OHR related Articles
11/24/2000
Article by the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch:”Bring the War Criminals to Book”
The West's high representative in Bosnia says tough conditions must accompany aid to Balkans. BY WOLFGANG PETRITSCH SARAJEVO - The international community must remain engaged with the former Yugoslav states if it wants them to stop fighting among themselves and become prosperous European partners.
10/12/2000
Article by the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch:”The challenge for Kostunica”
If Yugoslavia is to be accepted by others, it must start recognising its neighbors' sovereignty, says Wolfgang Petritsch It is time to deflate the champagne atmosphere in Belgrade. As the West's senior envoy to Bosnia, I have some hard questions for Vojislav Kostunica, Yugoslav president, who I plan to meet soon. Mr Kostunica's most obvious quarrel [...]
05/22/2000
Article by the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch
Monday, 22 May 2000 Floyd Spence says declare victory and get out. Here's the case for staying in and doing the job right. by Wolfgang Petritsch Time is running out for our efforts to impose a lasting peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The signs are hard to miss. SFOR, the country's NATO-led peacekeeping force, has reduced its troop levels by nearly [...]
12/01/1999
Article by the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch:”What kinds of leaders Bosnia and Herzegovina needs, Removing Obstacles to Ownership”
My consistent message to this country has been that of "Ownership" - that officials and citizens alike take on the role of building the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Those officials who put their personal, national or party interests before their professional obligation to serve this country and its citizens, are serious obstacles on the road t [...]
11/20/1999
High Representative’s Diary for Dnevni Avaz
Thursday 11 November I was still a little tired following yesterday's long flight back from Washington via Munich, but the Office of the High Representative never sleeps. There was a three-hour meeting with representatives from the Council of Europe.
10/01/1999
Article by the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch:”Odgovornost is the key to returns, and Sarajevo, the capital, must lead”
I have just returned from New York where I chaired my first meeting of the Peace Implementation Council Foreign Ministers' Steering Board. The meeting went well. The Foreign Ministers fully endorsed the new strategy for Bosnia Herzegovina that I outlined.
09/17/1999
Article by the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch:”The Future of Bosnia lies with its People”
How long will the international community continue to spend its time and effort in Bosnia-Herzegovina ? That question naturally concerns me as the new "high representative" of the international community here. But it also ought to be of some interest to the people who pay my salary - the taxpayers of the world. Though it should not be the only yard [...]
09/07/1999
Article by Simon Haselock, Head of Media Affairs:”The Balkans Need Media Rules”
Stephen Schwartz's article ("Europe Should Leave the Balkan Media Alone," editorial page, Aug. 27-28) suggests there is a trans-Atlantic disagreement over how, and indeed whether, the media in Bosnia and Herzegovina should be restructured and regulated by the international community.
07/29/1999
Article by the High Representative, Carlos Westendorp:”Lessons From Bosnia”
SARAJEVO -- This is my last week as the international community's High Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina, a post I have held for the last two years. As this article goes to press, gangs of workmen are hastily planting flower beds and filling in the potholes of the war-damaged approach roads to Sarajevo's Zetra sports complex, the venue for the 2 [...]
06/25/1999
Article by Simon Haselock, Deputy High Representative for Media Issues:”BiH will Enter Europe Only When the Media is Liberated from Political Control”
There is plenty of happy talk at the moment about this country joining the European club. The Stablity Pact signed this month is indeed an important step for the region. But before Europe comes to the Balkans, politicians have to be evicted from the newsroom. When it comes to television and media freedom, Bosnia-Herzegovina is light years away from [...]