13.09.2006
Chris Bennett, Director of Communications Good morning. Thanks for coming this morning at relatively short notice.We have invited you here today to give you a preview of the spots that will be running on television throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina in the run-up to the 1 October electi...
12.09.2006
Real progress can be made in relaxing visa requirements for BiH citizens if politicians translate election promises into practical measures, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, said today.He said preparations to introduce visa facilitation could begin next year, with full...
12.09.2006
Concrete Proposals for a Visa-Free FutureLadies and Gentlemen,No issue better illustrates the gulf that exists between empty political rhetoric and concrete proposals for improving the lives of all citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina than that of visa requirements.The present visa regime is commercially damaging...
11.09.2006
The current election campaign offers an opportunity for voters to ask politicians to justify past actions and explain how they intend to deliver on current promises, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, said today.Speaking to reporters after visiting the Reumal Medical Cen...
11.09.2006
HR's ReportsReport to the European Parliament by the High Representative of the International Community and EU Special Representative for BiH, February-June 2006 Report to the European Parliament: February 2006 – June 2006SummaryI took over as High Representative forBosnia and Her...
08.09.2006
Switch on the radio or television, open any newspaper and it’s near impossible to avoid hearing politicians either promising all manner of things or bickering with one another. The electoral campaign is in full swing and political rhetoric dominates the media. But who should one vote for, or rather how best to use one’...
08.09.2006
Concrete proposals – not empty rhetoric – must be the substance of campaign politics leading up to the election on 1 October, High Representative and EU Special Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling wrote in his weekly column that appeared in the BiH press today.“Politicians have to be made to explain in detail no...
07.09.2006
Governance Issues The end of the summer vacation, and the beginning of the fall is an opportunity to reflect on progress made toward achieving goals and objectives set at the beginning of the year, and to assess what is achievable by the end of this year, which will mark the halfway point in the mandate of this first e...
07.09.2006
There Has Been No Transfer of Authority Just one point from OHR this morning and it is on the subject of election rhetoric and a statement made earlier this week by Prime Minister Dodik. The Prime Minister appears to have misunderstood a provision in BiH law, and OHR would like to clear up this misunderstanding.Pr...
06.09.2006
The Joint Collegium of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly informed the High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling today that it had scheduled additional sessions of the House of Representatives for 18 September and the House of Peoples for 20 September to adopt pending priority legislation.At these sessions, the Parli...