22.01.2002
Mr PresidentChairman of the Council of MinistersMembers of the AssemblyEach time I have had the honour of addressing institutions of the Council of Europe during my two and a half years as High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, I have been able to report developments bringing the country measurably closer to it...
22.01.2002
In Strasbourg today, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, welcomed the vote of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (CoE), recommending to the CoE's Committee of Ministers that Bosnia and Herzegovina's application for CoE membership be approved. Bosnia and Herzegovina's accession to the Council w...
22.01.2002
We are here today to begin a public debate regarding the future of education in BiH. It is no secret that the present state of education in this country is deplorable. Failure to address the quality and state of education offered to the youth of this country would be nothing less than catastrophic. While other countrie...
22.01.2002
Principal Deputy High Representative Donald Hays today called for education reform as a matter of urgency, in order to promote economic recovery and competitiveness."Failure to address the quality and state of education offered to the youth of this country would be nothing less than catastrophic," the PDHR told a confe...
21.01.2002
"Refugee return is a central issue for the International Community. It is the main reason for our existence in BiH and we shall not give up unless we ensure the return and re-instatement of property for all. The second important issue is BiH state institution building. The third issue is economic reform and I am not sa...
17.01.2002
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, welcomes the entry into force of the Law on Associations and Foundations, enacted by the BiH Parliament in late December 2001. This Law will make a decisive contribution to the consolidation of civil society in Bosnia and Herzegovina.This Law gives non-governmental organizat...
16.01.2002
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, held talks with senior international officials in Brussels on Wednesday. The High Representative was visiting Brussels to address the North Atlantic Council, NATO’s highest decision-making body, and the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council, a multilateral forum where NATO...
16.01.2002
In Brussels today, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, addressed the North Atlantic Council (NAC), NATO’s top decision-making body.The High Representative thanked NATO and SFOR for providing the security umbrella under which peace implementation in Bosnia and Herzegovina takes place, and he pointed to th...
16.01.2002
Secretary General Lord RobertsonMembers of the Euro Atlantic Partnership CouncilLadies and GentlemenThe Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council came into being – originally as the North Atlantic Cooperation Council -- in July 1990, at a time of fundamental and often dramatic change. With the fall of Communism and the e...
16.01.2002
Secretary-General Lord RobertsonChairman of the Military Committee Admiral Guido VenturoniMembers of the North Atlantic CouncilLadies and GentlemenSix years after the signing of the Dayton/Paris Accords, Bosnia and Herzegovina remains in every sense at the heart of a region making slow but genuine progress towards a st...