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High Representative Extends HJPC Mandate at Prime Minister Terzic's request

31.03.2004

In a letter to the High Representative yesterday, BiH Prime Minister Adnan Terzic called for an extension of the temporary legislative provisions of the three current High Judicial and Prosecutorial Councils (HJPCs) in order to avoid “a vacuum which could have damaging consequences for the judicial reform process.” In...

High Representative Places Temporary Freeze on HDZ Party Funding

30.03.2004

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, has placed a temporary freeze on disbursements of political party funding to the HDZ from all Cantonal, Entity and State level budgets. This party funding will be made available again immediately after the competent authorities in the Central Bosnia and Herzegovina-Neretva Canton...

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

30.03.2004

Peace Implementation Council Political Directors’ MeetingThe Political Directors of the Peace Implementation Council will meet in Sarajevo tomorrow and on Thursday. The meeting comes immediately after the European Commission announces its interim assessment of BiH’s progress in fulfilling the Feasibility Study requirem...

Deadline Set For Harmonized Primary and Secondary School Legislation

29.03.2004

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, the Head of the OSCE Mission to BiH, Robert Beecroft, and the Council of Europe’s (CoE) Special Representative in BiH, Sonja Moser-Starrach, in a letter today stated that failing to harmonize Canton and Entity Education Laws with the BiH Framework Law must be addressed if BiH is...