Vijesti

Open Appeal

 

                

 

 BiH in the EU and NATO– the life goal of BiH citizens

 

 

                                

 

 

 

 

OPEN APPEAL – ONE HUNDRED SIGNATORIES

Intellectuals from Bosnia and Herzegovina – university professors, scientists, authors and artists, residing both in BiH and abroad

 

 

 

 

for a rapid re-establishment of a unified, multiethnic, functional, sustainable, prosperous and European state, a democratic state with equal rights and status for all its citizens, peoples and national minorities

 

 

 

 

 

To be sent to world statesmen of the OUN, NATO,

OSCE, European countries, , USA, Japon,European

 Union Commissioners and the Parliament, Council

 of the European Union,  OIC – Organization of the

Islamic Conference,  BRIC- Brazil, Russian Federation,

 India and China, PIC Steering Board  and the  OHR,

 

 

 

 

 

Sarajevo, 25 November 2010

National Statehood Day of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Dear Excellencies and esteemed dignitaries

 

Concerned as we are for the future of our beautiful, yet tormented homeland, we would like to appeal to you, in the name of the basic values of humanity, to take all the measures in your power to restore and strengthen the democratic, multiethnic and multicultural character of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as a unified, sustainable, functional and prosperous European state.

 

Under coercion from the international community, the Dayton-Paris Accords were signed (November – December 1995), ending the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (which lasted between 1992 and 1995). This event must been characterized and appreciated as a positive achievement.

 

Unfortunately, all later events have shown that the cease of warfare was almost the only positive outcome of the Accords, with regard to the reestablishment of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a functional democratic state.

 

Some of the solutions of the Dayton-Paris Accords, made essential under the imperative of stopping the armed conflict, are not in accordance with international democratic standards, and have proved to be insurmountable obstacles in all aspects of the reintegration of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as a unified state of equal citizens and peoples.

 

The Dayton-Paris Accords also changed the name of our country, leaving out the title of Republic, which was nonetheless retained in the name of one of the entities.

The Accords also legalized a state in the country that was the result of the force, genocide politics and practices of the powers that had designed, initiated and waged the war. Administrative structures were established that have no precedent in our tradition and are not common in comparison to the standard institutions of other multinational democratic states.


The entities, established by the Accords, generally failed to comply with the two basic provisions of the agreement- those of bringing to justice and punishing those responsible for crimes, and of achieving the return of refugees and displaced persons to their homes.

 

What did not happen after the Accords were signed was a removal of those factors who designed, initiated and waged the war from entity government structures (as was done in the efforts to De-Nazify Germany after the Second World War). These factors have, as a result, remained politically active to this day.

 

In addition, by disabling the return of refugees and displaced persons, the national structure of the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina has been altered.


In these circumstances, the idea of entity voting is abused, thus making the disintegration-oriented nationalistic forces dominant, while the influence of democratic, integration-oriented efforts in Bosnian society has been completely degraded and marginalized. In this way, any initiative to change the current untenable situation, and to establish a true, democratic, multiethnic and multicultural society, devoid of discrimination and apartheid on national, religious, political or other grounds, by improving the constitutional setup or other means, is completely blocked.

 

Our analysis that this situation is unsustainable is supported by a ruling made by the European Court of Human Rights, which has state that the constitutional system of Bosnia and Herzegovina is discriminatory, and contrary to the European Convention on Human Rights. This ruling, like all other positive initiatives, has been completely ignored.


Renowned analysts have warned about the seriousness of the situation in all spheres of life in Bosnia and Herzegovina, regardless of the entity or national origin of its citizens. Therefore, radical changes need to be made.


It is also clear that the current situation points to possible new agony for the residents of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to a new hotspot of instability, both on the regional and international scale.

 

Despite public awareness that the peace and future of Bosnia and Herzegovina must be the result of efforts by its domestic powers, we are very much convinced that the political situation in the country, and the composition of the delegates elected in the recent elections (held 03 October 2010) are not such that any vital decisions, which would bring about the necessary changes to our current undemocratic and imposed constitution, could be made without a significant intervention by the international community.


The most important point towards this claim is the fact that this same imposed constitution, a major obstacle to the reintegration and functioning of the State of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was adopted in Dayton (in November, 1995) under the direct guidance of the international community- which today, through its vast Bonn powers, controls the situation in the country.

