24.05.2000
We, the members of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) and the leaders of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), met in Brussels on 23/24 May 2000, to review progress in the implementation of the General Framework Agreement for Peace (GFAP) in BiH and to set priorities for a new accelerated phase of peace implementation. We...
23.05.2000
On 22 May, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, took two measures to advance economic reform. First, he removed Mr. Stiepo Andrijic, President of the Management Board of the Federation Privatization Agency. And second, he issued a Decision amending the banking laws in each of the Entities.As the High Representa...
23.05.2000
Brussels, 23 May 2000Mr. Chairman, Your Excellencies,As we gather here today - well on the way to the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Dayton/Paris Accords - it is time to ask:How successful have we been in Bosnia and Herzegovina and: has it been worth the effort?Mr. Chairman, I have been thinking long and hard...
22.05.2000
To:Mirko Mihaljevic, Prime Minister, Canton 10Sarajevo, May 22, 2000Dear Mr. Mihaljevic: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, in accordance with th...
22.05.2000
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, and the OSCE Head of Mission, Robert Barry, have removed from office the Governor and Prime Minister of Canton 10, Ivan Ivic and Mirko Mihaljevic. The dismissed officials were informed of this decision, yesterday, Monday May 22nd, 2000.Both Mr. Ivic and Mr. Mihaljevic abused...
22.05.2000
To:Ivan Ivic, Governor, Canton 10Sarajevo, May 22, 2000Dear Mr. Ivic: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, in accordance with the Provisional Elect...
22.05.2000
Today the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, addressed the General Affairs Council of the European Union (EU). He briefed the foreign ministers of the 15 EU member states on the peace process in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the strategic priorities he has proposed to be endorsed at the Conference of the Peace...
22.05.2000
In the exercise of the powers vested in the High Representative by Article 5 of the Annex 10 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to which the High Representative "is the final authority in the theater regarding interpretation of [the] Agreement on the civilian implementatio...
22.05.2000
Floyd Spence says declare victory and get out. Here's the case for staying in and doing the job right. Time is running out for our efforts to impose a lasting peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The signs are hard to miss.SFOR, the country's NATO-led peacekeeping force, has reduced its troop levels by nearly a third this...
22.05.2000
The Peace Implementation Council is concerned that the recent attack against the independent media in Serbia presents a threat to regional stability and that events in Belgrade have already spilled over into Bosnia and Herzegovina, placing at risk five years of building a sustainable peace.Freedom of expression is esse...