2%, SNSD 16. 3%, HDZ BiH 8. 8%, SDP 8. 2%, SDS 7. 1%, DF-GS 6. 4%, NiP 5%, PDP 4. 6%, NS/HC 3. 1%, NES 3%, For Justice and Order 2. 1%, DEMOS 1. 9%, US 1. 6%, BHI KF 1. 3%, other 13. 4%; seats by party/coalition - SDA 9, SNSD 6, SDP 5, HDZ BiH 4, DF-GS 3, NiP 3, SDS 2, PDP 2, NS/HC 2, NES 2, For Justice and Order 1, DEMOS 1, US 1, BHI KF 1; composition - men 31, women 11, percent of women 26. 2%; note - total Parliamentary Assembly percent of women 24. 6%Judicial branchhighest court(s): Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Constitutional Court (consists of 9 members); Court of BiH (consists of 44 national judges and 7 international judges organized into 3 divisions - Administrative, Appellate, and Criminal, which includes a War Crimes Chamber)judge selection and term of office: BiH Constitutional Court judges - 4 selected by the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina House of Representatives, 2 selected by the Republika Srpska's National Assembly, and 3 non-Bosnian judges selected by the president of the European Court of Human Rights; Court of BiH president and national judges appointed by the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council; Court of BiH president appointed for renewable 6-year term; other national judges appointed to serve until age 70; international judges recommended by the president of the Court of BiH and appointed by the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina; international judges appointed to serve until age 70subordinate courts: the Federation has 10 cantonal courts plus a number of municipal courts; the Republika Srpska has a supreme court, 5 district courts, and a number of municipal courtsPolitical parties and leadersAlliance for a Better Future of BiH or SBB BiH [Fahrudin RADONCIC]Alliance of Independent Social Democrats or SNSD [Milorad DODIK]Alternative Party for Democratic Activity or A-SDA [Nermin OGRESEVIC] (merged with Independent Bosnian Herzegovinian List to form NES)Bosnian-Herzegovinian Initiative or BHI KF [Fuad KASUMOVIC]Civic Alliance or GS [Reuf BAJROVIC]Croat Peasants' Party or HSS [Mario KARAMATIC]Croatian Christian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina or HKDU [Ivanka BARIC]Croatian Democratic Union or HDU [Miro GRABOVAC-TITAN]Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina or HDZ-BiH [Dragan COVIC]Croatian Democratic Union 1990 or HDZ-1990 [Ilija CVITANOVIC]Croatian Party of Rights dr.

4%, other 2. 7%, not declared/no answer 1% (2013 est. )note: Republika Srpska authorities dispute the methodology and refuse to recognize the results; Bosniak has replaced Muslim as an ethnic term in part to avoid confusion with the religious term Muslim - an adherent of IslamLanguagesBosnian (official) 52. 9%, Serbian (official) 30. 8%, Croatian (official) 14. 6%, other 1. 6%, no answer 0. 2% (2013 est. )major-language sample(s): Knjiga svjetskih ДЌinjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija.

993 billion (2017 est. )expenditures: $7. 607 billion (2017 est. )Public debt46. 05% of GDP (2020 est. )44. 63% of GDP (2019 est. )45. 56% of GDP (2018 est. )note: data cover general government debt and includes debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data include treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data include debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intra-governmental debt; intra-governmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment; debt instruments for the social funds are not sold at public auctions.

Vojislav Seselj or SRS-VS [Vojislav SESELJ] (merged with PDP)Social Democratic Party or SDP [Nermin NIKSIC]Socialist Party or SP [Petar DOKIC]United Srpska or US [Nenad STEVANDIC]International organization participationBIS, CD, CE, CEI, EAPC, EBRD, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, MONUSCO, NAM (observer), OAS (observer), OIC (observer), OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PFP, SELEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)note: Bosnia-Herzegovina is an EU candidate country whose satisfactory completion of accession criteria is required before being granted full EU membershipDiplomatic representation from the USchief of mission: Ambassador Michael J.

