26.10.2000
Provided by the United NationsThe "unsung success story" in Bosnia and Herzegovina, five years after the Dayton peace accords, was the reconstruction of the infrastructure of the warn- torn country, Wolfgang Petritsch, High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina, said at...
26.10.2000
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, is concerned that the Council of Ministers has today failed to put the Law on the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the agenda for today's session.The Court of BiH would give potential investors confidence by ensuring that there is a legal institution which can settle matte...
26.10.2000
The International Community views with serious concern the many criminal problems and safety issues associated with the so-called "Arizona Market", located in Brcko District. Criminal activities there have grown steadily, including: prostitution; trafficking in women; abetting and exploiting the flow of illegal immigra...
26.10.2000
The OHR, OSCE, UNHCR and UNHCHR wish to inform individuals who applied to their former employer to be put on waiting list, but were denied this right or have simply have not had a final response, that they should apply to the Commission for Implementation of Article 143 of the Labour Law in the Canton in which they wer...
25.10.2000
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...
25.10.2000
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today issued a decision on the location of a cemetery for the victims of Srebrenica.The Srebrenica Municipal Council in June this year unanimously agreed that a cemetery site should be found within the Srebrenica Municipality, but the commission formed could not agree on one...
24.10.2000
Sarajevo, October 24, 2000 - The OHR and the OSCE Mission to BiH welcome the passage of the Freedom of Access to Information Act by the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH. The legislation, introduced by Sejfudin Tokic and Ivo Lozancic, was adopted by the House of Peoples yesterday, Monday, October 23. The House of Represent...
23.10.2000
DECISION3Article 1. General3Article 2. The Public Broadcasting System42.1 Interim Transmission Corporation42.2 The New Corporations.42.3 RT RS42.4 Shared Activities.52.5 Finance62.6 Labor7Article 3. Public Radio-Television Service Of Bosnia And Herzegovina73.1 Powers, Responsibilities, and Public Notice73.2 Transmissio...
23.10.2000
Following the round table on 17 October 2000 with students from both of Mostar's universities, the OHR was disappointed to learn that a statement made by the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, was misunderstood or misrepresented.To clarify: the High Representative does not believe that Croats in Bosnia and Herzeg...
23.10.2000
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today issued his Second Decision on Restructuring the Public Broadcasting System in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This follows, and builds upon the first Decision issued in July 1999.The Decision lays out the framework of a public broadcast system that is in line with modern Weste...