Brčko Supervision – Press and Public Information

Under the authority invested in the Supervisor under the Final Award, Acting Supervisor of Brcko, Gerhard Sontheim, revoked the appointments of Mr. Sinisa Kisic to the position of the Mayor of Brcko and of Mr. Ismet Dedeic to the position of Head of Department for Urbanism, Real Estate and Economic Development. The Supervisor’s action followed the [...]

The Acting Supervisor of Brcko, Gerhard Sontheim, today announced that the Reconstruction and Return Task Force of OHR Brcko (RRTF) will close on 31 December 2003. Effective 1 January 2004, authority and responsibility for reconstruction and return will rest exclusively with the Brcko District authorities. The Reconstruction and Return Task Force [...]

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, has appointed Mr. Gerhard Sontheim Supervisor of Brcko District in an acting capacity until that position is filled on a permanent basis. His appointment follows the departure of Supervisor Henry L. Clarke. Since July 2000, Mr. Sontheim has held the position of Deputy Head of the Office of the High Represen [...]

After months of drafting and consulting with experts, a draft of the Brcko District Election Law was presented to the Assembly on June 5, 2003, and adopted on September 19, with one important amendment. The law is fully compatible with the Election Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Elections are scheduled to take place in Brcko at the same time as m [...]

Brcko Supervisor Henry Clarke today issued a new Supervisory Order advancing the process of harmonizing and replacing Entity legislation in Brcko District. New Entity legislation, and new amendments to existing Entity legislation, will no longer be applicable in Brcko District, unless the District Assembly enacts this legislation as Brcko Distric [...]

The presentation of the Draft Law on Securities of Brcko District of BiH was held today in Brcko, at the District Assembly premises in Brcko Dom Kulture. The Law on Securities regulates: issuance and trade of securities in Brcko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina, authority and responsibilities of participants on the securities market, establishme [...]

A draft Defamation Law for BiH’s Brcko District was presented today to the councilors of the District’s Assembly, members of the Government, the District’s Court members, the Judicial Commission, and representatives of the media. The presentation was organized by OHR Brcko in co-operation with the District Assembly, and the Free Media Help Line. Th [...]

The experience of privatization of Brcko District of BiH public companies has confirmed that not all of the companies that the District has inherited can be sold in their present state. Rather than liquidate them entirely, such companies may be restructured, to save as much as possible of the companies’ commercial potential. One of the most pain [...]

Brcko Supervisor Henry L. Clarke today appointed Mr. Kasim Delalic Head of Department for Public Works in the Brcko District Government. Mr. Delalic was selected through a public competition and the recommendation of the government panel headed by the Mayor of the Brcko District, to serve until elections are held for the Assembly of the Brcko Dis [...]

Brcko Supervisor Henry L. Clarke today presented the draft Election Law of the Brcko District of BiH to the Brcko District Assembly councilors, members of the District Government, political-party representatives, media representatives and the public. In his presentation, Ambassador Clarke laid out the specifics of the Law, and explained that it s [...]