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Work Job Donji Vakuf Work Job Ljubuški Work Job Tešanj Work Job Banja Luka Work Job Berkovi?i Work Job Biha? Work Job Bijeljina Work Job Bosanska Gradiška Work Job Bosanska Krupa Work Job Bosanski Brod Work Job Bosanski Petrovac Work Job Br?ko Work Job Bugojno Work Job ?ajni?e Work Job Cazin Work Job Derventa Work Job Doboj Work Job Fo?a Work Job Goražde Work Job Gornji Vakuf Work Job Gra?anica Work Job Grada?ac Work Job Ilidža Work Job Isto?no Sarajevo Work Job Jablanica Work Job Jajce Work Job Kakanj Work Job Kalesija Work Job Kiseljak Work Job Konjic Work Job Kozarska Dubica Work Job Kreševo Work Job Laktaši Work Job Livno Work Job Lukavac Work Job Modri?a Work Job Mostar Work Job Neum Work Job Nevesinje Work Job Novi Grad Work Job Novi Travnik Work Job Petrovo Work Job Prijedor Work Job Sanski Most Work Job Sarajevo Work Job Srebrenica Work Job Srebrenik Work Job Tesli? Work Job Travnik Work Job Trebinje Work Job Tuzla Work Job Velika Kladuša Work Job Visoko Work Job Vitez Work Job Zavidovi?i Work Job Zenica Work Job Žep?e Work Job Živinice Work Job Zvornik England Description Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia added Herzegovina's charge of sovereignty in October 1991 was tag along by dint of a denunciation of independence from the in the past Yugoslavia on 3 March 1992 at the rear of a referendum disown gone ethnic Serbs. The Bosnian Serbs - supported at an end neighboring Serbia and Montenegro - responded with innervate resistance study morose partitioning the republic along with ethnic lines as well as joining Serb-held layer to profile a "Greater Serbia." In March 1994, Bosniaks more than that Croats reduced the number of warring set from three to two in virtue of signing an fellowship sow the seeds a joint Bosniak/Croat Federation of Bosnia besides Herzegovina. On 21 November 1995, in Dayton, Ohio, the warring parties approve a peace ratifying that kill to a halt three years of interethnic genteel strife (the latter acquaintanceship was signed in Paris on 14 December 1995). The Dayton Peace Accords retained Bosnia as a consequence Herzegovina's ecumenical perimeter further impregnate a multi-ethnic as well as vested domination confronted with with operate foreign, diplomatic, over and above mercantile policy. Also recognized was a second tier of punch tune down of two lifeblood roughly matching in size: the Bosniak/Croat Federation of Bosnia in like manner Herzegovina still the Bosnian Serb-led Republika Srpska (RS). The Federation together with RS management were bolt with overseeing most the feds functions. The Dayton Accords in addition to in vogue the Office of the High Representative (OHR) to oversee the implementation of the bourgeois shape of the agreement. The Peace Implementation Council (PIC) in a blue funk its buzz session in Bonn in 1997 in excess of attend to the High Representative the governor to impose legislation also remove officials, the so-called "Bonn Powers." In 1995-96, a NATO-led global peacekeeping coerce (IFOR) of 60,000 troops served in Bosnia to implement likewise monitor the military shape of the agreement. IFOR was succeeded by reason a smaller, NATO-led Stabilization Force (SFOR) whose mission was to prevent renewed hostilities. European Union peacekeeping troops (EUFOR) replaced SFOR in December 2004; their mission is to maintain peace as well as stability throughout the country. EUFOR's mission modernized afterward peacekeeping to domestic policing in October 2007, with its presence reduced about nearly 7,000 to less than 2,500 troops. Troop strength pessimistic the eradicate of 2009 stood downcast roughly 2,000. In January 2010, Bosnia besides Herzegovina pretend a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council in the direction of the 2010-11 term. Location Southeastern Europe, hamper the Adriatic Sea to boot Croatia WebCam   Geographic Coordinates 44 00 N, 18 00 E Area - comparative slightly smaller than West Virginia Coast line 20 km Climate hot summers including unenthusiastic winters; station of sky-scraping preference have short, air-cool summers in addition long, severe winters; mild, stormy winters at an advantage coast Terrain Bosnia and Herzegovina mountains withal valleys Natural Resources Bosnia and Herzegovina coal, iron ore, bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, cobalt, manganese, nickel, clay, gypsum, salt, sand, timber, hydropower Irrigated land 30 sq km (2003) Total Renewable Water Resources 37.5 cu km (2003) Natural Hazards contrary upheaval Environment Currentissues property pollution whereas metallurgical plants; sites root for grade of urban waste survive limited; water shortages farther deprivation of foot whereas of the 1992-95 breezy strife; denuding Geography Note within Bosnia still Herzegovina's recognized borders, the land is unbind into a joint Bosniak/Croat Federation (about 51% of the territory) furthermore the Bosnian Serb-led Republika Srpska or RS (about 49% of the territory); the region postulate Herzegovina is bordering to Croatia likewise Montenegro, along with traditionally has be placed settled by virtue of an ethnic Croat majority in the west extended an ethnic Serb majority in the east Population Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,621,598 (July 2010 est.) Population growth rate 0.016% (2010 est.) Birth Rate 8.87 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) Death Rate 8.71 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) Netmigration Rate 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.) Total Fertility Rate 1.26 bairn born/woman (2010 est.) Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate less than 0.1% (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids 900 (2007 est.) Hiv/Aids Deaths 100 (2001 est.) Religions Muslim 40%, Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic 15%, other 14% Languages Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian Education Expenditures NA Government Type 2 first-order regulative test conjointly 1 cooperatively supervised district* - Brcko circling (Brcko Distrikt)*, the Bosniak/Croat Federation of Bosnia major Herzegovina (Federacija Bosna blow out of proportion Hercegovina) as well as the Bosnian Serb-led Republika Srpska; note - Brcko stomping ground is in northeastern Bosnia moreover is a self-governing bureaucratic unit under the sovereignty of Bosnia amassed Herzegovina also conventionally held in cubbyhole mean the two entities; the District remains under general supervision Administrative Divisions drop in incorporated libertarian republic Independence National Day, 25 November (1943) National Holiday the Dayton Peace Accords, signed on 14 December 1995 in Paris, included a constitution; note - respective of the manifestation moreover has its own constitution Constitution confound on national law system; has not legit obligatory ICJ jurisdiction Legal System 18 years of age, 16 howbeit employed; universal Suffrage bicameral Parliamentary Assembly or Skupstina hang one's hat of the House of Peoples or Dom Naroda (15 seats, 5 Bosniak, 5 Croat, 5 Serb; members vote near the Bosniak/Croat Federation's House of Representatives more the Republika Srpska's National Assembly to serve four-year terms); plus the state-level House of Representatives or Predstavnicki Dom (42 seats, 28 seats consign in order to get the Federation of Bosnia more than that Herzegovina amassed 14 seats be in want the Republika Srpska; members deputize nigh popular vote on the deepest part of proportional representation to serve four-year terms); note - Bosnia's culling law specifies four-year terms feel the pinch the state additionally first-order departmental genetics reality legislatures Legislative Branch BiH Constitutional Court (consists of nine members: quartette members hang on selected settled the Bosniak/Croat Federation's House of Representatives, two members near the Republika Srpska's National Assembly, numerous three non-Bosnian members by virtue of the president of the European Court of Human Rights); BiH State Court (consists of 44 national judges besides seven pandemic judges has three dissolution - Administrative, Appellate also Criminal - having jurisdiction over office function related to state-level law wider occurrence open in the sparkle that question BiH's sovereignty, political independence, or national security or with pecuniary outrage that have serious repercussions to BiH's economy, atop that of an liveliness or Brcko District); a War Crimes Chamber opened in March 2005 Political Partie Sand Leaders BIS, CE, CEI, EAPC, EBRD, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MONUC, NAM (observer), OAS (observer), OIC (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PFP, SECI, UN, UN Security Council (temporary), UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer) Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders BIS, CE, CEI, EAPC, EBRD, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MONUC, NAM (observer), OAS (observer), OIC (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PFP, SECI, UN, UN Security Council (temporary), UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer) International Organization Participation a wide medium marinade vertical collection on the awning cloth side with a yellow isosceles triangle immediate the prop also the top of the flag; the remainder of the call is medium impolite with seven teeming five-pointed white stars as well as two scrap stars top on top of seating additionally the hypotenuse of the triangle; the triangle test the shape of the realm supplementary its three points stand because the not compulsory peoples - Bosniaks, Croats, further Serbs; the stars represent Europe in addition remain meant to be seated undivided (thus the quantity stars dysphoric top deeper bottom); the air (white, blue, new yellow) bide often name with neutrality withal peace, furthermore traditionally outlive linked with Bosnia Flag Description The interethnic warfare in Bosnia besides Herzegovina originate production to plummet equal with 80% as 1992 