23.12.2020
The Principal Deputy High Representative and Brčko District Supervisor, Michael Scanlan, attended the 23 December inaugural session of the Brčko District Assembly. He commended Brčko’s political representatives for delivering on their commitment to complete government formation before the end of the year. He congratula...
21.12.2020
High Representative Valentin Inzko met over the weekend with the President of the Court of BiH, Ranko Debevec. They discussed the current state of affairs in Bosnia and Herzegovina's judiciary and the lack of respect of rule of law in the country. The BiH Constitution clearly states that BiH shall be a democratic stat...
21.12.2020
The High Representative, Valentin Inzko, commended all citizens of Mostar who took to polling stations yesterday to vote for their representatives for the first time in more than a decade. He also commended the BiH Central Election Commission (CEC) for successfully organizing two consecutive elections in very challeng...
21.12.2020
The 25th anniversary of the Dayton-Paris Accords highlighted the achievements of peace as well as the pressing need to resolve anomalies in the post-war settlement. These anomalies, introduced when the paramount need was to end the bloodshed, are preventing Bosnia and Herzegovina from moving forward, High Representativ...
18.12.2020
This Sunday, 20 December, the citizens of Mostar will have the opportunity to vote in the first local elections there since 2008. We, the undersigned*, encourage all Mostarians to participate in the democratic process, especially the younger generations that may not have had the opportunity until now. We commend the...
18.12.2020
High Representative Valentin Inzko calls on citizens of Mostar to make the election Sunday a celebration of democracy by getting out and voting in large numbers, therefore exercising their democratic right that has been denied to them for so long. “Twelve years since their last opportunity to vote for their local repr...
18.12.2020
Brčko District is on the brink of rebranding itself as an engine of reform in BiH, and with that it will bring to the citizens of the District the quality of life and economic opportunities they deserve, the Principal Deputy High Representative and Brčko District Supervisor, Michael Scanlan, stated. Today the first te...
12.12.2020
Watch the live stream of the entire 25th-anniversary ceremony: The ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the signing of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina was held at the Sarajevo City Hall on Saturday, 12 December 2020. The Dayton-Paris Peace Agreement was initialled on 21 Novem...
10.12.2020
Respecting and promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms is an essential element of every modern democracy and prosperous society, the High Representative, Valentin Inzko, stated today on the occasion of the Human Rights Day. “Respect for human rights and the promotion of inclusion and dialogue is a sign of soci...
07.12.2020
Today we remember the truly historic gesture of West German Chancellor Willy Brandt, who on this date, 7 December 1970, kneeled before the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes in Warsaw to ask forgiveness for the crimes of the Nazi era. In doing so, he opened a new chapter of reconciliation between the peoples of Germany and...