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09.03.2007
Remarks by PDHR and Brcko District Supervisor Raffi Gregorian
High Representative, members of the BiH Presidency, Ambassadors, Excellences, Generals, Distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Fifteen years ago, dark clouds gathered over Bosnia and Herzegovina and over Brcko. Over the following four years, tens of thousands of people died and millions were driven from their homes. At the end of that the [...]
09.03.2007
Remarks by High Representative/EU Special Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling at a Conference on the Role of Business Associations in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Economic Development
First of all let me say how pleased I am that we have together in one room this morning senior representatives of the political and business sectors not just from Bosnia and Herzegovina but also from Europe and beyond.
Specifically we are here today to talk about the role of business associations.
08.03.2007
Remarks by High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling On the Occasion of the Seventh Anniversary of the Formal Establishment of Brcko District
Members of the Presidency, Mr. Mayor, Ambassadors, Friends, Colleagues, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,
This seventh anniversary of the establishment of Brcko District and tenth anniversary of the appointment of the first supervisor, Bill Farrand, whom I am delighted to see here with us today, is an opportunity to take stock: both of [...]
02.03.2007
Schwarz-Schilling Television Address on PIC Decision
Good evening.
In Brussels this week, the Peace Implementation Council decided to extend the mandate of the Office of the High Representative until June next year.
22.02.2007
Remarks by High Representative/EU Special Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling At the 2006 Investor of the Year Awards
First of all let me say what a pleasure it is to be here with you this evening at so encouraging an event. It is positive for those companies that are being recognised for their contribution to the economy of this country. And it is positive for Bosnia and Herzegovina as a whole.
So please let me begin by paying tribute to those who are being ho [...]
19.01.2007
Speech by HR/EUSR Christian Schwarz-Schilling at a Roundtable organised by Germany’s Konrad Adenauer Foundation
The EU Role in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Transformation of the Office of the High Representative (OHR) into the European Union Special Representative (EUSR)
05.12.2006
Remarks by Senior Deputy High Representative Peter Bas-Backer At the European Balkan Partners’ Policy Summit Organized by the Friends of Europe
As is always the case when discussing political and historical issues, any answer to the sort of question posed by this session will depend upon one’s perspective – as well, perhaps, as on one’s location, age, experience and psychology. It can even depend on what one had for breakfast. Fortunately, I had a good one.
09.11.2006
Remarks by Senior Deputy HR Peter bas-Backer at the 10th Dialogue between the Orthodox Church and the Group of the European Peoples Party and European Democrats
Thank you very much for inviting us to this, for our times, so appropriate gathering. Within the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina – Dr. Christian Schwarz-Schilling – I serve as his Senior Deputy to promote reforms for education, the public broadcasting system, but also make efforts to bring the religious communities close [...]
08.11.2006
Speech by the High Representative and EU Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christian Schwarz-Schilling to the UN Security Council
I first spoke to you six months ago, shortly after becoming High Representative and EU Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina. On that occasion, I set out the importance of handing greater responsibility to the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina and how I intended to apply the principle of local ownership to help guide this country to [...]
27.10.2006
Speech by the Senior Deputy High Representative, Peter Bas-Backer, on Reconcilation in BiH
There is no magic formula for rebuilding a country that experienced a war as brutal and violent as the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. And we sometimes tend to forget how brutal it really was. More than 100,000 people were killed. Nearly half the pre-war population was put to flight. Women and girls were serially raped as a matter of policy.