OHR Press Releases

The second session of the Civic Forum was held yesterday at the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch’s, home in Sarajevo. The topic was Bosnia and Herzegovina’s economy. During a discussion that lasted well over three hours, all the participants expressed dissatisfaction with the state of the economy in BiH, and discussed ways of cre [...]

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, met today with Mariofil Ljubic, Miro Grabovac-Titan, Zdenko Vukic and Marko Amidzic, HDZ deputies in the BiH House of Representatives. The meeting took place so that the parliamentarians could discuss with the High Representative issues of concern to their constituents.

Six years ago, the peace agreement that has guided Bosnia and Herzegovina’s recovery from the war was signed. It has kept its most important promise: it has maintained peace and paved the way for Bosnia and Herzegovina’s return -- albeit slowly -- to normality.

The three-part documentary series "Policija", produced by MC Media in cooperation with UNMIBH and OHR, will be rebroadcast weekly for the next three weeks over 22 regional TV stations across BiH. The series was first broadcast in September on RT RS and TV BiH (now FTV).

The organizations of the Property Legislation Implementation Plan (PLIP) are pleased to announce the finalization of the text of the Instruction on Exchange of Information Related to the Sealing and Repossession of Property

Today at the OHR in Banja Luka, Manfred Dauster, Head of the OHR Anti-Fraud Department, hosted a meeting attended by representatives of international organizations and the RS Supreme Audit Institution, the RS Public Prosecutor, the RS Ministry of the Interior, the RS Financial Police and the RS Banking Agency. The object of the meeting was to asse [...]

Concluding a week-long series of high-level talks in the United States, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, yesterday morning met with US Deputy Secretary of State, Richard Armitage, in Washington.

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today issued a Decision appointing the four national members of the seven-member Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The appointees are Hilmo Pasic as the Bosniac member, Lidija Korac as the Croat member, Branko Peric as the Serb member, and Vehid Sehic as the representative of "Others".

In Washington on Thursday, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, continued a series of meetings with representatives of foreign governments and international agencies aimed at shoring up support for Bosnia and Herzegovina and keeping the outside world informed about the situation in BiH.

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, on Tuesday continued a series of high-level meetings in New York designed to sustain the engagement of foreign governments and international agencies in the Bosnia and Herzegovina peace process.