14.03.2000

Ambassador’s Tour of Return Areas

Sarajevo, 14 March 2000 Ambassadors of countries represented in Bosnia and Herzegovina have been invited by the High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch, COMSFOR Lt. Gen. Ronald E. Adams and UNHCR Chief of Mission Werner Blatter to visit today by helicopter key areas of return across the country. The aim of the tour is to view progress in the return [...]
14.03.2000

Property Law Implementation in the RS Unsatisfactory

Sarajevo, 14 March 2000 Yesterday, 13 March 2000, the Deputy High Representative for Return and Reconstruction, Ambassador Andy Bearpark, sent a letter to RS Minister for Displaced Persons and Refugees, Mr. Miladin Dragicevic, expressing his concern and disappointment about the slow rate of implementation of property laws in Republika Srpska under [...]
08.03.2000

High Representative offers support to BiH women on occasion of International Women’s Day

Sarajevo, 08 March 2000 The High Representative, Ambassador Wolfgang Petritsch, offers the strongest possible support to the women of Bosnia and Herzegovina and congratulates them on the occasion of International Women's Day, March 08. The High Representative encourages women to come forward and to take a leading role in the peace-building process, [...]
07.03.2000

OHR and OSCE condemn Izetbegovic’s inflammatory language

Sarajevo, 07 March 2000 The High Representative and the OSCE Head of Mission note their firm rejection and unequivocal condemnation of the highly inflammatory language used by the Chairman of the Presidency, Alija Izetbegovic at a March 03 election rally of the SDA. The stereo-typing of other political movements and parties as "ustashe" and "chetni [...]
07.03.2000

Poor Reporting Of Corruption Allegations Puts 90 Jobs At Risk

Sarajevo, 07 March 2000 OHR Anti-Fraud Unit is seriously concerned that 90 jobs at the Bekto Company in Gorazde were put at risk following a prime time news story on RTVBiH which gave credence to unsubstantiated allegations of corruption. Bekto is a private company that produces high quality plastic and metal-moulded products, mostly for export.
07.03.2000

Agreement on the Administration of the Central Zone of the City of Mostar

Mostar, 07 March 2000 The OHR(S) is pleased to announce that an Agreement on the administration of the Central Zone of the City of Mostar came into force on 6 March 2000. By this agreement, reached and signed on 3 March 2000 between the Governor and Vice Governor, Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of the Herzegovina-Netertva Canton, the Mayo [...]
06.03.2000

Public Corporation for Road Infrastructure Established

Sarajevo, 06 March 2000 The OHR warmly welcomes the establishment of a joint Bosnia and Herzegovina Road Infrastructure Public Corporation (BRIC) under Annex 9. The Road Infrastructure Public Corporation will institutionalize co-operation between the two Entities in developing a quality road network across Bosnia and Herzegovina.
03.03.2000

Opening of the RS Directorate for Privatisation Satellite Office in Mostar

Mostar, 03 March 2000 The privatization process in the Republika Srpska has been ongoing since January, 3rd 2000 and was to last until February, 20th 2000. Upon the request of the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, the RS Government agreed to an extension of this deadline and to the opening of additional satellite offices in the B&H Federatio [...]
03.03.2000

The High Representative discusses Protectorate in DANI

DANI, 03 March 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, replied to an article in the independent magazine DANI published on January 28, in which he was called upon to establish a one-year protectorate in Bosnia and Herzegovina. DANI today printed his response: The High Representative replies to the editorial board of DANI This is not our c [...]