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CROATS FROM BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA IN DIASPORA
STATEMENT ON THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Whereas, the 1995 Dayton Agreement has rewarded aggression and genocide by
imposing an illegal and unjust division of the internationally recognized state
of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina into two “entities”: Bosniac-Croat
Federation and Serb Republic, plus an autonomous Brcko District,

Whereas, the Dayton Agreement has imposed on the country a dysfunctional system
of 14 constitutions, 14 governments, and 180 ministers,

Whereas, the Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina has been turned into a protectorate,
governed by an International High Representative and his huge and well-paid
bureaucracy,

Whereas, the Serbs have absolute control in the Serb Republic and the Bosniacs a
dominant role in the Federation, while the Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina are
deprived of full equality and the true protection of the law,

Whereas, even ten years after the Dayton Agreement was signed and over five
billion dollars of foreign aid was poured into it, the country is not moving
forward politically or economically but still remains a source of instability in
the region,

Whereas, the present attempt by the US State Department and its allies to “fix”
the Dayton system is nothing less than forcing the Bosniacs and the Croats to
legalize the illegal and unjust Dayton Agreement under the pretext of
“negotiations”, but with the ultimate goal of retaining the status quo and of
securing the permanent existence of the Serb Republic, regardless of the fact
that this evil fruit, legitimized by the Dayton Agreement, evolved from a
genocide,

Therefore, we Croats from Bosnia and Herzegovina living outside its borders call
upon all Croat, as well as Bosniac, political leaders to do the following:
1. Reject all meaningless cosmetic changes of the Dayton Agreement.
2. Reject reaffirmation of the Serb Republic and demand its abolishment, as
well as of the Federation.
3. Declare null and void the illegally imposed and unjust present system.
4. Negotiate only under the condition that both “entities” and the District of
Brcko be eliminated.
5. Find a just and functional constitutional framework that will, according to
recognized democratic standards, guarantee freedom and equality under the rule
of just laws to every individual and every people (Bosniacs, Serbs, and Croats)
in Bosnia and Herzegovina..

January 17, 2006

Ante Cuvalo, Ph.D., Chicago – President, Alliance of Croats of Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Rev. Marko Puljic O.F.M., Chicago – Custos, Croatian Franciscan Custody in US
and Canada
Bernard M. Luketich, Pittsburgh - National President, Croatian Fraternal Union
of America
Melchior Masina, Hobart, IN – National President, Croatian Catholic Union of USA
Vedran J. Nazor, New York – President, Croatian Academy of America
Ana Misetic, Ph.D., Chicago - Vice President, Croatian American Association
Steve Bubalo, Los Angeles – Vice-President, Alliance of Croats of Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Vinko Kuzina, New York – President, Croatian Radio Club, New York
Dr. Zivko Strika, New York - Honorary President, “Sibenik” Cultural Club, of New
York
Josip Knezevic, New York – President, Croatian Cultural Association Napredak,
New York
Stipe Galic, New York – President, CFU Lodge 789, New York
Ivan Jureta, Chicago - President, Croatian Cultural Association Napredak,
Chicago
Kresimir Misetic, Chicago – Secretary, Alliance of Croats of Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Miroslav, Komsic, Detroit - Alliance of Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mirko Kovac, Detroit - Alliance of Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Franjo Perkovic, New York - Alliance of Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The names of people who will be signing this Statement from now on, will be at:
http://new.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?bih

Croatian American Association
National Treasurer
Daniella Sumera
6607 W. Archer
Chicago, IL 60638