OHR Press Releases

Sarajevo, 3 June 1999 Members of the International Community met recently under the auspices of OHR to discuss issues regarding BH Banka's performance. Several members of the International Community, as well as private individuals, have filed both civil and criminal lawsuits against BH Banka because millions of dollars of funds deposited with the B [...]

Sarajevo, 31 May 1999 The OHR would like to announce that the question of who is eligible to which category of vouchers (certificates, coupons, claims) in the privatization process in Bosnia and Herzegovina has finally been clarified, with which another major obstacle delaying the privatization process has been removed. A document answering this qu [...]

Mostar, 28 May 1999 On 27 May, various media houses stated that the reconstruction of the Balinovac Mosque in Municipality South West has not started yet because ROHR(S) and the Municipality South West have failed to give their consent. The Office of the High Representative refutes these provocative accusations.

Sarajevo, 27 May 1999 The High Representative, Carlos Westendorp, yesterday issued a Decision suspending the power of authorities in both Entities to re-allocate and dispose of certain types of socially-owned land. This Decision addresses the wide-spread misuse, re-allocation and sale of socially-owned land that was previously used by people who ar [...]

Mostar, 19 May 1999 OHR and UNHCR condemn the activities of local HDZ leaders in Mostar in their attempt, by ethnic discrimination, to halt the re-construction of Croat homes in Polje. We have been advised that the two Bosniac companies selected through the due tendering process are not to be allowed to carry out the work.

Sarajevo, 14 May 1999 The High Representative Carlos Westendorp has appointed Francois Froment-Meurice, senior member of the French "Conseil d'Etat" (Council of the State) and former member of the European parliament, as his Special Political Advisor and Chairman of the Permanent Election Law Working Group. OHR Press Release, Sarajevo, 14 May

Sarajevo, 13 May 1999 The Political Directors of the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council decided at their meeting in Brussels that the final cut-off date for the recognition of ordinary passports of the former Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina will be 30 September 1999. The Steering Board is aware of the difficult situation in some [...]

Sarajevo, 13 May 1999 The High Representative, Carlos Westendorp, together with the Ambassadors of the PIC Steering Board, today met with representatives of Croats living in Bosnia and Herzegovina and various political parties. The purpose of the meeting was to listen carefully to representatives of the Croat people from all parts of the country an [...]

Sarajevo, 11 May 1999 The OHR deeply regrets the failure of today's Federation Forum on Economic Matters. The agenda of this meeting was designed to find a way forward in the sphere of economic reform. This is vital if Bosnia and Herzegovina is ever to develop a self-sustaining economy capable of attracting private investment. After several hours o [...]