18.04.2001
Early this morning, representatives of the Office of the High Representative, with the strong support of SFOR, entered the main branch of Hercegovacka Banka in Mostar, retrieving documentation required by the Provisional Administrator, Toby Robinson.The operation was well-planned and well-executed. While SFOR was maint...
17.04.2001
Sarajevo, 17 April 2001 ‹ From January to February 2001, repossessions of properties increased by about 5% with the numbers rising from 36,534 to 38,379 in the Federation and from 14,904 to 15,791 in RS.Next to increasing repossessions, a clear‹but easily overlooked‹sign of progress in the field of pr...
13.04.2001
The evidence clearly indicate to the existence of a direct link between the crowd that gathered in Mostar and the HDZ leaders who were in the vicinity at that time. It is the Federal Prosecutor's Office that has the competence in arresting those responsible. I expect the Cantonal Police to help, too.The totalitarian de...
11.04.2001
The High Representative to BiH, Wolfgang Petritsch, thinks that the new members of the BiH Presidency will enjoy trust and support of the people they represent despite the fact that they were not directly elected by voters. "The two new members were elected by the BiH Parliament under the Law on Filling a Vacant Positi...
10.04.2001
In accordance with paragraph 37 of the Brcko Final Arbitral Award of March 5, 1999 and paragraph 2 of the Annex of August 18, 1999; Recalling the Supervisory Order of March 21, 2000 appointing the members of the Interim Assembly of the Brcko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bearing in mind the Code of Conflict...
05.04.2001
Comments made on behalf of the Office of the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina on the Request for the assessment of constitutionality of the Law on the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina no. 29/2000 of 30 November 2000) and on the proposal of issue of a provisional...
05.04.2001
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 Ag...
02.04.2001
In the early 90s, Europe let down BiH - The US supports the EU's proposal that I review the current international structures for the civilian implementation of the Peace Agreement for Bosnia and HerzegovinaThe High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Wolfgang Petritsch is very busy these days. His article in whic...
30.03.2001
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 Ag...
29.03.2001
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, is concerned that yet another offer he has made to the HDZ (Croatian Democratic Union) to represent the interests of the Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina and address all matters of concerns within legal structures, has not yet been answered.Last week, he sent a letter to the...