OHR Press Releases
09/25/2001
Brcko Supervisor Appoints New Councilors in the Brcko District Assembly
In response to the Supervisor's call for expressions of interest from political parties, associations and individuals in becoming members of the Brcko District Interim Assembly, the following councilors have been appointed
09/24/2001
SDHR Matthias Sonn meets Collegia of the BiH Parliament
The Senior Deputy High Representative, Ambassador Matthias Sonn, today met with five members of the Collegia of both Houses of the BiH Parliament insludig the Chairs and Deputy Chairs of the Houses: Zeljko Mirjanic, Sead Avdic, Mariofil Ljubic, Ilija Simic and Nikola Spiric - to discuss the work of the Parliamentary Assembly in the upcoming period
09/22/2001
High Representative addresses UN Security Council
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, visited New York on Thursday and Friday to address the UN Security Council and to hold talks with, among others, UN Development Program Regional Director for Europe and the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Kalman Mizsei.
09/20/2001
Dialogue is underway with competent Entity Ministries over Instructions for Privatisation of Apartments
Dialogue is underway with competent Entity Ministries over Instructions for Privatisation of Apartments
09/19/2001
Opening Remarks By Henry L. Clarke, Brcko Supervisor, At Press Conference At Ohr-North
It is a pleasure to announce that Brcko District’s Privatization Office expects to offer the first public companies for privatization in early October.
09/17/2001
High Representative announces satisfactory implementation of his Decision on Zepce
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, in the presence of the Governor of Zenica-Doboj Canton, Mr Herceg Mugdim, the Chair of the Zepce Interim Board, Mr Nedzad Hodzic, and Vice-Chair, Mr Ivica Ramljak, today announced the satisfactory implementation of his Decision on Zepce.
09/17/2001
High Representative confirms Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje Agreement and appoints Supervisor
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, on Saturday, 15 September issued a Decision confirming and supporting the Agreement on Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje signed in Travnik on 2 August this year.
09/17/2001
Fourth Anniversary of Helicopter Crash
Today is the fourth anniversary of the helicopter accident near Fojnica, which took the lives of 12 members of the international peace mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Five members of the Office of the High Representative and seven members of the UN mission in BiH were killed when the helicopter in which they were traveling crashed into a mountai [...]
09/13/2001
High Representative and PIC Steering Board call on Alliance Government and its partners to responsibly address the challenges of Ownership and to urgently tackle Economic Reform
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, and the Political Directors of the Peace Implementation Council's Steering Board yesterday a constructive meeting with a delegation from the BIH State and Entity Governments, headed by Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Zlatko Lagumdzija, in Brussels.
09/12/2001
The High Representative, the Steering Board and BiH authorities condemn terrorist attacks in the US
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council, the Chair of the BiH Council of Ministers and Foreign Minister, Zlatko Lagumdzija, and other BiH state and entity officials, at their meeting in Brussels today, expressed their horror about the events that occurred yesterday in the United States.