4.2 Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina Background The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (the Mission) has concentrated its efforts on non-policing areas of politico-military assistance as the explicit mandate for policing efforts was held initially by IPTF, mandated by Annex 11 of the Dayton Peace Agreement, and later by EUPM. Currently, the EU Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is the leading international organization supporting BiH law enforcement agencies, including border police. Although the Mission does not have a dedicated law enforcement unit, it does provide support to law enforcement bodies in BiH through its core programmatic work carried out by the Department of Security Co-operation in the politico-military sphere, and by the Human Dimension Department’s thematic programme sections. It endeavours to include support for law enforcement related issues within the framework of its mandate and with a view to efficient and effective use of the resources available to the Mission, ensuring that it is not duplicating the efforts of other international support being provided, while at the same time working to reinforce OSCE principles in security sector governance. Promoting OSCE Principles in Police Institutions As part of its efforts to disseminate knowledge on the OSCE Code of Conduct on PoliticoMilitary Aspects of Security and with the aim to foster professionalism and higher standards in police affairs in BiH, the Mission, on 14-15 May, organized a specialized seminar on the Code of Conduct for 20 representatives of police education institutions throughout BiH, held on Vlasic mountain. The primary objective was to promote the Code of Conduct and its principles among police educators and to explore with them how training on this important OSCE document may be included in the standard curriculum of training and education of police. Training Police on BiH Security Policy Through its engagement over several years in co- organizing the State programme of education on the national security policy, the Mission supported training for law enforcement agency personnel on security policy in general, and on specialized security topics. In 2013, emphasis was placed on educating officials across various institutions in proper handling of classified information. On 23-24 April, the Mission supported a training course for 50 members of the BiH Directorate for the Coordination of Police Bodies and INTERPOL BiH in Banja Luka. Proper handling of classified information by all those who have access to it is a requirement for implementation of bilateral security agreements. Weapons Management In 2013, the Mission continued supporting the establishment of an initiative to conduct a nationwide campaign for collection of illegally held weapons, led by the UNDP together with the ministries of interior of the entities and cantonal and Brčko District Police. Amnesty legislation required to carry out the campaign was already in place in the Republika Srpska (RS) and in five cantons of the Federation of BiH (FBiH), and so the campaign was begun in most of the country. The Mission was involved in advocacy for the adoption of amnesty legislation at the FBiH entity level, which was achieved in December 2013, allowing the remaining five cantons without amnesty legislation to join the campaign in 2014. The work of the police is at the forefront for raising awareness of the initiative and for carrying out the 50