OHR Press Releases
05/10/2023
High Representative presents regular report to the UN Security Council
Today the High Representative, Christian Schmidt, presented his latest regular report on the implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations Security Council in New York.
05/09/2023
Second expert consultation meeting on state property: Focus on agricultural assets
The second expert consultation session on the issue of state property was held yesterday at the Delegation of the European Union in Sarajevo. At this session, the Working Group, which consists of distinguished local and international legal experts, discussed different modalities for regulating the issue of agricultural assets in the context of a co [...]
04/28/2023
HR decision on the Federation government of 27 April 2023: A short explanation
On 2 October 2022, the people of FBiH elected a new Parliament of the Federation which is supposed to approve a new Government. Now 7 months later it is still not in place.
04/25/2023
Statement by the High Representative Christian Schmidt
The High Representative Christian Schmidt commented on claims that appeared in the public recently: "Тhe claims that the issue of the state property ownership was already settled in Dayton are not true. This is a fundamental question that still needs to be resolved in this country."
04/24/2023
First Expert Consultation Meeting on State Property takes place in Sarajevo
The Office of the High Representative, with the support of the PIC Steering Board, has established an expert Working Group as a part of a technical consultation process on State Property
04/05/2023
High Representative in Stolac: More dialogue is the only way to keep young people in this country
High Representative Christian Schmidt visited Stolac on Tuesday and met with principals of the Stolac Elementary School and the Stolac First Elementary School – operating under the “two schools under one roof” system – Katarina Matić and Adem Haračić respectively.
03/22/2023
Joint Statement by the Ambassadors of the Peace Implementation Council Steering Board
The Ambassadors of the Peace Implementation Council Steering Board (PIC SBA) express deep concern over the recent developments in Republika Srpska, which aim to shrink the civic space and reduce public debate.
03/22/2023
High Representative Schmidt meets Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjártó
High Representative Christian Schmidt hosted Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó today in Sarajevo. The meeting focused on current political developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina with an emphasis on BiH’s progress towards the Euro-Atlantic integration after the EU granted candidate status to Bosnia and Herzegovina in December last year. [...]
03/17/2023
Schmidt: Combating and sanctioning of war crimes denial and glorification of war criminals is important task for BiH society
High Representative Christian Schmidt visited Srebrenica-Potocari Memorial Center to meet with the management of the center and representatives of Movement “Mothers of Srebrenica and Žepa Enclaves” and associations that gather families of genocide victims
03/10/2023
HR Schmidt meets Austrian and Italian foreign ministers Schallenberg and Tajani
Today the High Representative Christian Schmidt hosted a joint visit at the OHR of the Austrian Federal Minister for European and International Affairs, Alexander Schallenberg, and his Italian colleague, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani.