06.10.2006
The Senior Deputy High Representative, Peter Bas-Backer, and the Deputy Commander EUFOR, Brigadier Aylwin-Foster, yesterday visited the BiH Army Ammunition Storage Site in Krupa, and the Igman Ammunition Factory in Konjic. This visit highlighted the importance of supervision of weapons, ammunition and militar...
06.10.2006
In the aftermath of last Sunday’s elections Bosnia and Herzegovina is entering a new political landscape, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, noted today in his weekly newspaper column, which appeared in Dnevni avaz, Nezavisne novine and Večernji list. The HR/EUSR wr...
06.10.2006
Next week inBrussels I will have meetings with the European Union and NATO and address the European Parliament. In the aftermath of last Sunday’s elections Bosnia and Herzegovina is entering a new political landscape, and during my Brussels visit I want to make sure that the possibilities of this landscape are properly...
04.10.2006
Good morning, This is my first time to address you in this kind of forum. First of all, I have to give you an explanation. Members of the press have a tendency to say that I am a diplomat or an ambassador. However, I am a mayor. I have been a mayor for 29 years, and have conducted various city administration duties. Th...
04.10.2006
Meeting today in Sarajevo the Ambassadors of the Peace Implementation Council’s ( PIC) Steering Board called on BiH’s parties to refocus their energy and effort on securing the reforms that this country urgently requires. Reform of BiH’s constitution is clearly a headline issue...
02.10.2006
The High Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, on Monday renewed the mandate of Toby Robinson as Liquidator of Privredna Bank a.d Srpsko Sarajevo (PBSS). This renewal was requested by the Director of the RS Banking Agency, Slavica Injac. The Liquidator will now have time to gather necessary information regarding...
02.10.2006
Yesterday’s general election was a landmark event for Bosnia and Herzegovina that took place in a dignified and orderly manner. This is a tribute to the efforts and abilities of the election’s organisers who, for the first time sin...
02.10.2006
The High Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, has extended the temporary prohibition on the disposal of state property, originally enacted on 18 March 2005, until 31 May 2007, by amending the BiH, Federation and RS Laws on Temporary Prohibition of the Disposal of State Pr...
30.09.2006
In the exercise of the powers vested in me 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 interpretation of the said Agr...
29.09.2006
EMBARGOED TILL 20.00 TODAYThis Sunday’s general election is especially significant because those who are elected will have full responsibility for Bosnia and Herzegovina ’s future, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, said in a te...