24.04.2012
When the right of return is fully respected, all citizens in Bosnia and Herzegovina will be beneficiaries, the High Representative, Valentin Inzko, stated in an article published today in Oslobodjenje newspaper.The article appeared on the occasion of an international donors conference organised in Sarajevo by the gover...
24.04.2012
By Valentin InzkoToday, Bosnia and Herzegovina will host an international donors conference aiming to achieve one of the most important post-war tasks in the Western Balkans: just, comprehensive and durable solutions for refugees and displaced persons. More than a million people have returned to their homes. Considerab...
20.04.2012
Organised by the International Institute for Middle-East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES)As Part of the "West Balkans and the EU" Lecture SeriesEurope Centre, Ljubljana, 20 April 2012Check against delivery. Ladies and Gentlemen,The theme of this lecture series – the West Balkans and the European Union – correctly and u...
18.04.2012
The High Representative, Valentin Inzko, visited Srebrenica today and met with Acting Mayor Camil Durakovic, Municipal Assembly President Radomir Pavlovic, and other municipal representatives.The High Representative visited the Petar Petrovic Njegos elementary school and the CIMOS factory, and also met informally with...
18.04.2012
The Ambassadors of the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council today called on the responsible authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina to intensify their discussions and agree the changes to the City of Mostar’s electoral system mandated by the BiH Constitutional Court.Municipal elections are due to be announc...
15.04.2012
Representatives of the political parties in the Mostar City Council will meet tomorrow in Mostar for the second time to discuss changes to the City’s electoral system mandated by the BiH Constitutional Court.The OHR welcomes this second multi-party meeting with the aim of finding a compromise solution to implement ruli...
12.04.2012
By Valentin Inzko.With municipal elections due to be announced on 10 May, time is fast running out to implement the rulings of the BiH Constitutional Court that require politicians in Mostar and the BiH Parliament (not the High Representative) to make limited changes to Mostar’s electoral system. Implementing the Court...
11.04.2012
“Accepting and acknowledging the crimes committed during the war is essential for the families of the victims and the country as a whole”, said High Representative Valentin Inzko yesterday. “It still remains too easy to distort, deny, and manipulate the past,” he said.The High Representative was meeting Professor Zdrav...
11.04.2012
Following consultation with relevant security and law enforcement partners the High Representative, Valentin Inzko, today issued a Decision lifting the order to seize the travel documents for one individual under investigation for crimes committed in and around Srebrenica in 1995. The High Representative’s Decisi...
08.04.2012
The Office of the High Representative invites companies to submit proposals for award of a 12 month contract to provide media monitoring services covering BiH, regional and international media.The tender information is given in the following order:I) &nbs...