Statement before the House Internat ional Relations Subcommittee on Europe. Since the Dayton Accords were signed in late 1995, we have accomplished a great deal in Bosnia. Bosnia is at peace and its basic infrastructure has been rebuilt. Refugee returns, which reverse the effects of ethnic cleansing, have surged since 1998. For the first time since the end of the war, there are governments in place at the state level and in the entities committed to building a multiethnic democracy.
Hardliners seeking to obstruct progress seem to be in retreat.
These changes provide the international community with its best opportunity yet to implement Dayton and move Bosnia toward Europe. Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, June 7, 2001. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe announced June 7 that U.S. diplomat Robert Beecroft has been appointed the new head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Prior to this, Beecroft was the State Department's Senior Coordinator for Bosnian Implementation.