Speeches
10/17/2002
Speech by the High Representative for BiH Paddy Ashdown at a conference on ‘Transition in Central and Eastern Europe: Challenges of the 21st Century’ Organised by the University of Sarajevo School of Economics
Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests,
You will, no doubt, have heard me talk before about the challenges that we face in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and about the things that we must, together, try to do.
Some of you will have heard me talk about my priorities: First Justice. Then Jobs. Through Reform.
Today I want to tal [...]
You will, no doubt, have heard me talk before about the challenges that we face in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and about the things that we must, together, try to do.
Some of you will have heard me talk about my priorities: First Justice. Then Jobs. Through Reform.
Today I want to tal [...]
10/09/2002
Speech by the High Representative for BiH Paddy Ashdown to Economic Administrators and International Investors at the Joint Institutions Building
When I took up my mandate here on the 27th May, I gave a speech marking the way ahead for BiH and the International Community in the months leading up to the October 5th elections.
The purpose of this speech is to mark out the way ahead for our partnership in the next phase of our work.
As on the 27th May, I speak not just for mysel [...]
The purpose of this speech is to mark out the way ahead for our partnership in the next phase of our work.
As on the 27th May, I speak not just for mysel [...]
09/30/2002
Presentation by PDHR Donald Hays at the Sarajevo Economic Region Development Agency
I have just attended a meeting of the Steering Board of the Sarajevo Economic Region Development Agency.
As all of you know, SERDA brings together the local authorities from across the Sarajevo region, on either side of the IEBL. It does this for a very simple reason - it makes economic sense.
Economic sense creates jobs.
SERDA [...]
As all of you know, SERDA brings together the local authorities from across the Sarajevo region, on either side of the IEBL. It does this for a very simple reason - it makes economic sense.
Economic sense creates jobs.
SERDA [...]
09/17/2002
Remarks by the High Representative Paddy Ashdown at the helicopter crash memorial ceremony
I have not been to this beautiful site before.
It is hard to reconcile the calm and the peace of this place with the tragedy that occurred here on that foggy morning five years ago.
We are here to honour the memory of those twelve men and women who died building a better future for the people of this country.
It is hard to reconcile the calm and the peace of this place with the tragedy that occurred here on that foggy morning five years ago.
We are here to honour the memory of those twelve men and women who died building a better future for the people of this country.
09/13/2002
Speech by the High Representative Paddy Ashdown to the RS National Assembly
May I begin by thanking you for the opportunity to address you today.
I was sorry not to have been able to do so before the summer holidays, when my deputy, Ambassador Don Hays, came here and spoke on my behalf.
But I promised to come here in person. So, here I am.
I said when I arrived, I would like these sessions to become [...]
I was sorry not to have been able to do so before the summer holidays, when my deputy, Ambassador Don Hays, came here and spoke on my behalf.
But I promised to come here in person. So, here I am.
I said when I arrived, I would like these sessions to become [...]
09/13/2002
Remarks By Principal Deputy HR Donald Hays, At A Lunch Organised By HVB Bank
It is my very great pleasure to be here today, particularly as the occasion is HVB Bank’s opening of its branch network in BiH. As most of you know, the banking sector is one of the success stories in the BiH economy. The reasons are clear. At the end of 2000 the old socialist-era payments clearance system was abolished and the commercial ban [...]
09/12/2002
Remarks by Deputy HR and Head of OHR Economic Dept. Patrice Dreiski at a round table discussion on Foreign Investment in BiH
It is my great pleasure to attend this round table and to be able to contribute to a process that very much reflects the issues we at the OHR are concerned with and which we are ready to deal with vigorously in partnership with BiH business and the BiH authorities.
I particularly salute all the investors present here -- for the truth is, la [...]
I particularly salute all the investors present here -- for the truth is, la [...]
09/05/2002
Remarks by Principal Deputy HR Donald Hays at the CPIC Press Conference
It is one hundred days since Paddy Ashdown took office as the High Representative. He began his tenure with an address to the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina in which he outlined his strategy for helping this country move irreversibly onto the road to statehood within Europe.
Paddy summed up his priorities as -- First Justic [...]
Paddy summed up his priorities as -- First Justic [...]
09/04/2002
Opening Remarks of Brcko Supervisor at the regular OHR Brcko press conference
A very important process is now underway in Brcko District, and I want to be sure that every business in the District is aware of it. Every company must re-register with the Brcko Court, and every company must obtain a new tax number from the District Revenue Agency, by December 31. The time to do this is now. Do not wait until December, when th [...]
08/21/2002
Opening Remarks of Brcko Supervisor at the regular OHR Brcko press conference, on 21 August 2002
As you know, tensions have increased in Arizona Market as the Brcko District Government has moved to implement the redevelopment contract by closing down unauthorized businesses. At least the situation has become clearer: some landowners, and perhaps criminal elements, organized an illegal blockage of the Orazje-Tuzla Road last week, they have i [...]