16.12.2003

Speech by Principal Deputy High Representative Donald Hays On the Role of the International Community in BiH’s Economic Agenda at the BiH Business and Investment Summit

In Brussels last week the political directors of the Peace Implementation Council noted with approval that the BiH Development Strategy, approved by all three prime ministers in early December, has been drawn up through a process of exhaustive consultation with citizens.
This is a Made-in-BiH document; it encompasses the main elements of the [...]
09.12.2003

Speech by the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, at the Bosnian Business Conference

Rebuilding a country is like rebuilding a house.
You have to put a huge amount of effort into things that are necessary but won’t show when the work is over. Solid foundations, naturally. Wiring and plumbing: also essential – and to put these in, you have to take other things out, like walls and windows. There will be weeks of plastering a [...]