titutional Court, supervised by the Ministry of Justice

Political parties and leaders: Party of Democratic Action or SDA
[Alija IZETBEGOVIC]; Croatian Democratic Union of BiH or HDZ-BiH [Bozo
RAJIC]; Serb Democratic Party or SDS [Aleksa BUHA]; Party for Bosnia
and Herzegovina or SBiH [Haris SILAJDZIC]; Joint List (consists of the
following parties: UBSD, RP, MBO, HSG, and SPP); Civic Democratic
Party or GDS [Ibrahim SPAHIC]; Croatian Peasants' Party of BiH or HSS
[Ivo KOMSIC]; Independent Social Democratic Party or SNSD [Milorad
DODIK]; Liberal Bosniak Organization or LBO [Muhamed FILIPOVIC];
Liberal Party or LS [Rasim KADIC, president]; Muslim-Bosniac
Organization or MBO [Adil ZULFIKARPASIC]; Republican Party of Bosnia
and Herzegovina or RS [Stjepan KLJUIC]; Serb Civic Council or SGV
[Mirko PEJANOVIC]; Social Democratic Party or SDP (formerly the
Democratic Party of Socialists or DSS) [Zlatko LAGUMDZIJA]; Socialist
Party of Republika Srpska or SPRS [Zivko RADISIC]; Social Democrats of
Bosnia Herzegovina [Selim BESLAGIC]; Serb Radical Party of RS [Nikola
POPLASEN]; Serb Party of Krojina and Posavina or SSKIP [Predrag
LAZAREVIC]; National Democratic Union (also known as Democratic
People's Union or DNZ) [Fikret ABDIC]; Serb National Alliance or SNS
[Biljana PLAVSIC]; Coalition for a United and Democratic BiH
(coalition of SDA, SBiH, LS, and GDS)
note: 82 parties participated in the September 1997 municipal
elections

Political pressure groups and leaders: NA

International organization participation: CE (guest), CEI, EBRD, ECE,
FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat,
Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO, ITU, NAM (guest), OIC (observer),
OSCE, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO

Diplomatic representation in the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Sven ALKALAJ
chancery: Suite 760, 1707 L Street NW, Washington, DC 20036
telephone: [1] (202) 833-3612, 3613, 3615
FAX: [1] (202) 833-2061
consulate(s) general: New York

Diplomatic representation from the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Richard KAUZLARICH
embassy: 43 Ul. Dure Dakovica, Sarajevo
mailing address: use street address
telephone: [387] (71) 445-700, 667-391, 667-389, 667-743, 667-390,
659-969, 659-992
FAX: [387] (71) 659-722

Flag description: a wide medium 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 medium blue with seven