Brčko Supervision – Press and Public Information

Brcko, 05 November 2000 Recently, there have been threats, including open threats, made against various officials and their families by extremist elements. This is intolerable. This is criminal. On Friday, November 3, 2000 we received the text of a statement issued in Brcko by the Main Board of the so-called Ravnogorski Chetniks' Movement. The cont [...]

Sarajevo, 26 October 2000 The International Community views with serious concern the many criminal problems and safety issues associated with the so-called "Arizona Market", located in Brcko District. Criminal activities there have grown steadily, including: prostitution; trafficking in women; abetting and exploiting the flow of illegal immigrants; [...]

Brcko, 25 September 2000 The Brcko District Government has taken over all housing and return issues in the territory of the District, following a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreed to during the Inter-Entity meeting on Brcko that took place on Tuesday, 19 September 2000. The MoU was signed by the Minister of Social Affairs, Displaced Persons [...]

Brcko, 20 September 2000 The Governments of the Republika Srpska, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Brcko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina, under the auspices of the Supervisor of Brcko, Ambassador Gary Matthews, agreed yesterday evening on a Memorandum of Understanding on the implementation of the arbitration Final Award for Brcko [...]

17 August 2000 The Supervisor of Brcko, Gary Matthews, issued today an Order appointing Mrs. Jasna Cejvanovic as Magistrate, to serve in the Magistrate Court located in Ravne, in the Brcko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mrs. Cejvanovic, as the rest of the current judges, prosecutors and magistrates serving in the Brcko area, will perform her [...]

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 [...]

Brcko, 30 June 2000 In consultation with the High Representative, I determined that the April 13 Supervisory Order on the Brcko District Financial System should be amended in order to give the Entities a greater role, together with the District, in planning and implementing a number of key aspects of the District Government's program and services.

Brcko, 22 June 2000 The Supervisor of Brcko, Gary Matthews, issued yesterday an addendum to the Supervisory Order on the Financial System of the Brcko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina dated 13 April 2000. Under the addendum, the Entities will retain the revenues originating from electricity charges and contributions to the entity pension and heal [...]

Sarajevo, 13 June 2000 International Ferry Service will be established at the International Border Crossing Brcko - Gunja between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia on Thursday, 15 June, at 13.00 hours Among others, the Principal Deputy High Representative, Ralph Johnson, the Brcko Supervisor and Deputy High Representative, Gary Mat [...]

Brcko, 12 June 2000 The Supervisor of Brcko, Gary Matthews, has held a meeting today with representatives of the DP's Association Provratak at their request. The meeting provided for a useful and constructive first exchange between Ambassador Matthews and the members of Povratak.