Konferencije za medije

Tomorrow is the tenth anniversary of the first wartime visit by Paddy Ashdown to Bosnia and Herzegovina. He arrived here in Sarajevo aboard a RAF Hercules transport plane. He visited the City Centre and Dobrinja and at the courtesy of Larry Hollinsworth of UNHCR whom many of you might remember, he stayed overnight in a dugout at the airport. His [...]

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, strongly condemns the attack on the Islamic Community Centre in Prijedor that happened over the weekend. He expects the relevant authorities to act swiftly and bring the people responsible to justice. The International Community will monitor the investigation into this incident closely. If people think tha [...]

As you know, the federation law on the rights of soldiers, war invalids and the families of deceased soldiers has been the subject of very intensive discussion over the last few days. If the law is passed, Bosnia and Herzegovina will lose 100 million US dollars in loans over the next six months and up to 400 million US dollars in loans as well in [...]

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, will address a joint session of the Bosnia in Herzegovina House of Representatives and House of Peoples in about an hour and a half from now. The high Representative will call for a swift passage of legislation that promotes the rule of law and recovery. He will speak for 15 minutes, and then spend an hour [...]

The High Representative will be meeting with the BiH Presidency this afternoon at 4 p.m. There will be a doorstep following the meeting. They will discuss two issues: the renewal of the UNMIBH mandate; and the plans for the meeting of the presidents of FRY, Croatia and BiH next week. On the UNMIBH mandate, the High Representative will tell the Pre [...]

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our press conference today. I am glad we are in full force on this table today. Regarding tonight’s extension of the mandate of the United Nations Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The High Representative Paddy Ashdown welcomes this decision to prolong the mandate until to July the 15th. This is particularl [...]

We will move on briskly. A few points from OHR this morning. Paddy Ashdown is in London. He is having talks with officials in Downing Street and also at the Foreign Office. Tomorrow he will be in Brussels, where he will have talks with Javier Solana and other members of the European Union’s common foreign policy and security committee. On [...]

Good morning and welcome to the regular press conference, from the Office of the High Representative, there are only two points. Firstly, the Office of the High Representative calls on Bosnia and Herzegovina government leaders to end delays in passing crucial economic legislation. As you know, the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, in his inaugur [...]

Good morning everybody, welcome to the regular CPIC press conference. As you can see, we have a number of additional spokespeople here today so we will move right along. I have three points for you this morning.

Good morning every body, I have a number of items for you today and as you know there is a follow on press conference, so we will move right ahead. First of all, as you know the High Representative is today in Herzegovina, on the second day of a two-day visit. For those of you who do not know, today is World Refugee Day, and during his two-day vis [...]