28.06.2000

Senior Deputy High Representative presents Education for Peace Program

Sarajevo, 28 June 2000 The Senior Deputy High Representative, Ambassador Dr. Matei Hoffmann, today presented a new Education for Peace (EFP) project. Present were the Federation Education Minister, Mr Fahrudin Rizvanbegovic, the Federation's Deputy Education Minister, Mr Ivo Miro Jovic, Ambassador Ronald Mayer representing the Foreign Ministry of L [...]
27.06.2000

Launch of Multi Ethnic Police Recruitment campaign

Sarajevo, 27 June 2000 UNMiBH Deputy SRSG, Julian Harston, and Deputy High Representative for Reconstruction and Return, Andy Bearpark, are today launching a multi-ethnic police recruitment campaign. Through this campaign, UNMIBH, supported by OHR, are working with the FBiH and RS Ministries of Interior: to attract and encourage unemployed experie [...]
23.06.2000

High Representative and Steering Board Ambassadors warn against intimidation of the press

Sarajevo, 23 June 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, and the PIC Steering Board Ambassadors strongly condemn what appears to be an attempt by Federation Government authorities to use state instruments to intimidate a free press. They worry that a current Government tax inspection of the Dnevni Avaz newspaper -- now critical of the Go [...]
22.06.2000

Addendum to the Order on the Financial System of the Brcko District

Brcko, 22 June 2000 The Supervisor of Brcko, Gary Matthews, issued yesterday an addendum to the Supervisory Order on the Financial System of the Brcko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina dated 13 April 2000. Under the addendum, the Entities will retain the revenues originating from electricity charges and contributions to the entity pension and heal [...]
21.06.2000

OHR (Jug) osudjuje unistavanje imovine

Mostar, 21. lipnja 2000. Kako je poznato, Ured Visokog predstavnika je u vise navrata isticao svoje zaprepastenje izvjescima o pljackanju stanova i kuca, napose onih koje ispraznjavaju privremeni korisnici kako bi isti bili vraceni zakonitim vlasnicima.
16.06.2000

Higher Education Coordination Board Established

Sarajevo, 16 June 2000 The Senior Deputy High Representative, Ambassador Dr. Matei Hoffmann, welcomes the establishment of the national Higher Education Coordination Board by the Entity Ministers of Education and members of the academic community of Bosnia and Herzegovina yesterday. For more than two years, the Council of Europe and UNESCO in coope [...]
15.06.2000

Resolving the Issue of Land Ownership in BiH

Sarajevo, 15 June 2000 The Office of the High Representative and the German Corporation for Technical Co-operation (GTZ) will hold a joint seminar at Jahorina this Friday, June 16, to review the new draft Law on Land Registry with the responsible Entity Ministers, and discuss the measures that need to be taken to ensure the successful impleme [...]
14.06.2000

OHR pozdravlja napredak u radu vlasti Hercegovacko-neretvanske zupanije

Mostar, 14. lipnja 2000. OHR je zadovoljan sto moze izvijestiti o uspjehu u pregovorima odrzanim tijekom prethodnih tjedana izmedju OHR- a te predstavnika zupanije i grada Mostara. Ishod pregovora je rjesavanje svih prijepornih tocaka glede nacrta Zakona o lokalnoj samoupravi i Zakona o raspodjeli prihoda, te se ocekuje da ih Zupanijska Skupst [...]
13.06.2000

International Ferry Service to be Established in Brcko

Sarajevo, 13 June 2000 International Ferry Service will be established at the International Border Crossing Brcko - Gunja between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia on Thursday, 15 June, at 13.00 hours Among others, the Principal Deputy High Representative, Ralph Johnson, the Brcko Supervisor and Deputy High Representative, Gary Mat [...]
12.06.2000

Brcko Supervisor meets Povratak

Brcko, 12 June 2000 The Supervisor of Brcko, Gary Matthews, has held a meeting today with representatives of the DP's Association Provratak at their request. The meeting provided for a useful and constructive first exchange between Ambassador Matthews and the members of Povratak.