25 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est. )carbon dioxide emissions: 21. 85 megatons (2016 est. )methane emissions: 2. 92 megatons (2020 est. )Climatehot summers and cold winters; areas of high elevation have short, cool summers and long, severe winters; mild, rainy winters along coastLand useagricultural land: 42. )Waste and recyclingmunicipal solid waste generated annually: 1, 248, 718 tons (2015 est. )municipal solid waste recycled annually: 12 tons (2015 est. )percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 0% (2015 est.

7 (2021 est. )Urbanizationurban population: 50. 3% of total population (2023)rate of urbanization: 0. 61% annual rate of change (2020-25 est. )Sex ratioat birth: 1. 07 male(s)/female0-14 years: 1. 07 male(s)/female15-24 years: 1. 06 male(s)/female25-54 years: 1. 02 male(s)/female55-64 years: 0. 96 male(s)/female65 years and over: 0. 42 male(s)/femaletotal population: 0. 95 male(s)/female (2022 est. )Drinking water sourceimproved: urban: 99. 9% of populationrural: 100% of populationtotal: 99.

Bosnia and Herzegovina — United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumAn estimated 100, 000 people were killed during the conflict in Bosnia between 1992 and 1995, including the July 1995 genocide of 8, 000 Bosnian Muslims from Srebrenica. Learn more about what happened and what the international community could have done to prevent it below. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1992–1995 Learn what led to the violence in Bosnia and what happened in its wake. Srebrenica, 1993–1995 Bosnian Serb forces systematically executed as many as 8, 000 Bosnian Muslim males in Srebrenica—the largest massacre in Europe since the Holocaust.

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MURPHY (since 23 February 2022)embassy: 1 Robert C. Frasure Street, 71000 Sarajevomailing address: 7130 Sarajevo Place, Washington DC 20521-7130telephone: [387] (33) 704-000FAX: [387] (33) 659-722email address and website: sarajevoACS@state. govhttps://ba. usembassy. gov/branch office(s): Banja Luka, MostarFlag descriptiona wide blue vertical band on the fly side with a yellow isosceles triangle abutting the band and the top of the flag; the remainder of the flag is blue with seven full five-pointed white stars and two half stars top and bottom along the hypotenuse of the triangle; the triangle approximates the shape of the country and its three points stand for the constituent peoples - Bosniaks, Croats, and Serbs; the stars represent Europe and are meant to be continuous (thus the half stars at top and bottom); the colors (white, blue, and yellow) are often associated with neutrality and peace, and traditionally are linked with Bosnianote: one of several flags where a prominent component of the design reflects the shape of the country; other such flags are those of Brazil, Eritrea, and VanuatuNational anthemname: "Drzavna himna Bosne i Hercegovine" (The National Anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina)lyrics/music: none officially/Dusan SESTICnote: music adopted 1999; lyrics proposed in 2008 and others in 2016 were not approvedNational heritagetotal World Heritage Sites: 4 (3 cultural, 1 natural)selected World Heritage Site locales: Old Bridge Area of Mostar (c); Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge (c); Stećci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards (c); Primeval Beech Forests - Janj Forest (n)EconomyEconomic overviewimport-dominated economy; remains consumption-heavy; lack of private sector investments and diversification; jointly addressing structural economic challenges; Chinese energy infrastructure investments; high unemployment; tourism industry impacted by COVID-19Credit ratingsMoody's rating: B3 (2012)Standard & Poors rating: B (2011)note: The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained.

COVID-19 Vaccine Information: Are vaccines available in Bosnia and Herzegovina for U. citizens to receive? No Eligible individuals (BiH residents and/or persons with local health insurance) can sign up following instructions from their locality. Visit the FDA’s website to learn more about FDA-approved vaccines in the United States. Local Resources: Other links COVID-19 crisis page on travel.

GDP - composition, by end usehousehold consumption: 77. 4% (2017 est. )government consumption: 20% (2017 est. )investment in fixed capital: 16. 6% (2017 est. )investment in inventories: 2. 3% (2017 est. )exports of goods and services: 38. 7% (2017 est. )imports of goods and services: -55. 1% (2017 est. )Agricultural productsmaize, milk, vegetables, potatoes, wheat, plums/sloes, apples, barley, cabbages, poultryIndustriessteel, coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, manganese, bauxite, aluminum, motor vehicle assembly, textiles, tobacco products, wooden furniture, ammunition, domestic appliances, oil refiningBudgetrevenues: $7.

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