translate English to French: Ad hoc committees of the Parliamentary Assembly observed the municipal elections held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 13-14 September 1997, the elections to the National Assembly of the Republika Srpska on 22-23 November 1997, the general elections on 12-13 September 1998 and the general elections held on 11 November 2000.The Assembly’s observer delegation found that there had been a significant improvement in the latest election compared to the previous ones. 6. Bosnia and Herzegovina has ratified several Council of Europe conventions, including the European Cultural Convention and the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. 7. The Assembly appreciates the action of the Council of Europe Secretariat office in Sarajevo, which opened in April 1996 and believes that it must be given the fullest political and material support in order to effectively contribute to the implementation of activities aimed at developing and consolidating democratic stability. 8. The Assembly takes note of the progress which has already been achieved by Bosnia and Herzegovina in building state institutions, both at state and Entity levels.
à signer et à ratifier, dans un délai de deux ans suivant son adhésion, la Charte européenne de l’autonomie locale; i i. à signer et à ratifier, dans un délai de deux ans suivant son adhésion, la Convention-cadre européenne sur la coopération transfrontalière et ses protocoles ainsi que les conventions du Conseil de l'Europe relatives à l’extradition, à l’entraide judiciaire en matière pénale, celle relative au blanchiment, au dépistage, à la saisie et à la confiscation des produits du crime, et celle relative au transfèrement des personnes condamnées et à appliquer, entre-temps, leurs principes fondamentaux;j j.