03/05/2004

Campaign against the HJPCs is irresponsible

The Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council, comprising the Ambassadors of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Turkey, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Delegation of the European Commission and the Netherlands (representing the Presidency of the European Union) today issued the following statement:
01/28/2004

Mostar Statute a Sound Basis for the Future

As the PIC Steering Board stated at its December 2003 meeting in Brussels, it “will give its full support to the implementation of a solution to the issue of Mostar based on a single coherent city administration with effective guaranteed power-sharing mechanisms which prevent any one people having majority control of the City Council.”
01/20/2004

Mostar should have a single city administration

The Ambassadors of the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council fully support the ongoing dialogue between the High Representative and the local stakeholders in Mostar on the future of the city.
The issue of Mostar's Statute needs to be settled in time for it to be applied in the October local elections, planning for which will nee [...]
01/07/2004

Steering Board Ambassadors Warn Against Attempts to Politicise HJPC Process

The Ambassadors of the Peace Implementation Council Steering Board in Bosnia and Herzegovina today reminded the political leaders of BiH that a professional and independent judiciary is a key European standard and a key requirement for BiH’s integration into Europe and Euroatlantic structures.
The Ambassadors expressed great concern over th [...]
12/11/2003

Communiqué by the PIC Steering Board

(1) The Political Directors of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) met in Brussels on 11 December under the chairmanship of the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown. Representatives of the BiH authorities, led by Chairman of the Council of Ministers Adnan Terzic, Treasury Minister Ljerka Maric, and Entity Prime Ministers Ahmed Hadzipasic, and Drag [...]
12/11/2003

Statement on the BiH Economy at the Meeting of experts nominated by the PIC, representatives of international financial institutions and aid organisations, the BiH authorities and OHR

Representatives of the BiH authorities, led by the Chairman of the BiH Council of Ministers Adnan Terzic, BiH Foreign Minister Mladen Ivanic, and BiH Treasury Minister Ljerka Maric joined economic experts nominated by the Peace Implementation Council, and representatives of the international financial institutions and aid agencies at a meeting in B [...]
12/01/2003

International Community United Behind Work Of The Mostar Commission

The ambassadors who represent the countries of the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council in Bosnia and Herzegovina consider the Mostar Reform Commission under its chairman, Norbert Winterstein, to be the only body competent to solve outstanding issues regarding the City of Mostar. This was concluded by the Steering Board ambassadors du [...]
10/24/2003

BiH must properly fund Municipal Elections

The Ambassadors of the Peace Implementation Council’s Steering Board today commended the BiH Election Commission for beginning preparations for the Municipal Elections and called on all responsible bodies in BiH – from the municipal level to the state institutions – to provide the necessary organisational and financial assistance to allow for the s [...]
10/10/2003

Steering Board Ambassadors Welcome BiH Council of Ministers’

The Ambassadors of the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council member countries in Bosnia and Herzegovina welcome the adoption of the legislative and other reforms proposed by the Defence Reform Commission (DRC) by the BiH Council of Ministers at their session held today...
09/26/2003

Communiqué by the PIC Steering Board

The Political Directors of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC), meeting in Sarajevo on 25/26 September under the chairmanship of High Representative Paddy Ashdown, welcomed the commitment of the BiH authorities urgently to adopt and implement strategic reforms in defence, intelligence and taxation, and to demonstrate that they have the political [...]