 

The Dayton Agreement was signed without the knowledge of our citizens, has, to this day, still not been translated from English into the languages spoken by the inhabitants of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the same way, neither the legal Presidency of the State of Bosnia and Herzegovina, recognized by the United Nations in 1992, which, under the Constitution valid 15 years ago, was only authority with the power to make a Decision to sign the Dayton Peace Accords, ever made such a Decision, nor was it reached by the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

 

Dear Excellencies and esteemed dignitaries

 

We have taken the liberty to add to this “Open Appeal” an outline of certain political solutions and constitutional principles which, if implemented, could, in our opinion, initiate the rebuilding of a complete and unified, multiethnic and multicultural, and viable and functional European state of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

 

Firstly, we believe that it is essential that we ensure:

1.        Efficient safeguarding of guaranteed human rights and liberties, with a guarantee that these rights can be exercised on the entire state territory of the country, with no exceptions or discrimination of any sort;

 

      2.  The instruments for implementing collective national rights in equal measure for all citizens, peoples and national minorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as for exercising the right to regional and local self-governance in accordance with the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Charter of Local Self-Government;

 

      3.  An implementation of the process of regional cooperation in an equal measure with all our neighbours, without any sign of national favouritism and protectionism (parallel individual relations between the entities and neighbouring states should be carried out in the form of regional cross-border cooperation, and in the spirit of accepted European practices);

 

     4.   The establishing of a rational and efficient organization of state authority at all levels, in accordance with recognized standards that apply in progressive democratic states. The authority will base its legitimacy solely on the state identity and sovereignty of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as a state of equal peoples. The right to national veto should be retained only in the House of Peoples, which should be established as a true guarantee of equality for all the peoples and national minorities of the country.

 

      5.  Conditions that would allow an intensifying and speeding up of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s accession efforts to Euro-Atlantic integration.

 

In the interim period, until a new Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina is adopted, it is possible to restore legal authority to the Constitution of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina - according to which the country’s first democratic elections (1990), and the Referendum on independence (1992) were held - or at least to some of its provisions which offer a possibility to achieve the suggestions given in 1 through 5 above.

 

This needs to be done as soon as possible, since the last constitution adopted by the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina represents the most recent fair and thus legitimate solution for the constitutional organisation of our state. The Dayton model of the constitution is in fact just one of the Appendices of the Dayton Peace Accords, and does not correspond to the standard of a constitutional act. For that reason, Bosnia and Herzegovina is, legally and constitutionally, portrayed as “a constitutional state” with no legitimate constitution.

 

In our opinion, the new Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which would then have a European character, should incorporate the following basic principles:

 

  1. Bosnia and Herzegovina should be a state of all its citizens and nations: its constituent peoples - Bosniaks, Serbs, Croats - as well as other national minorities that live in it. Bosnia and Herzegovina should be based on the rule of law and social justice, as well

as on the principles of participatory civil democracy, human and minority rights and liberties, environmental protection, international cooperation and a market economy, and on integration with European principles and socio-historical values;

 

2.    Original sovereignty is attributed to the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is derived exclusively from the rights of all its citizens and peoples. No state organ, political organization, group, individual or nation, can exclusively appropriate the original sovereignty or any part of it original sovereignty of the state, or set up authority outside the original sovereignty;

 

3. The legal system should be unified. Political authority rests on the division of power into legislative, executive and judicial power. The House of Representatives exercises the legislative power according to the principle of democratic vote, and in accordance with constitutional provisions. The House of Peoples protects the vital collective interests of all the peoples and ethnic minorities alike, along with the implementation of certain instruments as specified by the Constitution. The executive power is exercised by the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is formed on the basis of competence, and in such a way that it also reflects the national setup of the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina (according to the 1991 census). The judicial authority should be independent from political and any other form of influence;

 

 4. The function of President is executed by the Presidency, composed of the Chairman of the Presidency and three other members. The Chairman and Members of the Presidency are elected to a mandate of four years from among the three constituent peoples, with one member from within the other nationalities that make up the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Presidency is formed on the basis of a state-wide general election, wherein all citizens have free access to both active and passive voting rights;

 

5. The control of the state border will be under the jurisdiction of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Only the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina has decision rights over the citizenship of its residents;

 

6.  The State of Bosnia and Herzegovina has its own armed forces, police and security  

      Institutions, while lower levels of government also have their own appropriate police

      agencies. The territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina is indissoluble and cannot be

       divided under any legal act. The property inherited by Bosnia and Herzegovina in

     1991, after separation from the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia, shall

     remain the property of the State of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is not supposed to  

     be subject of any agreements or compromises.      

