OHR Press Releases

Sarajevo, 9 January 1999 The Office of the High Representative calls for announcements made on Thursday on the appointment and promotion of generals in the Federation Army to be immediately rescinded, and for these appointments and promotions to be suspended until the proper procedures have been followed. These procedures must include approval in a [...]

Sarajevo, 29 December 1998 The OHR condemns the recent murder of the young taxi driver and urges the police authorities both in the Republika Srpska and the Federation to take all necessary measures to apprehend the perpetrators of this crime as quickly as possible. At the same time, the Office of the High Representative joins with UNMIBH in deplor [...]

Sarajevo, 23 December 1998 The OHR supports COMSFOR's action early this morning which resulted in the departure of Croatian police personnel from the Martin Brod area. This action was taken only after assurances, which were made to the High Representative that the personnel in question would be removed, were not kept. The High Representative is dis [...]

Sarajevo, 15 December 1998 The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the Office of the High Representative (OHR), the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) strongly condemn the verdict by the Bijeljina District Court in the re-trial of the def [...]

Sarajevo, 12 December 1998 The OHR welcomes the formation of the Joint Power Coordination Center (ZEKC) by representatives of the three Elektroprivreda in Bosnia and Herzegovina yesterday. The objective of the ZEKC is to coordinate the work of the three power transmission systems in a secure and effective manner and to ensure the transmission of el [...]

Sarajevo, 5 December 1998 The High Representative Carlos Westendorp strongly condemns the recent violent incidents in Eastern Republika Srpska which endangered the lives of two members of the international community and led to the destruction of a total of three vehicles belonging to the European Community Monitor Mission (ECMM) and the United Nati [...]

Sarajevo, 21 November 1998 On Thursday, November 19, the deadline expired for a decision on the ratio between claims from soldiers of the Armija of Bosnia and Herzegovina and soldiers of the HVO with regards to their participation in the privatization process in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The same day, the High Representative Carlos [...]

Sarajevo, 20 November 1998 The High Representative Carlos Westendorp expresses his profound disappointment with the decision by HDZ delegates at the inaugural session of the House of Peoples of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina to choose five HDZ members to be the Croat delegates in the House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Both the Ch [...]

Sarajevo, 19 November 1998 The High Representative Carlos Westendorp is currently undertaking a full review of the progress achieved in the implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement in the context of preparing his recommendations for next year's program.