Zemaljski Muzej BiH Sarajevo-National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina is founded on February 1st 1888. The building in which it is now housed was built in 1913 to a design by Karel Parik.
Bosnia - Presidency meets
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Bosnia's three-person presidency on Thursday (12/12) appointed two co-chairmen of the proposed 12-member Council of Ministers. An announcement on the other members is scheduled for next week. The two men appointed were former Bosnian Prime Minister Haris Silajdzic, a
Muslim, and Boro Bosic - the former Energy Minister in the Serb entity in Bosnia, Republika Srpska.
The Council of Ministers will meet once a week, and will be chaired alternately by Silajdzic and Boro, with a Croat acting as deputy.
Thursday's meeting of the presidency was held at the National Museum, in the office of international civilian representative Carl Bildt. Along with Bildt and Izetbegovic, Croat co-president Kresimir Zubak and Serb co-president Momcilo Krajisnik were in attendance.
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WS national museum in Sarajevo where meeting was held;
arrivals of Kresimir Zubak, top international civilian representative in Bosnia, Carl Bildt, Alija Izetbegovic and Momcilo Krajisnik;
GVs interior shots of meeting;
exterior museum;
ENGLISH SOT, Mirza Hajric, adviser to Alija Izetbegovic: The Presidency
of Bosnia and Herzegovina at today's session agreed to appoint as a co-chairman to the council of ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina Dr. Haris Silajdzic and Boro Bosic. The two of them have a week to nominate ministers and these will be confirmed by the Parliament next week.;
WS exterior museum;
motorcade leaving.
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Bosnia - Members of presidency meet
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The Serb, Moslem and Croat members of Bosnia's troubled collective presidency arrived at a special rendezvous in Sarajevo on Tuesday (22/10) for an official inaugural ceremony. Bosnian Serb member Momcilo Krajisnik was the first to arrive, amid tight security around a museum building partially restored for the occasion in Sarajevo's once notorious sniper alley.
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VS Sarajevo street scene,
Italian IFOR armoured vehicle drives by;
Exterior WS National Museum;
VS security troops on patrol outside National Museum;
Bosnia peace envoy Carl Bildt arrives and enters building;
Bosnian Croat member of Joint Bosnian Presidency, Kresimir Zubak arrives and enters museum;
Arrival of United States special envoy John Kornblum;
Bosnian Serb member of Joint Presidency, Momcilo Krajisnik arrives and
enters museaum;
Arrival of Chairman of the Joint Bosnian Presidency, and Bosnian
representative, Alija Izetbegovic;
WS Exterior of National Museum showing people entering and security troops watching scene;
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dont you guys think its crazy that someone can remove such an important historical piece with the click of a button, so that nobody can see them anymore ever? I do.
Bosnia - Presidents agree on new cabinet
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Bosnia's three-man presidency on Saturday (30/11) agreed on the composition of a new cabinet, after weeks of wrangling over the country's first post-war government.
The collective presidency, comprising Muslim Alija Izetbegovic, Croat Kresimir Zubak and Serb Momcilo Krajisnik, settled on the make-up of the Council of Ministers who will run three key ministries in the new Bosnian government.
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SARAJEVO, BOSNIA. 30/11
national museum in Sarajevo (where Presidency meeting is taking place),
arrivals of three members of Presidency (Izetbegovic, Krajisnik and Zubak),
inside shots of the meeting,
SOT Michael Steiner, Deputy to the High Representative in Bosnia,
(English), 'I am very happy to say that three presidency members reached an agreement on the future composition of the Council of Ministers. I will distribute the signed paper on the structure of the Council. The council will be chaired by two co-chairmen, one Bosnian, one Serb, who will rotate. There will be a vice chair who will be a Croat. There will be three ministers, a minister for foreign affairs, a minister for civil affairs and communications and a minister for trade and economic relations. The foreign minister will be a Croat, the minister for civil affairs will be a a Serb, the minister for EC relations will be a Bosnian. Each of these ministers will have two deputies from a different nation.
press conference,
SOT Mirza Hajric, Adviser to Alija Izetbegovic, (English) I think that in the Presidency we have good and very important rules. We have the structure of the Council of Ministers and I think that is the best solution we can get before the conferences we will attend in L....I think that's quite encouraging news although a bit late for that decision because the process was longer than expected.
