19.12.2000

High Representative meets Orucevic and Tomic

Sarajevo, 19 December 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today met with the Mayor of Mostar, Safet Orucevic, and his Deputy, Neven Tomic, to discuss how the Office of the High Representative can further facilitate future development in Mostar. The High Representative has formed a special Mostar Task Force comprised of OHR staff who w [...]
15.12.2000

High Representative welcomes the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between BiH and FRY

Sarajevo, 15 December 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, welcomes today's establishment of diplomatic relations between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This has been long due, and constitutes an important step in the normalisation of relations between the countries, as well as in the implementation of t [...]
15.12.2000

High Representative Addresses the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council

Sarajevo, 15 December 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, attended a series of high level meetings and addressed the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) in Brussels today. Whilst in Brussels, the High Representative met bi-laterally with Madeleine Albright who was attending her final meeting of the EAPC as US Secretary of State.
15.12.2000

Evictions during the Winter Period

Sarajevo, 15 December 2000 Following repeated misleading statements on evictions during the winter months, the Office of the High Representative would like to once again clarify the situation. The implementation of the property laws will continue unabated over the winter.
14.12.2000

Deadline for Claims under the RS Labour Law’s Article 152 is February 16, 2001

Sarajevo, 14 December 2000 The Office of the High Representative, OSCE, UNHCR, and UNHCHR wish to inform individuals that the deadline for submitting claims for illegal dismissal under the RS Labour Law is February 16th, 2001. Those people who believe they were illegally dismissed from their jobs between 31 December 1991 and 16 November 2000 must s [...]
13.12.2000

Meeting of the High Representative and the SDS leadership

Sarajevo, 13 December 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, met with President- and Vice-President-elect of the Republika Srpska, Messrs. Mirko Sarovic and Dragan Cavic, and SDS President of the Presidency, Mr. Dragan Kalinic, in Sarajevo on 12 December 2000. They agreed to issue the following statement: The SDS leaders, in the name of [...]
13.12.2000

High Representative imposes Law on Human Rights Ombudsman of BiH

Sarajevo, 13 December 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, yesterday imposed the Law on the Human Rights Ombudsman for Bosnia and Herzegovina. The High Representative used the powers vested in him by Article V of Annex 10 of the Dayton Peace Accords and through the Conclusions of the Bonn Peace Implementation Council in 1997. The Law f [...]
12.12.2000

“DOSTA JE” Property Rights Awareness Campaign

Sarajevo, 12 December 2000 The Office of the High Representative, the OSCE Mission to BiH and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, supported by UNMIBH and CRPC, have launched the "DOSTA JE" campaign, to address the most pressing obstacles standing in the way of implementation of property legislation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. While it [...]