16.05.2001
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, is appalled and condemns in the strongest possible manner today's bomb attack against the offices of the Social-Democratic Party in Vitez and the New Croat Initiative in Novi Travnik. It was already the second attack on the premises of the SDP in Vitez during the last three...
15.05.2001
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, welcomes today's decisions of the RS Government concerning resignations and dismissals of senior officials in Republika Srpska in connection with the Trebinje and Banka Luka riots. They include the RS interior minister, Perica Bundalo, deputy RS interior minister Brano Pecan...
14.05.2001
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today in Vienna opened a decisive round of negotiations on succession issues related to the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Representatives from the five successor states -- Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia and the Federal Republic of Yug...
14.05.2001
The Head of the OHR's Public Affairs Department, Alexandra Stiglmayer, was injured in a riding accident yesterday near Sarajevo. She was immediately transported to the SFOR military hospital in Rajlovac and was flown out early this morning to Germany for medical treatment. She is in a stable condition. The High Represe...
14.05.2001
Excellencies; Ladies and Gentlemen;A year ago, I don't think any of us dared imagine that we would be here with the clear intention to move decisively closer to a final settlement of the outstanding issues of SFRY succession.To date, the three main actors in the Bosnian war have left the stage -- through death, an igno...
11.05.2001
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, is pleased that the process of providing Bosnia and Herzegovina with a professional, apolitical civil service has entered its final phase, and urges all concerned to pass the drafted legislation as soon as possible. He welcomes the constructive attitude that Bozidar Matic, t...
11.05.2001
Alexandra Stiglmayer, OHR Senior Spokesperson (AS): Hello again, I already saw you all this morning. Sorry for us being late. The High Representative had a very important meeting this afternoon about which he will talk, and it took longer than expected. Ambassador, if you could please start.The High Representative, Wol...
10.05.2001
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today issued a Decision which registers the Foundation for the Potocari Memorial and Cemetery. The Statute covered by this Decision puts in place the management structure for the planned memorial site for the victims of the Srebrenica massacre - the worst in Europe s...
10.05.2001
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, and the Political Directors of the Peace Implementation Council's Steering Board yesterday held a constructive meeting with the Council of Ministers in Sarajevo. During their fruitful discussions, the Council of Ministers, headed by Prime Minister Bozidar Matic, presented it...
10.05.2001
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...