08.05.2000
The re-establishment of multi-ethnicity and the success of the privatization process are the two great challenges facing Bosnia-Herzegovina.Wolfgang Petritsch, the International Community's High Representative for civilian implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement, considers that the peace process is irreversible. H...
07.05.2000
Corruption and organized crime have been repeatedly identified as obstacles to the successful implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement. Money laundering, inseparable part of organized crime and corruption, is an effort to conceal the illicit source of money in order to legitimize it for further profit making.The gl...
05.05.2000
The PIC Steering Board at the level of Political Directors met with the High Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Wolfgang Petritsch, at the invitation of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union in Lisbon on 5 May 2000.The Steering Board and the High Representative, in concurrence with...
05.05.2000
The third and final meeting of the Interim Coordinating Board for the Training of Judges and Prosecutors concluded in Neum yesterday. Important steps were taken towards the setting up of Training Institutes in the Repulika Srpska and Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.Draft laws will shortly be finalised for presenta...
05.05.2000
OHR(S) and the World Bank express their satisfaction with today's successful session of the newly-formed Management Board of the future unified Mostar Water Supply Company "Vodovod". The session, attended by both Croat and Bosniak representatives, was a precondition for the realization of the 12 million US dollar World...
05.05.2000
Sunday, May 7th will mark the passing of seven years since the destruction of two of the most important cultural sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ferhadija and Arnaudija mosques in Banja Luka.These mosques were given and still hold the highest cultural protection in RS law. Their destruction was not linked to any war a...
04.05.2000
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, delivered an address to the North Atlantic Council in Brussels today. It was the second time he has been invited to address the NAC. The High Representative also met separately with the Nato Secretary General, George Robertson.The central theme of his speech was that SFOR's...
04.05.2000
This is my third formal meeting with the North Atlantic Council, the second in my capacity as High Representative, and it is an honor, once again, to be with you and to have the opportunity to discuss our peace implementation efforts in Bosnia and Herzegovina.My message to you today is simple - SFOR's presence remains...
03.05.2000
TO THE JUDGES OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA In response to the letter of 10 April 2000 from Prof. Dr. Kasim Begić, President of the Constitutional Court, to His Excellency Wolfgang Petritsch, High Representative, with regard to case number U 9/2000, I have the honor to address the Court on beha...
03.05.2000
Last week, the OHR(S) and the World Bank were informed that the City Council had unanimously adopted the Mayor's and the Deputy Mayor's proposal for the composition of the Management Board of the future unified Mostar water supply company VODOVOD. Subsequently, OHR(S) had invited the newly appointed members of the Mana...