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Full implementation of the civilian aspects of the Peace Agreement continues to be a crucial factor in building the basis for a lasting peace. Like the Implementation Force, the Stabilisation Force provides support for civilian tasks, but with fewer forces at its disposal, has to prioritise its efforts and to apply them selectively. Support for civil implementation of the peace agreement is provided by local forces and by SFOR's Civil-Military Task Force (CMTF). The CMTF, located in Sarajevo, consists of approximately 350 military personnel. Initially drawn mainly from US Army reserves, the Task Force has subsequently become multinational, with personnel able to call on civilian skills in some twenty functional areas including law, economic and finance, agriculture, industry, commerce and business, structural engineering, transportation, utilities, housing, social services such as education and public health, cultural affairs, government, management and political science. For the year 2002, SFOR has planned more than 200 separate Civil/Military Coordination (CIMIC) projects. The total value of these projects is estimated to be more than 13 million Convertible Marks 1. SFOR has continued to support developments in the civilian sector and has provided day-to-day assistance for minority returns and support for the UNHCR in providing humanitarian aid. In cooperation with the local authorities and armed forces, SFOR also assisted people affected by the floods and mudslides in the northern and southeastern parts of the country in June and July 2001, through the provision of tents, food, water, flood relief, bridge and road repair and engineering assistance to local authorities. SFOR also provided transport for food parcels from Croatia, during the autumn of 2001, and has undertaken reconstruction projects financed by other countries. This continued in January 2002 when SFOR conducted humanitarian re-supply missions in the vicinity of Srebenica. SFOR delivered 900 kilos of food to villages isolated by bad winter weather conditions. In addition, SFOR participates in the maintenance and repair of roads and railways throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina in collaboration with the local authorities and other international agencies. SFOR annually invests 5 to 7 million Euros in freedom of movement projects and plans to conduct 94 maintenance projects in 2002. 71 of these will be exclusively funded by SFOR, whereas 23 are to be implemented in partnership with the ministries of traffic and communications of the entities.
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