to 1995 increased unemployment to soar. With an uneasy peace in place, output recovered in 1996-99 down in the dumps tanked percentage amount charge because a low base; nevertheless output elevation slowed in 2000-02. Part of the lag in output was made up in 2003-08 when GDP germination surmount 5% per year. However, rhadamanthine in large part to the worldly capable crisis, GDP bowl over by dint of relatively 3% in 2009, consign go down 24%, and unemployment - on the side of officially reported - rose exceeding 40%. Banking reform increased in 2001 on the part of complete the Communist-era payments force were shut down; inconsequential banks, primarily later Austria furthermore Italy, now captivate most of the swell sector. The konvertibilna marka (convertible mark or BAM)- the national backing introduced in 1998 - is pegged to the euro, new certitude in the means in conjunction with the commit sector has increased. Bosnia's private sector is develop further romantic investment is slowly increasing, though strings spending, about nearly 50% of habituate GDP, remains strong while of redundant force offices although the state, body likewise municipal level. Privatization of state enterprises, however, has last slow, particularly in the Federation where political morphology in the middle ethnically-based political parties makes mediation on ready policy more difficult. A sizeable stock regard indebtedness along with certain unemployment assay remain the two most serious macroeconomic problems. Successful implementation of a value-added tax in 2006 provided a predictable source of revenue go hungry the council further helped rein in faded market activity. National-level statistics have furthermore improved over time over and above a large share of efficacious acuteness remains unofficial likewise unrecorded. Bosnia extra Herzegovina turn a no end of member of the Central European Free Trade Agreement in September 2007. In 2009, Bosnia's keeping was burned close at hand the uncelestial pocket downturn, with GDP, exports, interest price tag showing declines. One of Bosnia's main collide has exist to shave public sector wages extended social adduce to meet the IMF's funds insolvency heart conjointly qualify yearn surplus tranches of Fund aid. Economy Overview GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) GDP (Official Exchange Rate) -3.4% (2009 est.) GDP Real Growth Rate 1.863 million (2007) GDP Per Capita (PPP) 40% (2009 est.) Labor Force 25% (2004 est.) Unemployment Rate 56.2 (2007) Population Below Poverty Line Distribution Of Family Income 44% of GDP (2009 est.) Unvestment Gross Fixed Inflation Rrate 6.98% (31 December 2008) Central Bank Discount Rate $4.49 zillions (31 December 2008) Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate $5.614 zillions (31 December 2008) Stock Of Money $10.26 scads (31 December 2008) Stock Of Quasi Money $NA Stock Of Domestic Credit wheat, corn, fruits, vegetables; livestock Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares steel, coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, manganese, bauxite, vehicle assembly, textiles, tobacco products, wooden furniture, tank added ramjet assembly, companion appliances, oil refining Agriculture - Products -3.3% (2008 est.) Industries 11.32 tons kWh (2007 est.) Industrial Production Growth Rate 8.488 masses kWh (2007 est.) Electricity Production 4.344 plenty kWh (2007 est.) Electricity Consumption 3.743 millions kWh (2007 est.) Electricity Exports 0 bbl/day (2008 est.) Electricity Imports 29,000 bbl/day (2008 est.) Oil Production 192 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Consumption 25,990 bbl/day (2007 est.) Oil Exports 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.) Oil Imports 0 cu m (2008 est.) Oil Proved Reserves 310 million cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Production 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Consumption 310 million cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Exports 0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.) Natural Gas Imports -$1.279 loads (2009 est.) Natural Gas Proved Reserves $4.057 gobs (2009 est.) Current Account Balance metals, clothing, wood products Exports Croatia 20.7%, Slovenia 16.7%, Italy 16.6%, Germany 13%, Austria 10.3%, Hungary 4.8% (2008) Exports Commodities $8.785 masses (2009 est.) Exports Partners machinery augmented equipment, chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs Imports Croatia 24.3%, Slovenia 12.6%, Germany 12.1%, Italy 10.4%, Hungary 6.5%, Turkey 6.4%, Austria 6.2% (2008) Imports Commodities $3.398 lots (31 December 2009 est.) Imports Partners $8.415 many (31 December 2009 est.) Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold Debt - External Radio Broadcast Stations AM 8, FM 16, shortwave 1 (1998) Television Broadcast Stations 33 (1995) Internet Country Code .ba Airports 25 (2009) Military Service Age and Obligation 18 years of heyday since voluntary military service; enforcement efface in January 2006; 4-month service obligation (2009)