30.06.2010
Good afternoon and welcome.The Peace Implementation Council focused on four areas over the last two days;- One: the overall progress Bosnia and Herzegovina has made – and we should be clear that there has been some progress in a few areas;- Two: th...
30.06.2010
The Political Directors of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) Steering Board met in Sarajevo on 29-30 June 2010. The Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and his two Deputies participated in parts of the meeting. The PIC Steering Board welcomed recent initiatives to promote reconcili...
30.06.2010
Thank you, High Representative. Good afternoon, everyone.During the High Representative’s visit to Brcko last week, I mentioned that I would be making some announcements today related to Supervision of Brcko District.I regret that continued, serious non-compliance with the Final Award by the SNSD-led government o...
29.06.2010
The Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) today condemned in the strongest possible terms the bomb attack on the Police Station in Bugojno that took place in the early hours of Sunday morning (27 June). This was not only an attack on the town and citizens of Bugojno, but also on institutions of this...
27.06.2010
High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko has strongly condemned the heinous bomb attack on the police station in Bugojno early this morning.The HR-EUSR fully supports the law enforcement and security agencies of BiH and is confident that they will bring the perpetrators to justice; he has called...
25.06.2010
The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Valentin Inzko, met in Sarajevo today with Russia’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Titov. Their meeting comes just ahead of the meeting of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) which will take place in Sarajevo next week, and of which Russia is a key...
24.06.2010
OHR welcomes today’s adoption of the Revised Strategy for the Implementation of Annex VII of the Dayton Peace Agreement by the BiH House of Peoples: with this the Strategy is now formally adopted.The Annex VII Strategy includes measures necessary to support sustainable return, as well as recognizing the need to provide...
23.06.2010
OHR and UNHCR welcome the decision taken last week by the House of Representatives to adopt the revised Strategy for the Implementation of Annex VII of the Dayton Peace Agreement and appeal to members of the House of Peoples of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly to take a similar decision by also adopting the Strategy at t...
22.06.2010
Principal Deputy High Representative (PDHR) Dr. Raffi Gregorian made an official visit to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague from 20-22 June 2010. He held several meetings, including with Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz, Registrar John Hocking, Spokesperson Nerma Je...
18.06.2010
The Office of the High Representative would like to confirm that Valentin Inzko has been approached by members of the Austrian Slovenian community in Carinthia/Koroska, Klagenfurt/Celovec to serve as Head of the Council for Carinthian Slovenians, one of several minority organisations. The Council is one of a number of...