19.07.2004
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, has written to RS President Dragan Cavic and RS Prime Minister Dragan Mikerevic extending the deadline by which the RS Srebrenica Commission must complete its work and present its final report, until 15 October.Last week, the High Representative indicated to the RS authorities th...
15.07.2004
Even if I wanted to abolish the Republika Srpska, I would not be able to do it because my job is to apply international law and the Dayton Peace Agreement which protect the RS’s existence; were the RS to fail to abide by international law then that could undermine this protection The Decision of Lord Paddy Ashdown...
15.07.2004
End of year report for the European ParliamentJuly - December 2003SummaryDuring the second half of 2003, the Office of the High Representative (OHR) continued its efforts to oversee implementation of the civilian aspects of the 1995 Peace Agreement forBosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).The OHR remained focused on its overal...
14.07.2004
High Representative to will visit Mostar on FridayThe High Representative Paddy Ashdown will visit Mostar on Friday, July 16. On this occasion the HR will meet with mayor and deputy mayor of Mostar. Short press opportunity will be organized after the meeting on Friday, July 16 at 14:50 at the City Administration. Offic...
14.07.2004
I am delighted to be here today to mark an important day for this country.Later in the week we will open the Mostar Bridge . That is a big moment of closure on our war torn past. Today we are placing the keystone in...
13.07.2004
Scheffer and Solana visit SarajevoNATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer andJavier Solana, the Secretary General of the Council of the EU and High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, will visit Sarajevo on Thursday for talks with the BiH Presidency and Council of Ministers and representativ...
12.07.2004
After attending Sunday’s memorial and burial service at Potocari, Senior Deputy High Representative Bernard Fassier, who is responsible for the OHR’s Rule of Law Pillar and who is the International Community’s principal interlocutor with the RS Srebrenica Commission, issued the following statement on behalf of the High...
12.07.2004
This Sunday marks the ninth anniversary of the Srebrenica Massacre. The way in which we remember this terrible event – the way in which we challenge the moral outrage of those who committed it – and the moral failures of those (us) who had the power to stop it and didn’t -- carries a message far beyond the borders of B...
09.07.2004
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, has appointed Russian diplomat Anatoly DmitriyevichViktorov as Head of OHR Regional Office Mostar.Mr. Viktorov replaces Ambassador Jacques Andrieu. Until this appointment Mr. Viktorov was Deputy Head of OHR Regional Office Mostar.In his letter appointing Mr. Viktorov the High Rep...
09.07.2004
As the last 90 days of the Brcko District Interim Government's mandate have begun, Brcko Supervisor Susan R. Johnson met with the Brcko District Mayor and Brcko District Government Heads of Department this morning in order to review with them how best to use the remainder of the mandate in the inter...