15.03.2007
Police Commissioners, General Coppola, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, Thank you for inviting me to this launch.Policing is above all about creating a safer and better place to live.A modern police force makes a huge contribution to the overall well-being of the community it serves.That is why the confidenc...
15.03.2007
The HR/EUSR to meet Olli Rehn High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, will meet with Olli Rehn, the European Commission for Enlargement, in Sarajevo tomorrow to discuss BiH’s progress in meeting the criteria for signing a Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the Euro...
15.03.2007
The capacity to understand what others want and to find creative ways to reconcile different aspirations is the key to prosperity and security in the Western Balkans and to full membership of the European Union and NATO, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, wrote in an art...
15.03.2007
You don’t have to be bright to know what you want – a child knows what it wants. But it takes imagination to understand what other people want. The history of former Yugoslavia is littered with failed politicians who only knew what it was they wanted.Focusing exclusively on your own aspirations is a sign of weakness. I...
13.03.2007
Peace Implementation Council (PIC) Steering Board Ambassadors today called on the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the country’s political leaders to respect the International Court of Justice’s verdict in the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina versus Serbia and Montenegro. They emphasised that all must acknowled...
13.03.2007
OHR, Oleg Milisic ICTY, Matias HellmanEUFOR, Nicholas Foster OHRSrebrenica Meeting & ConclusionsMany of you may have questions relating to the IC/OHR view of the meeting that took place in Srebrenica yesterday and the conclusions that there adopted by the participants.What I can tell you at this time is that t...
11.03.2007
Genocide was committed in Srebrenica and whoever rejects the verdict of the International Court of Justice is placing him or herself outside the norms of civilisation, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, said today in Srebrenica before calling for leadership to make this...
11.03.2007
It is impossible not to be moved when visiting this place.Genocide was committed here. The verdict of the International Court of Justice has confirmed that.Whoever rejects the finding that the killings of Srebrenica constitute genocide is placing him or herself outside the norms of civilisation.The ICJ verdict must be...
09.03.2007
Remarks by PDHR and Brcko District Supervisor Raffi Gregorian on the Occasion of the Seventh Anniversary of the Formal Establishment of Brcko District and the Tenth Anniversary of the Appointment of the First OHR Supervisor Brcko, 8 March 2007 High Representative, members of the BiH Presidency, Ambassadors, Excellences...
09.03.2007
Bosnia and Herzegovina has “big issues” to deal with, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, wrote in his weekly newspaper column, but everything cannot be put on hold until they have been resolved.“When you have difficult tasks, you don’t go at them all at once and all in t...