30.03.2011
High Representative and Special EU Representative, Valentin Inzko:Ladies and gentlemen,Thank you all for coming and sorry for keeping you waiting here. The discussion about Bosnia and Herzegovina was very lively. Also, the formulation of the Communiqué took a little bit longer this time. We left this very room here onl...
28.03.2011
Following consultations with Ambassadors of the Peace Implementation Council, the High Representative, Valentin Inzko, yesterday issued a decision temporarily suspending two Decisions of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Bosnia and Herzegovina issued on 24 March 2011. These decisions relate to the FBiH Hou...
28.03.2011
In the exercise of the powers vested in the High Representative by Article V of Annex 10 (Agreement on Civilian Implementation of the Peace Settlement) to the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to which the High Representative is the final authority in theatre regarding interpret...
17.03.2011
PIC Regrets Parties Unable to Reach CompromiseMeeting today in Sarajevo, the Ambassadors of the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC SBA) welcomed the efforts of OHR to give HDZ-BiH, HDZ-1990, SDP, and SDA the best chance to move forward more than five months after the October 2010 elections. However...
16.03.2011
Talks between HDZ BiH, HDZ 1990, SDA and SDP ended late this evening in the OHR with no agreement on formation of the authorities in the FBiH. Ambassadors of the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council were present for part of the talks and have given their full support to the OHR’s efforts.The talks have pr...
15.03.2011
At the initiative of Brcko Supervisor, Ambassador Roderick Moore, Peace Implementation Council Steering Board (PIC SB) Ambassadors today visited Brcko District. In the course of numerous meetings in Brka and in the town of Brcko, the Ambassadors met with a significant number of District residents who offered a br...
12.03.2011
[Dodik says that you’re the HR in Sarajevo only]What Dodik says is his personal opinion. Dayton and the UN Security Council say differently. [Dodik says he will ask the RS Police to plan to arrest a number of individuals including Divjak or Ganic the moment they step foot in the RS]The RS President’s reference to...
09.03.2011
In separate meetings today at the Office of the High Representative in Sarajevo, the leaders of the HDZ BiH Dragan Covic, the SDP Zlatko Lagumdzija, HDZ 1990 Bozo Ljubic and the SDA Sulejman Tihic agreed to participate in consultations with OHR aimed at helping the parties to overcome the political impasse in the Feder...
07.03.2011
Better Bureaucracy, Not More Bureaucracy Ministers, Parliamentarians, Ladies and Gentlemen,Let me begin by welcoming Ms Semiha Borovac, who has taken over as the State Coordinator for Public Administration Reform since the Parliament for Europe last discussed this key component of the European integration agenda.M...
07.03.2011
High Representative and EU Special Representative (HR/EUSR) Valentin Inzko has today in Sarajevo met with the Foreign Ministers Bulgaria, Nikolay Mladenov and Slovenia, Samuel Zbogar. After jointly addressing members of Parliament as part of the “Parliament for Europe” project, HR/EUSR Inzko exchanged views on a number...