21.07.2000
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, the head of the OSCE mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador Robert Barry, and the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General, Jaques Paul Klein, will monitor closely property evictions scheduled to start in the village of Bocinje, Maglaj municipali...
21.07.2000
This week, the Entity Educations Ministers held a meeting called for by the Senior Deputy High Representative, Ambassador Dr. Matei Hoffmann, at the OHR to discuss further steps in educational reform.The meeting, attended by Federation Education Minister Fahrudin Rizvanbegovic, his Deputy, Ivo Miro Jovic and the RS Edu...
18.07.2000
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, has appointed Mr. Gerhard Sontheim Deputy Head of the OHR Regional Office (North) in Brcko. Mr. Sontheim will take up his new duties on August 1st, 2000.Gerhard Sontheim has long standing experience in the region and has been the Deputy Head of the OHR Regional Office (South...
17.07.2000
By the end of April this year, a total of 211,850 families had claimed their pre-war property in Bosnia-Herzegovina. This figure in itself portrays the enormity and importance of respect for the property laws and the process of return to the people of this country. But until now, just over 10% of these families had man...
17.07.2000
Emin Skopljak,Telecommunications Regulation AgencyFra Andjela Zvizdovica 1UNIS TowerSarajevoDear Mr. Skopljak:For reasons outlined in the attached Decision, we herewith notify you of the following: under the powers vested in the High Representative, you are removed from public office with immediate effect. In addition,...
14.07.2000
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today discussed the development of the Public Broadcasting Service of Bosnia and Herzegovina with the members of the BiH Presidency.The High Representative told the Presidency that he views the PBS of BiH as crucial to the implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement. He emp...
13.07.2000
A round table "Return of refugees and displaced persons - reconstruction as a precondition for return" was held in Mostar on July, 11 in the organization of Association of Citizens for Human Rights Protection and in the sponsorship of the Council of Europe and Austrian Government.Among the many participants of the loca...
13.07.2000
The PIC Steering Board at the level of Political Directors met with the High Representative in Sarajevo on 13 July 2000.To commemorate the 5th anniversary of the fall of Srebrenica, the members of the Steering Board expressed their sincere sympathy and continued solidarity with the survivors of the massacre and the fam...
12.07.2000
In agreement and consultations with other international agencies, the OHR South would like to inform that as from today, the Double Occupancy Phoneline in Mostar will be suspended until further notice.The reasons for this are the following:To date, we have received more than 1,300 calls regarding alleged double occupan...
10.07.2000
Women of Srebrenica, ladies and gentlemen,We are here to mark a dark day. On July 11, 1995 Srebrenica fell to Bosnian Serb forces. Women, children and the elderly were forced onto buses and expelled. They did not know -- and still don't know today -- what happened to their husbands, sons, fathers and brothers; men and...