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Better future for Mostar

02.11.2007

This week, the City of Mostar signed an agreement on joint financing of the reconstruction of destroyed housing units in Mostar with the governments of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Republika Srpska, and with support of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia-Herzegovina.  The ag...

CoM BiH To Function In Technical Mandate

01.11.2007

The resignation of the Chair of the Council of Ministers BiH means that the BiH Government is now in a technical mandate. The Council of Ministers continues to have a responsibility to ensure that the administration continues to function. The Law on the Council of Ministers foresees this eventuality and therefore BH Ci...

Transcript of the International Agencies' Joint Press Conference in Banja Luka

01.11.2007

OHR’s comment on the statement of Reis Ceric The way the media transmitted the statement of Reis Ceric in Detroit, the statement deeply affects the BiH Constitution and the Dayton Peace Agreement.  His statement is clearly against the Dayton Peace Agreement.  If his statement was correctly transmitted, t...

Declaration by the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council

31.10.2007

Political Directors of the Peace Implementation Council Steering Board met in Sarajevo on 30 and 31 October 2007.  The Chairman and Ministers of the Council of Ministers as well as leaders of the governing coalition were present during parts of the meeting. In line with the decision taken at its June meeting, the...

Declaration by the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council

31.10.2007

Political Directors of the Peace Implementation Council Steering Board met in Sarajevo on 30 and 31 October 2007.  The Chairman and Ministers of the Council of Ministers as well as leaders of the governing coalition were present during parts of the meeting. In line with the decision taken at its June meeting, the...

Transcript of the International Agencies' Joint Press Conference

30.10.2007

Frane Maroevic OHR/EUSRMaj. David Fielder EUFOR OHR:RS Government Reject Legal GuaranteesHaving reviewed the RS Government’s conclusions of 29 October the OHR notes that once again not a single argument or fact to show that the High Representative’s decision to amend the Law on the Council of Ministers violates th...

COM EUFOR and HR/EUSR Met with NATO General McColl

29.10.2007

The COM EUFOR, Rear Admiral Hans Jochen Witthauer  and the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Miroslav Lajčák, met today with General John McColl who has succeeded General Sir John Reith.  General McColl took over the role as NATO's Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe and the EU’s Oper...

Judiciary Must Be Free From Political Pressure

25.10.2007

OHR regrets that senior RS officials have chosen to make irresponsible comments about the criminal case against Mr. Ivanic and his associates.  Such comments call into question these officials’ public claims to be against organized crime and corruption, undermine the independence of the judiciary, and suggest that...