09.11.2000
At the beginning of the week, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, spoke at the fifth Annual Swiss Government Conference on Cooperation with Eastern Europe, dedicated to the topic: "Five Years after Dayton: Bosnia and Herzegovina - What does Switzerland do?" The conference was well attended -- other participant...
08.11.2000
Ein typischer Tag beginnt bei mir in der Frühe. Da lese ich einmal die zwei großen Tageszeitungen, die es hier in Sarajevo gibt: Oslobodjenje und Dnevni Avaz. Schau mir an, was da drinnen steht, komm dann ins Büro, da gibt`s dann eine erste große Besprechung mit allen Abteilungsleitern und mit der Presse und dann begin...
07.11.2000
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, and the Steering Board have discussed the upcoming elections and the potential for a better future that they present for Bosnia and Herzegovina's voters.They wish to encourage all voters to cast their ballots. After nearly a decade of conflict and isolation, the peoples of C...
07.11.2000
Anrede,Bosnien und Herzegowina wird oft nur als Quelle schlechter Nachrichten, als hoffnungsloser Fall ohne Aussicht auf rasche Besserung, gesehen. Um so mehr freut es mich, daß die Schweizerische Politik und Wirtschaft diesem Land eine ganze Konferenz widmet.Es ist mir klar, daß sich Bosnien und Herzegowina spätestens...
05.11.2000
Recently, there have been threats, including open threats, made against various officials and their families by extremist elements. This is intolerable. This is criminal.On Friday, November 3, 2000 we received the text of a statement issued in Brcko by the Main Board of the so-called Ravnogorski Chetniks' Movement.The...
02.11.2000
At the weekend, a British national newspaper complained in an editorial entitled "A passport to our own destruction", that an attempt by Brussels to introduce a "Euro" passport was an "assault on the nation's identity". It went on that British citizens had already lost a one thousand year-old right to use pounds and ou...
31.10.2000
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, yesterday issued two Decisions extending deadlines in both Entities for the enforcement of certificates issued by the Commission for Real Property Claims of Displaced Persons and Refugees (CRPC), which relate to socially owned property.Under the Entity laws on the implementa...
29.10.2000
Honourable Chairman,Ladies and Gentlemen of the Security Council, I address you at what is a time of great change and renewed hope for southeastern Europe. The future -- potentially -- for Bosnia and Herzegovina looks very different today because of the seismic changes in two key neighbouring countries -- Yugoslavia an...
28.10.2000
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...
28.10.2000
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...