06.06.2005
The BiH Election Law stipulates a fixed period of four years between General Elections. The object of this provision is to ensure stability.Amending the Election Law to allow new elections would produce multiple elections and revolving-door administrations - with subsequent long term and destabilising consequences. Ear...
03.06.2005
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, today expressed his full support for the measures announced by Major General Leakey, the EUFOR Commander and Brigadier General Schook, the Commander of the NATO Headquarters inSarajevo in response to the military induction ceremonies held in Bileca and Manjaca on 16 April 2005.Th...
03.06.2005
The High Representative, by way of his Decision, dated 07 September 2000 (“the 2000 Decision”), removed Blasko Jevric from public office. This Decision also barred Mr. Jevric from holding elected or appointed public office (“Ban”). The 2000 Decision further provided explicitly for a lifting of the Ban at the sole...
03.06.2005
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...
02.06.2005
The High Representative today urged RS Police Director Dragomir Andan publicly to retract the comments he made at a press conference on 10 May, and give a clear commitment to the citizens of BiH that such an incident will never happen again. In a letter sent to Mr Andan, the HR expressed deep concern over the findings...
02.06.2005
Transfer Of PIFWCs Must Grow ExponentiallyThe High Representative, Paddy Ashdown will tomorrow meet with the ICTY's Chief Prosecutor, Carla Del Ponte.The High Representative and the Chief Prosecutor will discuss BiH's, but particularly the RS's, current level of co-operation with the court inthe Hague. The High Represe...
01.06.2005
OHR Welcomes FBiH Progress On Feasibility Study Requirements The Federation House of Representatives Harmonisation Committee yesterday adopted a key piece of legislation required by BiH’s Feasibility Study.The Electricity Law clears the way for the next stage of deregulating the electricity sector. This follows the ado...
31.05.2005
OHR is organizing Public Auction of used computer and other technical equipment, furniture, and spare parts for VW Golf and Landrover vehicles. Goods can be viewed on Saturday, 4 June 2005 from 10:00 to 11:00, at the OHR Transport compound located at Zmaja od Bosne 13, Sarajevo. The Auction will take place the same day...
31.05.2005
I had hoped this would be an upbeat press conference but it’s a bleak one. I had hoped to be able to talk about the future. I had hoped to announce this morning that this country was, at last, joining its neighbours on the way toEurope.I had hoped to be able to announce, as a result, a series of initiatives which would...
30.05.2005
After more than nine years of economic stagnation, BiH is at last turning a corner. Poverty is slowly beginning to decline. It is not declining fast enough or broadly enough anywhere in BiH. But it is declining.The BiH Development Strategy interim monitoring results, presented on Wednesday, show that among other things...