Police restructuring
12/13/2005
Transcript of the International Agencies’ Joint Press Conference
As you know, the Political Directors of the Peace Implementation Council will meet in Paris on Wednesday, 14 December. The BiH authorities, led by Chairman of the BiH Presidency Ivo Miro Jovic and Chairman of the Council of Ministers Adnan Terzic, will participate in part of the meeting.
12/08/2005
Decision Establishing the Directorate for Police Restructuring Implementation
Pursuant to Articles 17 and 22 paragraph 1 of the Law on the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH O.G. 30/03, 42/03), and consistent with the Agreement on Restructuring of Police Structures of October 2005, the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, at 100th session held on December 8, 2005, has brought the following:
12/07/2005
OHR’s Statement at the International Agencies’ Joint Press Conference in Mostar
"In accordance with last week's statement by the High Representative at the closure of the Mostar Implementation Unit, the Head of OHR Regional Office South, Anatoly Viktorov, and his staff will continue to cooperate with the City executive and legislative branches. We fully believe that the City Administration and City Council now have all tools [...]
12/06/2005
Transcript of the International Agencies’ Joint Press Conference
The Council of Ministers must establish a Directorate for the implementation of the EC approved plan for police reform by the deadline that they themselves set - 31 December. This deadline has been approved by the BiH parliaments and by the EC.
11/21/2005
Statement: OHR welcomes EU Foreign Ministers’ Decision
OHR welcomes today's Decision by EU Foreign Ministers to authorise the Commission to open negotiations on a Stabilisation and Association Agreement with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
10/21/2005
High Representative Welcomes the EC’s Decision to Recommend the Start of SAA
The High Representative today welcomed the decision by the European Commission to recommend that EU Member Sates open negotiations on a Stabilisation and Association Agreement with BiH. He said that today's decision will put BiH firmly to the path that leads towards Europe, and marks the most decisive shift yet away from the country's post war real [...]
10/18/2005
High Representative Welcomes Approval of EC Police Agreement
“Today delegates at the BiH House of Peoples voted in favour of the EC approved agreement on Police Reform, and by doing so opened to door to Europe,'' the High Representative said today. "Aside from the passage of the Public Broadcasting reform, this was the last major roadblock preventing BiH from starting Stabilisation and Association talks.'' [...]
10/13/2005
Interview: Paddy Ashdown, High Representative for BiH: “We can catch up with Serbia and Montenegro”
- I am convinced that we will implement police reform in accordance with the EU requirements and with determination that police regions should cross the inter-Entity border line in those areas where this is necessary. It is of great importance that the EU and the U.S. are involved in monitoring this process, with a mandate and instruments to ensure [...]
10/10/2005
Interview: Paddy Ashdown, High Representative to BiH: “We’re leaving Dayton, and entering Brussels!”
Police reform in BiH could be accelerated if the financial structure of the state allows for that possibility. In an interview for «Dnevni avaz», the High Representative Paddy Ashdown explains that the deadline for the implementation of police reform has not been accidentally specified as a five-year period.
10/07/2005
Communiqué by the PIC Steering Board
The Political Directors of the Peace Implementation Council Steering Board met inSarajevo on 6 and 7 October. This was the last meeting of the Political Directors and the Authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) before the 10th Anniversary of the initialling of the Peace Accords at Dayton on 21 November 1995. Steering Board Capitals reviewed th [...]