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Decision which ties both the Republika Srpska and the Federation of BiH into final and binding arbitration on the Inter Entity Boundary Line in the Sarajevo suburbs of Dobrinja I and IV

05.02.2001

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...

The High Representative Imposes Arbitration in Dobrinje I and IV

05.02.2001

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today issued a decision which ties both the Republika Srpska (RS) and the Federation of BiH (FBiH) into final and binding arbitration on the Inter Entity Boundary Line (IEBL) in the Sarajevo suburbs of Dobrinja I and IV. The decision of the High Representative also names Mr....

Human Rights Task Force Sets Priorities For 2001

05.02.2001

The Human Rights Task Force, comprising the principals of the main international organizations operating in BiH (OHR, OSCE, UNHCR, UNHCHR and UNMiBH), met today, to establish and endorse human rights priorities for 2001. The BiH Minister for Human Rights and Refugees, Mr Martin Raguz, also attended the meeting, as did...

Privatization in the Brcko District

02.02.2001

Ambassador Gary Matthews, Deputy High Representative and Supervisor of Brcko, has sent a letter to Mr. Dragan Covic, Acting Prime Minister of the Federation B&H, and Mr. Mladen Ivanic, Prime Minister of the Republika Srpska, in regard to privatization in the Brcko District of B&H. In accordance with Supervisor&...

High Representative's Visit to Slovenia

02.02.2001

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today visited Slovenia. In his talks with Slovenia's President Milan Kucan; Prime Minister, Janez Drnovsek; Foreign Minister, Dimitrij Rupel, and the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Slovenian Parliament, the High Representative stressed Slovenia's important role with regar...

Article by the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch:"Yes, Multiethnic Bosnia"

01.02.2001

SARAJEVO, Bosnia "Something strange is going on," Thomas L. Friedman wrote on the situation in the Balkans (IHT Opinion, Jan. 24). I could not agree more. By advocating "soft partition" of Bosnia-Herzegovina, he and others suggest that the nationalists who threw the Balkans into a brutal war that killed 200,000 people...

Communique by the PIC Steering Board

01.02.2001

The PIC Steering Board met at the level of Political Directors with the High Representative in Brussels, 1 February 2001.The Steering Board took note of the report on economic development in BiH presented by representatives of the IMF and the World Bank. While economic growth continues, the increase in GDP and improvem...

Amending the Decision of the Government of the RS on Determination of Enterprises of Strategic Importance in which the State Capital is to be Privatized under Separate Privatization Programmes and Decision on return of the vouchers and coupons and/or refu

31.01.2001

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...