23.10.2000
Dear Mr. Izetbegovic, dear Guests,I am delighted to welcome you here this evening to honour Mr. Izetbegovic on the occasion of his recent departure from the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. I hope that we will have a chance this evening, as well as to look back on Mr. Izetbegovic's ten-year career, at the very top...
20.10.2000
If it does not wish to be an absurd, backward little state, BiH must go forward, like Croatia and FRY. The trend must be moving away from nationalism and going towards moderate politics and prosperity.I think that BiH citizens, that is, the whole electorate, are fed up with unproductive, irresponsible and non-transpare...
20.10.2000
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today met the new Yugoslav President, Vojislav Kostunica in Belgrade to discuss Yugoslavia's future contributions to the implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement.During the wide ranging discussions, the High Representative took the opportunity to congratulate President K...
17.10.2000
MIDDLE OF APRIL 2000 - BEGINNING OF OCTOBER 2000Pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1031 of 15 December 1995, which requested the Secretary General to submit reports from the High Representative in accordance with Annex 10 of the Peace Agreement and the Conclusions of the London Peace Implementation Conference of 8...
16.10.2000
Matthias Sonn Senior Deputy High RepresentativeOctober 2000 - July 2002 ...
16.10.2000
Ambassador Matthias Sonn arrives in Sarajevo today to take up his duties as the new Senior Deputy High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He replaces Ambassador Matei Hoffmann, who has returned to Berlin to take up an appointment as ambassador-at-large of the German Foreign Office.Sonn, a diplomat and lawyer by...
13.10.2000
Today, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, his Deputy for Economic Affairs, Daniel Besson, the Resident Representative of the World Bank, Joseph Ingram, and the Resident Representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Bruno de Schaetzen, discussed the proposed Amendments to the Federation Law on Pensi...
13.10.2000
The High Representative today appointed the members of the Interim Board which will replace the Municipal Assembly and the Mayor and Deputy Mayor of the Zepce municipality as required under his decision of October 6th. The decision will finally remove the parallel structures from the Zepce municipality and ensure that...
13.10.2000
Financial Times12 October 2000"Personal View"If Yugoslavia is to be accepted by others, it must start recognising its neighbors' sovereignty, says Wolfgang PetritschIt is time to deflate the champagne atmosphere in Belgrade. As the West's senior envoy to Bosnia, I have some hard questions for Vojislav Kostunica, Yugosl...
12.10.2000
If Yugoslavia is to be accepted by others, it must start recognising its neighbors' sovereignty, says Wolfgang PetritschIt is time to deflate the champagne atmosphere in Belgrade. As the West's senior envoy to Bosnia, I have some hard questions for Vojislav Kostunica, Yugoslav president, who I plan to meet soon.Mr Kost...