UN Security Council resolution 1722

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The Resolution 1722 of the UN Security Council is a resolution under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations over Bosnia-Herzegovina , by the United Nations Security Council adopted unanimously at its 5567th meeting on November 21 of 2006. The resolution extended EUFOR , the European Union's stabilization force , by twelve months. The resolution also approved the continued presence of a NATO headquarters as the legal successor to the previous SFOR mission. EUFOR was first deployed on November 22, 2004 as a follow-up mission to SFOR.

In its decision, the Security Council refers to its previous decisions regarding the territory of the former Yugoslavia , in particular resolutions 1031 , 1088 , 1423 , 1491 , 1551 , 1575 and 1639 , as well as to the Dayton Treaty and its amendments, and approves the extension of the missions NATO and the European Union in Bosnia-Herzegovina by twelve months, i.e. until November 21, 2007.

The resolution contains a number of diplomatic formulas and technical regulations, one of the most important of which concerns the right of self-defense of the emergency services in the event of an attack or an impending attack. In this case the troops are entitled to take all necessary measures. It is also emphasized that the government of Bosnia-Herzegovina is responsible for the full implementation of the peace agreement itself and for the continuation of international aid, financial, economic and military, from full cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, including the extradition of all the accused depends.

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