the entry into force of the Dayton Agreement
Judicial branch: Supreme Court; Constitutional Court
Political parties and leaders: Civic Democratic Party (GDS),
Ibrahim SPAHIC; Party for Bosnia, Haris SILAJDZIC; Croatian
Democratic Union of BiH (HDZ), Bozo RAJIC; Croatian Peasants' Party
of BiH (HSS), Stanko STISKOVIC; Independent Serbian Democratic Party
(NSDS), Petar DODIK; Liberal Bosniak Organization (LBO), Muhamed
FILIPOVIC; Liberal Party (LS), Rasim KADIC, president;
Muslim-Bosniac Organization (MBO), Adil ZULFIKARPASIC; Party of
Democratic Action (SDA), Alija IZETBEGOVIC; Republican Party of
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Stjepan KLUJIC; Serb Democratic Party (SDS),
Radovan KARADZIC, president; Serbian Civic Council (SGV), Mirko
PEJANOVIC; Serbian Consultative Council, Ljubomir BERBEROVIC; Social
Democratic Party (SDP - formerly the Democratic Party of Socialists
(DSS)), Nijaz DURAKOVIC, president; Socialist Party of Republika
Srpska, Zivko RADISIC; Union of Social Democrats (SSDB), Salim
BESLAGIC; United Left of the Bosnian Serb Republic (ULRS), Mile
IVOSEVIC; Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO), Milan TRIVUNCIC, note -
this party participated in the 1990 elections, but may not exist
now; Party of Democratic Changes, leader NA, note - this party
participated in the 1990 elections, but may not exist now; Alliance
of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia for Bosnia and Herzegovina (SRSJ
BiH), Dr. Nenad KECMANOVIC, president, note - this party
participated in the 1990 elections, but may not exist now;
Democratic League of Greens (DSZ), Drazen PETROVIC, note - this
party participated in the 1990 elections, but may not exist now;
Yugoslav United Left (JUL), CAREVIC; Serb Liberal Party, Miodrag
ZIVANOVIC; Serb Radical Party; Serb Patriotic Party, Slavko
ZUPLJANIN; Serb Homeland Party
Other political or pressure groups: NA
International organization participation: CE (guest), CEI, ECE,
FAO, ICAO, IFAD, ILO, IMO, Intelsat (nonsignatory user), Interpol,
IOC, IOM (observer), ITU, NAM (guest), OSCE, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO
Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: Ambassador Sven ALKALAJ chancery: Suite 760, 1707 L Street NW, Washington, DC 20036 telephone: [1] (202) 833–3612, 3613, 3615 FAX: [1] (202) 833–2061 consulate(s) general: New York
US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: Ambassador John K. MENZIES embassy: 43 Ul. Djure Djakovica, Sarajevo mailing address: use street address telephone: [387] (71) 645–992, 445–700, 659–743
Flag: white with a large blue shield; the shield contains white fleurs-de-lis with a white diagonal band running from the upper hoist corner to the lower outer side
Economy———
Economic overview: Bosnia and Herzegovina ranked next to The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as the poorest republic in the old Yugoslav federation. Although agriculture has been almost all in private hands, farms have been small and inefficient, and the republic traditionally has been a net importer of food. Industry has been greatly overstaffed, one reflection of the rigidities of communist central planning and management. TITO had pushed the development of military industries in the republic with the result that Bosnia hosted a large share of Yugoslavia's defense plants. The bitter interethnic warfare in Bosnia caused production to plummet, unemployment and inflation to soar, and human misery to multiply. No economic statistics for 1992–95 are available, although output clearly has fallen substantially below the levels of earlier years and almost certainly is well below $1,000 per head. The country receives substantial amounts of humanitarian aid from the international community.
GDP: purchasing power parity - $1 billion (1995 est.)
GDP real growth rate: NA%
GDP per capita: $300 (1995 est.)
GDP composition by sector: agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA%
Labor force: 1,026,254 by occupation: NA%
Unemployment rate: NA%
Budget: revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA
Industries: steel, coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, manganese, bauxite, vehicle assembly, textiles, tobacco products, wooden furniture, tank and aircraft assembly, domestic appliances, oil refining; much of capacity damaged or shut down (1995)
Industrial production growth rate: NA%
Electricity: capacity: 3,800,000 kW production: NA kWh consumption per capita: NA kWh (1993)
Agriculture: wheat, corn, fruits, vegetables; livestock
Illicit drugs: NA
Exports: $NA
commodities: NA
partners: NA
Imports: $NA
commodities: NA
partners: NA
External debt: $NA
Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $NA
Currency: 1 dinar = 100 para; Croatian dinar used in Croat-held area, presumably to be replaced by new Croatian kuna; old and new Serbian dinars used in Serb-held area; hard currencies probably supplanting local currencies in areas held by Bosnian Government
Exchange rates: NA
Fiscal year: calendar year
Transportation———————
Railways:
total: 1,021 km (electrified 795 km)
standard gauge: 1,021 km 1.435-m gauge (1991)
Highways: total: 21,168 km paved: 11,436 km unpaved: 9,732 km (1991 est.)
Waterways: NA km
Pipelines: crude oil 174 km; natural