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Tunel ispod sarajevske piste
Tunel na Dobrinji koji je ispod aerodromske piste vodio do slobode za vrijeme opsade Sarajeva
A tunnel in Dobrinja (Sarajevo), going under the airport runway, was the only way to freedom for Sarajevo for three and a half years while Sarajevo was surrounded
BOSNIA: SARAJEVO: GERMAN & FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTERS VISIT
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German foreign minister Klaus Kinkel and his French counterpart Hubert Vedrine flew to Sarajevo on Thursday for a one-day visit.
They are holding meetings with members of the Bosnian presidency in preparation for a further meeting in Germany next week.
The talks are aimed at ensuring that the Dayton Peace Accord is implemented in full.
The German and French foreign ministers travelled to Sarajevo together, reflecting their two countries' close cooperation over policy towards Bosnia.
Before meeting members of the Bosnian presidency, they visited the ruined offices of the newspaper Oslobodenje, where one of the frontlines used to lie.
Later they drove to the National Museum - a venue often used for international meetings.
Close on their heels were members of the three-man presidency Momcilo Krajisnik and Alija Izetbegovic.
The French and German ministers were said to be keen to stress the importance of following the Dayton Peace Accord to the letter.
The message they brought was that there is no alternative to Dayton and that further aid is contingent on the peace agreement being honoured.
They were also scheduled to meet with Biljana Plavsic, president of the Serb entity in Bosnia.
The meeting, to be held in the French embassy, marks the first time since the Balkan conflict erupted in 1992, that Plavsic has entered the Bosnian capital.
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BOSNIA: A SERB AND A MUSLIM APPOINTED MEMBERS OF THE PRESIDENCY
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Bosnia's three-man presidency on Thursday appointed a Serb and a Muslim as joint prime ministers of the divided country.
Former Prime Minister Haris Silajdzic will represent the Muslim-Croat federation.
Boso Bosic, former minister of industry in the Serb half of Bosnia, will share the post of head of government in a weekly rotation.
The National Museum in Sarajevo was the setting Thursday for the Bosnian three- member presidency to make its appointment of the country's next co-prime ministership.
Kresimir Zubak, Croat member of presidency, arrived, followed by the E-U High Representative in charge of the international peace programme in Bosnia, Carl Bildt.
The two men were joined by the Muslim and Serb members of the presidency - Alija Izetbegovic and Momlico Krajisnik.
Bosnia's three presidents agreed last month on the makeup of the new central government.
In addition to the rotating premiership, the ethnically-balanced Cabinet - the Council of Ministers - will include a Croat as deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, a Serb as the Minister for Civil Affairs and Communication and a Muslim as Minister for Foreign Trade and Economic Relations.
Each minister will have two deputies representing Bosnia's other ethnic groups.
Following the session the presidency announced its decision.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
The Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina at today's session agreed to appoint as a co-chairman to the council of ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina Dr. Haris Silajdzic and Boro Bosic. They have a week to nominate ministers and their deputies and these will be confirmed by the Parliament next week.
SUPER CAPTION: Mirza Hajric, adviser to Alija Izetbegovic
Silajdzic and Bosic will be assisted by Carl Bildt in their choice of ministers and will name the rest of the government within a week.
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Historijski muzej BiH... (2012.)
Zamislite da nemate grijanje u kancelariji u kojoj radite. Sad zamislite da grijanja nemate 17 godina i da zimu na svom poslu provodite u jakni, a ne biste trebali. Ovo je ukratko opis radnog mjesta koji se zove Historijski muzej Bosne i Hercegovine...
