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OHR welcomes Council of Ministers Decision on Single Passport for BiH

27.07.2000

The Council of Ministers today approved the amendments to the Law on Passports. The amendments envisage a single, neutral passport for Bosnia and Herzegovina.The single passport is a requirement from the 1998 Madrid Declaration of the Peace Implementation Council and the Presidency committed itself to the creation of a...

Property Law Implementation Statistics

27.07.2000

Given the importance of the implementation of the property laws, the International Community has decided to publish on a monthly basis statistics on progress in property law implementation in each municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Attached you will find the first statistics package including figures as of end of...

Dr Dragan Gasic resigns as International Administrator of RTRS

27.07.2000

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, and the International Administrator of RTRS, Dragan Gasic, are of the opinion that the time has come for the start of a new phase in the restructuring of RTRS.After fundamental changes made to RTRS in the last two and a half years, the broadcaster should now prepare intensiv...

International Community condemns Janja Violence

27.07.2000

The Office of the High Representative, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the United Nations Mission to Bosnia and Herzegowina and the UNHCR thoroughly condemn the serious incidents in Janja of the last few days.This outbreak of violence against returnees and the implementation of the property laws is disgrace...

High Representative Ends Mandate of RTRS Board of Govenors

27.07.2000

Today, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, issued a Decision ending the mandate of the current Board of Governors of RTRS and at the same time naming a new one. This Decision was taken in view of the failure of the Republika Srpska authorities to meet several deadlines to pass new legislation for RTRS.The new...

Removal of Ramiz Dzaferovic

27.07.2000

Today, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, has removed Mr Ramiz Dzaferovic from his positions of Director of the Federation Tax Administration and member of the Management Board of the Payment Bureau.As Director of the Federation Tax Administration, Mr Dzaferovic, through acts of personal misconduct, impeded t...

Joint Statement of the OHR and the World Bank on Draft Labor Legislation

25.07.2000

This week, the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina will submit to Parliament a draft Law on Amendments to the Labor Law. Preparatory work on the draft had been ongoing for over nine months within the Labor Legislation Reform Commission established by decree of Minister Garib. The Commission has been...