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Inzko: Dayton Peace Agreement - BiH’s blueprint for rebuilding the country

17.11.2017

During his visit to the United States, High Representative Valentin Inzko participated in a panel discussion dedicated to future perspectives for Bosnia and Herzegovina, hosted by the Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. In his remarks, the High Representative gave a brief overview of the achieve...

Dnevni avaz: Interview with PDHR Dennis W. Hearne

17.11.2017

Interviewer: Sead Numanovic The Dayton is very clear: BiH is composed of two Entities and neither of them is entitled to secession. It is very precisely stated in this international treaty. The Dayton does not allow for secession. Accordingly, the BiH Constitution states that BiH is a state that has two Entities, sai...

OHR’s denial of article published in today's edition of Dnevni avaz

17.11.2017

The Office of the High Representative would like to correct a statement wrongly attributed to the OHR in today’s edition of Dnevni avaz. Namely, when reprinting a news item originally published by TV1, Dnevni avaz misattributed an added paragraph to the OHR, even though the paragraph in question was never part of our s...

Inzko: Step back from polarized positions and move towards compromise

16.11.2017

“Progress on the EU path remains the stated goal of BiH leaders from all ethnic communities. Recently, we have seen some significant initial steps in that direction but much more needs to be done,” High Representative Valentin Inzko stated at a panel discussion in Washington titled “BiH – Towards its European future.”...

HR Inzko meets US Senator Roger Wicker

16.11.2017

During his visit to the United States, on Wednesday the High Representative, Valentin Inzko, met with the United States Senator from Mississippi and Co-Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Roger Wicker. The High Representative informed Wicker about the current political situation in Bosnia...

PDHR Hearne meets FBiH PM Novalic: Reforms must be coupled with a sense of urgency

14.11.2017

Principal Deputy High Representative Dennis W. Hearne met today in Sarajevo with FBiH Prime Minister  Fadil Novalić. They discussed the current political and economic situation, and government priorities that are realistically achievable by the end of the current mandate. PDHR Hearne emphasized that the necessity of r...

PDHR Hearne addresses students from United States

13.11.2017

Principal Deputy High Representative Dennis W. Hearne addressed a group of university students from the United States enrolled in the American University Brussels' European Union Program led by Professor and Director Jerome W. Sheridan. PDHR Hearne talked about the political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the...

Brčko Supervisor Hearne visits Association "Neolit"

09.11.2017

Principal Deputy High Representative and Brčko Supervisor Dennis W. Hearne visited the ethnographic and archeological collection maintained by the Association "Neolit" in Brčko. The collection holds around 2,000 artefacts, some of them dating back as far as 5.000 BC, gathered over the years from all parts of the Distri...