16.12.2003

Speech by Principal Deputy High Representative Donald Hays On the Role of the International Community in BiH’s Economic Agenda at the BiH Business and Investment Summit

In Brussels last week the political directors of the Peace Implementation Council noted with approval that the BiH Development Strategy, approved by all three prime ministers in early December, has been drawn up through a process of exhaustive consultation with citizens. This is a Made-in-BiH document; it encompasses the main elements of the near- [...]
09.12.2003

Speech by the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, at the Bosnian Business Conference

Rebuilding a country is like rebuilding a house. You have to put a huge amount of effort into things that are necessary but won’t show when the work is over. Solid foundations, naturally. Wiring and plumbing: also essential – and to put these in, you have to take other things out, like walls and windows. There will be weeks of plastering and lay [...]
27.11.2003

Govor gospodina Billa Pottera, zamjenika šefa Odjela za vladavinu prava na seminaru na temu “Nacrt Zakona o Obavještajno-sigurnosnoj agenciji”

Dozvolite da vam prije svega prenesem izvinjenje visokog predstavnika, Paddyja Ashdowna, koji nije mogao prisustvovati današnjem skupu. U njegovo i svoje ime želim zahvaliti organizatorima, Institutu za demokratsku kontrolu oružanih snaga iz Ženeve i sarajevskom Centru za sigurnosne studije, što su me pozvali da vam se obratim danas. Posebno želim [...]
14.10.2003

Speech by Deputy HR and Head of OHR Economic Department Patrice Dreiski at a conference on “Expanding the European Investment Frontier”

It is my great pleasure to be back in Bucharest. I am particularly honoured to be part of such a distinguished panel. The topic – promoting foreign direct investment through privatisation -- is a crucial one for all transition countries. And the question – does privatisation deliver? – is by no means rhetorical. Indeed, as far as Bosnia and H [...]