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International Community Remains Firmly Engaged in BiH

17.05.2011

The political situation in BiH remains of great concern agreed the High Representative and EU Special Representative in BiH Valentin Inzko and Head of OSCE Mission to BiH Ambassador Gary D. Robbins during an exchange of views with democracy experts of the Committee of Ministers Rapporteur Group at the Council of Europe...

Europe Day An Opportunity For Leaders To Reflect

09.05.2011

Since the first celebration of Europe Day in 1986, 9 May has became an opportunity for European citizens to mark a belonging to Europe and European values.For us in BiH, 9 May is an opportunity to reflect upon a year in which we have seen all progress towards European Integration in BiH come to a grinding halt. Over se...

Speech by High Representative Valentin InzkoTo the UN Security Council

09.05.2011

Monsieur le President, Vos Excellences, Mesdames et Messieurs, Merci de me donner l’occasion aujourd’hui de vous presenter mon cinquième rapport en tant que Haut Représentant et le trente-neuvième au total. [Thank you for giving me the opportunity today to present my fifth report as High Representative and the 39th rep...

HR Inzko at United Nations: BiH faces worst crisis since Dayton

09.05.2011

Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) faces its worst political crises since the end of the war in 1995. The Dayton-Paris Peace Agreement (DPA) that brought the country peace for 15 years is exposed to serious violations, High Representative and European Union Special Representative Valentin Inzko told the United Nations Securi...

Interview with HR/EUSR Valentin Inzko

09.05.2011

What do you expect from your visit to the USA? I will be giving the UNSC my regular update on BiH and will have meetings with US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg and US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Countryman. I will lay out the extremely worrying situation in the country but also the positi...

Referendum a Dangerous Political Adventure

05.05.2011

An entity referendum on a State-level competency is unacceptable, High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko wrote in an article that appeared in today’s issue of Blic. “Neither entity has the constitutional mandate to deal with a State institution, including the State Court,” he wrote. “This has...