14.01.2000
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, this week presided over the first meeting of the new year of the Commission on Public Corporations. Both Entity Prime Ministers, Messrs Bicakcic and Dodik, and the Deputy Prime Minister of the Federation, Mr Covic, attended the meeting, as did Paul Monnory, the Deputy High R...
13.01.2000
In accordance with my authority under Annex 10 of the Dayton Agreement, and recalling Article XI of the Bonn Declaration, I hereby decide that the Law on State Border Service of Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose text appears below, enters into force with immediate effect on an interim basis, until such time as the Parliame...
13.01.2000
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, met today in Sarajevo with the presidents of Circle 99, the Council of Bosniak Intellectuals, the Croatian National Council and the Serb Civic Council to exchange views on a number of issues.The High Representative, Prof. Vlatko Dolocek, Prof. Atif Purivatra, Prof. Ivo Komsi...
13.01.2000
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, yesterday issued a Decision clarifying the Serbian wording of an article in the RS Law on the Implementation of the Decisions of the Commission for Real Property Claims of Displaced Persons and Refugees (CRPC). The change makes clear that the Municipal Sections of the RS Min...
13.01.2000
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, warmly welcomes the agreements reached over the last few days on control of the upper airspace of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which will be released for civil use on 27 January 2000.The High Representative congratulates the three Directors General of the BiH Department of Civil...
13.01.2000
As a result of the BiH House of Representatives' continued failure to adopt the Law on State Border Service, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, has decided to impose the required legislation.The High Representative is utterly dissatisfied with the inability and unwillingness of the Serb delegates to the BiH H...
12.01.2000
Having compared the text of the Law on Implementation of the Decisions of the Commission for Real Property Claims of Displaced Persons and Refugees published in the "Official Gazette" of Republika Srpska, 31/99, I note that a technical mistake exists. Therefore, in accordance with my powers under Annex 10 of the Genera...
06.01.2000
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, is pleased to announce the appointment of Judge Finn Lynghjem as Deputy High Representative and Head of OHR (South) in Mostar.Judge Lynghjem has had a distinguished career in the Norwegian legal system and has worked closely with international organisations in developing cou...
05.01.2000
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, congratulates the new political leadership of the Republic of Croatia on their notable success at the polls. The people of Croatia have clearly expressed their will, through the democratic process, to make a significant change.The High Representative now hopes that the new l...
04.01.2000
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, on Thursday 30th, 1999 extended the temporary suspension of the powers of municipal authorities, in both entities, to re-allocate certain types of socially owned land. The suspension is now in effect until June 30th, 2000.The decision to suspend this right of the municipal a...