OHR RECEIVED BOSNIAN POLICE REFORM PROPOSAL BY THE TWO HDZs

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (October 12, 2007) – The Office of the International Community's High Representative in Bosnia (OHR) has received the Bosnian police reform proposal by the two HDZs and welcomed their initiative and constructive role to find a solution, OHR Director of Communications Frane Maroevic said.

"We are sending it to the relevant EU institutions for a more detailed assessment whether it conforms to the EU principles,"he said.

"Our first impression of the paper is positive, it seems to contain sufficient detail.On the other hand, as we have already stressed in the past, it is also important for us that any proposal - apart from its substance - should have necessary majority of relevant political parties in Bosnia," Maroevic said.