09.11.2017
High Representative Valentin Inzko met yesterday with the UN General Assembly President, Miroslav Lajčák to discuss the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. “Leaders on all sides in Bosnia and Herzegovina have pledged their commitment to a common vision of EU integration, and to work towards achieving EU candidate sta...
09.11.2017
Check against delivery. Dear organizers, I am honoured and grateful to have been given the opportunity to address the First Business Forum in Brcko District. This event should be an inspiration to all of us to do what we can - individually and collectively - to contribute to stability and prosperity of Brcko Distric...
09.11.2017
In light of the internal challenges that Bosnia and Herzegovina still faces, the International Community should retain all instruments at its disposal, including the EU military force, in order to maintain the country’s stability, the High Representative, Valentin Inzko, stated in his address before the UN Security Cou...
07.11.2017
The OHR took note of the today’s Decision of the Republika Srpska National Assembly putting out of force its 2015 decision to hold a referendum on the Court and Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina and on the authorities and decisions of the High Representative. As mentioned in the High Representative’s repor...
07.11.2017
Check against delivery. Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Council, More than 25 years have passed since Bosnia and Herzegovina joined the United Nations in 1992, and more than two decades have passed since the tragic conflict came to an end in 1995. In many ways the country has made remarkable progress sin...
07.11.2017
Adopted by the Security Council at its 8089th meeting, on 7 November 2017 The Security Council, Recalling all its previous relevant resolutions concerning the conflicts in the Former Yugoslavia and relevant statements of its President, including resolutions 1031 (1995) of 15 December 1995, 1088 (1996) of 12 December...
07.11.2017
During his visit to New York, where he will present his regular 52nd report to the UN Security Council today, the High Representative Valentin Inzko has used the opportunity to visit the St. Sava Orthodox Church in Manhattan and meet with the protopriest Živojin Jakovljević. The Church of Saint Sava was severely damag...
06.11.2017
Summary This report covers the period from 22 April through 21 October 2017. Although the 2018 General Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) are a full year away, the country’s political leaders have already shifted their focus away from economic reforms towards divisive, nationalistic issues – which, in fact, hav...
06.11.2017
Principal Deputy High Representative Dennis W. Hearne met today in Sarajevo with the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunal (MICT), Serge Brammertz, who is paying his last visit to BiH in the capacity of ICTY Chief Prose...
27.10.2017
The Office of the High Representative views with deep concern the 26 October 2017 conclusions of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council reached in connection with the information submitted by the Center for Research of War, War Crimes and Search for Missing Persons of the Ministry of Justice of Republika Srpska wh...