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(Novinar: Irvin Pekmez, snimatelj: Alen Alilović, montaža: Adis Zilić, mart 2012.)
BOSNIA: SARAJEVO: US SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT VISIT
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U-S Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrived in Bosnia on Sunday, on the next leg of her visit, aimed at ensuring full compliance with the 1995 Dayton Peace Accord.
The Dayton treaty ended more than four years of war in the Balkans.
After taking the Serbian and Croatian Presidents to task on Saturday over their failure to honour the treaty - Albright turned her attentions to Bosnia's collective Presidency.
Madeleine Albright arrived in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo on Sunday - her first visit to the war-torn city as United States Secretary of State.
Albright is on a tough-talking mission to ensure all signatories to the 1995 Dayton peace accord honour their commitments.
Her visit comes amid concerns that the Dayton treaty is not holding firm - an ominous sign before next year's NATO withdrawal.
Currently a NATO-led force is patrolling the peace in the former Yugoslavia - in a year's time, the onus will be on the Serbs, Croats and Moslems to keep the peace.
On Saturday - Albright launched a stinging attack on the Presidents of Croatia and Serbia for failing to uphold the Dayton agreements.
She called on Croatian President Franjo Tudjman and Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic to facilitate the extradition of indicted war criminals - and the safe return of refugees.
She accused Milosevic of stonewalling - refusing to co-operate with the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague - particularly over former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic who although indicted has eluded the tribunal.
At Sarajevo's National Museum on Sunday, Albright met the Moslem, Croat and Serb members of Bosnia's collective presidency - Alija Izetbegovic, Kresimir Zubak and Momcilo Krajisnik.
Again - her words were firm, warning that the United States and European powers will impose penalties on any faction that defied the terms of the Dayton accord.
After her meeting - she placed flowers by a memorial plaque - pausing to remember all those who lost their lives in the Balkan conflict.
Albright will travel to the north-western Bosnian town of Banja Luka later on Sunday, where she is scheduled to hold talks with Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic.
She'll also meet U-S soldiers who are serving in the Stabilisation Force (SFOR).
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BOSNIA: 3 MAN PRESIDENCY AGREE ON MAKE UP OF GOVERNMENT
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Following intense negotiations, ongoing since the September elections, Bosnia's three- man presidency agreed Saturday on the make-up of a new government.
The trio announced that a Bosnian Serb and a Muslim are to rotate weekly in the post of Prime Minister.
Additionally, a six person, ethnically balanced Council of Ministers was chosen in the first step toward meeting international requirements to seek aid from the world's financial markets.
Bosnia has a deal on its new government.
The three members of Bosnia's presidency -- one Muslim, one Croat and one Serb -- have been haggling since their election in September over the make up of their government.
Moslem Presidency member Alija Izetbegovic, Serb member Momcilo Krajisnik, and Croat member Kresimir Zubak arrived separately at the National Museum in Sarajevo where the negotiations have been taking place.
The long awaited decision of the troika was made by an international mediator.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
I am very happy to say that three presidency members reached an agreement on the future composition of the Council of Ministers, I will distribute you the signed paper on the structure of the council.
SUPERCAPTION: Michael Steiner, Deputy to the High Representative
The rotation system is designed to help create trust between all parties.
SOUNDBITE:(English )
The council will be chaired by two co-chairmen, one Bosnian and one Serb, who will rotate. There will be a vice chair, who will Croat. There will be three ministers, a minister for Civil Affairs and Communications, as well as a Minister for Foreign Trade and Economic Relations. The Foreign Minister will be a Croat, the Minister for Civil Affairs will be a Serb, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Economic Relations will be a Bosnian. Each of these three ministers will have two deputies from the different nation.
