Speeches

Europe and Bosnia: Lessons of the Past and Paths for the Future The Hague, May 27, 1997 Address by the High Representative Mr Carl Bildt to the Netherlands Association of International Affairs, The Hague, May 27, 1997 Few places are more appropriate when it comes to discussing the lessons to be learnt from the wars of Yugoslav succession in general [...]

Remarks by the High Representative, Mr. Carl Bildt, to the National Press Club Washington DC, May 1, 1997 The Peace Process in Bosnia is on course. That is the first part of my message here today. But it remains fragile, and it is by no means irreversible.

Remarks by the High Representative Carl Bildt to the Humanitarian Issues Working Group of the Peace Implementation Council Geneva, April 23, 1997 The peace process in Bosnia is soon to enter into its eighteenth month. After the first year - which saw the essential military tasks as well as the basic political tasks with the election and the beginni [...]

Ladies and Gentlemen, When I visited PROMO last year I was most impressed by the vitality, the entrepreneurship and the talent from all over the country that was demonstrated. It was less than half a year since the war had come to an end, but businessmen were already planning and working for the future.

Opening Remarks at the Economic Policy Forum Sarajevo, 12 January 1997 Today's meeting is a true sign of the agenda for peace starting to dominate over the agenda for war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. With the common institutions of Bosnia now starting to work, we must all concentrate efforts on creating the right conditions for good economic, social [...]

Remarks at Donor's Info Meet. - Brussels, 09/01/97 Remarks by the High Representative Mr. Carl Bildt at the Donor’s Information Meeting, Brussels, 9 January, 1997. Yesterday I left Sarajevo after attending Christmas mass in the Orthodox church, performed by the Metropolit Nikolaj, and honored at the reception afterwards by the presence of lea [...]

Remarks by the High Representative, Mr. Carl Bildt, to the Peace Implementation Council London, 04 December1996 A year ago, in this very room, we discussed and decided upon the lines of action for the first year of implementation of the peace agreement which had just been initialled in Dayton and signed in Paris. At that time, military issues were [...]

Statement - Paris, 14/11/96 Ministerial Meeting of the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council Statement by the High Representative, Mr. Carl Bildt Paris, November 14, 1996 One year ago there was a fragile cease-fire in Bosnia as the peace talks at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio were about to enter their third week with [...]

Less than a year ago, the most ambitious peace agreement in modern history was concluded at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. After 45 months of the most bitter and brutal war on the continent of Europe since 1945 the guns fell silent, and the work on creating a durable peace could begin. The road to the Peace Agreement had been [...]

Today is an important day in the history of your country - Bosnia and Herzegovina. Today is the first day in the rest of your history.