OHR Press Releases

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today visited the “Zene za Zene” workshop in Sarajevo to mark International Women’s day, which falls on 8 March. “Zene za Zene International” is a domestic NGO which provides skills training and micro-credits to help women set up their own businesses. So far “Zene za Z [...]

Under OHR auspices, RS Education Minister Gojko Savanovic and Federation Education Minister Mujo Demirovic, on Tuesday in Banja Luka signed an Interim Agreement on the educational rights and needs of returnee children throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina. The agreement is a major step forward in resolving an issue which affects families throughout Bos [...]

The UN Security Council on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution on Bosnia and Herzegovina welcoming the European Union’s decision to take over the UN’s police training and monitoring duties, from 1 January 2003. The Council also expressed its unanimous appreciation for the achievements of the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, [...]

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, addressed the UN Security Council in New York on Tuesday, his sixth report to the Council since he took up his mandate in Bosnia and Herzegovina in August 1999. EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana, and the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative in BiH [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

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 [...]

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.

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.