10.02.2000

Symposium on School Curricula: Conclusions

Sarajevo, 10 February 2000 UNESCO and OHR co-hosted a successful symposium on curriculum reform in BiH on 7 and 8 February 2000, Sarajevo. It was attended by the team of experts from the University of Heidelberg who produced the initial UNESCO-sponsored report on the curricula of the "national" subjects in BiH, experts from Switzerland, Norway, Gre [...]
09.02.2000

OHR and OSCE welcome RSNA decision to establish an Ombudsman Institution in the RS

Sarajevo, 09 February 2000 OHR and OSCE warmly welcome the Republika Srpska National Assembly's decision yesterday to adopt a Law establishing a multi-ethnic Ombudsman Institution in the RS. The new permanent Ombudsman Institution will investigate violations of human rights and maladministration in the RS, and make recommendations for positive chan [...]
08.02.2000

Communique by the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council

Brussels, 08 February 2000 The PIC Steering Board met at the level of Political Directors with the High Representative in Brussels on 8 February 2000. The Steering Board welcomed and fully endorsed the High Representative's increased emphasis on accelerating privatization and stimulating private sector development in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and esp [...]
07.02.2000

OHR Reaction to HDZ Position on Financial Police

Mostar, 07 February 2000 The Office of the High Representative rejects the statement made by the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton HDZ political representatives against the Federation Finance Police on 1 February in Neum. The statement lacks any legal basis, as the Finance Police is a Federation body and outside the jurisdiction of Cantons.
04.02.2000

High Representative Supports Strict Application Of Property Laws

Sarajevo, 04 February 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, has received numerous inquiries and letters of support for a married couple of two professors who under the property and housing laws had to vacate the apartment they occupied in Sarajevo last week.
04.02.2000

Symposium on curriculum reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo, 04 February 2000 UNESCO, OHR and other organizations working in the field of education in BiH will present a symposium on the curricula of the "national" subjects in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The symposium will take place in Sarajevo's National and University Libraries on the 7th and 8th of February 2000. The symposium aims to find ways of [...]
03.02.2000

Neum Workshop on Security and Defense

Sarajevo, 03 February 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, Lieutenant General Charles-Henri de Monchy, DCOM SFOR, and Lieutenant-General Sir Michael Willcocks, DCOMOPS SFOR, yesterday attended the final day of a two day workshop in Neum.