Poljine bakir izetbegovic biography
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1 Thursday, 12 July
2 [Open session]
3 [The accused entered court]
4 [The witness entered court]
5 Upon commencing at a.m.
6 JUDGE MINDUA: [Interpretation] The hearing is open. Good morning,
7 ladies and gentlemen.
8 Good morning to the Office of the Prosecutor.
9 Good morning to the Defence.
10 Good morning to the witness and to all the staff members assisting
11 the Court. The Court is going to sit in compliance with Article 15 bis of
12 the Rules of Procedure and Evidence, so we're going to proceed with the
13 cross-examination which was started yesterday by Ms. Edgerton.
14 So, Ms. Edgerton, you have the floor.
15 MS. EDGERTON: Thank you, Your Honour.
16 WITNESS: SIMO TUSEVLJAK [Resumed]
17 [Witness answered through interpreter]
18 Cross-examination by Ms. Edgerton: [Continued]
19 Q. Good morning, Mr. Tusevljak. Did you rest well overnight?
20 A. Good morning. Yes, thank you for asking.
21 Q. I'd like to go back largely today to matters that were discussed
22 in both your testimony in chief and when we were speaking yesterday. To
23 begin with, at pages and of your testimony yesterday, you were
24 asked whether you were able to deal with the civilian victims of the war
25 in the part of Sarajevo which was under the control of the Bosnian a
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Kušmić: Allow me to formally introduce myself. I am Haris Kušmić, currently working with the WFD [Westminster Foundation for Democracy]. I am interviewing Mr Jovan Divjak, whose biography I cannot possibly fit into a few opening sentences. Let me instead say something I have said before in conversation with him: that he is someone who has built and defended and given everything he had to this country in periods of both war and peace. Mr Divjak, thank you very much for inviting me here and giving me an opportunity to interview you. Unlike other interviews, the questions here may relate more to your personality. We are certainly going to touch on things that you have gone through, that the general public is familiar with, but the goal of this interview is to try and see Jovan Divjak as Jovan Divjak: you as a person, things you have gone through in your life, from childhood on—which may well be appropriate, as you are working on your book. We hope you will succeed in publishing it.
Divjak: And its title is “Do Not Shoot.”
Kušmić: And its title is “Do Not Shoot.” Exactly. Well, we can begin with your early life, when you were a child. Could you perhaps tell me something about your childhood?
Divjak: Well, my childhood is somewhat fresh in my memory as