08.02.2000
The PIC Steering Board met at the level of Political Directors with the High Representative in Brussels on 8 February 2000.The Steering Board welcomed and fully endorsed the High Representative's increased emphasis on accelerating privatization and stimulating private sector development in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and e...
07.02.2000
The Office of the High Representative rejects the statement made by the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton HDZ political representatives against the Federation Finance Police on 1 February in Neum. The statement lacks any legal basis, as the Finance Police is a Federation body and outside the jurisdiction of Cantons. It repres...
04.02.2000
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, has received numerous inquiries and letters of support for a married couple of two professors who under the property and housing laws had to vacate the apartment they occupied in Sarajevo last week. Although the High Representative sympathizes with the family, he considers t...
04.02.2000
UNESCO, OHR and other organizations working in the field of education in BiH will present a symposium on the curricula of the "national" subjects in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The symposium will take place in Sarajevo's National and University Libraries on the 7th and 8th of February 2000.The symposium aims to find ways o...
03.02.2000
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, met today in Sarajevo with human rights non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from across Bosnia and Herzegovina to discuss the need for improved respect for human rights.NGO representatives noted that the lack of equal access to housing, employment and education is a real i...
03.02.2000
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, Lieutenant General Charles-Henri de Monchy, DCOM SFOR, and Lieutenant-General Sir Michael Willcocks, DCOMOPS SFOR, yesterday attended the final day of a two day workshop in Neum. The workshop was designed to develop methods that could ensure democratic control over the armed...
03.02.2000
Today, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, and Ambassador Robert Barry, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, met with the heads of clubs in the BiH Parliament and political party representatives to discuss the amended draft election law.The High Representative and Ambassador Barry assess the...
28.01.2000
Q: What will, in your opinion, the victory of the opposition in Croatia mean to the relations between BiH and Croatia? A: I would say that the election results in Croatia will contribute to the improvement of the relations with BiH. First of all, they open an opportunity for a better correlation on e...
27.01.2000
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, regards the efforts of Mr Sarovic to usurp presidential powers as unconstitutional and illegal. There is no authority whatsoever for Mr. Sarovic's pretensions.It has been made absolutely clear to Mr. Sarovic by the High Representative that his functions were limited to those...
26.01.2000
Today, the High Representative met with representatives of 24 displaced persons and refugee (DPRE) associations from across Bosnia and Herzegovina to hear their opinions about the returns process and encourage them to insist on their rights.In his introductory remarks, the High Representative emphasized the important r...