03.01.2000
On Thursday 30th, December 1999, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, issued a Decision extending the validity of decisions made by the BiH Council of Ministers concerning the imposition of additional import duties on various products for 1999, and published in the Official Gazette of BiH under numbers 02/99 an...
31.12.1999
The New Year is starting today. Today is also the beginning of a new millennium and, I sincerely hope, the beginning of a new chapter in the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As much as I wish you and your country all the best, I cannot help being worried. I do not want to repeat the phra...
30.12.1999
In accordance with my authority under Annex 10 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Article XI of the Conclusions of the Peace Implementation Conference held in Bonn on 10 December 1997, I herebyDECIDEthat the Decision of the High Representative of May 26, 1999, prohibiting dispos...
30.12.1999
In the exercise of my authority under Annex 10 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina (GFAP) and Article XI of the Bonn Agreement;Noting that the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina has not made a Decision on Determining Imported Products on which Additional Import Duties will...
30.12.1999
In the exercise of my authority under Annex 10 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina (GFAP) and Article XI of the Bonn Agreement;Noting that the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina has not made a Decision on Determining Imported Products on which Additional Import Duties will...
21.12.1999
Wolfgang Petritsch, the High Representative and Robert Barry, the Head of the OSCE Mission, express their deep concern about a number of the candidates nominated by the HDZ for the Croatian Elections diaspora representation in the Croatian Parliament. Several of these candidates have been removed from office in Bosnia...
21.12.1999
The Council of Europe and the Office of the High Representative jointly organized a Workshop on Corruption, Organized Crime and Money Laundering in Banja Luka on December 16 and 17. The seminar reviewed existing and planned measures against corruption, organized crime and money laundering, as well as priority actions n...
16.12.1999
OHR notes that the BiH House of Representatives Commission on Constitutional and Legal Affairs has conclusively determined the constitutionality of the Draft Law on the State Border Service. This determination is not surprising in light of the Presidential Statement of 24 June 1999, which affirmed the constitutional ba...
16.12.1999
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today in Sarajevo held a meeting with a delegation from the SDP, which was headed by Dr. Zlatko Lagumdzija.The High Representative and Dr. Lagumdzija had an open discussion on issues such as the return of refugees and displaced persons, legal reform, election law issues and...
14.12.1999
On 14 Dec 99, the 21 member Council of RTV FBiH met for the first time at OHR. The High Representative introduced the meeting with the following statement:I want to take this opportunity to welcome you here on the occasion of the inaugural meeting of the Council of Federation TV. Please be aware that the foundation...