Implementation Force mission update

In the new phase after D+120, IFOR's primary mission will continue. IFOR will pursue its tasks of ensuring respect for the cessation of hostilities and the Zone of Separation. It will strictly hold the Parties to compliance with cantonment and demobilization of forces and will take appropriate action to prevent any new threats to the peace. It will continue to remove impediments to freedom of movement and to project a sense of security throughout the country. As before, all these tasks will be carried out in an even-handed manner. It will remain ready to support the UN Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia.

As the Peace Agreement states, other organizations are responsible for tasks related to nation building. These include conducting humanitarian missions; granting election security; police force duties; moving refugees; and implementing arms control and regional stability measures.

Creating a secure environment and promoting freedom of movement are IFOR's main contributions to the work of other organizations who are primarily concerned with the civil aspects of the Peace Agreement. After D+120, IFOR is providing increased support for civil tasks within its existing mandate, so long as this does not detract from its primary military mission. IFOR is working closely with the High Representative, the International Police Task Force, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). IFOR will continue to assist their efforts in such areas as the conduct of elections, the return of refugees and displaced persons, the maintenance of law and order and the investigation of war crimes, tasks which are essential to the long-term consolidation of peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina.