OHR Press Releases

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.

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 [...]

In Brussels today, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, addressed the North Atlantic Council (NAC), NATO’s top decision-making body. The High Representative thanked NATO and SFOR for providing the security umbrella under which peace implementation in Bosnia and Herzegovina takes place, and he pointed to the efficient and continuous ex [...]

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 [...]

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today removed Mr. Ivan Mandic from his position as Head of Municipality Southwest in Mostar and barred him from holding any official, elective or appointive public office and from running in elections or for office within political parties.

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, met yesterday in Sarajevo with Mirko Pejanovic, President of the Serb Civic Council (SCC). The discussion focused on the implementation of the BiH Constitutional Court's decision on the constituency of BiH's peoples, return, and the recent threats against members of the SCC and their families.

The agencies of the Property Legislation Implementation Plan (OHR, OSCE, UNHCR, UNMiBH & CPRC) today announced the publication of statistics for the implementation of the property laws in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) during the month of November 2001.

At their regular weekly meeting, which took place yesterday, the Principals of the five main international organisations operating in Bosnia and Herzegovina agreed that it would be advisable for Sefer Halilovic not to re-assume his former position as Minister for Social Affairs, Refugees and Displaced Persons in the Federation Government, before hi [...]

On the threshold of a New Year we are filled with hope for the coming year, and we also have the chance to look back over the past 12 months. For me, this is my last New Year’s Address as the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, expresses his disappoint and concern with the repetitively obstructionist behavior of the Serb delegates in the BiH House of People.