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Decision Amending the High Representative Decision Extending The Mandate Of The Defense Reform Commission As Published In The Official Gazette Of Bosnia And Herzegovina No. 4/04

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...

Failure to pass the Higher Education Law betrays students

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...

BiH Minister of Defence Appointed Co-Chair of DRC

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...

OHR's Statement at the International Agency's Joint Press Conference

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...

Politics needs a new generation

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...

High Representative Strengthens Court of BiH

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...