09.09.2009
Brcko Supervisor Dr. Raffi Gregorian met with the two Ombudsmen for Human Rights of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ms. Jasminka Dzumhur and Mr. Ljubomir Sandic, in Brcko on 8 September 2009. The Ombudsmen visited the District to promote the BiH Ombudsman Office and to introduce the new head of the field office, and assista...
08.09.2009
Thank you for coming. There is one week until the expiry of the PIC SB’s deadline for the Entities and the State to fulfill the remaining obligations towards Brcko needed for the end of Supervision. So I am hear to update you on how they are going in this regard.First, a reminder of the issues.It has been m...
05.09.2009
High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko visited Srebrenica to support the children and young people who, after five days of rehearsals, performed a circus gala show on 5 September 2009 in that town. “Children and young people are the future of Bosnia and Herzegovi...
01.09.2009
"The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Valentin Inzko, met in Sarajevo today with Slovak Foreign Minister, Miroslav Lajčák. Setting out the current political situation in the country HR-EUSR Inzko said that OHR's transition remains a priority, but that the State and Defense property issues&nb...
01.09.2009
The High Representative/EUSR Valentin Inzko met with Chairman of the Council of Ministers Nikola Špirić yesterday, in the late afternoon. They discussed the process of resolving the issue of state property in terms of the OHR/EUSR transition and the issue of adequate functioning of the State-level authorities as w...
31.08.2009
The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Valentin Inzko, met today with Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic, Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar and Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. The High Representative and EU Special Representative set out the current political situation in Bos...
31.08.2009
In the coming weeks, teams of OHR lawyers will be compiling an inventory of state property. This is a long overdue step that can and should be carried out on schedule in advance of the next meeting of the Peace Implementation Council.Although compiling the inventory should be a routine, technical exercise, much disinfo...
31.08.2009
Ingenuity and InvestmentLadies and Gentlemen,I was particularly pleased to accept Minister Alkalaj’s invitation to take part in this gathering because as a professional diplomat I feel at home among you and as a professional diplomat whose career has been directly connected to the fortunes of Bosnia and Herzegovina per...
27.08.2009
Meeting Japan’s Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Ken-ichiro Sasae and the Foreign Ministry’s Director-General for European Affairs Yasuaki Tanizaki in Tokyo today, the High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko thanked Japan for its strong political and generous financial support to the OHR and...
26.08.2009
Inzko: "The Bosnians will have to be able to stand more on their own feet and be more willing to make compromise. But there is always the discussion, like in the medicine, whether one should throw away the cast from the leg rather earlier or later?"The Austrian Valentin Inzko, high representative inBosnia and Herzegovi...