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Property implementation figures for May 2001

26.06.2001

The Agencies involved in the Property Law Implementation Plan (OHR, OSCE, UNHCR, UNMIBH and CRPC) announced that, with end of the school year and at the height of the return season, the summer months should be used to accelerate the process of the implementation of property laws in the way which will ensure sustained a...

OHR and OSCE Call for Urgent Adoption of Election Law

26.06.2001

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, and the Head of the OSCE Mission to BiH, Robert M. Beecroft, deplore the most recent failure of the House of Representatives of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly to adopt the Election Law, despite the repeated calls to do so by the Peace Implementation Council. The High Represe...

Ambassadors' Tour of Return Areas

25.06.2001

The High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch, COMSFOR General Michael L. Dodson and UNHCR Chief of Mission Werner Blatter have invited ambassadors of countries assisting with the Return process to visit by helicopter key areas of return across the country on Wednesday 27 June, 2001.The aim of the tour is to view progress...

High Representative Holds Talks with Council of Europe Representatives

23.06.2001

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, has completed two days of comprehensive discussions in Strasbourg with representatives of the Council of Europe. The talks focused on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s prospects for accession to the Council.The High Representative addressed the Committee of Ministers on Friday...

High Representative Regrets Parliament's Failure to Pass Election Law

22.06.2001

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, regrets the failure of members of the House of Representatives to pass the draft Election Law. This failure threatens to jeopardize hitherto successful efforts to consolidate the democratic process in Bosnia and Herzegovina and give its citizens the effective political repre...

Communique by the PIC Steering Board

21.06.2001

The PIC Steering Board met at the level of Political Directors with the High Representative in Stockholm, 21 June 2001. The Swedish EU Presidency kindly hosted the meeting.The Steering Board reviewed the High Representatives proposals and heard representatives from UN and OSCE on the streamlining of current internation...

High Representative's mandate extended for another year

21.06.2001

At its session in Stockholm today, the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council confirmed the extension of the mandate of the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, for another year. The Steering Board expressed its continued full support for the High Representative and his past and future untiring efforts...

High Representative on World Refugee Day

20.06.2001

On the occasion of the United Nations first World Refugee Day, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, draws attention to the continued urgency of refugee return in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Despite solid achievements in this area, thousands of people displaced by the 1992 – 95 conflict have yet to return to t...