 

 7 Religious communities are separate from the State. No religion can be
established a state or mandatory religion, nor can any religious holiday be considered a state holiday;

 

8.    All people are equal under the Constitution and the law. All citizens have equal rights to the protection of the law without discrimination. The right to life and property is
inviolable;

9. The economic setup of Bosnia and Herzegovina is based on a market economy, an open and free market, freedom of entrepreneurship, independent market participants, and an equality of private and other forms of property. Bosnia and Herzegovina should be a unified economic area, with a unified market for goods, labour, capital and services;

 

10. The foreign policy of the country rests on generally recognized principles and rules of international law, and falls within the authority of the original state sovereignty;

 

11. The provisions of the Constitution, which ensure the collective national rights,
and the right to regional and local self-governance, must also ensure protection
against the possible abuse of these rights, in terms of blocking the work of the  Parliament and other state institutions, or hindering the functioning of the state as such.

 

12.  Segregation in educational institutions and lack of tolerance towards others should be prevented on the basis of provisions included in the Constitution. Also, all state institutions, at all levels of government, should be urged to take into account the modern role of science, education, culture and art, and the fact that these areas should be financed according to models existing in developed European countries, in order to ensure the welfare of citizens and foster a community spirit.

 

On account of all of the above, we demand that, prior to any future discussion on constitutional amendments and a new Constitution, a constitutional convent is established, which would, alongside representatives of political structures, also include, under equal status, other non-party figures, including ours i.e. the IA- 14.

 

A Law on the process of adopting a new constitution and international arbitrage should be structured in such a way that, in the case of any disputes, the decision on the Constitution convent should be referred without delay to an arbitrage commission, composed of constitutional law experts selected by the Peace Implementation Council Steering Board. The arbiters should make decisions on the basis of modern European standards for multinational states, and not on the basis of the Dayton solutions imposed by the war.

 

In conclusion to this "Open Appeal", we call upon you, ladies and gentlemen MPs, parliamentary institutions, presidents and prime ministers of the world’s most powerful democratic forces, as well as local state institutions, and urge you: Now, at a time of imperative changes to the current, and an adoption of a new BiH Constitution, please, do not allow the general evil that has so far dominated this multi-ethnic country, from both within and without its borders, to have the last word!

 

(The signatories of the “Open Appeal” have, as proof of their participation, submitted their identification numbers to the Editorial Board of the 14 Appeal Initiators, the

IA – 14, who are thus authorized to sign the Appeal and all accompanying letters on behalf of all the signatories):

 

With our best regards

Intellectuals from Bosnia and Herzegovina, residing in the country or abroad,

signatories of the Appeal:

 

 

 

I N I T I A T O R S   O F   T H E   A P P E A L  (IA - 14)

 

Mr. Jakob Finci, iur  Corresponding member BHAAAS – BH American Academy of Arts and Science; President, Jewish Community of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bern, Switzerland

 

Mr. Jure Galić  President, Union of Antifascists and Soldiers in the War for National Liberation

                                                        

Assistant Professor Dr Tarik Haverić, PhD, Professor of Political and Legal Systems in BiH, University of Zenica

 

Professor Tomislav Išek, PhD, Professor of BiH Modern History, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Tuzla

 

G. Milorad Krunić, B.A. Economics, President, “Prosveta” Serb Society for Culture, Sarajevo, BiH

 

Friar Luka Markešić, PhD, Professor, President, Croatian National Council, 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

 

Professor Nedžad Mulabegović, ScD, President, Council of the Congress of Bosniak Intellectuals, Sarajevo, BiH, Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University Sarajevo

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

Academician Professor emeritus Dr. Branislava Peruničić, Vice-President, ANUBiH, Sarajevo, BiH

 

Academician Professor Vladimir Premec, PhD, Secretary, Department of Humanistic Studies, Academy of Sciences and Arts of BiH (ANUBiH), Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo,  President of the Croatian society  of Science and Arts, Bosnia and Herzegovina

 

Sretko Radišić, BSc Eng., President, Serb Civil Council, Bosnia and Herzegovina

 

                                                              

 

Academician Abdulah Šarčević, Member of ANUBiH, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo, BiH

 

Mr. Schlomo Bar Giyora (Vladimir) Zupković, BSc Chemical Engineering, Consultant and Expert Associate, Caduri Center Laboratories, Lower Galilee, (Nazaret, Haifa, Ako and Tiberias),Israel, BiH expatriat

 

 

 

                                

 The Signatories of the “Open Appeal”

 

 

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Title, name and surname

Affiliation

City/Country of residence

1.     

