OHR Press Releases

I send my best wishes and support to President Zubak, on the occasion of the founding assembly of his political party, the "New Croat Initiative".

This morning Senior Deputy High Representative Hanns Schumacher opened a regional OHR office in Derventa in northern Bosnia-Herzegovina. The opening is part of the OHR's strategy to increase its presence all over Bosnia to push for the return of refugees. Recently, the High Representative has been increasingly concerned about the slow progress in t [...]

At a meeting convened by the OHR yesterday, officials of the Federation, the Republika Srpska and Bosnia-Herzegovina pledged to implement a two-month old decree on inter-entity bus lines, which will allow regular bus traffic between the Entities to start early next month.

Please be advised that Office of the High Representative along with the competent German technical experts will organize a presentation of the issuing process for the new BiH passports and the technical equipment to be used for this. Two passports will be issued to Bosnia and Herzegovina citizens as part of the demonstration. Thursday 28 May 1998 a [...]

The Bonn Peace Implementation Council invited the High Representative "to establish a process leading to a decision on a new flag and symbols if the parties cannot agree on their own by 31 December 1997". With the expiration of this deadline, the High Representative announced his intention to establish an independent commission to propose alternati [...]

The High Representative, Carlos Westendorp, adopted a decision on 11th June 1998 establishing the Independent Media Commission (IMC). IMC will establish a regulatory regime for broadcasters and other media in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A director general, Krister Thelin, has been selected following a transparent recruitment procedure.

On Thursday, 4 June the Ministry of Agriculture, Water Management & Forestry of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Ministry of Agriculture, Water Management & Forestry of the Republika Srpska signed an important Memorandum of Understanding concerning Water Issues. Under the terms of the document, the Entities will form a Joint Commiss [...]

On 8 June, a working version of a new draft Law on Associations and Foundations will be widely distributed for public discussion. This first distribution is primarily aimed at domestic NGOs in Bosnia and Hercegovina, the aim being to solicit their views on legislation that will crucially affect them.