03.11.2006
On Monday, the new Presidency of Bosnia andHerzegovina will take office. The Presidency of any country has an important representative and symbolic function both on the domestic and international stage. The tripartite Presidency here is a creative response to a complex challenge. Over the past ten years this unique ins...
01.11.2006
OHR Comment Police Reform Progress.Given reports in various media outlets today it is worth restating that the IC is clear on what is expected with regards Police Reform.On 20 October the Steering Board calls on political leaders to achieve progress on police restructuring now, without waiting for the formation o...
31.10.2006
The High Representative and EU Special Representative (HR/EUSR) Christian Schwarz-Schillingmet yesterday in Sarajevo with BiH Minister for Human Rights and Refugees (MHRR) Mirsad Kebo to discuss the status of the issue of certain police officials denied certification by I...
31.10.2006
OHR, Oleg MilisicOSCE, Aida BesicEUFOR, Nicholas Foster OHRHR/EUSR Meets Minister Kebo on Police Certification The High Representative and EU Special Representative (HR/EUSR) Christian Schwarz-Schillingmet yesterday in Sarajevo with BiH Minister for Human Rights a...
30.10.2006
Principal Deputy High Representative, Larry ButlerGood morning, everyone, and thank you very much for coming. I have been joined today by Graham Slack, who is, as you will know, the country representative of the IMF in Bosnia and Herzegovina.We are speaking to you this morning because we want to clarify the facts...
27.10.2006
The High Representative and EU Special Representative (HR/EUSR), Christian Schwarz-Schilling met today in Zagreb with Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader and yesterday with Croatia ’s President, Stjepan Mesic. In the meetings the HR/EUSR outlined the political situation in Bosni...
27.10.2006
The overriding objective of every politician in Bosnia and Herzegovina should be to put an end to poverty, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, wrote in his weekly newspaper column. “To create jobs, to att...
27.10.2006
Justice, Truth, Peace and Forgiveness are four elements in a reconciliation process that is indispensable for post-war recovery, the Senior Deputy High Representative, Peter Bas-Backer, said in Belgrade on Friday. “There can be no reconciliation without justice, and the primacy of justice cannot be avoided o...
27.10.2006
Christian Schwarz-Schilling If I were a politician in Bosnia and Herzegovina, I would have one overriding objective – to put an end to poverty. Today, however, this country is clearly not enjoying the full benefit of free-market reforms. The reason is clear. Many of these reforms have been introduced ha...
27.10.2006
European Center for Peace and Development (ECPD) International Conference on Inter-Ethnic Reconciliation and Religious Tolerance in the Balkans There is no magic formula for rebuilding a country that experienced a war as brutal and violent as the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. And we sometimes tend t...