1)   Declaration of the Peace Implementation Council - Madrid, 16 December, point 5

2)   UN Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for former Yugoslavia January-December 1999

3)   Declaration of the Peace Implementation Council - Madrid, 16 December 1998, point 11

4)   "Evaluation of Phare EAP for Bosnia and Herzegovina - Final Report - July 1998", SORGEM

5)   See report "Building the pillars of rule of law in sustainable peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina", United Nations, January 1999.

6)   See COM (1998) 652, "Proposal for a Council Decision providing macro-financial assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina"

7)   See ECHO's Decision proposal "Humanitarian Aid in Favour of the Victims of the Conflict in Former Yugoslavia, February 1999" to be presented to Humanitarian Aid Committee on 18 February 1999.

8)   The 1998 return figures demonstrate amply that returns in particular, and this despite relentless efforts by the International Community, have remained below expectations with a estimated total of 140,000 returns, of which some 100,000 from abroad. Minority return for its part is estimated at a mere 35,000.

9)   UNHCR "A Regional Strategy for Sustainable Return of those Displaced by Conflict in the Former Yugoslavia". Section 3.4: available solutions.

10)   UNHCR "Humanitarian Issues Working Group paper: progress in and prospects for sustainable return and solutions in the Former Yugoslavia". Page 5, § 18-19.

11)   For e.g. in the sectors of agriculture, economic development and civil society

12)   Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) n° 1628/96

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