15.12.2000
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, welcomes today's establishment of diplomatic relations between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This has been long due, and constitutes an important step in the normalisation of relations between the countries, as well as in the implementation o...
15.12.2000
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, attended a series of high level meetings and addressed the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) in Brussels today.Whilst in Brussels, the High Representative met bi-laterally with Madeleine Albright who was attending her final meeting of the EAPC as US Secretary of State...
15.12.2000
Following repeated misleading statements on evictions during the winter months, the Office of the High Representative would like to once again clarify the situation.The implementation of the property laws will continue unabated over the winter. This includes the eviction of temporary occupants from claimed apartments,...
15.12.2000
The Senior Deputy High Representative, Ambassador Matthias Sonn, has stated his surprise and disappointment about a news report on a meeting with Cardinal Vinko Puljic on Wednesday. He had not been informed that the contents of the meeting would be publicised by his interlocutors.Ambassador Sonn corrected the false rep...
15.12.2000
Mister President, Secretary General, Excellencies,It is a great honor and a timely opportunity for me to address you this morning – five years and one day after the Dayton Accords, ending the war in BiH, were signed in Paris.There is a quickening of the tempo of affairs in Bosnia which we must respond to together...
14.12.2000
In the exercise of the powers vested in me by Article V of Annex 10 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 this Agreement on the Civilian Implementation of the Peace Settlement;Recal...
14.12.2000
The Office of the High Representative, OSCE, UNHCR, and UNHCHR wish to inform individuals that the deadline for submitting claims for illegal dismissal under the RS Labour Law is February 16th, 2001. Those people who believe they were illegally dismissed from their jobs between 31 December 1991 and 16 November 2000 mus...
14.12.2000
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...
14.12.2000
Ladies and Gentlemen,Good morning!As the year draws to a close and we prepare to celebrate our various holidays here in Europe:Bajram and two sets of ChristmasesI want to stand back and take a look at not only what is taking place in Bosnia and Herzegovina today but also what this country means for us all as European...
14.12.2000
"I am fascinated with the challenge to be able to participate in building a country", said Wolfgang Petritsch when the Heads of Governments and states of the European Union entrusted him with the mandate of the High Representative to BiH in June last year. Before assuming the duty, Petritsch was Ambassador of Austria i...