Extension of the PHARE programme to Bosnia and Herzegovina (amend. Regul. 3906/89/EEC)

Having been presented with Parliament’s opinion from 15 March, the Council formally adopted the regulation. At the same time it approved a letter to be addressed by the President of the Council to the Government of Bosnia-Herzegovina underlining that the commitment of those countries benefiting from the Phare programme to the principles of democracy and human rights and to all the terms of the peace agreement signed in Paris on 14 December 1995 constituted an essential element in the implementation of the Phare programme of economic aid. The letter also recommended that actions being undertaken in Bosnia-Herzegovina under the Phare programme should focus on projects aimed at promoting reconciliation between the ethnic communities.