OHR Press Releases

Sarajevo, 20 July 1999 Ambassador Matei Hoffmann arrives in Sarajevo today to take up his duties as the new Senior Deputy High Representative in BiH. Hoffmann has left Prizren where he had served as Head of the German Federal Government's Civilian Coordination Office for Kosovo.

Sarajevo, 20 July 1999 On July 16, in proceedings before the Sarajevo Municipal Court No. 2, Ramiz Delalic AKA Celo was convicted of physical assault on a police officer and sentenced to seven months in prison. The proceedings were conducted in an efficient manner in accordance with the laws of Bosnia and Herzegovina despite threats and intimidatio [...]

Sarajevo, 16 July 1999 The High Representative, Carlos Westendorp, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and SFOR welcome the agreement in the Standing Committee for Military Matters (SCMM) to establish a Permanent Secretariat in line with the requirements of the Madrid Peace Implementation Council meeting of December 1998. [...]

Sarajevo, 14 July 1999 The High Representative, Carlos Westendorp, warmly congratulates the Spanish Brigade X "Almogavares" for their highly professional demining of the road between Dubrovnik and Trebinje last weekend. He now expects the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia to open the border crossing Ivanica-Brgat to [...]

Brussels, 12 July 1999 At a meeting in Brussels today, the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) reviewed progress in implementing the General Framework Agreement for Peace (GFAP) since the last full meeting of the PIC in Madrid in December 1998.

Sarajevo, 9 July 1999 Carlos Westendorp, the High Representative, has written to Mehmed Alagic, Mayor of Sanski Most, expressing his opinion that Mr Alagic should, in line with the legal norms of all European countries, voluntarily resign or suspend his functions, pending the outcome of investigations into his alleged abused of public office. Mr Al [...]

Sarajevo, 8 July 1999 In accordance with the authority under Annex 10 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Article XI of the Conclusions of the Implementation Conference held in Bonn on 10 December 1997, the High Representative, Carlos Westendorp, has issued four decisions regarding the Judicial System in the [...]

Sarajevo, 2 July 1999 Today, the High Representative, Carlos Westendorp, has issued Decisions amending three Federation laws that deal with property rights: Law on the Cessation of the Application of the Law on Abandoned Apartments Law on the Cessation of the Application of the Law on Temporarily Abandoned Real Property Owned by Citizens Law on th [...]

Sarajevo, 30 June 1999 Carlos Westendorp, the High Representative, met on Wednesday 30 June with a delegation of the Council of Europe in Sarajevo, in order to discuss Bosnia Hercegovina's application for membership of that organisation. The High Representative firmly believes that BiH's future lies within the European family of nations, and for th [...]

Sarajevo, 30 June 1999 The High Representative, Carlos Westendorp, has today issued a Decision suspending Article 5 of the Federation Law on the Cessation of the Application of the Law on Abandoned Apartments in the municipality of Drvar. Article 5 refers to the time limit during which a claim for the return of the occupancy right to a socially-own [...]