06.04.2022
High Representative Christian Schmidt met with OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Kairat Abdrakhmanov and Head of the OSCE Mission to BiH Kathleen Kavalec. The OHR stands ready and is committed to fully cooperating with the OSCE in securing the protection of the rights of national minorities in BiH, said the...
06.04.2022
High Representative Christian Schmidt met today in Sarajevo with Registrar of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) Abubacarr M. Tambadou, and discussed the important role of the Registrar and the Registry in providing information important for domestic prosecution of war crimes and safegu...
05.04.2022
High Representative Christian Schmidt, together with Nora Trifkovic, daughter of Olga Sučić, laid flowers today at the memorial plaque dedicated to the first two victims of the war in Sarajevo, Olga Sučić and Suada Dilberović, two young women who were killed on 5 April 1992, while participating in peaceful demonstratio...
05.04.2022
Principal Deputy High Representative and Brčko District Supervisor Michael Scanlan attended a presentation of mine clearance activities in Brčko on the occasion of the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. The event highlighted that the District is on track to be mine-free by 2024. In tha...
01.04.2022
The High Representative Christian Schmidt welcomes the decision of the BiH Presidency to use helicopters of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina to fight wildfires. “That is the right thing to do. In the future, it is important the authorities in BiH would act consistently and in a timely manner, especially in si...
25.03.2022
High Representative Christian Schmidt and his Principal Deputy Michael Scanlan met today in Sarajevo with a delegation of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Dutch Parliament to discuss the current situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The functioning of State institutions is essential for BiH’s ability to tackle the e...
24.03.2022
Principal Deputy High Representative and Brčko District Supervisor Michael Scanlan, together with the EUFOR Commander, Major General Anton Vessely, met on Wednesday with the District leadership and the Chief of Brčko Police. The Supervisor commended the District authorities’ focus on maintaining internal cohesion and a...
18.03.2022
High Representative Christian Schmidt met today in Sarajevo with the Federal Chancellor of Austria, Karl Nehammer. The meeting focused on the political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. "The International Community is united in fulfilling its responsibility for this region, for Bosnia and Herzegovina," said the High...
17.03.2022
High Representative Christian Schmidt met with Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States within the Holy See’s Secretariat of State. “Interreligious dialogue is a positive impulse for a fruitful reconciliation process. I am pleased to see that the Vatican is interested in being a constructi...
17.03.2022
At their meeting today in Sarajevo, High Representative Christian Schmidt and BiH Defense Minister Sifet Podžić underlined the importance of the BiH Armed Forces as one of the foundations of the integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the security of all citizens. "Budget planning must ensure that the BiH Armed Forces...