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Sattler-Trischak: Smaller capacities for demining threats to citizens' security

FENA Press release

SARAJEVO, March 10 (FENA) - BiH Council of Ministers need swift action to appoint new Demining Commission, Head of the EU Delegation to BiH and EU Special Representative Johann Sattler and EUFOR Commander Major General Reinhard Trischak warned.

"The Demining Commission is the only body in the country authorized to accredit and extend the accreditation of demining organizations. With the expiration of the Commission's mandate, 89 percent of BiH's demining capacity, as well as its entire capacity to remove explosive ordnance from non-registered mine suspected areas, will be shut down by the end of March. The current deadlock is a threat to a safe and stable environment for citizens of this country, becaue two percent of the territory is still contaminated with landmines,” they said in a joint statement.  

Ambassador Sattler and Major General Trischak emphasized the urgency of the matter.

After the BiH Minister of Civil Affairs, Ankica Gudeljević, has proposed the names, the BiH Council of Ministers should formally appoint members of the new Demining Commission to enable the implementation of the Mine Action Strategy to continue in line with national and international standards.

The lack of a Commission also jeopardizes the implementation of EU-funded demining projects worth 10 million euros, and the BiH Mine Action Center (BHMAC) cannot continue to cooperate with organizations not accredited by the Demining Commission, Sattler and Trischak also warn.

EUFOR is still ready to monitor mine clearance activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with an aspect of urgency due to the fact that because of the weather conditions, the mine clearance season runs from April to October, they said in a joint statement.

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