27.06.2001

Ambassadors’ Tour of Return Areas

Sarajevo, 27 June 2001 Ambassadors from more than 20 countries assisting the Return process today participated in a helicopter tour of key return sites across Bosnia and Herzegovina. The ambassadors traveled at the invitation of High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch, COMSFOR General Michael L.
26.06.2001

OHR and OSCE Call for Urgent Adoption of Election Law

Sarajevo, 26 June 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, and the Head of the OSCE Mission to BiH, Robert M. Beecroft, deplore the most recent failure of the House of Representatives of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly to adopt the Election Law, despite the repeated calls to do so by the Peace Implementation Council.
26.06.2001

High Representative could confirm Zepce Municipal Boundary Line Change from 1 September

Sarajevo, 26 June 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today confirmed that the International Review Panel (IRP), appointed according to his decision of October 6th 2000 integrating Zepce into the legal structures of the Zenica-Doboj Canton, has reported that the requirements set under the decision have been fulfilled subject to comple [...]
26.06.2001

Property implementation figures for May 2001

Sarajevo, 26 June 2001 The Agencies involved in the Property Law Implementation Plan (OHR, OSCE, UNHCR, UNMIBH and CRPC) announced that, with end of the school year and at the height of the return season, the summer months should be used to accelerate the process of the implementation of property laws in the way which will ensure sustained accelera [...]
25.06.2001

Ambassadors’ Tour of Return Areas

Sarajevo, 25 June 2001 The High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch, COMSFOR General Michael L. Dodson and UNHCR Chief of Mission Werner Blatter have invited ambassadors of countries assisting with the Return process to visit by helicopter key areas of return across the country on Wednesday 27 June, 2001. The aim of the tour is to view progress in th [...]
23.06.2001

High Representative Holds Talks with Council of Europe Representatives

Sarajevo, 23 June 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, has completed two days of comprehensive discussions in Strasbourg with representatives of the Council of Europe. The talks focused on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s prospects for accession to the Council. The High Representative addressed the Committee of Ministers on Friday 22 Jun [...]
22.06.2001

High Representative Regrets Parliament’s Failure to Pass Election Law

Sarajevo, 22 June 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, regrets the failure of members of the House of Representatives to pass the draft Election Law. This failure threatens to jeopardize hitherto successful efforts to consolidate the democratic process in Bosnia and Herzegovina and give its citizens the effective political representati [...]