25.11.1996
Statement by Mr. Carl Bildt, High RepresentativeAs High Representative I congratulate Bosnia and Herzegovina on this 53rd National Day. I welcome the words of President Izetbegovic and echo his words of tolerance for all. The history of this country does of course strech beyond 1943 and to a time when all the peoples o...
21.11.1996
Statement by Mr. Carl Bildt, High RepresentativeOne year on from Dayton, much has been achieved but there is a great deal more to do. The shells are no longer falling in the streets of Sarajevo. The beginnings of economic recovery can be seen. But it will take longer to fulfil the promise of the Peace Agreement. It onl...
15.11.1996
Statement by Mr. Carl Bildt, High RepresentativeI warmly welcome President Clinton's announcement of US participation in the Follow-On force and his commitment of US troops to Bosnia for the next eighteen months. We agree with his approach that foreign troops should be withdrawn only gradually and as circumstances perm...
14.11.1996
One year ago there was a fragile cease-fire in Bosnia as the peace talks at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio were about to enter their third week with the final result still highly uncertain.It was only in the morning hours of November 21 that it became clear that there was going to be an agreement to be...
14.11.1996
Ministerial Meeting of the Steering Boardand of the Presidency of Bosnia-HerzegovinaConclusions: Guiding principlesof the Civilian consolidation planThe Ministers of Foreign Affairs or Representatives of France, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Presidency of the European...
14.11.1996
Carl Bildt:Very briefly really from my side, reinforcing some of the points raised by the Minister. This has been an important and successful meeting at the ministerial level of the Steering Board. Eleven months ago in Paris after Dayton, the Peace Agreement was signed. We've spent eleven months establishing the basis...
31.10.1996
The Office of the High Representative sharply refutes the ludicrous allegations made to the press this week that journalists from the Federation were denied access by the OHR to the Presidency session at the National Museum on 29 October. Arrangements for this meeting were the responsibility of the Presidency itself. O...
29.10.1996
At the 1100 o'clock IFOR press briefing at the Holiday Inn on Tuesday, 29th October questions were asked on the above subjectAnswering from memory I apparently recalled a report I had seen but a couple of days previously and that had been wrongly dated 27th September 1996 instead of 27th October 1996. I recalled that t...
24.10.1996
The European Union is the greatest force for peace and stability in the western part of the continent. By its integrating force it has managed to turn nations which for hundreds of years were enemies into partners and friends within just one generation.But the job is far from finished. The task of assuring stability an...
22.10.1996
STATEMENT BY CARL BILDT, HIGH REPRESENTATIVESarajevo, 22 October 1996. With the postponement of the local elections, the international community will now be in a better position to assure local elections according to the higher standards which we are seeking. I thus welcome the decision by Ambassador Frowick today, a...