A/HRC/25/49/Add.1 side, especially if they have not ventured there for years. Some young people, having never visited the “other side”, imagine all sorts of situations. Other cities are also territorially divided, like Sarajevo and East Sarajevo. The Special Rapporteur hopes that the organization of the 2017 European Youth Olympics in Sarajevo will provide opportunities to proactively develop spaces for interaction. She was pleased to learn that collaboration between the Mayors of Sarajevo (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina) and of East Sarajevo (Republika Srpska) has started in this regard. 77. Excellent initiatives promoting interaction between people are visible in both entities. In Republika Srpska, the Teddy Bear association conducts, with support from the entity’s Government, activities, promoting interaction between rural and urban children. In Mostar, several civil society organizations are fully engaged in the field of sport, culture and art, promoting interaction among people from various communities. For example, the Mostar Blues festival, established in 2003, uses music to bring people together, and a number of institutions, such as the Rock School, use their talents to combat segregation proactively, challenging the perspectives offered by ethno-nationalistic agendas. 78. People in general and decision-makers in particular do not always value such actions in the field of culture or give them priority. The Special Rapporteur is convinced, however, that it is precisely at this level that significant changes can be achieved in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This is especially urgent, given that while some youth demand more spaces for interaction through art and sport, others have already developed a sense of mistrust and intolerance, and it is difficult to know how large either group is. Hate speech remains a worrying reality, as seen for example during football games in Mostar. 79. The Special Rapporteur wishes to underline that, since 1996, all associations for national minorities have attempted to find ways to establish centres, which they lack, to make minorities more visible. The centre for national minorities in Banja Luka was described as quite an exception. F. Reconstruction and memorialization processes 80. Many efforts have been made throughout the country to reconstruct cultural heritage destroyed during the war, including mosques and churches. These are steps conducive to the return of refugees and displaced persons. 1. Commission to Preserve National Monuments 81. The Special Rapporteur met with members of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments, established under annex 8 to the Dayton Agreement to “receive and decide on petitions for the designation of property having cultural, historic, religious or ethnic importance as national monuments” (art. IV). Annex 8 defines a national monument as “movable or immovable property of great importance to a group of people with common cultural, historic, religious or ethnic heritage, such as monuments of architecture, art or history; archaeological sites; groups of buildings; as well as cemeteries” (art. VI). 82. The Commission has significant powers. According to annex 8, when the Commission designates property as a national monument, the entity in whose territory the national monument is situated “(a) shall make every effort to take appropriate legal, scientific, technical, administrative and financial measures necessary for the protection, conservation, presentation and rehabilitation of the property, and (b) shall refrain from taking any deliberate measures that might damage the property” (art. V.5). Commission decisions are binding, and override all others. The Commission, according to article 39 of its own rules of procedure, also determines the boundaries of immovable property designated a national monument and the “conditions for its protection”. 17