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Brcko, 08 March 2001 Mayor Kisic; President Djapo; Ambassador Matthews; Ladies and Gentlemen; The Brcko District's first year has flown by and you have passed many testing times with flying colours. It is a very great pleasure to be here today to congratulate all of you on your dedication and pioneering work in creating what I personally hope is th [...]

Brussels, 22 January 2001 Ladies and Gentlemen, good afternoon! There is a wide perception ­ and relief - that the various Balkan crises are over. The television crews are leaving Belgrade. You can withdraw cash from bank machines on a Sarajevo street.

Brussels, 15 December 2000 Mister President, Secretary General, Excellencies, It is a great honor and a timely opportunity for me to address you this morning – five years and one day after the Dayton Accords, ending the war in BiH, were signed in Paris. There is a quickening of the tempo of affairs in Bosnia which we must respond to together [...]

Stockholm, 14 December 2000 Ladies and Gentlemen, Good morning! As the year draws to a close and we prepare to celebrate our various holidays here in Europe: Bajram and two sets of Christmases I want to stand back and take a look at not only what is taking place in Bosnia and Herzegovina today but also what this country means for us all as Europe [...]

Zagreb, 24 November 2000 President Mesic, President Chirac, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen; Only a few weeks ago, not many of us here today thought such a summit was possible. It is fitting that we meet here in Zagreb. I would like to take this opportunity to recognise the lead Croatia has taken in setting a new course -- and new democratic sta [...]

Vienna, 20 November 2000 Madam Chairperson, Secretary General, Your Excellencies, Ambassador Barry has briefed you thoroughly on the November 11th poll so I will limit myself to a few words on the third post-Dayton general elections. But first of all, let me use this occasion to congratulate Ambassador Barry and his staff on the extremely well orga [...]

Bern, 7. November 2000 Anrede, Bosnien und Herzegowina wird oft nur als Quelle schlechter Nachrichten, als hoffnungsloser Fall ohne Aussicht auf rasche Besserung, gesehen. Um so mehr freut es mich, daß die Schweizerische Politik und Wirtschaft diesem Land eine ganze Konferenz widmet. Es ist mir klar, daß sich Bosnien und Herzegowina spätestens seit [...]

Sarajevo, 02 November 2000 At the weekend, a British national newspaper complained in an editorial entitled "A passport to our own destruction", that an attempt by Brussels to introduce a "Euro" passport was an "assault on the nation's identity". It went on that British citizens had already lost a one thousand year-old right to use pounds and ounce [...]

New York, 26 October 2000, 10:30 a.m. Honourable Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Security Council, I address you at what is a time of great change and renewed hope for southeastern Europe. The future -- potentially -- for Bosnia and Herzegovina looks very different today because of the seismic changes in two key neighbouring countries -- Yug [...]

Sarajevo, 23 October 2000, 19.30 hrs. Dear Mr. Izetbegovic, dear Guests, I am delighted to welcome you here this evening to honour Mr. Izetbegovic on the occasion of his recent departure from the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. I hope that we will have a chance this evening, as well as to look back on Mr.