02.04.2003
The Orao Arms-to-Iraq affair has done more damage to BiH’s international reputation than any other event since the end of the war, High Representative Paddy Ashdown said today. The High Representative was speaking to reporters following the announcement by Mirko Sarovic that he has resigned from the Presidency of BiH i...
02.04.2003
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, on Wednesday issued a series of Decisions which will address the systemic weaknesses in the civilian control over BiH’s armed forces, brought to light by investigations into the Orao Arms-for-Iraq affair and the related revelations that the VRS has spied on BiH citizens, politici...
01.04.2003
Subject: JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE – 1 April 20031. The following attended the regular Press Conference held at the CPIC at 11:30 hours on Tuesday 1 April 2003: Agency Spokesperson Topic a. OHR Vedran...
01.04.2003
The PLIP agencies (OHR, UNHCR, OSCE, CRPC) wish to announce that the Property Law Implementation reached 76% throughout BiH as of the end of February 2003 . 81% of claims were resolved in the Federation BiH; the Republika Srpska resolved 69% of the property claims while Brcko District resolved...
01.04.2003
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, yesterday issued a Decision extending the ban on the allocation of state-owned land in BiH, first introduced by a Decision of the High Representative on 27 April 2000. The ban is extended until 15 May 2003, i.e. until the enactment of legislation, in particular the consolidated a...
31.03.2003
The Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr Kofi Annan, has today sent me the following message which he has asked me to read:-“Nearly eight years ago, here in Srebrenica, thousands of innocent civilians were slaughtered. This service ends a long period of waiting and anguish for the survivors’ families, and...
31.03.2003
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...
31.03.2003
Case number U -13/02 Appeal of Mr Ante Jelavic Comments made by the Legal Department of the Office of the High Representative Chronological background 1. By a Decision of the High Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina allocating jurisdiction for the investigation, prosecution and trials inter alia of certain inc...
28.03.2003
The High Representative chaired a meeting of the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) at the level of political directors in Brussels on 28 March. The BiH authorities were represented for part of the meeting by State Prime Minister Adnan Terzic; the State Minister of Justice Slobodan Kovac and...
28.03.2003
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...