At the session held on April 8, 1992, the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina adopted a decreeofficially changing the name of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was adopted.
In the political history of Bosnia and Herzegovina, April 8, 1992, is remembered as the day when the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina decided to change the constitutional name of the country.
At the session held that day, a decree on changing the name “Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina,” was adopted.
The name “Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina” was replaced with the new name “Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina,” formally confirming the change of the state’s name.
International recognition of the newly named state, the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (RBiH), followed recognition by the then European Community and the United States, and was further confirmed by its admission to the United Nations on May 22, 1992.
Following its admission to the United Nations on May 22, 1992, the flag of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was raised in front of the UN headquarters on the East River, marking the country’s admission as the 177th member of the United Nations.
Bosnia and Herzegovina retained the full name Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Therefore, the official name of the state changed to Bosnia and Herzegovina, which remains its official name today, Klix.ba writes.