Haris Alibabic, MPA. PhD Candidate

President of the Congress of North American

Bosniaks

Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

2.     

Professor emeritus Ibrahim Arnautović, PhD

Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

3.     

Dr. Kenan Arnautović, MD

FACS, Semmes-Murhey Clinic, Memphis, TN, USA

Memphis,

USA

4.     

Professor, Friar Mile Babić, PhD

Dean, Franciscan Theological Faculty

Sarajevo, BiH

 

5.     

Prima Donna Amila Bakšić

Artistic Director, Sarajevo National Theatre

Sarajevo, BiH

6.     

Professor Josip Baotić, PhD

Professor of Literature, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

7.     

Dr. Esad Bajtal, ScD

 

Freelance researcher, Editor-in-Chief of “Glas antifašista” (the Antifascist Voice) Magazine, Sarajevo

Breza/Sarajevo BiH

8.     

Assis. Professor Vedada Baraković, PhD

 

Faculty of Philosophy, University of Tuzla

Tuzla, BiH

9.     

Mr. Mersad Berber

 

Renowned visual artist: painter and graphic artist 

Zagreb, Croatia

10. 

Professor Rešad Begtić,  PhD

President, Council of the Congress of Bosniak Intellectuals of the Tuzla Canton

Tuzla, BiH

11. 

Academician Professor Ljubomir Berberović, PhD

 

Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ANUBiH), Member

Sarajevo, BiH

12. 

Professor Seniha Bešlagić, PhD

Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

13. 

Professor Ivan Bubalo, PhD

Professor, Franciscan Theological Faculty

 

Sarajevo, BiH

14. 

Professor Suzana Bubić, PhD

 

Chancellor, “Džemal Bijedić” University, Mostar, BiH

Mostar, BiH

15. 

Snježana Buzov

Professor Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Department

The Ohio State University, Member BHAAS, Columbus, OH, USA

16. 

Academician Professor Ivan Cvitković, PhD 

 

Corresponding member of ANUBiH, Professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences

Sarajevo, BiH

17. 

Professor Faruk ÄŒaklovica, PhD

 

Chancellor, University of Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

18. 

Professor Ivan Čavlović, PhD

 

Dean, Academy of Music, University of Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

19. 

Professor Smail Čekić, PhD

 

Professor, Faculty of Political Science, University of Sarajevo, and Director, Institute for Research of Crimes Against Humanity and International Law

Sarajevo, BiH

20. 

Associate Academician, Professor Muris Čičić, PhD

 

ANUBiH corresponding member, Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

21. 

Professor Esad Ćimić, PhD

Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Sociology, Religion and Sociology of Moral, University of Sarajevo, BiH, University of Zadar, Croatia, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Sarajevo/

Zadar/Belgrade

22. 

Professor Faruk Dalagija, MD

 

Radiologist, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

23. 

Semir Djulic,

Professor of Philosophy and Sociology

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

24. 

Academician Professor Vlatko Doleček, ScD

 

Member of ANUBiH, Professor of Robotics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

25. 

Professor Enes Duraković,

PhD

Professor of Literature, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

26. 

Dr. med. Biljana Đurica-Asotić

 

Medical Doctor, Zenica Medical Centre

Zenica, BiH

27. 

Assist. Professor Emir Festić, ScD

 

Director, Intensive Care Units, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic

Jacksonville, Florida, USA

28. 

Professor Šaćir Filandra, PhD

Professor, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

29. 

Professor Ivan Filipović, ScD

Professor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

30. 

Mr. Jakob Finci

 

Corresponding member BHAAS – BiH American Academy of Arts and Science, President of the Jewish Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador of BiH in Switzerland

Sarajevo, BiH, Bern, Switzerland

31. 

Professor Ognjenka Finci, PhD

Professor, Faculty of Architecture and Academy of Graphic Arts, University of Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

32. 

