19.12.2016
Valentin Inzko, the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, remarked that it seems those who are calling for the closure of the OHR are doing everything they can to extend the OHR's mandate. "I will consider it a great personal achievement if my pr
16.12.2016
BANJA LUKA REGIONAL OFFICE/POLITICAL SECTION BANJA LUKA Duty Station: Banja Luka Contract Type: Intern (Unpaid) PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF POSITION The post holder will work on a range of substantive issues targeted to ensure effective support of b...
14.12.2016
The OHR's presence is being prolonged by those who are failing to meet the "5+2" aims and conditions. "5+2" is a very simple formula.
13.12.2016
High Representative Valentin Inzko today welcomed the new Head of OHR’s Regional Office in Banja Luka, Hungarian diplomat Marianne Berecz. “Given her vast professional experience, I am looking forward to working with Ambassador Berecz, and I welcome her contribution to the Office of the High Representative, as well...
13.12.2016
By Daria Sito-Sucic, in Sarajevo Separatists pushing to split up Bosnia along ethnic lines could endanger its bid to join the European Union and force international powers to intervene, the peace envoy for Bosnia has told Reuters. The EU accepted Bosnia's application to join three months ago and last week took the fi...
07.12.2016
The Peace Implementation Council Steering Board (PIC SB) Political Directors met in Sarajevo on 6-7 December to review the process of implementation of the General Framework Agreement for Peace (GFAP), which remains the basis for a stable, secure, and prosperous Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The PIC SB reminded all par...
07.12.2016
Check against delivery. High Representative Valentin Inzko Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen and welcome. This time, we did not keep you waiting and I am glad that is the case. As always, copies of the communique will be available to you and you can take them after we finish with the presser. As is customary, my...
07.12.2016
Political Directors from the countries of the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) are meeting in Sarajevo to review the current situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. On Tuesday, the PIC Steering Board discussed the overall political situation in the country, and met with representatives of the ci...
02.12.2016
High Representative Valentin Inzko took part in the voluntary blood donation campaign at the OHR headquarters in Sarajevo on Thursday. "The theme of this year's World Blood Donor Day was 'Blood connects us all.' Despite our outward differences, interests or identities, the same blood flows through our veins. The patie...
01.12.2016
High Representative Valentin Inzko met today in Sarajevo with the leadership of the House of Representatives and the House of Peoples of the FBiH Parliament. “For several months the work of both houses of the FBiH Parliament has been hindered by a lack of consensus over certain legislative issues and today I urged the...