21.02.2002
URPOSE AND SCOPE OF POSITIONThe selected candidate will work under the general supervision of the Deputy High Representative/Special Envoys Coordinator and the direct supervision of the Head of OHR Livno, Special Envoy. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Maintain good knowledge of political situation in Canton 10...
21.02.2002
According to recent media reports, certain Associations are threatening illegal actions that include physical prevention of evictions. This type of behaviour will not be tolerated. The agencies of the Property Law Implementation Plan, OHR, OSCE, UNHCR; UNMIBH and CRPC (PLIP) are again taking this opportunity to remind...
21.02.2002
Ladies and Gentlemen,The Office of the High Representative is working with local and international partners to establish the legal and political framework that Bosnia and Herzegovina needs if it is to achieve economic lift-off. The framework is now partly in place. But there is still a great deal that needs to be done...
21.02.2002
The Principal Deputy High Representative, Donald Hays, on Thursday called for a renewed show of political will on the part of the leaders of BiH, which is urgently needed in order to establish the conditions for economic lift-off and deliver real benefits to citizens.Speaking at a conference in Sarajevo organised by Br...
21.02.2002
Old Administration in Belgrade thought that I was pro-Albanian. The reason why I had to leave Belgrade on the day when the NATO air strikes began was the fact that the Belgrade administration was spreading lies on television claiming that I promised Kosovo would become independent, which of course was not true.Austrian...
20.02.2002
If anyone in BiH deserves to have a monument built for him, it is the present High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch. The man has done so much for this country that this kind of recognition he certainly deserved. This was best illustrated in his latest address before the EU General Affairs Council. His main thesis was...
19.02.2002
PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF POSITIONThe PLIP Cell is the inter-agency body consisting of the agencies most closely engaged in Property Legislation Implementation (PLIP, the OHR, UNHCR, OSCE, CRPC, and UNMIBH). The PLIP Cell, in turn, coordinates and liaises with the country-wide network of ‘Focal Points’ - the pro...
19.02.2002
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, has today appointed Mr. Paul Martin as Deputy High Representative and Head of the OHR Banja Luka Office. Mr. Martin has wide and valuable experience in Bosnia and Herzegovina starting in 1996 in the service of the United Nations International Police Task Force (IPTF). First...
19.02.2002
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, yesterday in Brussels addressed the foreign ministers of the European Union, at the EU's General Affairs Council. The High Representative highlighted the fact that Bosnia and Herzegovina has moved forward in the past three years and a basic - yet solid - foundation has been...
18.02.2002
Mr. President, Your Excellencies, Colleagues,It is with great pleasure that I am with you today. Over two and a half years have passed since I took up the post of High Representative in August 1999. It is a truism to state that the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in the wider region was considerably different t...