04.12.2003
In order to restore the Brcko District Interim Assembly to its full composition of 29 councilors, and to ensure that the diversity of people in the District is adequately represented, the Acting Supervisor of Brcko Gerhard Sontheim invites political parties and independent candidates to submit for consideration suitabl...
03.12.2003
Bosnia and Herzegovina has reached a moment in its postwar history when critical choices will determine whether or not the people of this country are to enjoy a prosperous future inside Europe, the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, said on Wednesday. The question facing the citizens of BiH is whether, and how q...
03.12.2003
Following the news that the CoM has once again failed to appoint a Director of the ITA, High Representative Ashdown and Ambassador Michael Humphreys, Head of the EC Delegation in BiH, said:“The delay in appointing a Director of the ITA is totally unacceptable. This is an explicit requirement of the European Union’s rec...
03.12.2003
The Law on Intelligence Service is one of the main requirements of the Feasibility Study * Future staff members will be carefully selected * We have the best law, but not necessarily the best service * Why Ashdown did not get involved in the “state coup” affairHigh Representative to Bosnia-Herzegovina Paddy Ashdown on...
03.12.2003
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...
03.12.2003
Acting Supervisor of Brcko Gerhard Sontheim today issued a Supervisory Order appointing Mr. Branko Damjanac to the position of Mayor of Brcko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to serve until elections are held for the District Assembly and a Mayor is chosen from that Assembly.The appointment followed consultations wi...
03.12.2003
organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung‘The Road to Europe – the Next Steps’Ladies and Gentlemen,I would like to begin by thanking the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung for inviting me to this meeting of the ‘Diplomatic Forum’. We meet today a...
02.12.2003
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, wrote today to Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Adnan Terzic, urging him and the Council to put in parliamentary procedure, without any further delays, the Draft Law on Intelligence and Security Agency. It has been more then two months since the Intelligence Reform Com...
02.12.2003
High Representative doesn’t accept further delaysThe High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, wrote today to Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Adnan Terzic, urging him and the Council to put in parliamentary procedure, without any further delays, the Draft Law on Intelligence and Security Agency. It has been more...
01.12.2003
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...