10.08.2005
In the exercise of the powers vested in the High Representative 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 interpret...
10.08.2005
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, has appointed Tore Ingvar Lindseth to a two-year term, effective immediately, as an International Judge to Section I for War Crimes of the Criminal and Appellate Divisions and to Section II for Organised Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption of the Criminal and Appellate Divisions...
09.08.2005
OHR, Kevin SullivanOSCE, Mersiha CausevicICTY, Matias HellmanEUFOR, Tom RyallNATO, Dwight MoodOHR Milan Lukic's arrest in ArgentinaThe arrest of ICTY indictee Milan Lukic is an important step forward in implementing a basic requirement of the DPA - and of BiH's postwar recovery - that all those accused of war crimes ap...
08.08.2005
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, has today written to Member of the BiH Presidency Suleiman Tihic, making clear his concern about recent media statements made by Mr Tihic that appear to be an attempt to exert political influence over appointments of key civil servants in the security structures of BiH.Mr Tihic’s...
08.08.2005
Farmers have been demonstrating in front of theJointInstitutionsBuilding in Sarajevo for more than a month now. The number of demonstrators has remained constant – but the number of politicians inside the building has diminished, as more and more head to the coast for the summer holidays.That’s a bleak illustration of...
05.08.2005
The High Representative today expressed his concern about the fact that no director has yet been appointed for SBS. As a key institution safeguarding the security of the state, this state of affairs cannot be left unresolved for long, he said. "It would be very bad news if I have to once again make this appointment. Bu...
04.08.2005
The Presidents of Serbia and the RS have had the courage to acknowledge the full extent of the crime that was committed at Srebrenica and apologise for it. Mr Bukejlovic's recent comments give the impression that he now wishes to move in the opposite direction. It is important that Prime Minister Bukejlovic has publicl...
02.08.2005
OHR, Kevin Sullivan OSCE, Aida Bešić EUPM, Zinaida Ilaria EUFOR, Tom Ryall NATO, Derek Chappell ICTY, Matias Hellman OHRRS Government Has Accepted Srebrenica Commission Figures on Number of VictimsA recent statement by RS Prime Minister Pero Bukejlovic has gained widespread coverage. In an interview the...
02.08.2005
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, has today written to the Prime Minister of the RS, Pero Bukejlovic, responding to Mr Bukejlovic’s request that a Commission be established to look into crimes against civilians in Sarajevo between 1992 and 1995.In his letter, the High Representative notes that he has on several o...
02.08.2005
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, has appointed Richard S. Gebelein to a two-year term, effective immediately, as an International Judge to Section I for War Crimes of the Criminal and Appellate Divisions and to Section II for Organised Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption of the Criminal and Appellate Divisions...
