Intervjui
14.02.2007
Interview: Raffi Gregorian, Principal Deputy High Representative: “There Will Be State and Local Police Forces Only”
The Directorate's Report provides a good basis for discussion and agreement – it is unclear what RS leaders mean when they say that Entity Police must remain. The second most senior ranked official of the Office of the High Representative and experienced American diplomat, Raffi Gregorian, believes that the BiH politicians’ readiness to engage in p [...]
25.01.2007
Interview: Christian Schwarz-Schilling, High Representative for BiH: “Dodik is a capable politician, but he is playing with fire”
The High Representative of the International Community in BiH Christian Schwarz-Schilling said that BiH politicians who give statements contrary to the Dayton Peace Agreement are responsible for delaying the transition of OHR into the Office of the EU Special Representative.
10.01.2007
Interview: Christian Schwarz-Schilling, High Representative for BiH: “Conflicts in BiH Resume”
BiH urgently needs institutional changes and reduction of bureaucracy in order to get closer to the EU, says EU High Representatives CHRISTIAN SCHWARZ-SCHILLING, adding:
BOSNIA MUST BE WHOLE
28.11.2006
Interview: Christian Schwarz-Schilling, High Representative for BiH: “Bosnia Stalled by Politicians”
All politicians – in Bosnia and Herzegovina and elsewhere – need to be influenced, in the first place by the electorate. Reforms are not being advocated for their own sake. They are being advocated because they will deliver practical benefits to the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina and because they will provide this country with the prosperity and [...]
21.08.2006
Interview: Christian Schwarz-Schilling, High Representative for BiH: “Politicians Should Reduce Tensions”
The High Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, says that institutions must react adequately after the bomb attack on the grave of Alija Izetbegović and the video footage of a Serb soldier being killed during the “Storm” operation.
“Instead of speculating about who did this and who may benefit form it,” Schwarz-Schilling says, “the poli [...]
19.08.2006
Interview: Christian Schwarz-Schilling, the High Representative for BiH: “Dodik Accepted Police Reform a Long Time Ago”
This week the High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling sent a clear and unmistakeable message to politicians from Republika Srpska that he would not tolerate obstructions in the reform process, and that such a situation may effect the final decision on the closure of OHR to be made by the Peace Implementation Council in February. Despite the [...]
08.08.2006
Interview:Christian Schwarz-Schilling, High Representative for BiH: “We Need No International Conference on the BiH Future”
High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling does not support an initiative of Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader regarding an international conference on Bosnia and Herzegovina.
11.07.2006
Interview: Christian Schwarz-Schilling, High Representative for BiH
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has made an important contribution to the Constitutional reform discussion that is going on in Bosnia and Herzegovina at the moment and it underlines that this issue must be addressed as a top priority after the elections. But what is clear is that Constitutional Reform in BiH will require broad s [...]
26.06.2006
Interview: Christian Schwarz-Schilling, High Representative for BiH
The formation of the Commission became a big political issue. This is a shame because the real issue at stake is the truth about the fate of those who went missing during the BiH War. I’m sure that the victims’ families and friends would rather have this knowledge than see a thousand Commissions formed. And I hope that this Commission will make a d [...]
29.05.2006
Interview: Christian Schwarz-Schilling, High Representative for BiH: “The Dayton Agreement Protects Borders”
In the view of Schwartz-Schilling, the International Community’s High Representative for BiH, the statement made by RS Prime Minister, Milorad Dodik, that everyone should be given the right of self-determination, including RS, does not cause even the slightest dilemma: