02.02.2004
DUTY STATION: SarajevoGRADE: 9CONTRA...
31.01.2004
I'm very concerned because if we don't accelerate the current pace of reforms, I fear we won't succeed * I'm optimistic about the implementation of the decision on the administration of the City of Mostar * A dispute about electricity for «Aluminum» is an attempt to manipulate for political purposes The International C...
30.01.2004
“I know it’s difficult when a foreigner judges public opinion in a country he or she comes to, but what citizens think about an issue is important to me. My legitimacy is based on the Dayton Agreement but my powers are based, among other things, on the acceptance by citizens of the job I’m doing. I always ask my...
29.01.2004
High Representative to Participate in Civil Society ForumThe High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, will take part in a two-hour forum this afternoon at the Law Faculty of Sarajevo University. He will speak to young graduates about how they can contribute to the strengthening of civil society in BiH. This is easier said t...
28.01.2004
DUTY STATION: SarajevoGRADE: 8CONTRA...
28.01.2004
We are gathered here in the cold of a Bosnian winter to bid farewell to our friend and colleague, Sven Frederiksen.Sven’s warmth as a human being was one of his foremost qualities. We could have done with that warmth today.Sarajevo has seen more than its fair share of sadness as a city.Sven devoted so much of his profe...
28.01.2004
Today at noon, in Mostar, High Representative Paddy Ashdown will announce the Decision on the future organisation of this city. We spoke to Lord Ashdown yesterday in his Sarajevo office, shortly before his departure for Mostar.Vecernji list: What kind of solution can we expect? What does it bring to Mostar and its citi...
28.01.2004
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...
28.01.2004
As the PIC Steering Board stated at its December 2003 meeting in Brussels, it “will give its full support to the implementation of a solution to the issue of Mostar based on a single coherent city administration with effective guaranteed power-sharing mechanisms which prevent any one people having majority control of t...
28.01.2004
The citizens of Mostar have waited too long for an end to partition and parallel institutions. Leading international organizations represented in BiH – OSCE, OHR, EUPM, World Bank, European Commission, UNHCR, UN and IMF - fully support the newly enacted Statute of the City of Mostar, considering it a good basis f...