OHR related Articles
02/09/2002
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, on Constitutional Court for Pogled, Oslobodjenje”The most difficult test since Dayton”
The Constitutional Court’s ruling is historic. Its implementation will ensure the representation and full protection of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s constituent peoples and others in both Entities, thereby hopefully ending all forms of ethnic discrimination, boost return, and decisively contribute to the establishment of a just, multi-ethni [...]
01/23/2002
Person of the Day: Wolfgang Petritsch”Deserves Recognition for the European Image of BiH”
The High Representative deserves the greatest tribute for the fulfilment of the largest part of the conditions set before our country on the road leading to European integration
01/05/2002
Article by the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch:”A Free Market Requires a Change of Thinking”
Just at the end of October a Swiss firm Lemano Trading Co. (LTC) bought the TKM textile company in Mostar. TKM manufactures thread. It got into difficulties several years ago because it was uncompetitive. A state-owned company, it lacked the money to invest in new machinery, which would allow it to produce more cheaply and more efficiently.
01/05/2002
Bosnien: Petritsch laut Umfrage populärster ausländischer PolitikerExpress:”Ruhiger, gewandter und mutiger Politiker”
Der internationale Bosnien-Beauftragte Wolfgang Petritsch ist laut einer Unfrage der Zeitschrift "Express" populärster ausländischer Politiker des Landes. In einer von der Zeitschrift "Express" in ganz Bosnien-Herzegowina durchgeführten Telefonumfrage erzielte Petritsch höhere Popularitätswerte als der Leiter der OSZE-Mission, Robert Beecroft, oder [...]
01/05/2002
Brcko town is becoming a part of the world”Phoenix upon the Brka River”
"Today I am proud of being a Brcko citizen", said the OSCE Democratization Officer in Brcko, Krasin Himirski, from Bulgaria, on the last day of the past year, at the reception hosted by District officials. The conversation was held in Hotel "Grand", which was known as "Posavina" before the latest war; when purchased by the oil company "Despotovic" [...]
12/25/2001
Article by High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch: ” A chance for the Republika Srpska”
Let me make it perfectly clear. Without a serious commitment to constitutional, social, economic, return, return and human rights reforms, the RS may face disappearance. The behavior of its leaders will have rendered the Entity economically and politically unsustainable.
12/22/2001
Sueddeutsche Zeitung: Petritsch:”Bosnien ist noch schwach”
Der internationale Bosnien- Beauftragte Wolfgang Petritsch sieht sich im Gefolge der weltweiten Terror- Bekämpfung unerwartet in einem seiner wichtigsten Ziele bestärkt: der Staatsbildung in dem ethnisch geteilten ehemaligen Kriegsgebiet. Während die Amerikaner bei der Nato auf eine Verminderung der Friedenstruppen auf dem Balkan dringen, stößt Pet [...]
12/21/2001
Editorial by the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch: New Year’s message to BiH children
Harry Potter has taken the world by storm; JK Rowling’s tale of a brave and affable trainee wizard has been translated into a dozen languages and has sold millions of copies around the world. The new Hollywood film is a smash hit, among adults as well as young people, and among muggles as well as wizards.
12/21/2001
For Afghanistan’s Peacekeepers, a Few Balkan GuidelinesU.N. Official in Bosnia Says West Should Prepare For a Long, Hard Stay
As international peacekeepers embark on a mission to secure Afghanistan's interim government, a voice of experience in nation building echoes from another trouble spot
12/21/2001
Jugoslawien. Wolfgang Petritsch über die Auslieferung von Slobodan Milosevic nach Den Haag am 28. Juni 2001“Mythenzertrümmerung”
Die Überstellung von Jugoslawiens Expräsidenten Slobodan Milosevic an den internationalen Strafgerichtshof in Den Haag fand am Sankt-Veits-Tag statt, jenem mythenbefrachteten 28. Juni, an dem schon so vieles in der serbischen Geschichte passierte: die Schlacht am Amselfeld – dem Kosovo – im Jahr 1389, die Ermordung des Thronfolgers Fran [...]