Professor Ešref Gačanin, PhD

 

Director, IPSA Institute for Research and Design

Sarajevo, BiH

33. 

Academician Professor Ejup Ganić, ScD

 

ANUBiH member,President and Chancellor, SSST University

Sarajevo, BiH

34. 

Marko Galić, B.A. Ecc.

 

Economic Systems Specialist

Zagreb, Croatia

35. 

Professor Kemal Gutić, PhD

Dean, Faculty of Mining, Geology and Civil Engineering, University of Tuzla

Tuzla, BiH

36. 

Professor Rešid Hafizović, PhD

Professor at the Faculty of Islamic Studies, University of Sarajevo, BiH

Sarajevo, BiH

37. 

Professor Mirsad Hadžikadić, PhD

Founding president of the BiH American Academy of Science and Art (BHAAAS), between 2007 and 2008; Director, Complex Systems Institute (complexity.uncc.edu), Software and Information Systems Department, College of Computing and informatics,  University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, USA

38. 

Dr Omer Hadžiselimović, PhD, Adjunct Professor of English

Loyola University, Member BHAAS 

Chicago, USA

 

39. 

Dr. Senad Hadziselimovic

President of the Bosniacs Academic Forum

Mannheim, Germany

40. 

Academician Professor Kemal Hanjalić, PhD

ANUBiH member, Professor at Delft University

The Netherlands

41. 

Mario Heinal, MSc

Master of Political Science

Bat – Yam,  Israel

42. 

Professor Vesna Hercegovac-Pašić, PhD

 

Architect-Urban designer, Faculty of Architecture, University of Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

43. 

Emir Hodžić, D.V.M. PhD

Center for Comparative Medicine, Director of the Real-Time PCR Research & Diagnostic, Core Facilit y, School,of Veterinary Medicine, University of California , Member BHAAS

Davis, USA

44. 

Prof.  Dr. Migdat Hodžić

Member of the Bosnian Herzegovinian American Academy of Arts and Sciences (BHAAS)

Cupertino, CA, USA

45. 

Academician Professor Dževad Hozo, PhD

ANUBiH member, Academic painter, Professor, Academy of Visual Arts, University of Sarajevo

 

Sarajevo, BiH

46. 

Mustafa Kapidžić,

Film  Director, Editor–in-Chief of Publishing House KultB

Sarajevo, B&H

47. 

Professor Metka Krajgher-Hozo, PhD

 

Professor, Academy of Visual Arts, University of Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

48. 

Professor emeritus Omer Ibrahimagić, PhD

 

Faculty of Political Science, University of Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

49. 

Associate Academician Nedžad Ibrišimović

 

ANUBiH corresponding member, author of literature, sculptor

Podlugovi, BiH

50. 

Professor Tomislav Išek, PhD

 

Professor of Modern History, University of Tuzla, BiH

Tuzla, BiH

51. 

Dr. Zerina Jašarević, MD, MSc

 

Pathologist, Specialist in Biomedicine and Breast Cancer

        

Voralberg, Austria

52. 

Prof. Dr. Anton Jekauc

Director of the Institute for the Strategicc research, Sarajevo and a Head of  Department of the Croatian Society of Science and Arts B&H

Bosnia and Herzegovina

53. 

Professor Pavo Jurišić, PhD

 

Dean, Catholic Theological Faculty

Sarajevo, BiH

54. 

Academician Professor Dževad Juzbašić, PhD

 

Member of ANUBiH, Historian of the Austro-Hungarian period

Sarajevo, BiH

55. 

Professor David Kamhi

Professor of violin, Emeritus professor at the Academy of Music, University of Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

56. 

Academician Professor Dr. Hanifa Kapidžić – Osmanagić

ANUBIH Member, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

57. 

Professor Dževad Karahasan, PhD

Author and professor, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

58. 

Friar Marko Karamatić, Professor

Professor, Franciscan Theological Faculty

Sarajevo, BiH

59. 

Mr. Stjepan Kljujić

Journalist, former pre war and war-time   member of the Presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo, BiH

60. 

Professor Vlado Kerošević

Dean, Academy of Dramatic Arts, University of Tuzla

Tuzla, BiH

61. 

Professor Aleksandar Knežević, ScD

 

Professor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sarajevo, BiH

Sarajevo, BiH

62. 

Professor Hajro Kofrc, PhD

 

Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Tuzla, BiH

Tuzla, BiH

63. 

