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HR’s remarks to the OSCE Permanent Council

15.12.2005

Ministers, Ambassadors, Ladies and Gentlemen,I would like to thank you for asking me to contribute to today’s discussion, which is part of a rolling and – I’m please to note – constructive debate that has evolved through the series of conferences organised to mark the tenth anniversary of the end of the war in Bosnia a...

Communiqué by the PIC Steering Board

15.12.2005

The Political Directors of the Peace Implementation Council Steering Board met in Paris on 14 December, under the chairmanship of the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, on the tenth anniversary of the signing of the Dayton Paris Accords and for the first time following the launch of Stabilisation and Association...

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

14.12.2005

OHR Calls On State, and Entities To  Complete Defence ReformBiH is fast approaching the entry into force of the new State Level laws on Defence -January 1st, 2006. This is a major achievement. However, key legislation has to be adopted in order to ensure the s...

Steering Board Appoints High Representative

14.12.2005

The Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council, meeting in Paris today, formally appointed Christian Schwarz-Schilling as the next High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Steering Board looks forward to working with Dr. Schwarz-Schilling when he takes up his duties as High Representative on 31 Janua...

Transcript of the International Agencies' Joint Press Conference

13.12.2005

OHR, Mario BrkicOSCE, Mersiha Causevic-PodzicEUPM, Zinaida IlariaEUFOR, Jem Thomas  OHRPIC meeting in Paris As you know, the Political Directors of the Peace Implementation Council will meet in Paris on Wednesday,  14 December. T...