12.05.2004
High Representative Welcomes BiH HoR Adoption of Single HJPC LawThe High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, welcomed the adoption of the single HJPC in the BiH House of Representatives today."I want to congratulate the BiH Parliament for taking a major decision yesterday to strengthen the rule of law in BiH, and give the c...
11.05.2004
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...
11.05.2004
The Office of the High Representative, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the World Bank and the Council of Europe expressed their regret today on the failure to pass the Higher Education Law within the agreed deadline and outlined the unfortunate losses that have begun and will continue to mount. Politi...
11.05.2004
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, today appointed BiH Defence Minister Nikola Radovanovic as co-chair of the Defence Reform Commission (DRC). The High Representative made this appointment based on a recommendation from current DRC Chairman James Locher.The High Representative concurred with this proposal noting t...
11.05.2004
EducationThe OHR would like to support what the OSCE has just said about education reform. The World Bank has confirmed that because BiH has not undertaken the necessary reforms, the World Bank is unable to provide millions of dollars that had been earmarked for students in Bosnia and Herzegovina. There is...
10.05.2004
It is time that young people broke the mould of politics in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, said in Sarajevo today.“Yours is a perspective that is fresh, a perspective that is untainted by failure,” the High Representative told participants at the International Youth Summit. “You have th...
10.05.2004
Ladies and gentlemen,One of the themes of this conference has been “empowerment”You have gathered here for three days to discuss challenges facing our society – violence, HIV/AIDS, environmental degradation, unemployment.These issues affect all of us in one way or another. But we are not passive subjects. We can...
07.05.2004
The High Representative has appointed Carlos Alberto Gameiro de Campos Lobo and Malcolm Simmons as International Judges to Special Panels for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption within both the Criminal Division and Appellate Division of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.These appointments further strength...
07.05.2004
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...
07.05.2004
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...