Council of Ministers session: Agenda packed with items related to the coronavirus epidemic

(Patria) - The Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina will convene in Sarajevo for an emergency session, with the agenda featuring several items related to the coronavirus epidemic, including a Draft Decision on establishing a Group for Socioeconomic Responses to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ministers are expected to consider and comment on the Draft Loan Agreement (Emergency Covid-19 Project for BiH) between BiH and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, as well as the Draft Decision on ratifying the Agreement on Joint Public Procurement for the procurement of medical countermeasures.

Among the proposed items is also Information on procedures for accepting donations of medicines to BiH intended for responding to and suppressing the spread of the infectious disease caused by the new coronavirus.

Ministers should also review the Report of the Ministry of Security in the Council of Ministers on the situation in the field of human trafficking in BiH for 2019, and the Draft Decision on appointing members of the Demining Commission in BiH.

The proposed agenda also includes a Draft Decision on amendments and supplements to the Decision on the temporary closure of international border crossings in air traffic for passenger transport in BiH.

The Council of Ministers should also consider draft decisions on the distribution of international aid funds for protection and rescue, as well as financial resources collected from domestic legal and natural persons for the fight against Covid-19 paid into the dedicated sub-account of the Single Treasury Account of BiH, and the distribution of international aid for protection and rescue in equipment and other means.