25.01.1999
Mr. Ante JelavicPresident of HDZand Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and HerzegovinaDear President Jelavic,We are aware that, following the well-known events in Drvar in April 1998, I had to order the dismissal of Mr. Tokmakcija as Deputy Mayor of Drvar under the authority vested upon me under the Bonn PIC Declaratio...
18.01.1999
The High Representative has received the report of the Human Rights Ombudsperson for Bosnia and Herzegovina in which she concludes that the criminal proceedings against the defendants in the Zvornik case and conviction are in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and...
15.01.1999
The Office of the High Representative notes with regret the withdrawal of the SDA delegation from the ongoing negotiations over Zepce. The failure by the SDA to participate in the preparatory meetings, as agreed by all participants, including the SDA delegation, on 8 January, leaves OHR no choice but to cancel the meet...
15.01.1999
Mr. Stanimir ReljicPresident of the Vlasenica Municipal AssemblyDear Mr. Reljic,On December 15, 1998, we have informed you about the High Representative's decision to suspend you from office pending investigation of your participation in the public rally in Vlasenica on December 4, 1998, leading to threats against the...
13.01.1999
The High Representative Carlos Westendorp is concerned that four months after the elections, the President of Republika Srpska has still not nominated a candidate for Prime Minister who is capable of commanding a majority in the National Assembly.The RS President is obliged through the principle of normal democratic pr...
11.01.1999
The High Representative Carlos Westendorp strongly condemns the weekend violence in Foca, in which five IPTF monitors were injured, two of them seriously. The IPTF station was badly damaged and UN equipment destroyed.The attack against representatives of the International Community in Foca is the third act of such viol...
09.01.1999
Intensive negotiations on the problems of Zepce municipality, led by Senior Deputy High Representative Hanns H. Schumacher, were held in a very constructive atmosphere at the SFOR base in Rajlovac.The Office of the High Representative, while recognizing that a lot needs to be done in the coming week, remains confident...
09.01.1999
The Office of the High Representative fully supports the actions taken today by SFOR in response to the unauthorized appointments and promotions of HVO generals by Member of Presidency and HDZ President Ante Jelavic.SFOR, acting within its mandate, seized and removed equipment from HVO military sites directly associate...
09.01.1999
The Office of the High Representative calls for announcements made on Thursday on the appointment and promotion of generals in the Federation Army to be immediately rescinded, and for these appointments and promotions to be suspended until the proper procedures have been followed.These procedures must include approval...
02.01.1999
Carlos Westendorp, the High Representative of the IC in BiH, in the past few days, with his decisions on sending SFOR to Martin Brod and the introduction of customs duties to goods coming from Croatia, caused numerous reactions from the Croat(ian) public. We spoke about this and about the possible termination of HRT in...