OHR Press Releases

Sarajevo, 29 June 1999 The Office of the High Representative is pleased with the excellent level of co-operation exhibited by the Municipal Authorities of Pale, Republika Srpska and Pale, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the ongoing construction of the M5 highway. Today, Jacques Paul Klein Principal Deputy High Representative visited the Fe [...]

The OHR welcomes, as another important step toward the establishment of the Rule of Law in Bosnia and Herzegovina, that the Associations of Judges and Prosecutors from both Entities have recently adopted Codes of Ethics and will sign a joint statement with regard to that, tomorrow, Wednesday June 30, at 12.00 hours at the new OHR facilities.

Mostar, 28 June 1999 OHR refutes the allegations made by Deputy Mayor Orucevic that OHR did not fulfill its obligations foreseen by the agreement on return to Mostar. OHR never committed itself, in the addendum to the Mostar Return Agreement signed on 09 December 1998, to provide additional material support for the Buffer settlement over and above [...]

Sarajevo, 24 June 1999 The High Representative, Carlos Westendorp, believes that the Agreement on how to solve the unsatisfactory situation in the Zepce-Maglaj-Zavidovici triangle, which has been worked out and agreed on in principle by representatives of the leading parties in the area after four months of intensive negotiations, represents the be [...]

Mostar, 23 June 1999 The International Community in Mostar would like to announce the opening of a "DOUBLE OCCUPANCY PHONELINE". The PHONELINE is an initiative to assist the authorities in addressing cases of double occupancy. It is known that many individuals continue to illegally occupy or rent out other people's property, while they already have [...]

Sarajevo, 18 June 1999 Meeting in Brussels on June 15 at the level of political directors, the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council expressed its deep concern about the lack of progress in the implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement and the Madrid Conclusions. Specifically, the Steering Board is alarmed by the inadequate level of [...]

Sarajevo, 17 June 1999 At the moment, the criminal suspect Ramiz Delalic, nicknamed "Celo," is in detention in Sarajevo, following an alleged attack on a policeman last Saturday. On being pulled over during a police traffic control, he reportedly hit the policeman with his car and then brutally threatened him and other people. There are numerous pe [...]

Sarajevo, 16 June 1999 The High Representative yesterday issued a Decision under Annex 10 of the Dayton Agreement and Article XI of the Bonn PIC document, extending the deadline for claiming occupancy rights to socially-owned apartments in the Republika Srpska by six months.

Sarajevo, 11 June 1999 At yesterday's meeting of the Organizing Committee for the 1999 Football Play-Offs the Chair of the Committee Mr. Fahnler of UEFA announced that the game between Velez and Posusje will be played at the stadium in Vrapcici where Velez have been playing during the season. Mr.