SUPERCAPTION: Michael Steiner, Deputy to the High Representative
Each minister will have two deputies representing Bosnia's other two ethnic groups.
The formation of a functioning national government is necessary before Bosnia can approach the World Bank and other international
institutions for loans.
The country desperately needs financial aid to reconstruct after four years of war.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
I think that finally from a Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency we have a good and very important news, we have news that they finally agreed on the establishment of and a structure of the council of ministers state government and I think that is the best possible solution they could get for the conferences we will attend in Lisbon overseas summit and the London conference on Bosnia-Herzegovina. I think that it's quiet encouraging news although it's already a little bit too late for their decision because a decision making process was longer than expected.
SUPERCAPTION: Mirza Hajric , Adviser to Alija Izetbegovic
Although the government might look complicated, witnesses to the decision process say that it takes into account that there is so much mistrust in the wake of the war.
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Bosnia president visits Yad Vashem centre
(14 Mar 2017) Mladen Ivanic, a Serb member of Bosnia's tripartite presidency, visited the Yad Vashem Remembrance Centre - Israel's official Holocaust memorial - in Jerusalem on Tuesday.
Ivanic laid a wreath at the Hall of Eternal Flame in memory of the victims.
He praised the state of Israel for creating the memorial and urged his compatriots to learn from the past and to always find a way to compromise.
Bosnia went through a bloody civil war in the mid-1990s during the violent breakup of former Yugoslavia.
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Walls of Vratnik Sarajevo: 3 pintu dan 5 bentengnya
Bolak balik bascarsija kota tua, kali ini baru kesampaian untuk explore tembok vratnik sebagai benteng pertahanan bangsa Vratnik Sarajevo kala menghadapi agresi Austro Hungaria.
Bangsa vratnik adalah bangsa asli Bosnia ketrunan slaviks sebagai komunitas asli yg mendiami sarajevo sejak lama. Pada masa Ahmad Pasha rustempasic skopljak kondisi bangsa Vratnik Sarajevo rentan dari serbuan Eugene Savoy kala itu yang membuat kota mudah dibumi hanguskan. Keadaan ini menjadi keprihatinan Ahmad Pasha yang segera mengambil 5 tenaga ahli benteng Dubrovnik untuk membuat benteng pertahanan berupa tembok mengelilingi Sarajevo pada tahun 1727.
Kala itu benteng dapat diselesaikan pada tahun 1739 dan quote yg digunakan untuk menggambarkan megahnya tembok ini adalah one hour walk two yards thick and 10 yards tall.
Dalam kesempatan melihat secara langsung itu saya tergerak memulainya dari Ploce gate yang saat ini jadi Museum Alija Izetbegovich presiden pertama Bosnia Herzegovina. Didalam Museum memorabilia Presiden di pamerkan termasuk galeri terkait perjuangan beliau dengan senjata seadanya termasuk rakitan bersama rakyat Bosnia melawan gempuran tentara Serbia pada perang Bosnia. Ploce Gate yang berada di utara benteng ini berfungsi sebagai cek point keluar masuknya orang ke benteng.
Dari gate ploce dimungkinkan untuk naik ke towernya dan dari lantai 2 terhubung ke tembok vratnik. Ditengah tembok dibuat terowongan yang bisa dilewati dan mengarah ke Gate Sirokac di sebelah barat kurang lebih 300 m. Gate sirokac di lantai bawah masih berfungsi untuk lalu lalang kendaraan di bawahnya.
Dari 2 gate ini, kami beranjak menuju gate lainnya yakni visegrad yang berada dekat Bijela tabija atau benteng putih sebagai benteng yang tertinggi dari vratnik walls. Bijela Tabija masih dalam taraf pemugaran untuk mengembalikan kemegahan benteng ini yang sudah ditetapkan sebagai monumen nasional Bosnia Herzegovina.
