BiH Presidency member, Denis Becirovic, told the Registrar of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, Abubacarr Tambadou, that Bosnia and Herzegovina supports the work and will maintain full cooperation with the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Courts (IRMCT) after the closure of the UN tribunal’s office in Sarajevo.

Tambadou told Becirovic that the IRMCT, which took over the functions of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), will be closing its office in BiH’s capital once the Stanisic and Simatovic case is concluded, emphasizing that support and cooperation with BiH will continue, especially with representatives of the judiciary and in terms of witness protection and victims.

Becirovic informed the UN Secretary of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Courts that on January 26, 2023, he sent a letter to the UN Secretary General, the President of the IRMCT and the President of the UN General Assembly, requesting that archival materials of the ICTY be stored in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He argued that historical circumstances imply that the need for the Court's archive materials should be stored in BiH, adding that they would be kept and used according to the highest standards in full cooperation with the relevant international bodies.

Becirovic and Tambadou strongly condemned the denial of genocide and war crimes, as well as the glorification of persons convicted of genocide and war crimes, and they stressed that the verdicts of international and domestic courts must be respected.