03.03.2005
The filing of an indictment is the start of a serious process. The matter is now before the Court of BiH. It will be for the Court to review the indictment and decide whether to confirm it. Persons holding executive positions that have a crucial bearing on the trust of citizens at home, and the reputation of BiH abroad...
02.03.2005
Tuesday, 1 March at 11.30OHR, Vedran Persic OSCE, Mersiha Causevic EUPM, Alun Roberts EUFOR, Lt Cdr Chris Percival NATO HQ, Maj Dwight Mood ICTY, Matias Hellman OHRHR to Visit Banja LukaThe High Representative will visit Banja Luka tomorrow where he will meet s...
02.03.2005
World Bank StatementHigh Representative Lord Paddy Ashdown today met 17 young people from all parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who are a part of the "Youth Voices" – a representative youth consultative group which is working closely with the World Bank country office in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ashdown strongly welcomed...
02.03.2005
DUTY STATION: Banja LukaGRADE: 6CONT...
28.02.2005
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, in accordance with the BiH Law on the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, last week appointed Jose Ricardo De Prada Solaesa and Finn Lynghjem as Judges of the War Crimes Chamber of both the Criminal and Appellate Divisions of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Nicholas Koumiji...
28.02.2005
For more than a year now a group of businessmen and academics have been actively engaged in an effort to draft legislation that would help staunch the flow of illegal timber from this country and thereby help rescue BiH’s forests from their current scandalous mismanagement. Not surprisingly this effort has been hindere...
28.02.2005
Ladies and Gentlemen,Last year, at this conference, we spoke about Mediation as a completely new concept in Bosnia and Herzegovina.Today there is a recognition of both the process and its value.BiH today is experiencing a gradual but nonetheless significant change in the whole environment of commercial litigation – and...
25.02.2005
Good afternoon. Thank you for coming to our press conference. It seems it has been some time since we had one, and my announcement today may strike some of you as being technical rather than dramatic nature. But it is a very important announcement nevertheless because it marks extremely important milestone for BiH and...
24.02.2005
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...
24.02.2005
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, today commended the BiH Ministry of Defence on its Report into Systemic Weaknesses in Command and Control within the Armed Forces of BiH, released last week. In a letter sent today to BiH Minister of Defence Radovanovic, he welcomed some of the reports recommendations. Howe...