27.07.2000

Removal of Ramiz Dzaferovic

Sarajevo, 27 July 2000 Today, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, has removed Mr Ramiz Dzaferovic from his positions of Director of the Federation Tax Administration and member of the Management Board of the Payment Bureau. As Director of the Federation Tax Administration, Mr Dzaferovic, through acts of personal misconduct, impeded the eco [...]
25.07.2000

Joint Statement of the OHR and the World Bank on Draft Labor Legislation

Sarajevo, 25 July 2000 This week, the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina will submit to Parliament a draft Law on Amendments to the Labor Law. Preparatory work on the draft had been ongoing for over nine months within the Labor Legislation Reform Commission established by decree of Minister Garib.
21.07.2000

International Community Monitors Bocinje evictions

Sarajevo, 21 July 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, the head of the OSCE mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador Robert Barry, and the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General, Jaques Paul Klein, will monitor closely property evictions scheduled to start in the village of Bocinje, Maglaj municipality, Can [...]
21.07.2000

OHR disappointed with lack of agreement on implementation of May 10th education agreement

Sarajevo, 21 July 2000 This week, the Entity Educations Ministers held a meeting called for by the Senior Deputy High Representative, Ambassador Dr. Matei Hoffmann, at the OHR to discuss further steps in educational reform. The meeting, attended by Federation Education Minister Fahrudin Rizvanbegovic, his Deputy, Ivo Miro Jovic and the RS Education [...]
18.07.2000

High Representative Appoints New Deputy Head Of OHR Brcko

Sarajevo, 18 July 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, has appointed Mr. Gerhard Sontheim Deputy Head of the OHR Regional Office (North) in Brcko. Mr. Sontheim will take up his new duties on August 1st, 2000. Gerhard Sontheim has long standing experience in the region and has been the Deputy Head of the OHR Regional Office (South) in M [...]
13.07.2000

Round table on return and reconstruction

Mostar, 13 July 2000 A round table "Return of refugees and displaced persons - reconstruction as a precondition for return" was held in Mostar on July, 11 in the organization of Association of Citizens for Human Rights Protection and in the sponsorship of the Council of Europe and Austrian Government. Among the many participants of the local, inter [...]
12.07.2000

Suspension of the Double Occupancy Phone-Line

Mostar, 12 July 2000. In agreement and consultations with other international agencies, the OHR South would like to inform that as from today, the Double Occupancy Phoneline in Mostar will be suspended until further notice. The reasons for this are the following: To date, we have received more than 1,300 calls regarding alleged double occupancy cas [...]