accords orchestrated a successful public campaign to defeat a referendum to enshrine key aspects of the peace accords in the Guatemalan Constitution.

Four hundred prisoners sentenced before the Oslo Peace Accords remained in prison, despite the call by the Accords for their release.

In the tenth year of the implementation of the Dayton Paris Peace Accords, Bosnia and Herzegovina is concentrating on meeting the requirements for membership of the NATO Partnership for Peace and satisfying the conditions required for the launch of negotiations with the European Union (EU) on a stabilization and association agreement.

The Dayton Accords of 1995 ended Serb instigated ethnic cleansing and established peace in Bosnia. But that agreement did not create a functional Bosnian central government with the capacity to undertake the reforms needed to meet the terms of accession to the European Union.

The return and reintegration of refugees is indeed a fundamental aspect of the Dayton Peace Agreement.

The return and reintegration of refugees are indeed a fundamental aspect of the Dayton Peace Agreement.

Despite the peace accords, military orders remained in force in the occupied territories.

6. During recent months, national institutions created by the Dayton Agreement and other accords for the protection of human rights have played a significant role and issued many important decisions.

My country became a signatory of the Peace Agreement as a result of the preceding Washington agreements which, through Croatia and its subsequent actions in 1995, created a balance of power in Bosnia and Herzegovina that made the Dayton Paris accords possible. This balance of power remains crucial to peace and stability in the region.

In Dayton.

Bearing in mind that the security situation in the region following the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords remained fragile, and that peace and stability in his country depended to a large extent on the situation in the region, his Government had requested the extension of the mandate of UNPREDEP for another six months, beginning on 30 November 1996.

According to the Dayton Peace Agreement, culture in Bosnia and Herzegovina is under the jurisdiction of the Entities.

As you are aware, Mr. President, this year we celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Dayton Peace Agreement.

Dayton education provisions

My country was one of the first to welcome the Dayton Peace Agreement because we believe in the importance of peace and cooperation in the Balkans.

It started with the Madrid Conference and moved on to Oslo and the subsequent peace accords.

Recognizing with satisfaction the efforts that continue to be made by the Government, other parties to the peace accords and the people of El Salvador to honour the commitments contained in the accords and to consolidate the peace process,

The Mission's annual analyses of the national budget influenced the work of the Congress and the peace accords Follow Up Commission, confirming military spending excesses and deficits in peace accords priority areas such as education, health and the justice system.

14. Practical disarmament measures should to the extent possible be specified in peace accords between parties concerned.

3. Notes with satisfaction the commitment by the Government of El Salvador and other parties to the peace accords to the full implementation of the provisions of the peace accords, and urges them to work together to complete this implementation without delay

The Union called again on all parties to the peace accords to ensure full implementation of their provisions.

Having considered the report of the Secretary General A 51 936. relating to verification of the peace accords,

2. Takes note with satisfaction of the progress made so far in the implementation of the peace accords

The United Nations country team in Guatemala5 is working on a framework of support to the peace accords.

Ten years after the Matignon Accords, a new era of peace and development is beginning in New Caledonia.

This year we will commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Dayton Peace Agreement, the accord that indeed ended the war but failed to provide the foundations for sustainable peace.

MINUGUA public information efforts were essential for building public support for the peace accords and explaining the MINUGUA mandate.

The signing of the Israeli Palestinian peace accords also led to renewed anti Semitic manifestations, especially of anti Zionism.

If only two peace agreements had been successfully implemented in the early 1990s the Bicesse Accords in Angola and the Arusha Accords in Rwanda we could have prevented the deaths of almost three million people.

The significant repatriations to countries in Africa followed the signing of various peace accords and ceasefire agreements in recent years.

Those killed in the accident were being transported to and from workshops on the peace accords in remote indigenous communities.

However, there is still a great need for the international community to continue supporting the implementation of the Peace Accords.

Can there be any more flagrant way of showing their disregard and even contempt for their obligations as a Member State of the United Nations, obligations that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia reaffirmed by entering into the Dayton Accords?

MINUGUA used the funds to finance hundreds of events throughout the country on the peace accords, prepare publications, materials and campaigns on the peace process and train journalists.

It welcomed the peace process launched in the Middle East in 1991 at the Madrid peace conference, and subsequently actively encouraged the parties' implementation of the Oslo Accords.

Under the Peace Accords, the Tribunal has the duty to allocate political responsibilities in the Brčko area in such a way as to give the fullest possible effect to Dayton apos s commands for country wide freedom of movement, the return of displaced persons and refugees, the re establishment of a multi ethnic society and the democratization of the political process, all in the interests of regional and international peace.