22.01.2001

High Representative Addresses European Parliament

Brussels, 22 January 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today in Brussels for the first time addressed the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament and held a meeting with the Coordinator of the Stability Pact, Bodo Hombach. In his speech before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, the High Representa [...]
18.01.2001

New Head of OHR Mostar (South)

Sarajevo, 18 January 2001 Ambassador Colin A. Munro, who was appointed the new Deputy High Representative in BiH and the Head of the Regional Office of the High Representative (South) by Ambassador Wolfgang Petritsch last December, took up his duties in Mostar on January 15, 2001.
11.01.2001

High Representative issues Decision establishing interim procedures to protect vital interests of Constituent Peoples and Others, including freedom from Discrimination

Sarajevo, 11 January 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today issued a Decision which establishes an essential interim mechanism guaranteeing the means to implement the Constitutional Court's ruling of 30 June and July 1, 2000, in what is now known as the "Constituent Peoples Case". Entity parliaments were required to amend their res [...]
05.01.2001

OHR announces school accord in Gornji Vakuf

Sarajevo, 05 January 2001 The Office of the High Representative notes that an agreement to rebuild the former Secondary School Centre "Jura Mikulic" in Gornji Vakuf was signed today. The agreement, brokered by the OHR’s Senior Education Advisor, Claude Kieffer, and the Special Envoy of the High representative in Bugojno, Ulrich Bucher, will p [...]
05.01.2001

Incorrect SRNA report on Arizona

Brcko, 05 January 2001 SRNA, in its report on Brcko, dated 4 January 2001, claims that, according to a plan brought by the Brcko District Government Department for Urbanism, the Arizona Market will not be moved, but rather regulated at its present location by June 2001.
29.12.2000

High Representative’s New Year’s Message to the Citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo, 29 December 2000 The past year saw dramatic changes in the two countries neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina: the citizens of Croatia and Yugoslavia finally voted democratic governments into power. The man who unleashed the violent beast of nationalism in former Yugoslavia and has been indicted for war crimes, Slobodan Milosevic, has at l [...]
22.12.2000

High Representative Annuls Bicakcic’s Car Import Decision

Sarajevo, 22 December 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, yesterday issued a Decision annulling the Federation Prime Minister's decision to allow the import of 900 private vehicles that had entered Bosnia and Herzegovina based on fraudulent papers, which excluded them from customs duties. Mr Bicakcic's decision was illegal and would h [...]