PRESS RELEASE: BiH took over the presidency of the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR)



January 15, 2013 – Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of BiH Ermina Salkičević-Dizdarević went to Austria in order to take over the presidency of the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR). During the BiH presidency, Mrs. Ermina Salkičević-Dizdarević will act as President of this body.

After the formal takeover, the new President of the ICPDR, Mrs. Ermina Salkičević-Dizdarević will hold a press conference on January 17, 2013 (after returning from Austria) on the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of BiH (Sarajevo, Musala 9, room 208 at 1 p.m.) Representatives of the media are invited to the conference in order to better inform the public about this important event for Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Note: The International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) is an International Organization consisting of 14 cooperating states and the European Union. Since its establishment in 1998, the ICPDR has grown into one of the largest and most active international bodies of river basin management expertise in Europe. The ICPDR deals not only with the Danube itself, but also with the whole Danube River Basin, which includes its tributaries and the ground water resources. The existence and role of the ICPDR are of great importance for BiH because 40.2% of the Sava river basin, which is the second largest sub-basin of the Danube River basin, lies in BiH.