Assis. Dr. Safet Kozarević, PhD

Dean, Faculty of Economics, University of Tuzla,  BiH

Tuzla, BiH

64. 

Professor Azem Kožar, PhD

Professor, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Tuzla, BiH

Tuzla, BiH

65. 

Mr. Mišo Krunić

President, “Prosveta” Serb Cultural Society, BiH

Sarajevo, BiH

66. 

Professor Slavo Kukić, PhD

 

Professor and Vice-Dean, Faculty of Economics, University of Mostar

Mostar, BiH

67. 

Miro Lazović, Bs. Politology

, First President of the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1995)

Sarajevo, B&H

68. 

Academician Lidija Licender – Cvijetić

 

Corresponding Member, ANUBiH  

Sarajevo, BiH

69. 

Academician Professor Slobodan Loga, PhD

 

Vice-President, ANUBiH

Sarajevo, BiH

70. 

Professor Mirjana Malić, Dr. Sc. Med.

Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

71. 

Professor Rajka Mandić, PhD

Professor and Designer, Faculty of Architecture, University of Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

72. 

Friar Luka Markešić, PhD, Professor

 

President, Croatian National Council (HNV)

Sarajevo, BiH

73. 

Academician Professor Juraj Martinović, PhD

 

Member, ANUBiH

Sarajevo, BiH

74. 

Academician Professor Božidar Matić, ScD

 

Professor of Automatics, President of ANUBiH

Sarajevo, BiH

75. 

Professor Predrag Matvejević, PhD

 

Professor of Slavic Studies, University “La Sapienza”, Rome

Rome, Italy

76. 

Associate Academician, Professor Dejan Milošević, ScD

 

ANUBiH corresponding member, Professor of atophisics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

77. 

Professor Ferid Muhić, PhD

Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Skopje

Skopje, Macedonia

78. 

Professor Nedžad Mulabegović, PhD

President, Council of Congress of Bosniak Intellectuals (VKBI), Fakulty of Medicine University of Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

79. 

Dr. Rasim Muratović

Senior Research Associate, Institute for Research of Crimes Against Humanity and International Law

Sarajevo, BiH

80. 

Assis. Dr. Džemil Najetović

 

Retired General, Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, university lecturer in the social sciences, University “Philip Noel Baker”

Sarajevo, BiH

81. 

Professor Muris Osmanagić, PhD

 

Recipient of the greatest award for science in the Former Yugoslavia – the AVNOJ Award (1982)

Sarajevo, BiH

82. 

Associate Academician Professor Adila Pašalić-Kreso, PhD

 

ANUBiH Corresponding Member, Professor, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

83. 

Mr. Zaim Pasic

Bosnia and Herzegovina World Network

Birmingham, United Kingdom

84. 

Professor Enes Pelidija, PhD

Professor of Ottoman History, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

85. 

Academician Professor Branislava Peruničić, ScD

 

Vice-President of ANUBiH, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

86. 

Assis. Professor Marica Petrović

 

Vice Dean of Scientific Research and Development, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Tuzla

Tuzla, BiH

87. 

Academician Professor Vladimir Premec, PhD

 

ANUBiH Member, Professor, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo, President of

the Croatian Society of Science and Arts

Sarajevo, BiH

88. 

Mr. Sretko Radišić

 

President, Serb Civil Council (SGV)

Sarajevo, BiH

89. 

Mr. Emir Ramić, MSc

 

Director, Genocide Research Institute

Hamilton, Canada

90. 

Academician Sulejman Redžić

 

ANUBiH Member, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Sarajevo, BiH

Sarajevo, BiH

91. 

Academician Teodor Romanić

ANUBiH member,  Emeritus Professor, Academy of Music, University of Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

92. 

Mrs. Almijana Rudić

 

Advisor, Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel

Israel

93. 

Mr Amer Sabitovic, Graduate Engineer

President of the Bosnian Academic Circle,

Münich,

Germany, Europe

94. 

Professor Dževad Sarač,    PhD

ANUBiH Member

Sarajevo, BiH

95. 

Academician Abdulah Sidran

 

Poet, ANUBIH Member

Sarajevo, BiH

96. 

Professor Adnan Silajdžić, PhD

Professor, Faculty of Islamic Sciences, University of Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

97. 

Mr. Zekerijah Smajić

 

Journalist and publicist, European Integrations specialist.

