The Mandate for Emir Ramic

 

 

Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Peace in the  Europe

 

Introducing a vastly important incorporation of the Bosnian and Herzegovinian Diaspora (organizations and individuals) in the process of realization and implementation of the underlining position in one of the most important documents for a better future of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an appeal from the Bosnian and Herzegovinian intellectuals- university professors, students, authors and artists from within the country and the Diaspora. The main points of this appeal are to create a speedy revival of a multiethnic, functional, just and prosperous European democratic Bosnia and Herzegovina. That being said, the initiators- Signatories of the appeal state the following:

 

The Mandate:

 

Nominating Professor Emir Ramic, Director of the Institute for Research of Genocide- Canada

 

The mandate issued is for:

 

1.                  Coordination of organizations in Bosnian and Herzegovinian Diaspora in regards to the Appeal.

 

2.                  The view of the Appeal’s guidelines and its acceptance from member organizations stated under point (1).

 

 

3.                  A mandatory representation of the appeal, in the name of hundreds of intellectuals from Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Diaspora and six non party organizations – civilian society working with legitimate government in states where Bosnian and Herzegovinian Diaspora exists.

 

 

4.                  Presentation of the appeal with sources to inform Bosnian and Herzegovinian descendants in the Diaspora.

 

5.                  Presenting an appeal with sources that informs organizations in other countries run by the Bosnian and Herzegovinian Diaspora.

 

 

In sum of the mandate and in the promotion of the appeal it is necessary to highlight that the main cause of tension and decay in Bosnia and Herzegovina is the Dayton agreement.  With this agreement a divide of a country based on nationalism occurred and endangered a thousand year, multiethnic and multicultural, united life of all citizens, nations and national minorities. At the same time quasi constitutional mechanisms were created for internal development of the entities instead of focusing on reintegration; which is necessary for maintaining peace in this region. For that reason, there is no exit strategy for the ruling nationalist powers even though the current political situation in the country is decaying.

The solution lays in the new constitution that aims at a renewal of a united, multiethnic and functional state which is more prone to promoting peace in comparison to the Dayton agreement. With a new constitution the country will be established under modern European standards that promote multinational states and protect human rights.

 

For this modern constitution to occur new laws must be implemented and a formation of a constitutional convention is necessary.  It is important to create this new constitution to include representatives of the democratic society since the current political situation is on the margin of failure.

 

In the case of the long nationalist monopoly in the government and the media for all three sides (Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats) free elections are used and abused only for advancement of nationalist elites in the government and not for the good of the citizens.  In case of a dispute, without delay the international arbitration, made up of neutral international experts are expected to make the right decisions, which are picked by the Board of Directors of PIC.

 

Representative of the Mandate, Professor Emir Ramic will inform initiators of the Appeal (IA-14) if necessary, in Sarajevo depending on the results.

 

On behalf of the initiators of Appeal (IA-14):

 

Professor Muris Osmanagić, PhD, Recipient of the greatest award for science in the Former Yugoslavia – the AVNOJ Award for 1982

 

Academician Professor Vladimir Premec, PhD, Secretary, Department of Humanistic Studies, Academy of Sciences and Arts of BiH, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo, BiH

 

Academician Dejan Milošević, Corresponding member of the Academy of Science and Arts of BiH (ANUBiH), researcher in atomic processes in atophysics, and Professor, Faculty of Natural Science, University of Sarajevo

 

Academician Professor Juraj Martinović, PhD, Member, ANUBiH

 

 

(For further communication, please contact Professor Muris Osmanagić, at: e-mail: omuris@bih.net.ba, tel: 033 222 697, address: SABNOR, Maršala Tita 9a, 71000 Sarajevo, BiH)

 

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo – Canada, Hamilton, February 01, 2011.