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Deputy HR Pasztory Congratulates RSNA Elected Officials and Delegates

09.11.2006

Deputy High Representative and Head of OHR Banja Luka Ms Clarisse Pasztory congratulated the new RS President, Milan Jelic, and Vice Presidents, Davor Cordas and Adil Osmanovic, who were sworn in at today’s inaugural session of the RS National Assembly, and wished them well.Ms Pasztory also extended her congratulations...

Bas-Backer: Speaking out for People of Other Faiths

09.11.2006

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s religious leaders will exert a powerful and constructive influence on society when they see themselves as leaders of people and not of particular people, the Senior Deputy High Representative, Peter Bas-Backer, told a conference on political-religious dialogue in Bratislava today.Ambassador Bas...

The Ownership Challenge in Bosnia and Herzegovina

08.11.2006

The events of the past six months have demonstrated the scale of the challenge involved in moving to local ownership in Bosnia and Herzegovina but the international community should remain committed to this policy, High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schillingsaid to the UN Security Cou...

OHR's Statement at the International Agencies' Joint Press Conference in Mostar

08.11.2006

Schwarz-Schilling at the Security Council and in Washington DCAs you are all aware, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, is currently in New York where he will address the UN Security Council at 10 am local time.Mr Schwarz-Schilling’s speech will be broadcast live on t...

Transcript of the International Agencies' Joint Press Conference

07.11.2006

OHR, Mario BrkicOSCE, Aida BesicEUFOR, Nicholas Foster OHRSchwarz-Schilling in the United StatesThe High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, is traveling to the United States today for a three-day visit to New York and Washington DC.The focal point of the visit is an address...

Schwarz-Schilling: Bosnia and Herzegovina Is Open For Business

06.11.2006

“Bosnia and Herzegovina’s economic environment is better than you think and the country is most definitely open for business,” the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, told participants at the annual Check In, Expectations, Myths and Realities Conference on South Eastern Europ...

All for One and One for All

03.11.2006

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s tripartite Presidency, that will be inaugurated on Monday, was a complex response to a complex challenge that works well when its members represent not just those who voted for them but all citizens, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, wrote in hi...