Sasaran berikutnya adalah benteng kuning atau Zuta Tabija. Menuju benteng kuning saya memasuki bangunan dalam benteng yang terlihat padat dan jalan yang sempit turun naik dan kurangnya tanda penunjuk jalan sehingga mudah nyasar bila datang kemari. Bila dari sebilj mudah saja dicapai hanya menanjak dan melewati makam pahlawan Kovaci di mana di makmkan para syuhada perang Bosnia dan mendiang presiden pertama Bosnia Alija Izetbegovic
Zuta tabija berdiri kokoh dan menjadi spot wajib bagi wisatawan yg berkunjung ke sarajevo untuk melihat panorama kota dari benteng ini. Kebetulan hari ini pertama ramadhan benteng ini jd pusat karena disitulah canon penanda berbuka di dentumkan.
Diatas benteng ada cafe yg dipersiapkan untuk acara iftar. Sudah jadi kebiasaan warga Sarajevo berkumpul di bentenh ini untuk menantikan dentuman meriam penanda berbuka.
Penanda lain berbuka adalah penyalaan lampu2 lampu di semua mesjid di Sarajeo dan sudah pasti ya suara adzan maghribnya.
Sebetulnya ada benteng lain dari total 5 buah namun 3 benteng itu susah diakses karena masuk properti penduduk. 3 benteng itu benteng Ravne bakije benteng Strosicka dan benteng Zmajevac.Beberapa perang yang melanda Sarajevo termasuk perang Bosnia dan pengrusakan akibat pengambilan batuan benteng oleh masyarakat menyebabkan benteng ini tidak utuh.
Pemerintah saat ini terus berupaya merekonstruksi benteng ini karena memang sudah masuk Unesco dan dijadikan monumen nasional bagi Bosnia Herzegovina.
Bosnia - First parliament session of joint govt
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The first parliament session of the joint Bosnian Government was held on Friday (3/1) in the National Museum in Sarajevo.
The constitutional parliament session lasted for three hours and the members of the Serb, Moslem and Croat parties nominated the leaders of the new Bosnian Government.
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SARAJEVO, BOSNIA. 3 JANUARY, 1996
0.00 WS EXT national museum building
0.05 WS parliament session
0.09 MS parliament members
0.13 MS parliament members raising hands
0.17 WS parliament members leaving building
0.23 SOT Haris Silajdzic I expect the international community to keep focused on Bosnia regardless of the fact we are not on the first pages anymore. Bosnia could be a bridge, it could be an abyss. So it's up to all of us.
0.38 EXT building
0.41 MS Javier Solana entering building
0.46 PAN of presidents Alija Izetbegovic, Momcilo Krajisnik and Kresimir Zubak to Solana and others
0.53 MS Solana and Izetbegovic
0.55 CU NATO official
0.58 MS meeting
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BOSNIA: SARAJEVO: JOINT PRESIDENCY PLEDGE TO HELP BUILD COUNTRY
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Muslim, Serb and Croat lawmakers have gathered for the first time in Sarajevo in an important step towards reunifying Bosnia.
In separate speeches to the first session of the House of Representatives Friday, the three members of the joint presidency pledged to help build peace in the country.
Later, the presidents met privately with NATO leaders who came to the Bosnian capital to support the new joint government.
The first session of the joint Bosnian parliament was held in the National Museum in the capital Sarajevo.
The session went on for three hours Friday, with representatives of the three parties nominating the members of the new Bosnian government.
As a first order of business, the lawmakers approved the Cabinet, known as the Council of Ministers.
Without a Cabinet, Bosnia has been unable to receive major reconstruction aid because institutions like the World Bank had no partner to work with.
Bosnian Moslem representative, Dr. Haris Silajdzic, and Bosnian Serb representative, Boro Bosic, were nominated the co-Prime Ministers of the joint Bosnian government.
