2006 Press Releases

Graduation Ceremony For Sipa Officers Who Attended ATA Program

02/02/06

On Friday, February 3, 2006, Deputy Chief of Mission of the United States in Bosnia and Herzegovina Tina Kaidanow will award course completion certificates  to 23 SIPA officers who participated in a three-week course in “Vital Installation Security.” The course was sponsored by the Office of Anti-Terrorism Assistance programs in the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Bureau, which provides training and equipment to foreign law enforcement and civilian security organizations to enhance their capacity to counter terrorist activities. The course is part of the close cooperation of BiH law enforcement agencies with the world-wide effort to combat terrorism. U.S.-BiH cooperation in this area will increase as the capabilities of police, judicial and prosecutorial institutions grow.

At the ceremony, the U.S. Embassy will also recognize the efforts of SIPA and the Sarajevo Police Training Academy. The Director of SIPA, Mr. Sredoje Novic, and the Dean of the Sarajevo Police Training Academy, Mr. Taib Spahic, will be in attendance.

Graduation ceremony will take place on February 3, 2006 at 13:00 at the Police Academy in Sarajevo, Dobojska 32.

All media representatives are welcome to attend this event.   We kindly ask you to arrive at least 20 minutes before the beginning of the event.

IMPORTANT: Media interested in covering this event NEED TO REGISTER with the Office of Public Affairs of the US Embassy.

They are kindly requested to send media affiliation and names of reporters, cameramen, photographers and other possible members of crews no later than today, February 2, 2006 at 17:00 to the following fax 033/619-593 or e-mail bhinfo@state.gov.

For additional information, please contact Office of Public Affairs Sarajevo at 033/619-592.