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Email this citationCIAO DATE: 07/04
Preventing Minority Return in Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Anatomy of Hate and Fear
August 2, 1999
Abstract
The 1999 action plan of the Reconstruction and Return Task Force (RRTF)1 represents the most determined effort yet to implement a policy of mass minority return in Bosnia and Herzegovina. But the signs at mid-season are that the results for 1999 will once again be disappointing.
The plan's fatal weakness (of which its authors were well aware) was the proposition that returns could be agreed with Bosnian authorities, using a mix of bribes, threats and any other available leverage. This in turn is based on the general theory that the role of the international community in BiH is to help the indigenous authorities implement the Dayton Peace Agreement. In fact few if any Bosnian authorities are prepared to promote inward minority returns (that is, return of alien minorities to their own area of control), and most are ready actively to resist.
