Govori

Thank you. When I was reviewing the program for this Symposium I was struck by the urgency of the theme – “Accounting and Auditing in a Crisis Environment”. But I was also encouraged by the recognition that this is an environment that requires serious and vigorous change. Your organization is only one among many that have in recent months underta [...]

We are here to pay tribute to twelve men and women – five of them from the Office which I am now privileged to lead - who gave their lives in the service of peace in this country. This ceremony has become – rightly – an annual occasion. Each year, we journey to this remote and timeless spot to remember our colleagues.

Zahvaljujem vam što ste me ponovo pozvali, uoči jednog od vjerovatno najvažnijih trenutaka u progresu Bosne i Hercegovine ka stabilizaciji i punoj državnosti. Sada se morate suočiti sa istinski ključnim odlukama koje se tiču budućnosti Bosne i Hercegovine. To će biti tema mog današnjeg obraćanja. Međutim, osvrnimo se prvo na situaciju u kojoj se [...]

I am delighted to have been asked to participate at this conference. I am an economist; the focus of the conference is security – and the point that I wish to make this morning is that you can’t have security if you don’t have economic stability. Economics and security are inextricably bound up.

Prošle sedmice smo moja supruga Jane i ja proveli noć kod jedne raseljene bosanske porodice u njihovom domu blizu Višegrada. Od ljepote predjela zastaje dah. Mjesto se nalazi visoko u planinama odakle se pruža pogled na rijeku Drinu koja teče dolinom nekoliko stotina metara niže. Zajedno sa našim domaćinom te noći, porodicom Šetkić, sjedili smo [...]

Let me begin by thanking the UNDP and our friend Moises (Venancio- UNDP Resident Representative) for organising this event. The UNDP has formidable experience in governance reform. You see it done best – and worst, all over the world. Here in BiH, you are certainly approaching the subject of governance reform from the right perspective – from tha [...]

The connection between economic theory and practice is a crucial issue, at the heart of the present effort to create a self-sustaining market democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The good news is that today the proportion of good ideas being transformed into sound and useful legislation is increasing substantially. This is because governments are [...]

Prije godinu dana sam imao čast i privilegiju da preuzmem funkciju visokog predstavnika u Bosni i Hercegovini. Tokom tih godinu dana smo postigli mnogo; ali pred nama je još mnogo toga što treba uraditi. Kada sam počeo raditi ovaj posao, rekao sam da će moji prioriteti biti pravda i posao. Te oblasti su još uvijek moji prioriteti, jer znam da su [...]

We are here today to inaugurate a BiH project that is a positive model of how companies in this country can expand successfully – and create new jobs and raise living standards. This information pillar is a small steel computer platform with dedicated software – but it is much much more than the sum of its parts. For one thing, it represents cons [...]