04.02.1998
Members of the PresidencySpeakers of the Parliamentary AssemblyBosnia and HerzegovinaDear Presidents, dear Speakers,Following the discussions at the sixth session of the Parliamentary Assembly today I regretfully have to inform that the Delegates have shown themselves lacking in the courage to take a binding decision o...
03.02.1998
Confusion was created yesterday over a letter sent by BiH Civil Affairs and Communications Minister Albijanic to the High Representative, express his intention to withdraw the support of the Serb members of the Council of Ministers for the Memorandum of Understanding on License Plates. The reason given was that the RS...
31.01.1998
The High Representative is pleased to announce that the registration process and issuance of the new license plates will begin on 2 February 1998. The Parties, the Council of Ministers of BiH, and the Governments of both Entities, have signed the Memorandum of Understanding and by doing so have met the deadli...
29.01.1998
Brcko - A conference to discuss the pressing problems of the water supply and water distribution system for the Brcko community was held yesterday at the Office of the High Representative. Sinisa Kisic, Director of the Department of Economy, Nikola Ristic, Director for Finance and Budget, and Luka Bodiroga, Director of...
29.01.1998
At today's meeting we have been discussing the situation in the Republika Srpska which is the real news in that country. I think the good news is that there is a new Government, which is democratically elected although it has a thin majority, but it is a government which wants to co-operate with the international commu...
27.01.1998
In December 1997 at the Bonn PIC the following statement was made as part of the final text:"Ensuring a multi-ethnic Sarajevo is central to the implementation of the DPA. The Council expresses disappointment at the failure of the authorities in SJO to encourage and facilitate the safe return of former inhabitants. The...
27.01.1998
Vous venez d'imposer une monnaie commune aux trois communautés bosniaques. Vous aviez auparavant déjŕ tapé du poing sur la table pour exiger que les Bosniaques, qu'ils soient musulmans, serbes ou croates, aient un męme passeport. En prenant autoritairement toutes ces décisions, ne donnez-vous pas l'impression...
26.01.1998
The OHR, OSCE and UNMIBH welcome the decision of the Bijeljina District Court to accept the appeal by the defendants in the Zvornik 7 case for a new trial and the Court's decision to annul the original verdict by the Basic Court in Zvornik.The new trial will be before the Bijeljina District Court, which is, following t...
26.01.1998
Following the announcement of the High Representative on 12 January regarding the establishment of a Commission tasked with proposing alternatives for the flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the High Representative is pleased to announce today that the Commission has proposed three alternatives for the flag.The High Repres...
20.01.1998
The High Representative, Carlos Westendorp, has received the design for the Convertible Marka Currency and has accepted the recommendation of the Governor of the Central Bank, Peter Nicholl. In doing so, he has taken into account as many of the Presidency proposals as could be accommodated. But ultimately, the High Rep...