09.12.2003
Merchant Tailors’ Hall, LondonRebuilding a country is like rebuilding a house. You have to put a huge amount of effort into things that are necessary but won’t show when the work is over. Solid foundations, naturally. Wiring and plumbing: also essential – and to put these in, you have to take other things out, li...
09.12.2003
Peace Stabilisation: the lessons from Bosnia and HerzegovinaCentre for the Study of Global Governance event with Goodenough College8 December 2003IntroductionThere has long been a school of thought that derides the idea of peace implementation, of nation building, of democratisation, call it what you will,...
09.12.2003
Brussels PICEconomic experts from the PIC countries, the international financial institutions and aid agencies, including the World Bank, the IMF, UNHCR and OSCE, and the BiH authorities will meet in Brussels on Wednesday under the chairmanship of the High Representative to discuss the status of economic reform in BiH...
09.12.2003
The High Representative has appointed John McNair as international prosecutor to the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption within the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina.The appointment, effective from 5 January 2004 is for two years and can be renewed.
09.12.2003
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...
05.12.2003
The BiH Minister of Justice, Slobodan Kovac, and the OHR’s Senior Deputy High Representative in charge of the Rule of Law Pillar, Bernard Fassier, this afternoon co-chaired the first meeting of the Executive Board responsible for co-ordinating the efforts of the BiH authorities and the International Community in settin...
05.12.2003
DUTY STATION: SarajevoGRADE: 8/9CONT...
04.12.2003
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, on Thursday welcomed the announcement by NATO’s foreign ministers that Bosnia and Herzegovina had made significant progress on defence reform, and will therefore be considered for membership in NATO’s Partnership for Peace at the organisation’s Istanbul Summit scheduled for the e...
04.12.2003
NATO Considers BiH for PfP Membership TodayThe Defence Ministers of the NATO Member Countries will meet today in Brussels. One of the items on their agenda will be BiH’s prospects for entry into this association of countries that has ensured peace and stability for its members for almost sixty years.Whilst we will have...
04.12.2003
In accordance with thepowers vested in me in paragraph 37 of Brcko Final Arbitral Award of March 5, 1999, and paragraph 3 of the Annex of August 18, 1999; Recalling the Supervisory Order of November 12, 2003, revoking the appointment of Sinisa Kisic to the position of Mayor of Brcko District; With the aim to fill i...