Silajdzic spoke about the priorities of the new joint government.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
The first priority is goodwill - that's number one. Without it we shall not function. Economy... there must be some more financial means for Bosnia in order to make this final step and make Bosnia a safe place for us and for the whole world. Capital infrastructure... we have to renew Bosnia Herzegovina and to rebuild our economy. That is the priority. (Q Are you expecting more help from people?) I expect the international community to keep focusing on Bosnia, regardless of the fact that we are not on the first pages anymore. Bosnia could be a bridge or it could be an abyss. It's up to all of us. So make the final step and solve the Bosnian problem once and for all.
SUPER CAPTION: Dr. Haris Silajdzic, co-Prime Minister, Joint Bosnian Government
NATO Secretary-General Javier Solana was also in the Bosnian capital Friday to attend the Bosnian presidency meeting.
Solana and the Bosnian presidents discussed a number of issues relating to the future implementation of the Dayton peace accord, and to the constitution of joint Bosnian political bodies.
A 31-thousand-strong NATO-led force is still in Bosnia to ensure that the former warring parties observe the December 1995 Dayton peace agreement.
In September elections, voters chose representatives to a joint Parliament, aimed at uniting the 51 percent of Bosnia controlled by Muslims and Croats, with the rest under Bosnian Serb control.
The House of Representatives, including political parties from both halves of Bosnia, is made up mainly of members of nationalist parties that pushed the country into war in 1992.
There were no flags or national symbols visible in the hall of the National Museum where the House of Representatives met.
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BOSNIA: ANOTHER POSTPONEMENT OF MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
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Another postponement for Bosnia's municipal elections.
Bosnian and Western officials say conditions still aren't right for a fair vote.
The postponement comes as the three-man presidency of Bosnia met for the first time in Sarajevo Tuesday, after Bosnian Serbs ended their three-week boycott of the country's governing bodies.
Bosnia's three-man presidency met in Sarajevo's former National Museum Tuesday amid tight security provided by NATO-led troops.
UN High Representative Carl Bildt was the first to arrive, followed by Bosnian Croat Member of the Joint Bosnian Presidency, Kresimir Zubak.
The U.S. special envoy to Bosnia, John Kornblum, attended the meeting as part of a hefty agenda.
Later Tuesday he is to travel to Banja Luka, to meet with the President of the Serb half of Bosnia, Biljana Plavsic, to address problems surrounding municipal elections.
Plavsic has expressed opposition to them.
Meanwhile in Sarajevo, the three presidency members pressed on with their discussions, the first after only one informal gathering.
The first meeting ended in failure earlier this month after Serb member, Momcilo Krajisnik, failed to show up.
He did turn up for Tuesday's meeting, but it is not known whether Krajisnik will sign the oath of office today - as his two colleagues have already done.
Krajisnik, a Serb nationalist, has so far refused to sign a written oath of allegiance to a united Bosnia.
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FRANCE: WORLD LEADERS ARRIVE FOR BOSNIA PEACE DEAL SIGNING
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World leaders are gathering in Paris for the signing of the Dayton peace agreement to end the war in former Yugoslavia.
All sides in the Balkan conflict will commit to a plan to end the three and a half-year war, which will be backed by 60 thousand NATO troops on the ground in Bosnia.
The midday signing at the Elysee Palace will seal an end to Europe's most devastating conflict since World War II.
The three Balkan leaders Alija Izetbegovic of Bosnia, Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia and Franjo Tudjman of Croatia were in Paris for the signing of the treaty.
The signing is the culmination of the Dayton peace accord brokered by the U-S in Ohio in November.
For Milosevic, it was a battle to persuade Bosnian Serb leaders to accept the accord.
Bosnian Serbs in Sarajevo are fearful the Muslim-led government in Sarajevo will assume control of their neighborhoods under the terms of the peace accord and had threatened to carry on fighting.
The leaders are hopeful of spending their first peaceful Christmas since 1991.
But after three and a half years of war during which numerous peace deals have appeared nearly in hand only to break down again, the risk of a return to war has not yet disappeared.
