OHR related Interviews

I don't want the Croats in a ghetto called third Entity Novi List, 10 March 2001 Of course, there won't be any economic or other sanctions against the Croat people in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I removed Mr Jelavic and three other officials exactly because I did not want the Croats to end up in a ghetto called third Entity, which would result in econo [...]

I am against Drazen Budisaas proposal to change Dayton, because that would not lead us to success in this stage! Hrvatska Rijec, 9 March 2001 In the week replete with political turmoil the High Representative of the International Community in BiH gave his first interview to our paper.

Globus 09 March 2001 by Antun Masle Wolfgang Petritsch, the High Representative of the international community for B&H, comments the decisions of the Croat People's Assembly in Mostar: I am shocked with the intensity of hatred in the speech of Bishop Ratko Peric at the Assembly in Mostar and his support to the sentenced war criminals Q: The represe [...]

'It is certainly not he who is threatened, because he has made provisions for himself for the rest of his life!' SLOBODNA BOSNA, 08 March 2001 Wolfgang Petritsch, High Representative of the International Community in BiH, in an exclusive interview for our magazine, spoke to our journalist about the situation created after the decisions of the Croat [...]

VECERNJI LIST, 07 March 2001 On the eve of the Croat National Assembly in Mostar, the International Community threatened with severe sanctions should the Croat self-rule in BiH be proclaimed. Punishments for high officials of the HDZ and the introduction of severe economic sanctions were mentioned.

Nationalism impoverished the country 2 February 2001 In interview to SRNA News Agency the High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch explains his views on ways that BiH should take in the future, stressing that the best recipe for resolution of the national issue and economic prosperity is admission of BiH into the EU and Europe. "A unique way forward [...]

HDZ BiH should not be surprised by "being left out of the game" 29 January 2001 By boycotting the Federation House of Peoples and a number of Cantonal Assemblies, the Croat leadership is circumventing the responsibilities it has towards its own electorate / More than 24.000 returnees were registered in the Republika Srpska in the year 2000, but the [...]

The intentions of the Alliance for Changes to take power in the Parliament provoked fierce resistance within the HDZ. How do you explain that? A: I think that is very easily explained: the HDZ is not part of the Alliance and afraid that they will not participate in power. However, I must say that the HDZ is itself in part responsible for this situa [...]

Hrvatska Rijec Interview with Matthias Sonn, Deputy High Representative: "Bosnia and Herzegovina is not possible unless Croats are in it, too: Everyone in the IC is aware of that!" 27 January 2001 Matthias Sonn is a high official of the international community, a diplomat with good manners, experience and an accentuated sensibility for the problems [...]

I EXPECT FROM THE RS AUTHORITIES TO ARREST WAR CRIME INDICTEES 27 January 2001 Wolfgang Petritsch, High Representative for BiH, in the exclusive interview for the "Nezavisne novine", states his position on the new RS Government, work of the BiH Presidency, requests of HDZ for forming the third entity, future of the BiH Council of Ministers, as well [...]