We believe that there has to be a proper legislative infrastructure in place if the country as a whole is to move forward quickly economically, and we want to see that Quick-Start Package adopted sooner rather than later, because it has important consequences for reviving the economy across the country. Since last Wednesday SFOR has had a quiet yet extremely productive week in the area of operations. SFOR also monitored 45 mine clearing operations by the entity armies. This level of de-mining by the entity armies continues to be in compliance with recent SFOR instructions issued at the Joint Military Commission on the 17th of January. SFOR is encouraged by the amount of de-mining which is taking place.
Mines continue on a weekly basis to kill or injure innocent civilians.
The sooner this threat is removed from Bosnia Herzegovina the sooner this country will be a safer and more normal place to live. In Multi-National Division North, SFOR secured a building at the VRS weapon storage site near Milici where a wooden box was discovered on 10 March with 26 vials of unknown, possibly hazardous chemicals. There was no attempt to conceal or hide the box. It was found in a room full of junk. The site commander did not know what it was.