23.09.1999
Following the meeting of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) Steering Board Foreign Ministers in New York on 22 September 1999, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, expressed his gratitude for the unanimous endorsement he received for his new strategic approach.The Board gave their strong support for his con...
23.09.1999
Yesterday, Wednesday 22 September, principals from OHR, OSCE, UNMiBH and UNHCR met to discuss means of tackling obstacles to the implementation of property legislation, a central plank of the returns process. Property legislation has been intentionally misused by authorities throughout BiH.While expressing maximum supp...
22.09.1999
Communique by the Foreign Ministers of the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation CouncilThe High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina met with the Peace Implementation Council (PlC) Steering Board members at the ministerial level on September 22nd 1999.The Steering Board welcomed the new High Representat...
21.09.1999
OHR, UNHCR and OSCE would like to remind all those who have still not claimed their socially owned apartments in the Federation of BiH that the following four categories of people still have an opportunity to do so before October 4, 1999:Those whose occupancy rights were cancelled by court decisions. These court decisi...
20.09.1999
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, has annulled the proposed appointments of the Federation Minister of Justice and the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs.The procedure for such appointments is clear, and was even discussed at a meeting with Prime Minister Bicakcic and Deputy Prime Minister Covic on 15 Septe...
18.09.1999
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, chaired a meeting of the Peace Implementation Council Steering Board Political Directors in Brussels yesterday. It was the High Representative's first such meeting.The High Representative's future strategy for Bosnia Herzegovina was discussed. At the heart of this strategy l...
17.09.1999
The Government of Croatia is a guarantor of the Dayton Peace Agreement. In this respect, the way it will conduct the upcoming Croatian electoral process has direct implications for Bosnia and Herzegovina. The PIC Steering Board urged the Croatian government to establish transparent procedures for their conduct and to f...
17.09.1999
The Government of Croatia is a guarantor of the Dayton Peace Agreement. In this respect, the way it will conduct the upcoming Croatian electoral process has direct implications for Bosnia and Herzegovina. The PIC Steering Board urged the Croatian government to establish transparent procedures for their conduct and to f...
17.09.1999
How long will the international community continue to spend its time and effort in Bosnia-Herzegovina ? That question naturally concerns me as the new "high representative" of the international community here. But it also ought to be of some interest to the people who pay my salary - the taxpayers of the world.Though i...
17.09.1999
By a decision of the Principal Deputy High Representative, Ambassador Ralph Johnson of 10 September 1999, the authority and responsibility over the Mostar Airport has been transferred to the City of Mostar as of 17 September 1999.As of this date, the Interim Arrangement for Mostar Airport, established by the High Repre...