OHR Press Releases
03/01/2002
High Representative welcomes SFOR demonstration of resolve in apprehending indictees
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, has welcomed SFOR’s demonstration of its resolve in apprehending indicted war criminals, by force if necessary. The High Representative was commenting on an operation mounted by SFOR troops on Thursday to detain Radovan Karadzic. The High Representative noted that robust measures to apprehend perso [...]
02/28/2002
OHR requests RSNA not to place the Draft Law on RTRS on the agenda
The High Representative is concerned that the RS Government has forwarded to the RS National Assembly a Draft Law on Radio Television Republika Srpska which differs from the version drafted and agreed upon by a Joint Working Group made up of representatives of the RS Government, RTRS and the OHR. The High Representative yesterday sent a letter to t [...]
02/27/2002
OHR Seminar Adopts Action Plan to Combat Money Laundering
Participants at a seminar organised yesterday by OHR’s Anti-Fraud Department (AFD) adopted an action plan aimed at strengthening the mechanisms currently used in BiH to combat money laundering.
02/26/2002
High Representative Holds Talks in Belgrade
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today on the second day of his two-day visit to Yugoslavia met with FRY President Vojislav Kostunica and Serbia’s Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic. Their discussions focused on implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement in Bosnia and Herzegovina and on the increasingly positive state-to-state relati [...]
02/21/2002
Preventing evictions a punishable offence
According to recent media reports, certain Associations are threatening illegal actions that include physical prevention of evictions. This type of behaviour will not be tolerated.
02/21/2002
PDHR Donald Hays calls on BiH political leaders to embrace coherent economic development strategy
The Principal Deputy High Representative, Donald Hays, on Thursday called for a renewed show of political will on the part of the leaders of BiH, which is urgently needed in order to establish the conditions for economic lift-off and deliver real benefits to citizens.
02/19/2002
High Representative Appoints New Head of OHR Banja Luka
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, has today appointed Mr. Paul Martin as Deputy High Representative and Head of the OHR Banja Luka Office. Mr. Martin has wide and valuable experience in Bosnia and Herzegovina starting in 1996 in the service of the United Nations International Police Task Force (IPTF). First he was the commander of the IP [...]
02/19/2002
High Representative addresses EU General Affairs Council
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, yesterday in Brussels addressed the foreign ministers of the European Union, at the EU's General Affairs Council. The High Representative highlighted the fact that Bosnia and Herzegovina has moved forward in the past three years and a basic - yet solid - foundation has been put in place on which to build [...]
02/15/2002
High Representative meets Dutch Foreign Minister van Aartsen
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today in Sarajevo met with the Dutch Foreign Minister, Jozias van Aartsen. The High Representative informed Minister van Aarsten about current developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina, describing progress that has been made. However, he also noted that the country is facing serious challenges, especially w [...]
02/15/2002
The High Representative met with political parties to discuss constitutional reform
Yesterday at the OHR in Sarajevo, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, met with leaders of the political parties of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to hear of the progress they have made with regard to the implementation of the Constitutional Court's decision on the constituency of peoples.