Speeches
09/17/2013
Remarks by HR Valentin Inzko on the 16th Anniversary of the Helicopter Crash at Prokosko Lake
Sixteen years have passed since twelve of our colleagues died on this mountainside. With the passage of time, a distance opens up – a distance between the Bosnia and Herzegovina that they knew and the country that exists today.
08/28/2013
Remarks by High Representative Valentin Inzko at the Opening of the Gradacac Fair
The Gradacac Fair is one of the most dynamic and important examples of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capacity to prosper and grow.
06/25/2013
Rethinking the International Community’s Approach
I would say that Bosnia and Herzegovina is a specific case. My mandate is also a specific one.
05/30/2013
Remarks by High Representative Valentin Inzko at a Conference on Diversity as a Valuable Resource for the Common European Future
If there is a basic truth that should be broadcast from this conference it is that Bosnia and Herzgeovina will not succeed despite its cultural diversity but precisely because it has such a rich and diverse cultural heritage.
05/14/2013
Speech by High Representative Valentin Inzko to the United Nations Security Council
The question of Bosnia and Herzegovina does not fortunately have the immediate security dimensions of other issues you are dealing with in this august body.
11/17/2012
Remarks by High Representative Valentin Inzko at a Symposium organised by the Woodrow Wilson Center
There are currently many places outside of Bosnia and Herzegovina where in the short term peace and security are in greater jeopardy and where the overwhelming foreign policy focus of the international community is rightly turned.
11/13/2012
Speech by High Representative Valentin Inzko to the United Nations Security Council
Ours is a just and important objective: lasting peace and stability for Bosnia and Herzegovina, irreversibly on track towards EU and NATO integration.
09/10/2012
Introductory Remarks by High Representative Valentin Inzko at a Concert to Mark the Tenth Anniversary of the Work of the Annex 8 Commission for the Protection of Cultural Monuments
I am particularly pleased to participate in this event because the record of the Commission for the Protection of Cultural Monuments shows that the Dayton Settlement can work, and it can work for the benefit of all the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
06/12/2012
Opening remarks of PDHR Roderick W. Moore at the Conference “Countering Corruption in Bosnia and Herzegovina”
The report warns of disturbing trends. Alarmingly, most citizens believe corruption has increased in recent years, for instance.
06/08/2012
Speech by High Representative Valentin Inzko at the Estonian International Centre for Defence Studies
As an Austrian diplomat serving in Bosnia and Herzegovina I believe I can offer a useful perspective on current European issues. At the same time, I believe there are things that we can learn from Estonia’s recent experience that will help Bosnia and Herzegovina make progress along the path to full Euro-Atlantic integration.