Russia Demands Closure of UN High Representative Office for Bosnia and Herzegovina

Russia is calling for the abolition of the Office of the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, a UN position established to oversee the implementation of the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement that ended the Bosnian War. The office was created following the devastating conflict from 1992 to 1995 that killed approximately 100,000 people and displaced millions more. The High Representative serves as the top international civilian authority in Bosnia, with broad powers to remove officials and impose laws to maintain stability and democratic progress in the ethnically divided country.