During a meeting before the signing, Clinton praised the Balkan leaders for their efforts.
The President has a lot at stake in this peace deal. He has put his neck on the line by persuading the American public to commit 20-thousand U-S troops to the NATO-led peace keeping force.
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Kisah PRESIDEN SOEHARTO menembus SARAJEVO tanpa rompi anti peluru
Di tengah pertemuan antara Presiden Soeharto dan Presiden Kroasia Franjo Tudjman di Zagreb, 13 Maret 1995, terbetik kabar pesawat yang ditumpangi Utusan Khusus PBB Yasushi Akashi ditembaki saat terbang ke Bosnia. Tapi menurut mantan Sekjen Dephan Letjen TNI Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, kabar itu tak menciutkan nyali Presiden Soeharto.
Selaku Ketua Gerakan Non Blok, Soeharto tetap berkeras untuk menemui Presiden Bosnia Alija Izetbegovic sebagai bentuk dukungan moral. Saya pamit dulu untuk ke Sarajevo, kata Soeharto kepada Franjo Tudjman seperti ditulis Sjafrie dalam buku Pak Harto The Untold Stories.
Presiden Soeharto tiba di Sarajevo, 13 Maret 1995 Foto: Saidi via Soeharto.co
Dengan menggunakan pesawat sewaan dari Rusia jewnis JAK-40 berkapasitas 24 kursi, Presiden Soeharto terbang ke Bosnia-Herzegovina. Turut dalam pesawat antara lain Menlu Ali Alatas, Mensesneg Moerdiono, Panglima ABRI Jenderal Feisal Tanjung, Kepala BIA Mayjen Syamsir Siregar, Dan Paspampres Mayjen Jasril Jakub, Ajudan Kolonel Sugiono, dan Juru Foto Kepresidenan Serma Saidi.
Sesuai prosedur keselamatan internasional di medan perang, semua penumpang mengenakan helm baja dan rompi yang bisa menahan proyektil M-16, kecuali Soeharto. Dia cuma berkopiah dan menolak mengenakan rompi seberat 12 kilogram. Eh, Sjafrie, itu rompi kamu cangking (jinjing) saja. Helmnya nanti masukkan ke Taman Mini (Museum Purna Bhakti) saja, ujar Soeharto.
Menjelang mendarat di Sarajevo, dari jendela pesawat Sjafrie yang kala itu menjabat Komandan Grup A Paspampres melihat senjata 12,7 mm yang biasa digunakan untuk merontokkan pesawat terbang terus mengikuti rombongan. Tak heran, sebab lapangan terbang Sarajevo dikuasai dua pihak: Wilayah dari ujung ke ujung landasan milik Serbia yang tentaranya di bawah kendali Jenderal Ratko Mladic, sedangkan sisi kanan-kiri dikuasai Bosnia.
Pak Harto turun dari pesawat dan berjalan dengan tenang. Kami sebagai pengawalnya pun ikut tenang dan mantap. Presiden saja berani, mengapa kami harus gelisah, tulis Sjafrie.
Soeharto kemudian naik panser VAB (mirip panser Anoa buatan Pindad) yang disediakan PBB. Rombongan melewati sniper valley, lembah yang biasa diisi para penembak jitu dari kedua pihak yang bertikai. Untungnya tidak ada apa-apa selama perjalanan. Soeharto pun bertemu Izetbegovic di istana yang kala itu kondisinya amat memprihatinkan. Selama pertemuan, Sjafrie melaporkan ada tembakan meriam tak jauh dari istana.
Setelah meninggalkan istana, Sjafrie pun bertanya pada Soeharto mengapa nekad mengunjungi Bosnia yang berbahaya. Kita ini pemimpin Negara Non Blok tetapi tidak punya uang. Ada negara anggota kita susah, kita tidak bisa membantu dengan uang ya kita datang saja. Kita tengok. Yang penting orang yang kita datangi merasa senang, morilnya naik dan mereka menjadi tambah semangat, jawab Soeharto.
