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...
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...
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....
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...
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&...
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...
02.02.2001
In interview to SRNA News Agency the High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch explains his views on ways that BiH should take in the future, stressing that the best recipe for resolution of the national issue and economic prosperity is admission of BiH into the EU and Europe."A unique way forward for BiH is civic society...
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...
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...
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...