23.07.1997
Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen,It is a good thing that in spite of all past difficulties we can assemble here today. You are all aware that further progress in the economic reconstruction of Bosnia and Herzegovina is crucial for the implementation of the Peace Agreement. Despite all budget constraints, further effo...
18.07.1997
Mr. Carlos WestendorpWestendorp:We have been six and a half hours with the Steering Board. I wanted the Steering Board to meet here in Sarajevo because it would have much more impact, I believe, here - on the one hand in the local press as a proof that we, the international community, are maintaining their interest in...
17.07.1997
Gerd Wagner Senior Deputy High Representative, July 1997 - 17 September 1997 Curriculum Vitae Born on 19 May 1942 in Wallern / Sudetenland Primary and secondary sch...
11.07.1997
I. IntroductionBy its resolution 1112 (1997) of 12 June 1997, the Security Council endorsed my appointment as High Representative and reaffirmed the importance of the role of the High Representative "in monitoring the implementation of the Peace Agreement and giving guidance to and coordinating the activities of...
04.07.1997
The decision of Mrs Plavsic appears to be in line with the Constitution.We hope that the other organs of government in the RS also behave within the provisions of the constitution.We also clearly wish the internal political arguments within the RS to be resolved in a fashion that is consistent with the DP A and does no...
02.07.1997
Jacques Paul Klein Principal Deputy High Representative, July 1997 - July 1999  ...
02.07.1997
The Hague, 02 July 1997In welcoming the appointment of General Jacques Klein as the new Principal Deputy High Representative in the Hague today the High Representative Carlos Westendorp made the following statement:"When I asked the United States Government to nominate a candidate for the position of Principal Deputy H...
24.06.1997
The Human Rights Working Group, comprised of OHR, OSCE, UNHCR, UNCA, IPTF, SFOR, UN HIGH COMMISSION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, based in Banja Luka expresses deep concern over the failure of Republika Srpska police authorities to enforce the law by re-instating 38 families to their legally owned homes. Each of the families had s...
21.06.1997
Carlos Westendorp High Representative from June 1997 - July 1999 Curriculum Vitae Born in Madrid on 7 January 1937 Joined the Foreign Service in 196...
19.06.1997
Carl Bildt, outgoing High Representative:Welcome. This is the transition we've been doing now for two days in preparation for me leaving and Carlos Westendorp coming in. He is taking over one of the most difficult, but most challenging, tasks that you can undertake in the world today. I congratulate him on it; I congra...