OHR Press Releases

03/02/1998

Ian McLeod to act in Amb. Farrand’s Absence
Ambassador Bill Farrand, Supervisor for Brcko, is undergoing surgery in the United States. High Representative Carlos Westendorp has appointed Mr. Ian McLeod, Deputy to the Supervisor, to act in Ambassador Farrand's stead during the Supervisor's absence. Ambassador Farrand will return to Brcko to resume his position as the Supervisor. OHR Press Rel [...]
02/24/1998

Agreement on Trains
On Monday 16 February a meeting took place in the OHR between railway experts, Mr. Brankovic, Kontic and Knezovic and Mr Paul Monnory. The meeting concluded work on a draft decree regarding the establishment of a Commission for the Regulation of inter-Entity railway traffic.
02/19/1998

The Independent Commission to Propopose Alternatives for the Coat of Arms of BiH
The Bonn Peace Implementation Council has invited the High Representative "to establish a process leading to a decision on a new flag and symbols if the parties cannot agree on their own by 31 December 1997". With the expiration of this deadline, the High Representative announced his intention to establish an independent commission to propose alter [...]
02/12/1998

No evidence of unrest referred to in the Federation media
There have been reports in some Federation media on 11 and 12 February, 1998, referring to incidents of unrest on February 11 in Brcko town and the surrounding RS territory. These reports allege the burning of Bosniac houses and instances of verbal abuse directed against returnees to Brcko.
02/03/1998

Signing of License Plates Memorandum of Understanding
Confusion was created yesterday over a letter sent by BiH Civil Affairs and Communications Minister Albijanic to the High Representative, express his intention to withdraw the support of the Serb members of the Council of Ministers for the Memorandum of Understanding on License Plates.
01/31/1998

Uniform license plates in BiH
The High Representative is pleased to announce that the registration process and issuance of the new license plates will begin on 2 February 1998. The Parties, the Council of Ministers of BiH, and the Governments of both Entities, have signed the Memorandum of Understanding and by doing so have met the deadline set by the PIC at the Bonn conference [...]
01/29/1998

Conference on the water supply and distribution system for the Brcko community
Brcko - A conference to discuss the pressing problems of the water supply and water distribution system for the Brcko community was held yesterday at the Office of the High Representative. Sinisa Kisic, Director of the Department of Economy, Nikola Ristic, Director for Finance and Budget, and Luka Bodiroga, Director of Development Department, led [...]
01/26/1998

Joint Press Release
The OHR, OSCE and UNMIBH welcome the decision of the Bijeljina District Court to accept the appeal by the defendants in the Zvornik 7 case for a new trial and the Court's decision to annul the original verdict by the Basic Court in Zvornik.