The Office of the High Representative (OHR) said in a press release, carriedby the Bosnian federal television on Tuesday evening, that it "will informthe PIC Steering Board and the UN Security Council that with the latestconclusions the RS (Serb entity) Government and the RSNA (entity's parliament)have engaged in negating the terms of the Dayton Peace Agreement anddisregarding several UN Security Council Resolutions adopted under Chapter VIIof the United Nations Charter."

The conclusions adopted by the Serb entity's lawmakers "negate thelegal framework" regulating Bosnia's judicial institutions, includingissues regarding cooperation with the Hague-based ICTY tribunal and are "adirect attack to the very concept of the rule of law."

"In this context it is questionable why the RS authorities feel theneed to hold a referendum on whether the RS should observe the rule of law,including cooperation with the ICTY. It is an obligation of all the countries,especially the Dayton signatories, to cooperate with ICTY. The parties have anobligation from Article IX of the Dayton Agreement to: 'Cooperate in theinvestigation and prosecution of war crimes'."

Inzko has recently accused Serb entity's Prime Minister Milorad Dodik ofbringing into question the existence of that entity by his conduct.

The Serb entity has announced that it will hold a referendum in Marchagainst the decisions on the extension of the mandate of foreign judges andprosecutors in war crimes departments of Bosnia's judicial authorities.