27.05.2005
This week marks three years since Paddy Ashdown took on the mandate of the High Representative. On his first day as High Representative Paddy Ashdown identified his primary aim as “putting BiH irreversibly on the path to statehood and on the road to Europe .” That has been the focus...
26.05.2005
Poverty beginning to decreaseThe BiH Development Strategy interim monitoring results, which show, among other things, that poverty is at last beginning to decrease, are an important sign of positive change.Many citizens will greet this information with skepticism as living conditions do not seem to have improved - whic...
24.05.2005
OHR, Mario BrkicOSCE, Mersiha CausevicEUPM, Zinaida IlariaEUFOR, Frank Cockburn,NATO, Derek Chappell OHRThird Anniversary: HR’s Mandate from27 May 2002 to Today On his first day as High Representative Paddy Ashdown identified his primary aim as “putting BiH irreversibly on the path to statehood and on the road to...
24.05.2005
In accordance with paragraphs 10 and 37 of the Brcko Final Arbitral Award of March 5, 1999, and paragraph 3 of the Annex to Final Award of August 18, 1999; Recalling the Supervisory Order of March 8, 2000, and Addendum to the Supervisory Order of May 26, 2000, appointing members of the Inter...
20.05.2005
The decision by the European Commission’s Consultative Task Force not to give a green light to the launch of Stabilisation and Association negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina is a disappointing but expected result, given the failure of the multi-party talks of police restructur...
19.05.2005
Police reform has to be implemented * BiH politicians showed leadership qualities on Vlasic * RSNA knows what needs to be doneNegotiations on police reform have collapsed. Whether they will continue will be decided by the RSNA delegates, who need to give a mandate to their politicians to bring this very important proce...
19.05.2005
Failure of Police Reform: Where We Go from HereFollowing the collapse of police reform negotiations in Sarajevo earlier this week, when the RS representatives pulled back from commitments they had made during the talks in Vlasic, the aspirations of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s citizens to move closer to Europe - and derive...
19.05.2005
Nationalist parties cannot take Bosnia-Herzegovina into the European Union, says Paddy Ashdown, High Representative of the International Community for Bosnia-Herzegovina. He added that BiH could not join the EU before it got rid of nationalism."I believe that the current BiH authorities cannottake it through the door t...
18.05.2005
Law on the RTV ServiceOHR welcomes the adoption of the Law on the RTV Service by the BiH House of Representatives. The EC has made it clear that the adoption of the legislation on public broadcasting is a requirement for Stabilization and Association Agreement. The law in its current form will create one common system...
17.05.2005
Thank you for coming. As you know the subject of our press conference I need hardly tell you is police reform. As you know the multi-party talks on police restructuring failed last night. Before I say anything let me say that this isn't the end, necessarily. The position is serious, but recoverabl...