OHR Press Releases
05/19/2008
Lajčák: BiH Poised for Strategic Steps Forward
Despite conflicting aspirations among major parties and an undertow of nationalism that undermines social, economic and political progress, Bosnia and Herzegovina is poised to take strategic steps forward, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Miroslav Lajčák, said today in his address to the UN Security Council.
05/15/2008
Supervisor Gregorian encourages national minorities in the Brcko District to run for new Assembly seats
As a result of the May 6, 2008, Supervisory Order, representatives of national minorities may stand for election to two new seats in the District Assembly. Supervisor Gregorian wants to ensure that representatives of national minorities have a voice in the District legislature and strongly encourages qualified and interested candidates to stand for [...]
05/12/2008
The issue of RS Frozen Foreign Currency Savings Law to be addressed quickly
The High Representative urges the Constitutional Court to address the conflict created by the RS Frozen Foreign Currency legislation and the BiH Law on Frozen Foreign currency savings within the shortest possible deadline. Without a decision from this body there will be no legal certainty for frozen currency savers throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina [...]
05/09/2008
Lajčák: “Srebrenica is not a pre-electoral tool”
High Representative and EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajčák today warned politicians in BiH not to use Srebrenica as a pre-electoral tool for scoring political points.
05/07/2008
HR/EUSR Lajcak welcomes BiH Parliamentdecision to change Election Law
The HR/EUSR Miroslav Lajčák welcomed the decision of both houses of BiH Parliament to adopt changes of the BiH Election Law, thus enabling all former residents of Srebrenica to vote in this municipality in October 2008 elections, regardless of where they are currently registered.
05/06/2008
Supervisor Gregorian amends the Statute of Brcko District, and enacts new District Election Law and Rules of Procedure for the District Assembly
Brcko Supervisor Dr. Raffi Gregorian today issued a Supervisory Order amending the Statute of Brcko District aimed at improving the effectiveness and functionality of the Brcko District Assembly, with special emphasis on encouraging inter-ethnic cooperation.
04/29/2008
OHR/EUSR Comment On EU Conclusions on Bosnia and Herzegovina
"This is good news for Bosnia and Herzegovina," said the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Miroslav Lajčák. Only two weeks after adoption of the police reform legislation, the EU decided BiH has made adequate progress to sign the SAA as soon as possible and has called on the European Commission to launch a visa dialogue with B [...]
04/28/2008
Megaphone Politics aimed at Election Campaigns rather then Solutions
We have seen the open letters from RS PM Dodik and SDP President Zlatko Lagumdzija related to public broadcasting and the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The existence of BiH is internationally guaranteed and cannot be called into questioned by one or another political party or constituent people. To suggest otherwise through tiresome, irresponsi [...]
04/25/2008
Lajčák strongly condemns attacks on media freedom
The High Representative and EU Special Representative today strongly condemned all attacks on the freedom and the independence of media in Bosnia and Herzegovina. “Freedom of the media is a key freedom for all member states of the European Union, and the EU monitors very closely the quality and the situation in this area in each country that wishes [...]
04/24/2008
Lajčak: Economic and Social Council Will Help Tackle Unemployment, Poverty
Government, employers and trades unions in Bosnia and Herzegovina must start to recognise one another as legitimate partners who should be consulted on issues of economic and social policy, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Miroslav Lajčak, said on Thursday. He stressed that the three parties to a constructive social and e [...]