26.01.2004
At the end of last year we brought all of the organizations responsible for privatizing BiH companies – ministries, privatization agencies, international organizations – together in one room. The idea was to find out what has gone wrong with the privatization programme and seek ways to fix it.We discovered a number of...
26.01.2004
Mr President, Mr Mayor, Councillors, representatives of the District Administration and the Judiciary, distinguished guests:Last summer, I was asked to take the position of Supervisor of Brcko. The more I learned about the it, the Final Award, and the important work going on here, the more interested I became.&nb...
26.01.2004
Responding to the most recent polling of public opinion carried out by Partner Agency among the citizens of Mostar, the High Representative said: "The polling carried out by Partner Agency and published today shows that the citizens of Mostar overwhelmingly want a united city that works for them, with guaranteed...
23.01.2004
“Transforming the Balkans: A Critical Assessment”Ladies and Gentlemen,Transformation means different things to different people. It depends a good deal on one’s vantage point. Southeast Europe has different contours when viewed from Brussels than from say Skopje, or for that matter, from Sofia or from Sarajevo.Today I...
22.01.2004
High Representative in Mostar The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, will travel to Mostar tomorrow. He will continue his dialogue with political representatives during this visit, however the High Representative’s main focus will be on listening to what the citizens of Mostar, individually and through civic groups,...
20.01.2004
“Bratstvo i jedinstvo” could be attained over time because trust was established among peoples. In Mostar, there is no trust. You cannot rebuild Mostar either on the basis of trust or “bratstvo i jedinstvo”, said the High Representative. The High Representative for BiH Paddy Ashdown, prior to the interview for Dnevni l...
20.01.2004
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, has appointed John McNair Deputy Chief Prosecutor and Head of the Special Department for Organised Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption within the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH.John McNair had been serving as international prosecutor in the same Specialised Department within the Pro...
20.01.2004
Joly Dixon appointed Chairman of the Governing Board of the ITAThe High Representative has appointed Mr Joly Dixon - the former chairman of the Indirect Tax Policy Commission (ITPC) and the former Chairman of the Interim Governing Board of the Indirect Tax Authority - as the first Chairman of the Governing Board of the...
20.01.2004
The Ambassadors of the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council fully support the ongoing dialogue between the High Representative and the local stakeholders in Mostar on the future of the city.The issue of Mostar's Statute needs to be settled in time for it to be applied in the October local elections, plann...
19.01.2004
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, on Friday appointed Susan R. Johnson as Brcko District Supervisor and Deputy High Representative.A senior U.S. diplomat, Supervisor Johnson has broad experience inside and outside government, as well as extensive knowledge of transition issues.During her work for the U.S. State D...