02.11.2004

OHR’s Statement at the International Agency’s Joint Press Conference

The BiH Council of Ministers on 12 October adopted the Excise Tax Law and Sales Tax law. These two laws are absolutely essential in removing a key obstacle to BiH’s economic recovery, and it is therefore imperative that they are placed before the BiH Parliamentary Assembly without any further delay. Ideally the assembly should debate the laws in th [...]
28.10.2004

OHR’s Statement at the International Agency’s Joint Press Conference in Banja Luka

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown will visit Banja Luka tomorrow where he will attend the official opening ceremony of the ITA HQ. The High Representative will deliver a speech during the ceremony. As you are already informed, the opening ceremony begins at 14:00 hrs. The timely establishment of the ITA and implementation of reforms in the f [...]
27.10.2004

OHR’s Statement at the International Agency’s Joint Press Conference in Mostar

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown will tomorrow address a conference organised by the German Foreign Ministry in Berlin entitled “Beyond Cold Peace: Strategies for Economic Reconstruction and Post-Conflict Management”. The High Representative will speak of the lessons to be learned from recent conflict management concerning the sequencing of d [...]
26.10.2004

OHR’s Statement at the International Agency’s Joint Press Conference

Many statements have been made recently with regard the work of the Police Restructuring Commission - the PRC - but let me clarify the facts. The High Representative in July gave the PRC until the end of the year to identify the operational, financial, constitutional and legislative issues that may at present stand in the way of creating a single [...]
19.10.2004

OHR’s Statement at the International Agency’s Joint Press Conference

The OHR fully supports the joint SIPA and SFOR action at the request of the BiH Prosecutors Office that took place in Bileca this morning. The International Community and the BiH authorities are determined to find and arrest all indicted criminals. It is not for OHR to comment on the details of such an operation but it is important to highlight th [...]
13.10.2004

Izjava OHR-a na konferenciji za medije međunarodnih organizacija u Mostaru

OHR je vrlo razočaran jučerašnjim glasanjem u Predstavničkom domu parlamentarne skupštine BiH. Nacrt zakona o javnom RTV sistemu kakvog ga je usvojio parlamentarni odbor sadrži poboljšanja, međutim on u nekim ključnim oblastima i nadalje ne ispunjava zahtjeve Studije izvodljivosti Evropske komisije. Bili su potrebni su dodatni amandmani kako bi se [...]