01/26/1998

Flags Commission proposes three models

Following the announcement of the High Representative on 12 January regarding the establishment of a Commission tasked with proposing alternatives for the flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the High Representative is pleased to announce today that the Commission has proposed three alternatives for the flag. The High Representative welcomes the fact th [...]
01/20/1998

Convertible Marka Currency

The High Representative, Carlos Westendorp, has received the design for the Convertible Marka Currency and has accepted the recommendation of the Governor of the Central Bank, Peter Nicholl. In doing so, he has taken into account as many of the Presidency proposals as could be accommodated.
01/18/1998

OHR Statement on the Election of a New Republika Srpska Government

Early this morning the RS National Assembly elected a new Government. As a result, the constitutional crisis that developed in the RS throughout last summer has been resolved through the democratic process. The people of the RS exercised their democratic rights in electing a new National Assembly in November.
01/10/1998

Statement by the Senior Deputy HR Hanns Schumacher

In the run up to the second Constituent Session of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska, the OHR wou1d like to point again to the following paragraph in the Contact Group Statement given in Washington on 8th January 1998:
01/02/1998

Brcko Multi-Ethnic Police

On Saturday, 3 January, at 12:00, UNIPTF will host a ceremony in front of the local Brcko police station to mark commencement of the work of the Brcko Multi-Ethnic police.
12/31/1997

OHR Press Statement

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".