12.09.2003
The law drafted by the Indirect Tax Policy Commission will shortly be considered by the Council of Ministers and then enter parliamentary procedure. The Steering Board Ambassadors urge all the parliamentary parties to adopt this law as soon as possible. The draft reflects the consensus reached in the Commissi...
11.09.2003
PDHR addresses Privatisation round tableAmbassador Hays will address the urgent need for the governments to facilitate acceleration of the privatisation process because: to date the process has been too slow, has discouraged investors, and has resulted in bad solutions for the workers political commitment to the...
10.09.2003
* check against delivery *Mr Speaker, ladies and gentlemen,Thank you for inviting me, once again. Ahead, you face some truly momentous decisions about the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina. And these will be the subjects of my speech today. But first, let’s take stock of where we are. Steady ProgressThis year we h...
09.09.2003
Reflecting the High Representative’s commitment to making the OHR more accessible to the BiH public, local-language versions of the OHR Web Page (www.ohr.int) have gone on-line today.The Office of the High Representative hopes that these new local-language versions will prove to be useful to citizens of Bosnia and Herz...
09.09.2003
HR to Address BiH Parliament The HR will be addressing both houses of the BiH parliament tomorrow morning at 10am. He will be setting out the key choices facing BiH over the autumn, in particular regarding the major reforms in Customs/VAT, Defence and Intelligence. He will say that BiH's future in Europe and membership...
09.09.2003
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...
09.09.2003
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...
08.09.2003
DUTY STATION: SarajevoGRADE: 8CONTRACT TYPE: National PURPOSE AND SC...
05.09.2003
Preduzetnik: Mr. Ashdown, you assumed the duty of the High Representative in a very difficult economic situation. What is your assessment of the economic situation in BiH at that time?Paddy Ashdown: At the end of 2002 I made it clear that the economic situation in BiH was simply untenable. I pointed out that we were sp...
04.09.2003
Intelligence Reform Events over the last 48 hours starkly underline the urgent necessity of reforming the Intelligence Sector in this country. Regarding the events themselves, any allegations of criminal activity are a matter for the Prosecutor to consider. The way in which information leaked to media is a matter for t...