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by Jan Oskar Engene
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The Office of the High Representative in Sarajevo announced in
a press release today that work has been initiated on finding a
new coat of arms for Bosnia and Hercegovina. The commission that
worked on proposals for the flag was asked to continue its work
to come up with proposals for a coat of arms by 15 April 1998.
Following the commission's report, the High Representative will
decide the details concerning the adoption procedures. A decision
is expected by 15 May this year.
Jan Oskar Engene, 19 February 1998
In the newspaper Vjesnik (the one that I regularly read during my service as the only one provided free of charge in the barracks %-/ ) there was a short article regarding the new Bosnian coat of arms. I have not saved the paper, and I can only reinterprate what was there. The situation is very similar as it was with the flag - the three nations can not (or do not want) to find a compromise, and among five (if I recall correctly) proposals presented to the parliament they could not choose one. As I understood the decision is not final, but Westendorp (High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, remember?) annou