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Communique by the PIC Steering Board

15.03.2006

Executive OverviewThe Political Directors of the Peace Implementation Council Steering Board met inVienna on 15 March, the first such meeting under the chairmanship of the High Representative Dr Christian Schwarz-Schilling since taking office on 31 January 2006.Representatives of the Bosnia and Herz...

Statement: Amendments Undermine State RTV Law

15.03.2006

The amendments to the FBiH Government's proposed PBS Service Law that were adopted in the FBiH House of Representatives today are not fully harmonised with the BiH PBS System Law.The FBiH Government introduced amendments today, which would not have undermined this legislation. Nevertheless several amendments were adopt...

Transcript of the International Agencies' Joint Press Conference

14.03.2006

OHR, Mario BrkicOSCE, Mersiha Causevic-PodzicEUFOR, Jem Thomas  OHRHigh Representative to ChairPICThe High Representative will this evening and tomorrow chair a meeting of the Political Directors of the Peace Implementation Council Steering Board in Vienna...

One step closer to a single State-level Ombudsman Institution

09.03.2006

OSCE Mission to BiH, Office of High Representative and Council of Europe welcome the adoption of the amendments to the Law on Ombudsman by BiH House of Representatives. The purpose of these amendments is to restructure the Ombudsmen institutions and achieve a coherent, effective and sustainable system of human rig...