12.07.2002

Speech by Deputy High Representative Patrice Dreiski, Head of OHR’s Economics Department, at the OSCE Working Group on co-ordinating regional efforts to increase transparency and facilitate business

The great nineteenth-century British prime minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer, William Gladstone, once wrote that “finance is the stomach of the country, from which all other organs take their tone.”
A century and a half later, the International Community’s High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Paddy Ashdow [...]
27.06.2002

Speech by Principal Deputy High Representative Donald Hays to UNHCR Working Group

I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak to all of you today about the current situation in BiH. Bosnia is a very special project for all of us. It is a multiethnic country in Europe faced with a three-fold task – first the country itself must design its own national identity; second its people must overcome the horrors of a civil war [...]
24.06.2002

Statement by PDHR Don Hays on the Occasion of OHR Business Forum

We came here today to address the challenges facing businesspeople in BiH and to find ways of overcoming those challenges. Why is this a priority? Because when businesses grow they generate prosperity, they create jobs, they deliver goods and services that help raise living standards. Everybody benefits. The return of refugees to their homes and th [...]
06.06.2002

Speech by Deputy HR, Patrice Dreiski, to the Regional Investment Forum 2002

There are sound reasons to invest in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the medium-term impact of a well-implemented investment cycle can be profound. Prosperity in this country is not a mirage; it is not a distant dream; it is achievable within five to ten years. When I use the word prosperity, I mean exactly that - not sustainability, not subsistence, b [...]
27.05.2002

Inaugural Speech by Paddy Ashdown, the new High Representative for Bosnia & Herzegovina

It’s great to be back. And a great honour to be taking over from my distinguished predecessor, Wolfgang Petritsch. He has left us with a foundation to build on and, with your help, I intend to build on it. My wife Jane and I are really looking forward to making our home here for the next few years, and I am looking forward to working with you [...]