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Muhamed Sacirbey

is a distinguished diplomat and international lawyer. He is best known for serving as Bosnia’s Foreign Minister and its Ambassador to the United Nations between 1992 and 2000. Prior to entering international politics, Mo had a successful career as an investment banker in New York City and served as the Vice-President of the Standard & Poor’s. He also was an agent before the International Court of Justice and the Signatory to Rome Conference establishing International Criminal Court. Mo is a frequent commentator on global affairs and appears regularly in mainstream media, such as CNN International, Dutch NOVA TV, Middle East’s Al-Jazeera and many others.

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    U.S. led smear squads active in Bosnia?

    Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Based Upon Articles Magazine “Global” and Sarajevo Daily: “Avaz”

    Potentially damaging political, personal or even criminally incriminating information is collected by a anonymous but powerful body. A squad of operatives appears to function outside of legal authority but frequently within the scope of official political and/or judicial institutions. They act with impunity and [...]

    BBC NEWS: Secrecy still shrouds Srebrenica

    Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has told The Hague he will boycott the start of his trial on Monday. The most serious charge against him is of genocide in the 1995 massacre of 8,000 people at Srebrenica. Olenka Frenkiel considers whether the trial will air the full facts about what happened at Srebrenica, and [...]

    Denver Post: US, EU meet with Bosnians in talks dubbed Dayton 2

    SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina—European and U.S. officials sat down with leaders in Bosnia on Friday for talks aimed at putting the country on a quicker path to EU and NATO membership. In a sign Bosnians take the meeting very seriously, they have dubbed it “Dayton 2″—a reference to the U.S.-brokered 1995 peace negotiations in Ohio that ended [...]

    Mo Sacirbey makes an appearance in Al Jazeera (Part I)

    Mo Sacirbey makes an appearance in Al Jazeera (Part II)

    BBC NEWS: Hague official guilty of contempt

    A former official at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague has been convicted of contempt of court. French journalist Florence Hartmann – the court’s spokeswoman for six years – was fined 7,000 euros (£6,100). She was found guilty of disclosing the existence of confidential documents on Serbian government involvement in [...]

    Bono to Lose Bosnian Citizenship?

    Bono

    Bono has been an honorary citizen of Bosnia & Herzegovina, (“BiH”), and was awarded a Bosnian passport in 1995 in recognition. (Ali, Bono’s wife also was similarly recognized). Several years later U2 as a band, The Edge, Larry Murray, Adam Clayton and Manager Paul McGuiness, committed to play in Sarajevo, and at no profit. [...]

    Syracuse.com: IMF delays Serbia’s access to loans

    Belgrade, Serbia – The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday it was postponing a deal with the Balkan country on withdrawing additional funds from an emergency standby loan-despite encouraging signs that Serbia’s recession-hit economy was recovering. Link