21.11.1999
Four years ago in Dayton, Ohio, a terrible war was finally brought to an end. The people of Bosnia and Herzegovina paid an incalculable price in lives and displacement of individuals as well as entire families. Physical damage was severe; moral damage was even worse, as hatred and distrust destroyed harmony and toleran...
20.11.1999
Thursday 11 NovemberI was still a little tired following yesterday's long flight back from Washington via Munich, but the Office of the High Representative never sleeps. There was a three-hour meeting with representatives from the Council of Europe. Everybody, it seems, is anxious for BiH to join the CoE, the ante-room...
17.11.1999
Yesterday, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, has issued a Decision annulling the Conclusion adopted by the RS National Assembly on 10 November, which suspended evictions of certain categories of persons from 1 November 1999 to 1 April 2000.If allowed to take effect, this Conclusion would only serve to deny r...
16.11.1999
In the exercise of the powers vested in me by Article 5 of Annex 10 to the General Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to which the High Representative is the final authority in theater regarding interpretation of his mandate; and considering in particular Art. II.(1) (d) of the same Agreement, ent...
15.11.1999
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, welcomes the New York Declaration made by the Joint Presidency of BiH. Aside from reaffirming their commitment to the Dayton Accords, the Presidency made a number of important agreements intended to strengthen the role of the Joint Presidency, and to further the ac...
12.11.1999
Today, the Local Return and Reconstruction Task Force (RRTF) for the Gorazde area met to discuss the problems related to return to Srpsko Gorazde.The OHR and the UNHCR as the RRTF co-chairs have asked the authorities of Srpsko Gorazde to initiate the immediate resumption of reconstruction projects in Srpsko Gorazde. Re...
12.11.1999
Yesterday, 11th November 1999, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, chaired a discussion on the application for membership of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Council of Europe and the progress made in the application preconditions. The Council of Europe was represented by the Rapporteur from the Political Committ...
11.11.1999
Having compared the text of the Instruction on the Application of the Amended Law on Cessation of the Law on Abandoned Apartments as published in the Official Gazette of the Federation of BiH, 11/98, 38/98,12/99 and 27/99, the following technical mistakes have been established. Therefore, in accordance with my powers u...
10.11.1999
In the continuation of the 61st BiH Presidency session, held on November 9, 1999, Chair of the Presidency Ante Jelavic and Member of the Presidency Zivko Radisic once again declined to forward the Draft Law on the State Border Service to the Parliament.The OHR regrets the actions of Mr Jelavic and Mr Radisic and holds...
08.11.1999
The Office of the High Representative and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe calls on the elected authorities of Republika Srpska to respect international principles of public service broadcasting. Radio and Television paid for by taxpayers must be free of political or governmental control or inter...