01/25/2002

High Representative issues Decision ensuring transparency in the use of funds for return of refugees and displaced persons in both Entities

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, on Thursday issued a Decision requiring Ministers in both Entities to notify the BiH Minister for Human Rights and Refugees on the use of funds allocated to refugee return. In addition, the Decision requires the Republika Srpska authorities to examine whether the funds allocated in the draft budget for r [...]
01/17/2002

High Representative welcomes Law on Associations and Foundations

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, welcomes the entry into force of the Law on Associations and Foundations, enacted by the BiH Parliament in late December 2001. This Law will make a decisive contribution to the consolidation of civil society in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
01/16/2002

High Representative holds high-level meetings in Brussels

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, held talks with senior international officials in Brussels on Wednesday. The High Representative was visiting Brussels to address the North Atlantic Council, NATO’s highest decision-making body, and the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council, a multilateral forum where NATO’s 19 member countries a [...]
01/15/2002

Information campaign to raise awareness of key amendments to the property laws

The PLIP agencies (OHR, OSCE, UNHCR, and UNMIBH) have launched an information campaign to explain the amendments to the property laws introduced on 4 December 2001. These amendments clarify the existing legislation with the aim of speeding up implementation of the property laws and ensuring the provision of alternative accommodation for those who r [...]