Sarajevo, BiH

98. 

Ms. Senada Softic – Telalovic, Msc,

Chair, Australian Council of Bosnian Herzegovinian Organisations

Melbourne, Australia

99. 

Professor Milan Stević, PhD

Professor, Faculty of Mining, Geological and Construction Studies, University of Tuzla

Tuzla, BiH

100.           

Professor Džemal Sokolović, PhD

 

Professor of Political Science, Bergen, Norway

Bergen,

Norway

101.           

Mr. Gordan Srkalović, MD, OhD, FACP

Director, Sector of Clinical Research, Sparrow Cancer Centre, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Michigan State University

Michigan, USA

102.           

Slavka Sufi –Mičić, MSc,

Bc.Eng. Association for Integral Ecology and Development

Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina

103.           

Akademician Prof. Abdulah Šarčević, PhD

 

ANUBiH member, Professor of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

104.           

Academician Professor Edin Šarčević, PhD

 

ANUBiH Member, Ass. Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Leipzig, Member of ANUBiH outside regular sessions, President, Centre for Public Law (CJP), Leipzig

Leipzig, Germany

105.           

Friar Ivan Šarčević, PhD, Professor

 

Professor, Franciscan Theological Faculty, University of Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

106.           

Academician Professor Taib Šarić, PhD

 

ANUBiH member, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

107.           

Academician Professor Boris Tihi, PhD

ANUBIH Member, Professor, University of Vitez

Sarajevo, BiH

108.           

Associate  Academician Professor Miloš Trifković, PhD

Corresponding Member of ANUBiH, University of Vitez

Sarajevo, BiH

109.           

Academician Professor  Mladen Trkovnik, PhD

 

ANUBiH Member

Zagreb/ Sarajevo

110.           

Assis. Professor Emir Turkušić, PhD

 

Faculty of Natural Science, University of Sarajevo, former Minister of science and education in the Sarajevo Canton, Federation of BiH.

Sarajevo, BiH

111.           

Academician Professor Zlatko Ugljen, PhD

 

ANUBiH member, Architect, designer, Professor at the Faculty of Architecture

Sarajevo, BiH

112.           

Academician Professor Midhat UšÄ‡uplić, ScD

 

ANUBiH member, Professor, Faculty of Forestry, University of Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

113.           

Friar Velimir Valjan, PhD, Professor

Professor, Franciscan Theological Faculty, University of Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

114.           

 

Academician Friar Petar –Perica Vidić

 

 

ANUBiH member, Saint Anthony’s Franciscan Monastery, Bistrik

 

Sarajevo, BiH

115.           

Academician Professor Mihovil Vlahinić, PhD

 

ANUBiH Member

Sarajevo, BiH

116.           

Professor Slavenka Vobornik, PhD

 

Vice Chancellor for Teaching, University of Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

117.           

Friar Benedikt Vujica, PhD, Professor

 

Professor, Franciscan Theological Faculty, Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

118.           

Academician Mehmed Zaimović

Member of ANUBiH

Sarajevo, BiH

119.           

Mr. Safet Zec

 

Renowned graphic artist, who works both in Venice and Sarajevo

Venice, Italy, Sarajevo, BiH

120.           

Associate Professor Behija Zlatar, PhD

 

Expert associate and Director of the Oriental Institute, Sarajevo

Sarajevo, BiH

121.           

Professor Muhamed Zlatar, ScD    

 

Professor, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Sarajevo, BiH

Sarajevo, BiH

122.           

Mr. Schlomo Bar Giyora (Vladimir) Zupković, BSc Chemical Engineering

 

Specialist in Bio-energy and Bio-analysis, Ecologist, Consultant and Associate Expert , Caduri Center Laboratories, Lower Galilee

Nazaret, Haifa,

Ako, Tiberias,

Israel.

123.           

Professor Miodrag Živanović, PhD

Faculty of Philosophy, University of Banja Luka

Republic Srpska, BiH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our special gratitude for the translation of the “Open Appeal” and additional documents into English goes to:

 

Ms. Sabina Gadžo, MPhil

Coordinator, Departments of English Academic Writing, and English and Applied Studies, Faculty of Modern Languages, Sarajevo School of Science and Technology University (SSST), BiH.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix 1: A Multiethnic map of Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to the 1991 census

 

 

 

 

 

Statistical Agency of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo (1991)

 

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