Documents NATO 11 results

"After the ending of the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia i Herzegovina (BiH), the country has remained the most unstable society in the Balkans. The Dayton Agreement was a compromise for stopping the shooting. But it provided neither political justice nor a manageable basis for a modern state. There is still a large distance and mistrust between the three ethnic groups. Obstruction in the joint political institutions describes the behaviour of the politicians better than co-operation. This concerns the relationships between both entities, the Republika Srpska (RS) and the Bosniak-Croat Federation (FBiH) and also the conditions in the 10 Cantons within the FBiH. Nationalist parties are still dominant. This does not mean that there has been no progress at all in the relationships between people and between any kind of NGO such as, for example, trade unions. On this level, some important steps have been made. Several elections have shown a tendency for a slowly-decreasing support amongst the electors for nationalist parties. The NATO air strikes have destroyed this progress."

"To what extent the NATO action against Yugoslavia would affect the Croatian economy was unknown until the end of April when two ministries, the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Transport and Communications, presented some incomplete estimates. There is no doubt that the NATO action against Miloševic and the Republic of Serbia/Federal Republic of Yugoslavia have induced considerable consequences for the economies of the neighbouring countries. We have not managed to get any more precise estimates and analyses of the consequences of the war in Croatia, even in the industry sector associations. However, it is indisputable that NATO's action will have serious consequences for the Croatian economy as well. The influx of foreign currency from tourism and transport services in Croatia will not be realised according to the budgeted figures vital to the balance sheet."