09.10.2003
It is almost exactly eight years since the Dayton Agreement ended the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In that period the country has moved from intensive peace implementation in the first year (backed by 60,000 NATO-led troops), through a longer phase of political and economic reconstruction, marked by general ele...
09.10.2003
PDHR on "Mature" Phase of Peace ImplementationThe Principal Deputy High Representative, Donald Hays, was to have delivered a speech in Stockholm today at an international conference on Conflict Management and Conflict Prevention. However, he was unable to attend the conference because bad weather interrupted flights ou...
08.10.2003
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08.10.2003
Mr President,As you know, I come here today with Judge Theodor Meron, the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia to speak about our joint plans to create a domestic capacity for prosecuting war crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina. But first, with your permission Mr President, I would li...
08.10.2003
Sir,Jeffrey T. Kuhner’s commentary (Redrawing Bosnian Borders, 1 October 2003) argues that the International Community and its partners in Bosnia and Herzegovina have failed to set this country on the road to economic and political recovery.This is not true.The people of Bosnia and Herzegovina have come a long way towa...
07.10.2003
I am here today to talk about how you can make this country work. I am addressing you because I believe you are the ones who can begin to make it work.You have it within your power to bring about a fundamental change in the fortunes of your fellow citizens -- and from the conversations I have had with many of you I bel...
07.10.2003
High Representative meets NATO Secretary General, Lord RobertsonPaddy Ashdown met yesterday evening with NATO Secretary General George Robertson and then later with ambassadors of NATO member countries in Brussels. The High Representative this morning briefed European Union ambassadors in Brussels on the situation in B...
06.10.2003
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06.10.2003
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03.10.2003
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...