Press Conferences

The OHR welcomes the reported transfer of documents from the RS Ministry of Interior, the RS Supreme Command and the RS Army Headquarters to the Hague yesterday in line with the request from the ICTY for records held from the war period in BiH. The fact remains that the RS is yet to assure the transfer of a single individual indicted for war crimes [...]

The restructuring of BiH's electricity sector, a complex, strategic process being undertaken with the support of the World Bank and the EBRD, USAID and other donors, will take a major step forward on Sunday when the electricity system is resynchronized. Due to the war, two UCTE synchronous zones were created, with the border going through BiH. The [...]

Ambassador Hays will note the positive institutional developments that have taken place in BiH during 2004, including setting up SIPA and the ITA, reaching agreement on resolving the domestic debts issue (which has until now scared away the investors who are needed in order to create jobs), and the establishment earlier this year of a new BiH bank [...]

The BiH House of Peoples will tomorrow discuss the set of legislative amendments which will enable the processing of war crimes cases before the Court of BiH. This package of laws was adopted by the House of Representatives last week. These laws are essential for the establishment of BiH's War Crimes Chamber. The OHR urges BiH's Parliamentarians t [...]

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, is this morning in Siroki Brijeg, where he will meet Mayor Miljenko Jergic and other municipal officials. During his two-day visit to the Western BiH municipalities of Livno and Siroki Brijeg, the High Representative will emphasise in his discussions with local officials that implementing reforms is what BiH [...]

The Political Directors of the PIC Steering Board will meet in Sarajevo on 23 and 24 September. The Steering Board will review the progress that has been made in enacting and implementing reforms, particularly reforms connected to BiH participation in Partnership for Peace and the 16 steps laid out in the European Commission’s Feasibility Study.

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, will meet tomorrow with the RS President, Dragan Cavic, and newly appointed RS Minister of Interior, Darko Matijasevic, at the OHR in Sarajevo. It is clear that BiH, and in particular the RS, has no greater priority than full co-operation with the ICTY. The continued failure in the RS to meet this obligation [...]

The Peace Implementation Council Political Directors will meet on Thursday and Friday at the OHR in Sarajevo. There will be a session with BiH government leaders, led by Prime Minister Terzic, on Friday morning

Almost three billion KM flowed into the BiH economy between July 2003 and July 2004, according to OHR’s monthly Economic Report, published today. The report, which draws together data from the Central Bank and the Entity Statistics Agencies to provide a monthly snapshot of the economy, found that bank deposits in KM (as opposed to Euro and other cu [...]

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, will be in Brcko today to attend the handover of CampMcGovern by SFOR to the Brcko authorities. This handover, as the High Representative will point out, reflects the overall process of right-sizing the International Community’s activities in BiH as the BiH authorities resume authority and shoulder correspond [...]