Russia Calls for UN Vote to Scrap Bosnia Peace Envoy Job

UNITED NATIONS - Russia has asked the U.N. Security Council to vote Thursday on its proposal to abolish the post of international high representative for Bosnia and the office that goes with it by July 2022, diplomats told Agence France-Presse.    

The vote was requested for Thursday afternoon, said one of the diplomats on condition of anonymity.   It is now up to France, which holds the presidency of the Security Council this month, to confirm the vote.  The subject has been controversial for years and has come back on the radar in recent weeks. It pits Russia against the West, and in particular against Germany, which is due to have a former minister take up the post on August 1.