07.10.1999
OHR condemns in the strongest possible terms the attack yesterday on Mr Munib Hasanovic, the Deputy Municipal Secretary in Srebrenica.Mr Hasanovic was stabbed by masked men in the lavatories of the Srebrenica Municipality building yesterday afternoon. He was taken to Srebrenica hospital by local police, and transferred...
05.10.1999
The Acting High Representative Ralph Johnson and the OSCE Head of Mission Ambassador Robert Barry, instructed the Serb Radical Party (SRS) today to refile its party registration with the appropriate courts in the Republika of Srpska without the membership of Nikola Poplasen and two other party officials in leadership p...
02.10.1999
On Friday, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, addressed the first meeting of the Anti-Corruption and Transparency Group (ACT Group) at the OHR offices in Sarajevo.Stressing the importance of the ACT Group, the High Representative said that the Group was set up to demonstrate publicly and forcefully the Intern...
01.10.1999
In the exercise of the powers vested in my 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, entru...
01.10.1999
I have just returned from New York where I chaired my first meeting of the Peace Implementation Council Foreign Ministers' Steering Board. The meeting went well. The Foreign Ministers fully endorsed the new strategy for Bosnia Herzegovina that I outlined. I mean of course the principle of odgovornost or vlasnistvo ("ow...
30.09.1999
Chris Riley, OHR (South): Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen and thank you for coming at such a short notice. I would like to welcome the Principal Deputy HR, Ambassador Ralph Johnson. He has got a short statement for you and we will be available to take questions afterwards. Ambassador Ralph Johnson: Thank you very...
30.09.1999
Upon the request of the SDS, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today received a delegation from that party at his offices in Sarajevo.During a frank and wide-ranging discussion, the High Representative emphasized that he expected the SDS to act responsibly in its capacity as an opposition party at both the s...
29.09.1999
Today, Wednesday 29 September, Principal Deputy High Representative Ralph Johnson chaired a round table discussion group on education issues at OHR. It was attended by a broad cross-section of individuals representing Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina society, including prominent representatives of political parties...
28.09.1999
OHR, UNMiBH and UNHCR express their deep concern at the incident which took place at Ilici in Municipality South West, during an assessment visit by Bosniacs to their pre war homes. There was a minor explosion at approximately 1000hrs resulting in light injuries to an SFOR soldier and a police officer from Municipality...
24.09.1999
The Council of Europe and the Office of the High Representative held a conference in Sarajevo yesterday to discuss alternative civilian service and conscientious objection. The Conference was attended by Federation Vice-President Ejup Ganic, representatives of the BiH Presidency, the Standing Committee of Military Matt...