02.03.2000
In a move aimed at increasing the integrity of positions of public trust and furthering the political independence of public companies and public institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, has barred former public officials who were dismissed under the High Representative's pow...
02.03.2000
Mr. Chairman, your Excellencies, I am grateful for having been given the opportunity to address you today not on the situation in Kosovo as I did last time in my capacity as EU Envoy, but for the first time in my capacity as High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina. I would like to bring you up to date on where B...
01.03.2000
Tomorrow, 2 March, the Office of the High Representative, in conjunction with the Center for Contemporary Art in Sarajevo, are launching the first phase of the Anti-Corruption Public Awareness Campaign.The campaign is designed to educate the public about the types of corruption that are dominant in Bosnia and Herzegovi...
01.03.2000
The OHR would like to remind all holders of occupancy rights to socially owned apartments in the Federation that the deadline for purchasing these apartments is expiring on 6 March 2000.Under the Law on the Sale of Apartments with Occupancy Right, it is sufficient for the occupancy right holders to notify in writing th...
24.02.2000
On Thursday 24 February at 15.00 hrs, the International Telecommunications Agency (ITU), based in Geneva, will officially hand over a Mobile Monitoring Station to the Telecommunications Regulatory Agency.This vehicle, with a value of KM 700.000, was built by the German firm Rohde and Schwarz, and is state of the art te...
18.02.2000
Bosnia and Herzegovina: On its way to a modern European society?London,18 February 2000 Ladies and Gentlemen,I am honoured to have the opportunity of addressing you today, and to bring you up to date on what is going on in Bosnia and Herzegovina.In order not to sound naively optimistic, I have added - after much discus...
18.02.2000
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, met yesterday in London with Robin Cook, the UK Foreign Secretary, and Clare Short, Secretary of State for the Department for International Development, for talks on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He received strong support for the work of his Office, as well as as...
18.02.2000
The OHR and the Swedish National Audit Office, the agency tasked with implementing the BiH State and Entity audit institutions, express their great concern about the lack of progress in establishing these institutions and the consequences that this failure might have for Bosnia and Herzegovina.It is high time that the...
16.02.2000
The OHR would like to correct misleading press reports about the Conclusions reached at the Symposium on School Curricula held in Sarajevo on February 7 and 8 and co-hosted by the OHR and UNESCO, in particular as they were reported in the TV Erotel !9.00 hours news show on February 11.According to the Erotel report in...
15.02.2000
Special Coordinator Hombach, Foreign Minister Prlic, Co-Chair Ambassador Turkovic, distinguished guests and delegates, I am glad to have the opportunity to make some opening remarks from the vantage point of my office.During the past few weeks, along with other representatives from BiH and the International Community,...