BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: POSTERS ARE ISSUED TO IFOR TROOPS TO HELP THEM TO RECOGNISE THOSE INDICTED FOR WAR CRIMES

Record ID: 636561

  • Title: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: POSTERS ARE ISSUED TO IFOR TROOPS TO HELP THEM TO RECOGNISE THOSE INDICTED FOR WAR CRIMES
  • Date: 19th February 1996
  • Summary: SARAJEVO, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA (FEBRUARY 19, 1996) (AGENCY POOL - ACCESS ALL) 1. SV NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANISATION (NATO) , IMPLEMENTATION FORCE (IFOR) BRIEFING 0.04 2. SV MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES AT BRIEFING 0.08 3. SCU COMMISSIONER FOR INTERNATIONAL POLICE FORCE PETER FITZGERALD SPEAKING (ENGLISH) 0.32 4. SCU FITZGERALD SPEAKING (ENGLISH) 0.56 5. SV JOURNALISTS 1.04 6. SCU LIEUTENANT-COLONEL MARK RAYNER HOLDING UP POSTER AND SPEAKING (ENGLISH) 1.19 7. SCU VARIOUS VIEWS OF POSTER ON WALL SHOWING WAR CRIMINALS 1.35 8. CU POSTER SHOWING THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT OF SO CALLED REPUBLIC OF HERZEG-BOSNA, DARIO KORDIC, BOSNIAN SERB LEADER RADOVAN KARADZIC THE SELF-STYLED PRESIDENT OF THE CROATIAN SERBS MILAN MARTIC, WHO HAVE ALL BEEN INDICTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA IN THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS 1.50 9. SCU JOURNALIST LOOKING AT POSTER 1.54 SEQUENCE 3 TRANSCRIPT: FITZGERALD: "THE TRANSITION WILL START ON THE 23RD OF FEBRUARY. IT WILL BE VERY GRADUAL WITH THE FIRST PLACE BEING VOGOSCA. IT IS PROPOSED THAT WE WILL INTEGRATE THE FEDERAL POLICE INTO THAT AREA STARTING AT 6.00 AM ON THE 23RD OF FEBRUARY." SEQUENCE 4 TRANSCRIPT: FITZGERALD: "THE POSITION IS THAT AS THE AREAS ARE HANDED OVER, THE SERBIAN POLICE WILL CEASE TO OPERATE AS A SERBIAN POLICE FORCE AND THEY HAVE THE OPTION OF JOINING THE FEDERATION POLICE AND REMAIN IN THE AREA SERVING AS FEDERATION POLICE." SEQUENCE 6 TRANSCRIPT: RAYNER: "YOU WILL NOTICE THAT WE STILL ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PICTURES THAT WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDED, OTHERWISE IT IS A LOOSE DESCRIPTION. IT GOES SOMEWHERE TOWARDS SHOWING A SOLDIER HOW HE MIGHT IDENTIFY A WAR CRIMINAL IF HE SHOULD COME ACROSS ONE IN THE COURSE OF HIS DUTY." Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 5th March 1996 12:00
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  • Location: SARAJEVO, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
  • Reuters ID: LVA2W79V05QR4KUQ8ONI0RLGBQBT
  • Story Text: Posters to be distributed to checkpoints and patrols in Bosnia-Herzegovina to assist soldiers in identifying those indicted for war crimes were unveiled in Sarajevo on Monday (February 19) The posters showing wanted war criminals were unveiled at a regular North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Implementation Force (IFOR) press briefing in the Bosnian capital.

    Also at the briefing was the Commissioner for the International Police Force, Peter Fitzgerald, who outlined the plan for Federation police to take over in Vogosca, the first Sarajevo suburb to be handed back to Federation control.

    He also talked about his hope that local Serb police officers would apply for positions within the Federation force, making it a truly multi-ethnic force representing the local community.


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