03.10.2011
A year ago today the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina cast their votes, but they continue to wait for a Council of Ministers to be appointed.Last week’s meeting in Brcko showed that most of the party leaders were willing to take constructive steps and to compromise in order to find an agreement which would enable a n...
29.09.2011
The Dayton Peace Agreement is supported by the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina, by the country’s neighbours and by the International Community and any attempt to undermine Dayton will fail, High Representative Valentin Inzko said today during a visit to Montenegro.The High Representative was speaking after a meeting i...
28.09.2011
The unfinished business of moving displaced people out of collective centres and into homes of their own can be completed by implementing the Revised Annex VII Strategy adopted by the authorities in BiH last year, the High Representative noted today during a visit by representatives of Steering Board embassies to retur...
19.09.2011
There are two different visions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, High Representative Valentin Inzko said today. He said one vision is mired in the conviction that the country can never break free of chauvinism and spite.“The other vision is quite different. In this vision, the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina are exactly lik...
19.09.2011
Two Different VisionsThe world has changed in fundamental ways since 1997, when our colleagues died here.Bosnia and Herzegovina has moved forward – too slowly in important areas, but real progress has been achieved.Yet, just as things change, things remain the same.Today, as fourteen years ago. Today, as during the con...
15.09.2011
High Representative Valentin Inzko has appointed Ambassador Dariusz Karol Bachura of Poland as the new Head of the OHR Office in Banja Luka. Ambassador Bachura will take up his duties on 15 September.Ambassador Bachura has been Poland’s ambassador in Skopje since November 2007. Previous posting...
15.09.2011
The High Representative, Valentin Inzko, met today in Sarajevo with a delegation of the Serb Civic Council, including the organisation’s new President, Sretko Radusic. “In Bosnia and Herzegovina there is no shortage of citizens who have a vision free of nationalism and firmly grounded in the best of Europe’s ideals,” t...
14.09.2011
Until when will your temporary decision on suspension of the CEC decisions with regard to the constitution of the House of Peoples and election of the President and Vice President of FBiH remain effective? As High Representative I have a duty to see the Dayton institutions functioning. The intentional blockade by certa...
10.09.2011
Political divisions in Southeast Europe “have to be managed so that they do not surface with negative consequences,” High Representative Valentin Inzko told participants at an international conference in Slovenia today. He warned that some politicians in Bosnia and Herzegovina “have shown in the last year a readiness t...
08.09.2011
POLITICAL/ECONOMIC DEPARTMENTSARAJEVODUTY STATION: SarajevoCONTRACT TYPE: National ContractorGRADE: 8PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF POSITION:The Political Advisor will work with a wide variety of partners both within and outside of the OHR. As a member of the Parliament and Government section the Political Advisor will prov...