Press Conferences

As you know, the High Representative addressed the UN Security Council yesterday. This was his last address to the Council in his capacity as High Representative. In his review of the progress that has been made in Bosnia and Herzegovina since the beginning of this year the High Representative identified the steps taken to unify Mostar as a signifi [...]

As you know, the High Representative is in the US this week, where he will meet senior US and UN representatives and attend the events surrounding the tenth anniversary of the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement. Today he will - for the last time in his capacity as High Representative - address the UN Security Council.

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, is in Brussels today. He has just concluded a meeting with EC Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn, and he is now meeting EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana. The purpose of these meetings is to review the progress that BiH is now making in regard to the Stabilisation and [...]

As part of his regular trips throughout the country the High Representative is visiting Miljevina, Foca and Tjentiste today. During his stay in Miljevina, High Representative will meet with Serb Displaced Persons that are housed in Motel. High Representative will also visit Cengic graveyard and exhumation site at Coal-mine. In Foca, High Representa [...]

On the occasion of the Civil Servants Oath of Allegiance for the City Administration of Mostar, the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown will visit Mostar on Thursday 27 October.

The High Representative is in London today where he will meet with the UK's Foreign Secretary Jack Straw. As you know the UK currently holds the rotating Presidency of the EU. The Presidency will play a key role in the start of BiH's SAA negotiations. The High Representative will brief the Foreign Secretary on the progress that BiH has made whic [...]

As you know, the HR will deliver a speech on Friday morning at a Conference entitled ten years of Dayton and Beyond in Geneva, the first conference organized to mark the 10th anniversary of Dayton. The HR will speak about the achievements of BiH in the last decade and what needs to be done in future: BiH is about to enter negotiations on SAA and [...]

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, is travelling to Geneva today. Tomorrow and Friday he will take part in a conference - the first in a series marking the tenth anniversary of Dayton - that will look at what has been achieved in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the last decade and what still has to be done.

The OHR urges delegates in the BiH House of Peoples to support the EC-approved political agreement on police reform and vote in favour of its passage today. Approval by the HoP of the agreement – without any amendment – will help clear the way for Stabilisation and Association talks to begin. This agreement will provide the people of BiH with po [...]

The BiH House of Representatives will vote tomorrow on the Agreement on Police Reform. BiH's Parliamentarians by seizing this opportunity and showing their commitment to Europe can take a major step towards a new political reality in BiH. By proving their commitment to a functioning and European BiH, this country's parliamentarians can trigger a ch [...]