OHR Press Releases

The first victims of the genocide in Srebrenica were buried at the Srebrenica/Potocari Memorial and Cemetery five years ago today. 600 victims were buried on 31 March 2003. Since then a further 2,907 people have been buried.

The European Union must remain consistent in its approach to the countries of the Western Balkans and reward them in line with concrete progress on the reform agenda, the High Representative and EU Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina Miroslav Lajčák told EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs today at a meeting in Brdo near Kranj in Slov [...]

Political parties represented in the BiH Parliament should first focus on the requirements for signing the Stabilisation and Association agreement with the EU which will have tangible benefits for all BIH citizens rather than on their own privileges and benefits.

The agreement on transferring military weapons, ammunition, explosives and certain other movable defence property to BiH’s defence institutions was finally resolved today. State and Entity Government representatives signed in Doboj the “Agreement on final disposal of all rights and liabilities over movable defence property that will continue to ser [...]

BiH leaders have been able to forge a working consensus on economic policy even during periods of political turbulence, High Representative and EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajčak said today.

“By deciding today to reject the negative report on BiH’s police reform laws the BiH House of Representatives has sent a clear signal that they want a chance to adopt the police reform legislation” said the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Miroslav Lajčák.

This country has no room or time for remarks that question the existence of Bosnia and Herzegovina and its entities, the High Representative and EU Special Representative said in a video answer on the website www.reci.ba

The High Representative/EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajčák today commented on the calls to erect a cross on Trebevic.

“It is disappointing that parliamentarians did not take the opportunity today to move forward the Police Laws towards adoption. I expect the Joint BiH Defence and Security Committee not to miss that opportunity and issue a positive report,” said the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Miroslav Lajčák.