11.05.2007
The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, addressed the Political and Security Committee (PSC) of the European Union in Brussels this morning and met with Javier Solana, the European Union’s High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, and representatives of the...
11.05.2007
The Peace Implementation Council Steering Board has decided to appoint Ambassador Miroslav Lajčák as the next High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Office of the High Representative (OHR) will inform the Security Council of the United Nations and the Council of the European Union of this appointment....
11.05.2007
All Proposals must be submitted in sealed envelope marked “Tender for Catering Services” to the following address,latest by 1 June 2007 by 17:00 hours: OHR Logistics, Emerika Bluma 1, 71 000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and HerzegovinaThe tender information is given in the following order:I  ...
11.05.2007
This week, the leaders of Bosnia and Herzegovina received a wake-up call from European Commissioner Olli Rehn who told them in a letter to Prime Minister Nikola Spiric they were leading their country down the wrong road, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, wrote today in...
11.05.2007
There is a mistaken belief – dangerously common among some of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s leaders – that when the country isn’t moving forward it is standing still. For a few months, they seem to think, we can stop making progress on getting into Europe, on creating jobs, on improving government services – and after doing...
10.05.2007
A first high-level coordination meeting on Srebrenica took place today at the Office of the High Representative at which Ambassador Igor Davidovic was appointed chair of this body.A high-level coordination group on Srebrenica has been created to address the many practical issues relating to this municipality following...
10.05.2007
HR-EUSR Briefs EU, US and UN On BiH ProgressHigh Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, leaves for Brussels this afternoon on the first part of a trip which will take him on to Washington and then to New York next week.Tomorrow, the High Representative and EU Special Representative w...
10.05.2007
Bosnia and Herzegovina has the social, political and economic capacity to succeed, if its leaders start displaying the same confidence and professional ability that is so evident among its professional musicians, OHR and EUSR Communications Director, Chris Bennett, wrote today in an newspaper article, highlighting the...
10.05.2007
Marija Sestic is representing Bosnia and Herzegovina in Helsinki this year with an exceptionally catchy Euro-song. My wife, children and I will join a substantial segment of the country’s citizens on Saturday evening by tuning in to see how she does in the Eurovision final.River Without a Name is just the latest in a s...
09.05.2007
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...