13.04.1996
When we met here in Brussels for the first meeting on the reconstruction of Bosnia and Herzegovina, only six days had passed since the Peace Agreement was signed in Paris.At that meeting, I stressed five points that - in my opinion - were of crucial importance for the year that was then lying ahead of us.First: that ti...
11.04.1996
The Joint Civil Commission Sarajevo met on April 11 to continue its work on peace implementation in Sarajevo. The session was chaired by Deputy High Representative Michael Steiner and included representatives of the Federal and city governments and of Serb citizens of Sarajevo. The meeting began with a review of progre...
11.04.1996
PRESS RELEASEFederation Minister for Social Affairs, Displaced Persons and Refugees, Mr. Ferid Alic, and Republika Srpska Minister for Health, Labour and Social Welfare, Dr. Dragan Kalanic, met on 11 April at the Office of the High Representative for the inaugural session of the Working Group on Social Security and Per...
10.04.1996
STATEMENTBY CARL BILDT, HIGH REPRESENTATIVESarajevo, 10 April 1996Three days after the Federation side, the Republika Srpska side has since yesterday afternoon also been in full compliance with the terms set by my office concerning the release of remaining prisoniers under the Peace Agreement.In accordance with what wa...
08.04.1996
It am particularly pleased to be in Tokyo today to talk about Bosnia. Bosnia matters to us all as a human tragedy. Wherever we come from, we have suffered with the people of Bosnia over the past four years. We have seen its dramas through the eyes of the world media, and done what we could through the United Nations an...
08.04.1996
STATEMENTBY CARL BILDT, HIGH REPRESENTATIVETokyo, 8 April 1996I can now give the green light for the Donors-Pledging Conference in Brussels on 12-13 April.I welcome the fact that the Federation authorities have complied with their obligations as regards the release of prisoniers of war.On my return to Sarajevo on 9 Apr...
03.04.1996
The vision of Dayton - that of a common, multiethnic state - can be realised. But that will require both the will of the Bosnian people themselves, and a seriously renewed commitment from us in the international community.The difficulties we are facing now are primarily the responsibility of the political leaders on al...
03.04.1996
There is scarcely such a thing any more as a truly effective national foreign policy.Anyone glancing at television news or newspaper headlines over the past few weeks will appreciate just how difficult the process of building peace in Bosnia is.After 42 months of the most bitter and brutal war that Europe has witnessed...
31.03.1996
When I saw Secretary of State Warren Christopher in Europe last week, he and I discussed with the leaders from the region whether the political side of the Bosnia peace process was just frozen, or whether it had already broken down irretrievably. I am personally sure that the vision of Dayton - that of a common, multie...
25.03.1996
STATEMENTby the High Representative, Carl BildtSarajevo, 25 March 1996Our efforts to secure the release of all those prisoniers that should have been released by January 19 have met with some success over the weekend following the Moscow Ministerial of the Contact Group. I naturally welcome this. But we cannot yet give...