OHR related Interviews

Wolfgang Petritsch, the most senior representative of the International Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina is returning from his visit to the United States with two important pieces of news. One is positive and expected: in New York during his talks with UN officials, and with the foreign ministers of Spain and Portugal -- who are in January to ta [...]

High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch, in Washington for talks with U.S. officials, said the Serb Democratic Party (SDS) had to push through a range of 30 laws aimed at economic reform and stand by their commitments to allow refugees to return

: I am convinced that the Constitutional Court's decision is of historic importance. Since the Entity Assemblies did not react the way they should have, I issued a Decision on January 11 which confirms the constituent status of Croats, Serbs and Bosniaks within BiH.

The first test for the RS politicians is adoption of about 20 laws, relating to economic reform, in the BiH Parliament: if they just reject them, I will not hesitate to take harsh action * The problem does not lie with the SDS only: the whole political establishment in the RS behaves in a similar manner; however, my programme has been supported by [...]

At the recent meeting of the Peace Implementation Council Steering Board, one saw a "detailed and essential" discussion of the situation in BiH and the situation surrounding BiH. "Following September 11, there is less focus on BiH , which will also be reflected in lower aid and a lower international presence in the country, whose only chance is ref [...]

High Representative of the International Community, Wolfgang Petritsch, comments on the possibilities of dragging BiH into conflict

When I told the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Wolfgang Petritsch, whom I talked to in his office, that a common friend of ours from Austria considers him a popular politician, unlike the majority of BiH Croats, Petritsch answered that even in Western Herzegovina his image would change soon.

The High Representative for BiH, Wolfgang Petritsch, in his interview for “Nezavisne” talks about terrorist attacks on Washington and New York, about the possible consequences BiH could face after certain officials and the media link it to Islamic terrorists and about privatization and functioning of the electronic media in BiH.

Interview: Wolfgang Petritsch, the High Representative in BiH for Walter magazine”The Agreement represents a compromise”

Interview: Wolfgang Petritsch, the High Representative"We want Croats from Aluminium to apologise to Bosniaks and Serbs"