OHR Press Releases

Sarajevo, 10 September 1999 Today, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, and the PDHR, Ralph Johnson, met with President Izetbegovic to express his deep concern at recent press reports suggesting that government officials and members of the judiciary should disregard the law and not issue eviction orders in certain cases concerning refugees. [...]

Mostar, 10 September 1999 On September 7 Deputy High Representative from OHR(S) Ambassador Richard Ellerkmann and Head of UNHCR Office in Mostar Mr. Lennart Kotsalainen met with the mayor of Ravno municipality Mr. Andrija Simunovic. The topics of return and reconstruction in the municipality were discussed at length.

Sarajevo, 10 September 1999 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, and the Privatisation Monitoring Commission congratulate the Federation Privatisation Agency (FPA) for the opening of a satellite office of the FPA in Banja Luka. The competent authorities of both entities agreed to establish cross entity privatisation offices. The Privatisati [...]

Mostar, 3 September 1999 It is with great concern and disappointment that the OHR notes that the Municipalities of Stolac, Capljina and Bugojno have failed to solve the issue of allocating adequate facilities within existing school buildings for the children of returnees.

Sarajevo, 2 September 1999 Today, the Principal Deputy High Representative, Ralph Johnson, and the Deputy High Representative for Return and Reconstruction, Andy Bearpark, hosted a round table discussion on the Sarajevo Declaration. The participants included 29 representatives of civic society, various political parties and Cantonal authorities. Th [...]

Sarajevo, 1 September 1999 The High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch issued a Decision on Tuesday, 31 August, bringing Republika Srpska closer to European standards on public broadcasting. The Decision introduces amendments to the law on the public radio-television of Republika Srpska that remove the most serious violations of European standards a [...]

Sarajevo, 24 August 1999 The Office of the High Representative, UNESCO, and the Council of Europe are pleased that the Minister and the Deputy Minister of Education of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Minister of Education of the Rupublika Srpska, reached agreement in Banja Luka on the implementation of earlier agreements on the re [...]

Sarajevo, 18 August 1999 In December 1997, the member states of the Peace Implementation Council called on the OHR to design a strategy to combat corruption, fraud, and diversion of public funds in Bosnia and Herzegovina. As a result, the Anti-Fraud Unit was established with the aim of assisting local authorities in identifying and prosecuting ille [...]

Sarajevo, 11 August 1999 The Office of the High Representative welcomes, as another important step forward in the establishment of co-operation and mutual relations in the region, the opening of a temporary pontoon bridge across the Sava in Gradiska.