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HR/EUSR Welcomes Extention of EUFOR and NATO Executive Mandate

19.11.2010

The High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko welcomes yesterday’s UN Security Council decision to extend the executive Dayton Peace Agreement mandate of Operation Althea and NATO HQ Sarajevo for a further 12 months. “EUFOR plays a key part in the overall International Community engagement in BIH...

Principal Deputy High Representative Moore met with Cardinal Puljic

12.11.2010

Principle Deputy High Representative Roderick Moore met today with Cardinal Vinko Puljic. Ambassador Moore and Cardinal Puljic exchanged views on social issues pertinent to Bosnia and  Herzgovina today.  The PDHR 's meeting with Cardinal Puljic is  the  first in a series  that the  PDHR wi...

STATEMENT BY THE AMBASSADORS OF THE STEERING BOARD OF THE PEACE IMPLEMENTATION COUNCIL, EUFOR, NATO HQ SARAJEVO, OSCE, UNHCR, EUPM, EU DELEGATION, COUNCIL OF EUROPE AND UNDP

12.11.2010

International Support for Missing Persons InstituteOf an estimated 30,000 persons missing as a result of the 1992-95 armed conflict, the remains of over 20,000 have been accounted for, a much higher proportion than in any former conflict zone in the world. However, the job is not yet finished, and thousands of families...

HR Addresses UNSC: The Next Four Years Must Be Better

12.11.2010

Bosnia and Herzegovina can join the rest of the region in a definitive move away from a period of stagnation to a period of reform and political cooperation, High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko said in New York yesterday where he was presenting his fourth report to the UN Security Council.A...

Speech by High Representative/EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko

11.11.2010

A New Regional Architecture in the Western BalkansBosnia and Herzegovina currently benefits from the most open, friendly and positive relations with its neighbours since the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement, nearly fifteen years ago.Thanks to democratic changes and reforms in Croatia and Serbia, and the commitment...

Making Up Lost Ground

11.11.2010

“Party-political tactics have over the past four years led to parliamentary gridlock in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). At the same time, the country faces serious economic problems which have been further aggravated by the world recession,” High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko is to say today...

Speech by High Representative Valentin Inzko To the UN Security Council

11.11.2010

 -- CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY--Mr. President, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,Thank you for giving me the opportunity today to present my fourth report as High Representative and the 38th report altogether. I hope my presentation will give you a better understanding of the overall situation in Bosnia and Herz...

HR/EUSR Inzko meets US officials

10.11.2010

High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko has held high-level talks in Washington over the last two days, in which he outlined the challenges Bosnia and Herzegovina is facing on its path toward Euro-Atlantic integration. In discussions with high-ranking US officials from the State Department and...