Brčko Supervision – Press and Public Information

An unknown person threw a tear gas canister at the front door of the Brcko Catholic Church during the Saturday afternoon mass. Around 200 people who were in the church were evacuated from the building. No one was physically injured. The service resumed approximately 90 minutes later. The Supervisor for Brcko condemns this attack and religious discr [...]

Today at 12 a.m., Brcko Supervisor R.W. Farrand opened the OHR Media Centre in Brcko. The aim of the Media Centre is to make available clear and objective information and a wide range of news sources to journalists and to everyone living in Brcko. Situated opposite OHR's office on Aleksandra Karadjordjevica, the Media Centre will be open Monday - F [...]

With reference to the appointment yesterday of a new Executive Board by the Brcko Municipal Assembly, the Supervisor for Brcko reminds the SDS, the SRP, and the RSSP that under the Arbitral Award for Brcko (Article 5.b.) he is responsible, following the elections, for issuing such orders and regulations as may be appropriate to enhance democratic g [...]

The Supervisor notes with satisfaction that the RS police in Brcko are making practical arrangements to issue RS ID cards to returnees. The Supervisor regrets that these arrangements were delayed following the Supervisor's Order on Identity Cards for Returnees to Brcko of August 12 and the subsequent agreement with RS Prime Minister Gojko Klickovic [...]

Regarding this morning's events, and the crowds gathered in various parts of the town, Brcko Supervisor Robert Farrand asks that all citizens disperse peacefully and return to their homes.

I flatly condemn the stoning of two buses yesterday in Brcko as a series of criminal acts intended to terrorize Bosniak visitors to this city. These were not random acts of vandalism. They were planned and organized. I have asked that a full investigation of these related incidents be completed without delay.

Yesterday two buses carrying a delegation of Serbs, Croats and Bosniacs from the SD P led by Mr Zlatko Lagumdzija traveled to Brcko to visit the office of the Deputy High Representative for Brcko Ambassador Bill Farrand. The group was also accompanied by a delegation from Sweden.

STATEMENT by the High Representative, Carl Bildt Vienna, 7 March 1997 I warmly welcome Bill Farrand to the OHR team as my Deputy and Supervisor for Brcko. He is a vastly experienced Foreign Service Officer and brings all of the right qualities to this very important job. OHR Statement by the High Representative Vienna, 7 March

STATEMENT by the High Representative, Carl Bildt Rome, 14 February 1997 The decision by the Arbitration Tribunal today represents an important further step in the process of implementing the Peace Agreement in Bosnia and Herzegovina, I trust that all authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Republika Srpska as well as the Federation, will full [...]

In the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Federation and the Republika Srpska agreed to binding arbitration of the disputed portion of the Inter-Entity Boundary Line in the Brcko area. In accordance with the General Framework Agreement, the Federation appointed Professor Sadikovic and the Republika Srpska appointed [...]