Bosnia and Herzegovina

29.12.2004 H.E. Mr. Robert Bosscher, Ambassador of the Netherlands and Mr. Jens Toyberg-Frandzen , UNDP Resident Representative, announced the financial contribution from the Netherlands to the UNDP’s Srebrenica Regional Recovery Programme totaling 4 million Euro for recovery of the Srebrenica Region. The funds will be used for economic development, public infrastructure and house reconstruction and for improvement of public services.

28.12.2004 Leading municipal adminstrations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, together with governmental and nongovernmental organizations that achived significant results in the development of local administration, formed the Partners’ Group for Development of Local Government in B&H at the meeting they held in Banja Luka, December 22.

26.12.2004 With the goal to identify, research and react to the current issues of women existence here and today, the 'Women and Society' Centre organized a forum at the Media Centre Sarajevo.

24.12.2004 Taxi Service for the disabled persons was launched in Banja Luka yesterday. The taxi service has onle mini-van vehicle available to the disabled persons in need of transportation.

23.12.2004 The head of the Mostar field office of the Children Rights Department, Stjepan Prskalo, discussed the reasons behind the decision of the Ombudsman of BH Federation to close the Department, at the press conference held yesterday in Mostar.

22.12.2004 Trafficking in human beings is a contemporary form of slavery. The victims of trafficking are usually talked into leaving home, with promises of well-paid jobs abroad. They soon find themselves doing jobs that they would never think of accepting, and are often forced into prostitution.

20.12.2004 The lack of personal identification papers, such as birth crtificates, ID cards or residence permits, adds to the exclusion of Roma from society.

19.12.2004 Several days ago, the Coalition for Protection of Vrbas River held a press conference at the International Press Centre in Banja Luka. At the press conference, they discussed the harmful influence of the construction of high dams on the river.

16.12.2004 Recently, journalists reporting from the BiH Parliamentary Assembly (PA) gathered and established an association called the Press Gallery of the BiH PA. Although there are already a few journalists’ associations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, these are still completely disorganized. This is why we decided to use the support of the OSCE Parliamentary Support Programme to establish the Parliamentary Press Gallery as a focal point around which political journalists from our country could gather.

16.12.2004 According to official estimates, every one in four citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina is poor. The B&H Development Strategy states the approximately 20 percent of the population in the country lives under the general poverty line. Thirty percent of the population is just above the poverty line, with possibility to fall under.