22.05.1997
STATEMENTby the High Representative, Carl BildtSarajevo, 22 May 1997The Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council will meet at Ministerial level in Sintra, in Portugal, on 30 May.The last meeting of the Steering Board was in Paris November 14 last year. At that meeting, the broad principles for the consolidati...
16.05.1997
RESOLUTION 1107 (1997)Adopted by the Security Council at its 3776th meeting, on 16 May 1997The Security Council, Recalling its resolution 1103 (1997) of 31 March 1997 concerning the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH), including the United Nations International Police Task Force (United Nations-IP...
02.05.1997
I flatly condemn the stoning of two buses yesterday in Brcko as a series of criminal acts intended to terrorize Bosniak visitors to this city. These were not random acts of vandalism. They were planned and organized. I have asked that a full investigation of these related incidents be completed without delay.When I hav...
02.05.1997
Yesterday two buses carrying a delegation of Serbs, Croats and Bosniacs from the SD P led by Mr Zlatko Lagumdzija traveled to Brcko to visit the office of the Deputy High Representative for Brcko Ambassador Bill Farrand. The group was also accompanied by a delegation from Sweden. On their return from Ambassador Farrand...
01.05.1997
Transcript by Federal News Service, Washington D.CMR. HICKMAN:Now we're open for questions. Please state your name and affiliation. Yes? and the gentleman in the back. Q:Stefan (Hamer ?) from the Swedish Broadcasting.MR. BILDT:Yeah. Looks familiar.Q:There, obviously, will be a change in the leadership in Serbia proper...
01.05.1997
The Peace Process in Bosnia is on course.That is the first part of my message here today.But it remains fragile, and it is by no means irreversible. It will need continued attention and commitment from all of us in the international community if Bosnians of all nationalities are to be induced to turn their backs for go...
23.04.1997
The peace process in Bosnia is soon to enter into its eighteenth month. After the first year - which saw the essential military tasks as well as the basic political tasks with the election and the beginning of constitutional implementation completed successfully - we have now entered the more complex consolidation peri...
22.04.1997
Ladies and Gentlemen,When I visited PROMO last year I was most impressed by the vitality, the entrepreneurship and the talent from all over the country that was demonstrated. It was less than half a year since the war had come to an end, but businessmen were already planning and working for the future. It was one of th...
16.04.1997
IntroductionPursuant to the Security Council Resolution 1031 of December 15, 1995, which endorsed my appointment as High Representative to "monitor the implementation of the Peace Agreement and mobilize and, as appropriate, give guidance to, and coordinate the activities of, the civilian organizations and agencies invo...
12.04.1997
There is small chance that I will spend the rest of my life in Bosnia * There are new rumours in Sarajevo every day * Many of the issues will not be resolved in years to come * I am particularly glad that the people are returning to their homes * Influx of money has not been cut, we are spending over one hundred millio...