SARAJEVO (AFP) - The Bosnian football federation (NSBIH) on Thursday adopted a new statute, a move expected to end FIFA and UEFA's suspension of the country from international competition.
"The federation's general assembly unanimously, with 55 votes, backed the new statute," Dino Begic, a member of a normalisation committee, set up by FIFA and tasked with running Bosnia football, said after the vote.
The six-man committee's main task was to convince local football officials, notably Serb, to back the new statute.
World governing body FIFA and European counterparts UEFA suspended Bosnia-Hercegovina from international and European football on April 1. The move came after NSBIH failed to adopt the statute that would lead to a single-member presidency rather than the ethnic-based tripartite presidency—consisting of a Croat, a Muslim and a Serb member.
At the time Serb and several Croat delegates opposed changes to the statute.
"The presidency would be abolished and we will be headed by a president," NSBIH secretary general Jasmin Bakovic explained just ahead of the vote.
"We have information that FIFA and UEFA will lift sanctions by the end of the month and enable our national team to play against Romania on June 3 in Bucharest," in Euro-2012 qualifier, he said.
After the Romania match, Bosnia's next game for the 2012 European Championships to be held in Poland and Ukraine, is against Albania on June 7. Bosnia are playing in Group D and currently hold fourth position with five points less than leading France.
An assembly at which NSBIH new single president will be elected should be held by the end of the year.
Since the 1992-1995 war, Bosnia consists of two entities—the Muslim-Croat Federation and the Serbs' Republika Srpska.
Apart from the joint football federation, founded in 2002, each semi-autonomous half also has a federation of its own.
The Bosnian Serb football federation earlier this week approved the changes of a new statute, paving the way for Thursday's vote.
Meanwhile FIFA and UEFA accepted changes in the decision making process in the both NSBIH general assembly and executive committee, sought by Serbs.
However, normalisation committee head and Yugoslav football legend Ivica Osim estimated that Bosnian Serb delegates changed their mind notably since Borac Banja Luka, a club from Republika Srpska, won the national championship. FIFA and UEFA sanctions apply also to clubs playing in European competitions.
"Borac obliged all (Serb) delegates to consider how they would vote in order not to prevent it from playing in Europe," Osim said.
The NSBIH general assembly has 60 delegates, 20 from each of Bosnia's three ethnic communities—Croat, Muslim and Serb. A total of 55 took part in Thursday's vote.
"The federation's general assembly unanimously, with 55 votes, backed the new statute," Dino Begic, a member of a normalisation committee, set up by FIFA and tasked with running Bosnia football, said after the vote.
The six-man committee's main task was to convince local football officials, notably Serb, to back the new statute.
World governing body FIFA and European counterparts UEFA suspended Bosnia-Hercegovina from international and European football on April 1. The move came after NSBIH failed to adopt the statute that would lead to a single-member presidency rather than the ethnic-based tripartite presidency—consisting of a Croat, a Muslim and a Serb member.
At the time Serb and several Croat delegates opposed changes to the statute.
"The presidency would be abolished and we will be headed by a president," NSBIH secretary general Jasmin Bakovic explained just ahead of the vote.
"We have information that FIFA and UEFA will lift sanctions by the end of the month and enable our national team to play against Romania on June 3 in Bucharest," in Euro-2012 qualifier, he said.
After the Romania match, Bosnia's next game for the 2012 European Championships to be held in Poland and Ukraine, is against Albania on June 7. Bosnia are playing in Group D and currently hold fourth position with five points less than leading France.
An assembly at which NSBIH new single president will be elected should be held by the end of the year.
Since the 1992-1995 war, Bosnia consists of two entities—the Muslim-Croat Federation and the Serbs' Republika Srpska.
Apart from the joint football federation, founded in 2002, each semi-autonomous half also has a federation of its own.
The Bosnian Serb football federation earlier this week approved the changes of a new statute, paving the way for Thursday's vote.
Meanwhile FIFA and UEFA accepted changes in the decision making process in the both NSBIH general assembly and executive committee, sought by Serbs.
However, normalisation committee head and Yugoslav football legend Ivica Osim estimated that Bosnian Serb delegates changed their mind notably since Borac Banja Luka, a club from Republika Srpska, won the national championship. FIFA and UEFA sanctions apply also to clubs playing in European competitions.
"Borac obliged all (Serb) delegates to consider how they would vote in order not to prevent it from playing in Europe," Osim said.
The NSBIH general assembly has 60 delegates, 20 from each of Bosnia's three ethnic communities—Croat, Muslim and Serb. A total of 55 took part in Thursday's vote.
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