Thousands gather for funeral of 409 victims of the Srebrenica massacre on the 18th anniversary
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7. Close-up of coffins
8. Wide of children looking for their relative's coffin
9. Wide of people gathering at the cemetery
10. Wide of Bosnian war time flag (blue with coat of arms of medieval state of Bosnia), below graves
11. Wide of ceremony with foreign delegations, inside Potocari museum
12. Mid of delegations front row
13. Close-up of Mayor of Srebrenica Camil Durakovic (left), next to member of Bosnian presidency, Bakir Izetbegovic (right)
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Patrick Moon, US Ambassador to Bosnia:
On behalf of President Obama and the American people, I join the people of Bosnia Hercegovina today in honouring the memory of those lost in the horrific act of genocide in Srebrenica in July 1995, which stole the lives of over 8,000 innocent people.
15. Wide of ceremony
16. Wide of organisation 'Women in Black from Belgrade, Serbia, holding black and white banner reading: Solidarity
17. Mid of members of Bosnian presidency, Bakir Izetbegovic, and Zeljko Komsic, laying wreath at the memorial
18. Wide of pilgrims standing in rain
19. Mid of pilgrims standing in pouring rain
20. Mid of US delegation led by US Ambassador Patrick Moon and US Assistant Secretary of State Anne Richard laying wreath at the memorial
21. Close-up of Patrick Moon, US ambassador
22. Close-up of a rose on the monument which lists the names of the dead
STORYLINE:
Some 10,000 pilgrims and families gathered for the funeral of 409 victims of the Srebrenica massacre on Thursday on the 18th anniversary of the slaughter of an estimated 8,000 Bosnian Muslims in 1995.
US ambassador to Bosnia, Patrick Moon, relayed a message from US President Barack Obama to the victims' families, saying that Obama and the American people joined them remembering those lost in Srebrenica.
I join the people of Bosnia Hercegovina today in honouring the memory of those lost in the horrific act of genocide in Srebrenica in July 1995, which stole the lives of over 8,000 innocent people, Moon said.
As delegations arrived to lay a wreath at the Srebrenica memorial, families of the victims were paying their last respects at the coffins displayed in the cemetery of Potocari, outside Srebrenica.
Among many visitors this year, the 'Women in Black' from Serbia also took part in the ceremony.
About 30 of them laid wreathes at the monument, holding a black and white banner reading solidarity.
Meanwhile, judges at the United Nations' Yugoslav war crimes tribunal on Thursday were ruling on a prosecution appeal against Radovan Karadzic's acquittal on one of the key allegations against him over atrocities during Bosnia's bloody war.
The former Bosnian Serb leader was initially charged with genocide for the Srebrenica massacre and also for a Serb campaign to drive Muslims and Croats out of large parts of Bosnia early in the 1992-95 war.
Judges dismissed the second charge, midway through his long-running trial, at the end of the prosecution case for lack of evidence, but left the Srebrenica genocide count in place.
The court is due to announce its decision Thursday afternoon.
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Alija Kučukalić hommage
ALIJA KUČUKALIĆ, hommage
Promotion of monography and Inauguration of the individual exhibition of sculptures and drawings of the academic sculptor Alija Kucukalic. 3th. November 2016.
The event was held at the Art Galery of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo, and the exhibition was opened in the period of November 3rd until November 17th, 2016. It was the first individual exhibition of this artist after his death 24 years ago. The works presented were collected from art collections: Art Galery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo Museum, Bosniak Institute, Academy of Fine Arts, and Memorial Atellier of Alija Kucukalic. The inauguration of the exhibition was accompanied by the promotion of Monography Alija Kučukalić sculptor: with comments from the artist authored by Lejla Kucukalic, also the curator of the exhibition.
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