![]() ![]() Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia accused western colleagues of a "dismissive attitude" towards Bosnia-Herzegovina's sovereignty. Schmidt did not brief the council on Wednesday in what diplomats described as another move to placate Russia and China and ensure their support for the resolution to renew the 600-strong EUFOR peacekeeping operation. In a report to the 15-member Security Council, Christian Schmidt, a former German minister who took up the role as high representative in August, warned that Bosnia-Herzegovina was facing the greatest threat to its existence since the war. They failed in July to strip some powers from the role and shut down the office in a year. ![]() Russia and China do not recognize the Office of the High Representative, which oversees the implementation of a 1995 Bosnia peace accord. ![]() Security Council on Wednesday unanimously extended its authorization of an EU-led peacekeeping force in Bosnia-Herzegovina for another year, but removed any mention of the office an international peace envoy to win support from Russia and China. UNITED NATIONS, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The U.N. ![]()
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