Press Conferences

As you know the Political Directors for the PIC Steering Board met in Paris yesterday. Last night they issued their joint communiqué.

BiH is fast approaching the entry into force of the new State Level laws on Defence - January 1st, 2006. This is a major achievement. However, key legislation has to be adopted in order to ensure the smooth transfer of competencies to the State Level. At the State Level changes need to be made to the Criminal Code, and the Law on Ministries. We [...]

As you know, the Political Directors of the Peace Implementation Council will meet in Paris on Wednesday, 14 December. The BiH authorities, led by Chairman of the BiH Presidency Ivo Miro Jovic and Chairman of the Council of Ministers Adnan Terzic, will participate in part of the meeting.

I was just reflecting upstairs that I suppose I may not have too many more press conferences with you. I shall miss you all. But there is a little time to go before that happens yet.

"In accordance with last week's statement by the High Representative at the closure of the Mostar Implementation Unit, the Head of OHR Regional Office South, Anatoly Viktorov, and his staff will continue to cooperate with the City executive and legislative branches. We fully believe that the City Administration and City Council now have all tools [...]

The Council of Ministers must establish a Directorate for the implementation of the EC approved plan for police reform by the deadline that they themselves set - 31 December. This deadline has been approved by the BiH parliaments and by the EC. In order for the requisite personnel to be appointed in time for the end of year deadline, the Council of [...]

Good morning. In the interest of efficiency and respecting your time as well, I know 9:30 in the morning is a little early, earlier than we normally do it, but this is an important topic and we wanted to get on with it.

The Principal Deputy High Representative, Larry Butler, will hold a press conference within the next few days, on the RS Government's record of securing key reforms that will bring direct and desperately needed benefits to citizens.

Proposed constitutional changes should be judged on whether or not they will work, the High Representative said this morning at a conference organized in Sarajevo by the Slovenian Presidency of the OSCE.

More than 14,000 families in Bosnia and Herzegovina are still waiting to receive information regarding the whereabouts of loved ones who disappeared during the war. As the Senior Deputy High Representative, Martin Ney, will observe at an event later today, “this figure testifies to the failure of the respective authorities to fulfill their binding [...]