HL Deb 13 March 2000 vol 610 cc177-8WA
Lord Hylton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is their response to the proposals from the Balkan Action Council of Washington DC, dated 22 December 1999, for improving the electoral law of Bosnia-Herzegovina. [HL1301]

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale

We fully support the efforts of the Office of the High Representative and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) to produce an election law which furthers the cause of democratic electoral reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), within the limits of the BiH constitution. The revised draft law (presented to the BiH Parliamentary Assembly 25 January), which the UK supports, addresses some of the Balkan Action Council's concerns. We continue to urge the parties in the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH to pass the revised election law.