OHR Press Releases
04/09/1998
Press Release on Drvar
Today, units of the Federation Army are vacating civilian housing in Drvar in order to enable the return of Displaced Persons to their homes. Over 150 heads of household will return. OHR views this as a significant event, contributing to implementation of Annex 7 of the Peace Agreement.
04/07/1998
Brcko Region Receives Over 12 Million DM in International Aid From the EC
It was announced today the Brcko region will be receiving over 12 million DM in international aid from the European Commission. It is part of a 126 million DM commitment from the European Commission awarded in 17 contracts to non-government organizations to facilitate the returns of refugees and displaced persons to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Brcko Of [...]
04/03/1998
Return Plan For Mostar
The High Representative expects that the Herzegovina Neretva Canton adopts a comprehensive return plan also for the six Mostar city-municipalities without any further delay. He hopes that the meeting scheduled for today in Mostar, chaired by the UNHCR Head of Office Neill Wright and the Deputy High Representative and Head of OHR South Sir Martin Ga [...]
04/02/1998
Press Statement
On April 30 1998, young athletes from throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina and numerous other countries will come together in Sarajevo for the International Athletic Meeting of Friendship for Juniors-Sarajevo '98.
04/01/1998
First train since November 1997 delivers grain to the Zitopromet mill
A train delivering approximately 620 metric tons of grain to the Zitopromet mill in Brcko will arrive at approximately 5:00pm Tuesday, April 1. The grain signals the beginning of the agreement between Zitopromet and World Food Programme to process grain into flour for World Food Programme needs. The train is the first to travel to Brcko since Itali [...]
03/31/1998
The Standing Committee on Military Matters (SCMM) Press Statement
The Standing Committee on Military Matters (SCMM) is one of the common institutions established by Dayton. Its role is to coordinate the activities of armed forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A meeting of the SCMM was scheduled to take place at Lukavica, at 1000am on Tuesday 31st March 1998, under the chairmanship of President Izetbegovic.
03/26/1998
Visit by Croatian Serb Refugees from the Banja Luka Region to Vojnic/Croatia
The Office of the High Representative was involved in providing IC support to a visit by Croatian Serb refugees from the Banja Luka region to Vojnic/Croatia. In spite of arrangements with the head of the ODPR (the Croatian refugee authority) in Zagreb, Mr.
03/20/1998
Speculation in the media about the multi-ethnic administration boycotting their work
There has been speculation in the media that members of the multi-ethnic administration have been boycotting their work in Brcko. As is only to be expected, all parties are taking some time to reflect on the Supplemental Award but OHR has remained fully engaged with both the mayor and his officials in the past week.
03/19/1998
Re-structuring of Railway Sector in BiH
Negotiations on the re-structuring of the railway sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina continue. During the two day seminar held last week in Paris, at the seat of the International Union of Railways, important progress was made. It is likely that the final organisation of the sector will be finalised and made public before the deadline of 30 March 199 [...]
03/17/1998
Federation Adoption of Amended Property and Housing Laws
The Office of the High Representative considers the recent adoption of the Law on Cessation of the Application of the Law on Abandoned Apartments by the Federation Parliament a crucial step towards implementation of Annex 7 of the Peace Agreement. This law, along with the other two laws in the property legislation package, provides the essential le [...]