Speeches
10/08/2003
Speech by the High Representative for BiH Paddy Ashdown At the United Nations Security Council
As you know, I come here today with Judge Theodor Meron, the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia to speak about our joint plans to create a domestic capacity for prosecuting war crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
But first, with your permission Mr President, I would like to give you a more general overv [...]
But first, with your permission Mr President, I would like to give you a more general overv [...]
10/07/2003
Speech by Principal Deputy High Representative Donald Hays At Mayor’s Conference
I am here today to talk about how you can make this country work. I am addressing you because I believe you are the ones who can begin to make it work.
You have it within your power to bring about a fundamental change in the fortunes of your fellow citizens -- and from the conversations I have had with many of you I believe that you want to [...]
You have it within your power to bring about a fundamental change in the fortunes of your fellow citizens -- and from the conversations I have had with many of you I believe that you want to [...]
10/03/2003
Speech by the High Representative Paddy Ashdown At the 60th anniversary celebration of Oslobodjenje
I know that, because I serve on the board of one of the UK’s finest, and – I am proud to say – most consistently awkward newspapers.
Newspapers are awkward because unfolding events are awkward, and opinion is awkward, and politics are awkward, and the result of last night soccer game is awkward – and good newspapers reflect the awkwardness o [...]
Newspapers are awkward because unfolding events are awkward, and opinion is awkward, and politics are awkward, and the result of last night soccer game is awkward – and good newspapers reflect the awkwardness o [...]
09/24/2003
Remarks by Deputy HR and Head of OHR Economic Department, Patrice Dreiski At the opening of the Zenica Business Service Centre
It is a great pleasure to be here today. This centre will provide a crucial service, particularly to small- and medium-sized enterprises, because it will provide the kind of infrastructure that businesses often require from time to time but cannot afford to establish on a permanent basis.
09/22/2003
Speech by the High Representative Paddy Ashdown at the Economist Conference
The Economist Business Roundtable deals with management culture, investment conditions and government intervention, and it is this focused business perspective that makes the discussion here so refreshing – because your bottom line is whether companies can do business profitably in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The short answer is yes, they can.
The short answer is yes, they can.
09/19/2003
Remarks by Deputy Head of Economic Department, Garold Larson at the Symposium on Accounting and Auditing Law
Thank you. When I was reviewing the program for this Symposium I was struck by the urgency of the theme – “Accounting and Auditing in a Crisis Environment”. But I was also encouraged by the recognition that this is an environment that requires serious and vigorous change. Your organization is only one among many that have in recent months underta [...]
09/17/2003
Remarks by the High Representative, Lord Ashdown, at the Memorial Ceremony on the Sixth Anniversary of the Helicopter Crash
We are here to pay tribute to twelve men and women – five of them from the Office which I am now privileged to lead - who gave their lives in the service of peace in this country.
This ceremony has become – rightly – an annual occasion.
Each year, we journey to this remote and timeless spot to remember our colleagues.
This ceremony has become – rightly – an annual occasion.
Each year, we journey to this remote and timeless spot to remember our colleagues.
09/10/2003
Speech by the High Representative Paddy Ashdown To the BiH Parliamentary Assembly
Thank you for inviting me, once again. Ahead, you face some truly momentous decisions about the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina. And these will be the subjects of my speech today.
But first, let’s take stock of where we are.
Steady Progress
This year we have made some real progress.
Sometimes, amid the sound and the [...]
But first, let’s take stock of where we are.
Steady Progress
This year we have made some real progress.
Sometimes, amid the sound and the [...]
07/21/2003
Speech by Deputy HR and Head of OHR Economic Department, Patrice Dreiski at the Security Education Development Initiative Summer School of Security
I am delighted to have been asked to participate at this conference. I am an economist; the focus of the conference is security – and the point that I wish to make this morning is that you can’t have security if you don’t have economic stability. Economics and security are inextricably bound up.
06/23/2003
Remarks by the EU Special Representative/High Representative Paddy Ashdown to the EU-Western Balkans Summit
Let me add my words of congratulation to the Greek Presidency for this summit.
This has been a good discussion. It has underlined three things very clearly.
First, the European Union wants the Western Balkans countries to join – ‘no ifs, no buts’, as Romano Prodi put it.
Second, that you must first meet the same standards an [...]
This has been a good discussion. It has underlined three things very clearly.
First, the European Union wants the Western Balkans countries to join – ‘no ifs, no buts’, as Romano Prodi put it.
Second, that you must first meet the same standards an [...]