Brčko Supervision – Press and Public Information

Yesterday, 3rd November 1998, Brcko Supervisor Robert W. Farrand issued two Supervisory Orders. The first of these Orders deals with the return of non-Serb members of the Municipal Assembly, Administration, Police, Judiciary and others to their pre-war homes of origin in Brcko. The second Order deals with the outstanding cases of article 17 of the [...]

As reported by Radio Brcko, Mayor Reljic spoke to a group of displaced persons assembled in Klanac, on the 31 July, 1998, and insisted that they stay in Brcko. This is a denial of the right of every person to choose where they want to live, enshrined in Article 1, Para.4 of Annex 7 of the Dayton Peace Accords which states that "the choice of destin [...]

The Supervisor was deeply disturbed to learn of the violent death of Amir Karic in Brcko on the night of 26 July, and sends his sincere condolences to the Karic family. The Supervisor asks all political parties and media to await the results of the police investigation and to refrain from making statements that may raise community tensions.

A truck with a high-pressure water jet unit is being donated to the Sava Water Supply Company in Brcko to benefit local residents by helping to clean and maintain Brcko's sewage system. This truck, costing 190,000 DM is funded by ECHO through IMG and implemented by the Italian NGO CISP who brought the truck to Brcko. According to Djorde Dragicevic, [...]

Beginning at 11am today, OHR North staff with municipal officials representing Brcko RS and Rahic Brcko marked 33 houses in the Klanac area. This housemarking is part of the technical process of cataloguing destroyed, unoccupied houses in Brcko RS, as agreed by both entities. Between 30 and 50 persons registered their opposition to this activity in [...]

The Supervisor of Brcko hosted a meeting of the RS and Federation Commissions on Brcko, Tuesday, June 2, 1998. Republika Srpska Prime Minister Milorad Dodik and President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Ejup Ganic were present as the heads of their respective commissions. RS Deputy Prime Minister for Administration Kremenovic, Agricultu [...]

Supervisor Robert W. Farrand, Deputy Supervisors Ian McLeod and Ambassador Gennady Shabannikov and OHR Legal Officer Ilias Chatzis met Wednesday evening with Cedo Volas, president of the RS Trade Union Federation, Ilia Kalajdzic, president of the Trade Unions of Brcko, Nedjo Damjanac, president of Brcko Municipal Organization Bodies, and Mr.

On the 25th April, Glas Srpski published a SRNA report on the returns process to Klanac, Brcko. The report misrepresented the procedures by which pre-war residents are able to return to their homes of origin, in particular by its suggestion that those other than pre-war residents might be nominated to occupy a reconstructed property should the pre- [...]

It was announced today the Brcko region will be receiving over 12 million DM in international aid from the European Commission. It is part of a 126 million DM commitment from the European Commission awarded in 17 contracts to non-government organizations to facilitate the returns of refugees and displaced persons to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Brcko Of [...]