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This is the press conference I had hoped I wouldn’t have to call.

Because we are here today, as we were after the Istanbul Summit in June, to take stock of the fact that, yet again, NATO has given this country a ‘NO’ to PFP membership because of its continued lack of co-operation with The Hague.

Prilikom svog jutrošnjeg obraćanja na početku posljednje sjednice Povjerenstva za reformu policije (PRC) koja će zasjedati do srijede Visoki predstavnik Paddy Ashdown izjavio je da je "Zadatak Povjerenstva vrlo jasan - kreiranje jedinstvenoga policijskog sustava, koji djeluje bez uplitanja politike u njegov rad, sposobnoga da služi g [...]

Police Restructuring Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina met today in Brussels with senior officials of the European Union, High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana and European Commissioner for External Affairs, Chris Patten. During the meetings, the Police Restructuring Commission presented the Institutions of th [...]

At a roundtable held today in Sarajevo entitled “Police as a Service to the Community”, the Chairman of the Police Restructuring Commission, Wilfred Martens invited representatives of BiH non-governmental organisations and law enforcement experts to assess the way in which Law Enforcement agencies interact with the communities they serve.

I am delighted to be here today to mark an important day for this country.
Later in the week we will open the Mostar Bridge. That is a big moment of closure on our war torn past. Today we are placing the keystone in the architecture of law and order, which will protect us in the future.

The goal of this Commission is clear: to help BiH put in place a police structure that will be effective, efficient, and enforce the rule of law.
Let me be blunt. At the moment, organised crime has the upper hand in this country. BiH’s police forces are divided, over-staffed, under-resourced, and can’t even operate across the IEBL; however, [...]