Press Conferences

The High Representative is in Gornji Vakuf/Uskoplje this morning, on the second day of his farewell tour of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In GVU, as elsewhere, the High representative is meeting he municipal leaders, as well as opposition leaders , but he is also meeting informally with citizens to discuss the impact on their lives that has been m [...]

I guess this could be, if not the last, certainly one of the last times that I shall enjoy the pleasure of your company at an event such as this. No British sarcasm involved in that statement! The subject of our press conference today is Colonel Avdo Palić and I am sure you know who my two colleagues here are at the press conference, on my lef [...]

The High Representative will attend the inauguration of the new High Security Courtroom at the BiH Court today. Principal Deputy High Representative Larry Butler will also attend.

In a Decision published yesterday the BiH Human Rights Commission has found that the RS authorities have failed to provide details on the fate and whereabouts of Avdo Palic. After consideration of the latest information supplied by the RS Government the Commission has concluded that its original Decision requiring the government to supply all avail [...]

The High Representative and the BiH Minister for Human Rights and Refugees, Mirsad Kebo, will tomorrow launch a new initiative aimed at getting practical economic assistance to returnees throughout BiH in a faster and more focused way.

The OHR would like to welcome the adoption by the RSNA and the Federation Parliament of all outstanding pieces of legislation that complete the legislative basis for defence reform. The OHR also welcomes the signing of a transfer agreement on defence between both Entity governments.

As you know, the High Representative issued a Decision on 28 October freezing funds accrued by the SDS between January and September last year. The Decision stated that if Radovan Karadzic was transferred to The Hague by 31 December 2005 and the SDS exercised its full influence to ensure that Republika Srpska is in full compliance with Bosnia and H [...]

As you know, the Principal Deputy High Representative, Larry Butler, yesterday held a meeting here in Banja Luka with RS Prime Minister Pero Bukejlovic and members of his government.

The Principal Deputy High Representative, Larry Butler, will be in Banja Luka tomorrow. He will meet RS Prime Minister Bukejlovic in the morning. As you know, the RS Supreme Auditor published reports earlier this year that uncovered huge losses of revenue at RS Elektroprivreda and Srpske Sume.