51. The Bosnian Serb and Croat members, Zivko Radisic and Ante Jelavic, are serving for the first time in the joint presidency. 52. The entities are loosely linked by a joint presidency, parliament and government. 53. The joint presidency no longer functions, the main ethnic groups are squabbling and refugee returns are on hold. 54. The joint Bosnian presidency signed a credit agreement with the World Bank for reconstruction projects in Serb-ruled Bosnia, the World Bank said Tuesday. 55. The joint presidency will meet early next week in downtown Sarajevo despite objections from the Bosnian Serb member, President Alija Izetbegovic said Thursday. 56. The parliament met to discuss the agreement signed last month by Momcilo Krajisnik, the Serb member of the joint Bosnian presidency, and Yugoslav President Zoran Lilic. 57. The Serbs also want the joint presidency to control only foreign policy, with the governments of the two entities in charge of everything else, the official said. 58. The Serb half of Bosnia votes for the third, Serb member of the joint presidency. 59. The Serb member of the joint Bosnian presidency demanded Tuesday that all Serbs arrested by Muslim-Croat authorities over the past year be released immediately. 60. The Serbs have so far failed to attend any working meeting of the joint presidency and parliament and thus have not taken their oath in those joint bodies. |