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Decision Enacting The Law On Banks Of The Republika Srpska

21.10.2002

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...

Decision Establishing the Ownership and the Right of Use of certain buildings and land within the complex of “Ramiz Salcin” (formerly known as “Viktor Bubanj”) in Sarajevo

18.10.2002

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...

High Representative Calls for “Bonfire of Bureaucracy”

17.10.2002

Speaking at a seminar this morning organised by the Sarajevo University School of Economics, the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, called on the people of BiH and their leaders to focus their efforts on urgent economic reform.“We need a bonfire of bureaucracy,” the High Representatives said. “A revolution of reform....

Speech by the High Representative for BiH Paddy Ashdown at a conference on ‘Transition in Central and Eastern Europe: Challenges of the 21st Century’ Organised by the University of Sarajevo School of Economics

17.10.2002

Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests,You will, no doubt, have heard me talk before about the challenges that we face in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and about the things that we must, together, try to do.Some of you will have heard me talk about my priorities:  First Justice.  Then Jobs.  Through Reform...

High Representative Overturns Council of Ministers' BiH Court Suspension

16.10.2002

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, today issued a Decision confirming the Council of Ministers' original decision of 10 October this year allocating the former “Victor Bubanj” JNA barracks, as the seat of the BiH Court. The High Representative’s Decision means that the BiH Court will be located in these barracks.I...

Making the BiH Council of Ministers More Efficient and Effective

16.10.2002

It has been suggested that reforming the Council of Ministers to make it more effective, for example by ending the principle of rotation, would require changes to the Dayton Peace Agreement and the BiH constitution.  This is not the case.Speaking to international investors and economic administrators at the Joint...

Article by the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown: "Peacemaking in Bosnia"

16.10.2002

Regarding "Time to concede defeat in Bosnia-Herzegovina" (Views, Oct. 10) by William Pfaff: Suggesting, as Pfaff does, that Bosnia-Herzegovina might usefully be carved up is unacceptable to the international community, and dangerous for the Balkans. First, such a division would deliver a dishonorable victory to individ...