15.01.2002
In the exercise of the powers vested in me 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 interpretation of the said Agr...
15.01.2002
The PLIP agencies (OHR, OSCE, UNHCR, UNMIBH and CRPC) have launched an information campaign to explain the amendments to the property laws introduced on 4 December 2001. These amendments clarify the existing legislation with the aim of speeding up implementation of the property laws and ensuring the provision of altern...
15.01.2002
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today removed Mr. Ivan Mandic from his position as Head of Municipality Southwest in Mostar and barred him from holding any official, elective or appointive public office and from running in elections or for office within political parties. The main reason for Mr. Mandic's r...
14.01.2002
PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE POSITIONThe Special Media Project Officer will be responsible for the management and co-ordination of special media projects, specifically, the acquisition, efficient management and reporting on the use of donor funding provided by the international community for media restructuring within BiH....
12.01.2002
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, met yesterday in Sarajevo with Mirko Pejanovic, President of the Serb Civic Council (SCC). The discussion focused on the implementation of the BiH Constitutional Court's decision on the constituency of BiH's peoples, return, and the recent threats against members of the SCC...
12.01.2002
International community wants to see a more significant engagement on the part of local authorities and a symmetric solution in essence ● Amendments to entity constitutions must be incorporated by the end of FebruaryWP: I am not against the introduction of a House of Peoples in the Republika Srpska as well. But,...
10.01.2002
The agencies of the Property Legislation Implementation Plan (OHR, OSCE, UNHCR, UNMiBH & CPRC) today announced the publication of statistics for the implementation of the property laws in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) during the month of November 2001.The figures show that the Federation of BiH has issued decisions...
10.01.2002
At their regular weekly meeting, which took place yesterday, the Principals of the five main international organisations operating in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Wolfgang Petritsch, the High Representative, General John Sylvester, the SFOR Commander, Jacques Paul Klein, the Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary Gen...
07.01.2002
THE INDEPENDENT JUDICIAL COMMISSION (IJC)The Independent Judicial Commission (IJC) is the lead agency for the co-ordination of judicial reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). It provides opinions and advice to Ministries of Justice, judges, prosecutors, court administrators and members of the international community r...
05.01.2002
Just at the end of October a Swiss firm Lemano Trading Co. (LTC) bought the TKM textile company in Mostar. TKM manufactures thread. It got into difficulties several years ago because it was uncompetitive. A state-owned company, it lacked the money to invest in new machinery, which would allow it to produce more cheaply...