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Speech by the Senior Deputy High Representative, Matthias Sonn, at the National Democratic Institute’s Third Annual School for the Development of Democratic Leadership

21.05.2002

I want to thank my host, the National Democratic Institute, and the participants of this year’s School for the Development of Democratic Leadership for inviting me to speak this evening.NDI has asked me to touch upon three important themes this evening: The role of the Office of the High Representative (OHR) i...

Article by the High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch:"BiH's Future is - Europe"

20.05.2002

I am convinced that the nationalist frenzy of the last decade belongs to the past and that officials as well as citizens in this part of the world are becoming politically mature, aware of the responsibility they carryWhen I first arrived in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in August 1999, I was convinced (otherwise I would not...

Civic Forum on Constitutional Amendments

19.05.2002

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s civic society has to play a decisive role in ensuring that the recent amendments to the Entity Constitutions are fully implemented and their goal – the representation of BiH’s constituent peoples and citizens at all levels of government and public administration and their part...

OHR Supports Commission’s Recommendations on Land Allocation

17.05.2002

On 15 May, 2002, at a regular session, the BiH Commission for Refugees and Displaced Persons adopted the recommendations of the special working group assembled by the State to propose reforms that will address growing concerns about the process of land allocation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.  The working group, co-c...