Background documents

07/05/2004

Decision Establishing the Police Restructuring Commission
In the exercise of the powers vested in the High Representative by Article V of Annex 10 (Agreement on Civilian Implementation of the Peace Settlement) to the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to which the High Representative is the final authority in theatre regarding interpretation of the said Agreement on [...]
07/02/2004

Press Conference: High Representative To Give Police Restructuring Commission Its Mandate
The goal of this Commission is clear: to help BiH put in place a police structure that will be effective, efficient, and enforce the rule of law. Let me be blunt. At the moment, organised crime has the upper hand in this country. BiH’s police forces are divided, over-staffed, under-resourced, and can’t even operate across the IEBL; however, BiH’s [...]
06/25/2004

Communiqué by the PIC Steering Board
The Steering Board acknowledged the legislative steps that have been taken by the BiH authorities in order to fulfill the requirements laid down in the EC’s Feasibility Study, but emphasized that implementation is now key. Among other things, the Steering Board urged the BiH Council of Ministers and Parliament to take specific steps by the end of J [...]
05/27/2004

OHR’s Statement at the International Agency’s Joint Press Conference
As you will recall, it is two years today since Paddy Ashdown took on the mandate of the High Representative. In his first speech to a plenary session of BiH Parliament the High Representative underlined that his aim was to put BiH irreversibly the on path to statehood and on the road to Europe. He said that the focus of his work would be on ‘Justi [...]