01.12.2001

Speech by the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch to a conference on the new positioning of the University of Sarajevo, held at the Marsal Hotel, mount Igman

Thank you for inviting me to join this discussion on the future of Sarajevo University. It is a centre of learning which can look back on a distinguished history, and with imagination and wise management, it can take its place again among the best European universities. However, instituting reform and sweeping away the unacceptable habits which hav [...]
30.11.2001

Opening remarks by Wolfgang Petritsch at the Stability Pact Working Table meeting on Economic Reconstruction, Development and Cooperation

Bosnia and Herzegovina has had to overcome many obstacles before participating actively in the process of regional cooperation, yet it is now fully engaged at every level. It is a source of particular satisfaction to see that Sarajevo, the city that witnessed the birth of the Stability Pact in 1999, is now hosting a senior-level working meeting on [...]
29.10.2001

Speech by the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, at the Ceremony to Award Master Diplomas in Democracy and Human Rights in Southeast Europe, University of Sarajevo

It is an honour and, of course, a pleasure to address this gathering this morning. Just as the social, political, and economic life of Bosnia and Herzegovina is recovering from the war -- slowly and often painfully -- the academic life of the country is recovering too, and this morning's ceremony, to award diplomas and inaugurate the new Academic.
12.10.2001

Opening address by the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch at the conference “Economy of Peace” organised by the Peace and Crises Management Foundation

I am pleased and honoured to have been invited to address this conference. I have had the pleasure of working with some of you before. Zarko Papic, whom I believe is here this evening, is someone with whom I speak frequently and whose expertise I value – just yesterday he participated in the Civic Forum, a round-table discussion among intelle [...]