26.03.2003

Remarks by PDHR Donald Hays at the Bulldozer Committee Meeting with BiH Parliamentarians

I am delighted that this meeting has taken place and that I have been invited to make a few remarks. We are at the first hurdle. The reforms have been clearly laid out before you. After 110 days of work, entrepreneurs of Bosnia and Herzegovina have pinpointed an array of issues that need to change to improve the business environment. You, the c [...]
19.03.2003

Speech By The HR/EU Special Representative Paddy Ashdown To The American Chamber Of Commerce

I am delighted to speak to you today, because there is no subject that pre-occupies me more than the state of this country’s economy. If you ask me the issue on which I will be campaigning most vigorously in the months ahead, I would simply echo Bill Clinton’s campaign slogan and tell to you bluntly: ‘It’s the economy, stupid’. Bosnia and Herzego [...]
16.01.2003

HR/EUSR Speech at the EUPM Inaugural Ceremony

In the course of my duties as both the High Representative and the Special Representative of the European Union, I attend a good number of official ceremonies and formal events. But I can honestly say none of them has marked such an important event as the opening of the European Union’s Police Mission – the first such mission ever to be launched u [...]
30.10.2002

Govor Visokog predstavnika u BiH i Posebnog predstavnika EU, Lorda Ashdowna, pred Političkim i sigurnosnim vijećem Europske unije i Sjevernoatlantskim vijećem

Drago mi je što sam ovdje zajedno sa mojim prijateljem i kolegom Johnom Sylvesterom. Ukoliko vas zanima primjer tijesne suradnje u praksi između Europske unije i NATO-a, dovoljno je pogledati odnos koji postoji između Posebnog predstavnika EU i zapovjednika SFOR-a – kako u vrijeme dok je John bio tu, tako i sada sa njegovim nasljednikom generalo [...]