After United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres informed BiH Presidency member Zeljka Cvijanovic that the Peace Implementation Council in BiH (PIC) is the only relevant body for the appointment of the High Representative in BiH, the Office of the High Representative commented on the letter.

The letter of the UN Secretary-General in which he replied that the UN “is not a signatory of the Dayton Agreement, nor is the UN a member of the PIC, i.e. the Peace Implementation Council – the only relevant body for the appointment of an international High Representative in BiH” to the inquiry of BiH Presidency member Zeljka Cvijanovic, is no news to the Office of the High Representative (OHR).

“It is not news to us. It is clear that the High Representative has been the High Representative for the past two years,” OHR told N1.

Cvijanovic is the Serb member of Bosnia's Presidency and is elected in Republika Srpska entity, a Serb-majority region, whose general position is that Schmidt is not a legitimate High Representative since he was not confirmed at the UN Security Council.

Last week, Cvijanovic addressed Guterres, demanding the delivery of documents relevant for BiH i.e. the decision on the appointment of Schmidt in accordance with the Annex 10 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in BiH i.e. the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement.

“After a detailed search of the UN Security Council documents available in its online database, we managed to find only one document related to Schmidt's appointment. It refers to the minutes of the meeting of the UN Security Council 8823, held on Thursday, July 22, 2021, at 3:00 p.m., which shows that the only draft resolution submitted for voting (number S/2021/667) was not adopted, since the vote result was two votes in favour and 13 abstentions,” Cvijanovic wrote in the note.