25.02.1999
Ambassador Miguel Arias, Deputy High Representative and head of the Regional Office of the OHR in Banja Luka, visited Bihac on 25 February for talks with Canton 1 Governor Mirsad Veladzic and local political leaders.The High Representative Carlos Westendorp and the international community have been increasingly concern...
25.02.1999
The High Representative condemns last night's incident in which a deputy of the Republika Srpska National Assembly was assaulted. An attack on a democratically elected representative is an attack on the National Assembly and an attack on the democratic process.Such attempts to destabilise the democratic process damages...
20.02.1999
The High Representative has written to the BiH Presidents, and to the Presidents and Prime Ministers of the two entities, to inform them of his decision regarding the interpretation of Article V(a), Annex 4 of the GPA, in respect of the civilian command over the armed forces.In sovereign states, civilian command author...
19.02.1999
In the exercise of the powers vested in me by Article V of Annex 10 of the General Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to which the High Representative is the final authority regarding interpretation of the civilian implementation aspects of the peace agreement, I hereby establish the followingDeci...
19.02.1999
Senior Deputy High Representative Hanns Schumacher met yesterday with the Federation Minister of Justice, Mr Ignatius Dodik, to discuss how to proceed following the Joint Report of the OSCE and the Federation Ombudsmen concerning misallocation of socially owned property in the Municipality of Bugojno.Minister Dodik ack...
17.02.1999
In today's issue we bring you the second part of the interview with Carlos Westendorp, the High Representative of the International Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina.Last year was proclaimed the year of return, but still people are not returning to their homes in planned numbers and deadlines. Why?...
16.02.1999
"I treat all the peoples in BiH equally, and that not because I like it or have some sadistic instincts, but because it is my job," claims the HR of the IC in BiH, Carlos Westendorp, in an exclusive interview for Slobodna BiH, explaining the reasons for which he has made some decisions, assessing the situation of the c...
16.02.1999
HVIDRA, the Bosnian Croat veterans' and invalids' association, yesterday again addressed the international community, this time in the form of an open letter to the High Representative. HVIDRA sees the recent attempted murder of a Croat policeman in Travnik as justification of its position, and takes the opportunity to...
12.02.1999
The High Representative today, Friday 12 February, suspended Mr Dzevad Mlaco from the office of Mayor of Bugojno, and all other elected offices in that municipality, until further notice.The decision was taken as a result of a persistent pattern of non-compliance with the letter and spirit of the Dayton Peace Agreement...
12.02.1999
Mr. Dzevad MlacoMayor of the Municipality of BugojnoDear Mr. Mlaco,On repeated occasions, the Office of the High Representative and OSCE, together with other international agencies and representatives of the international community, have asked for your support in the implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement. Time a...