OHR Press Releases
11/09/2007
RS Proposal: No Basis For Further Discussion
The proposal from the RS legal experts does not constitute a basis for further discussions. Instead of streamlining and improving the decision-making process in the Council of Ministers, the RS proposal introduces new possibilities of blockage which did not even exist before the High Representative’s Decision of 19 October. The objective of this De [...]
11/08/2007
Lajčák Briefs the EU’s Political and Security Committee in Brussels
High Representative/EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajčák continued his visit to Brussels today. Together with Deputy Supreme Commander of Allied Forces for Europe General John McColl and Head of EU Police Mission (EUPM) General Vincenzo Coppola, he briefed the EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) on the political and security situati [...]
11/08/2007
Joint statement by Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn and High Representative and EU Special Representative for BiH Miroslav Lajcak
EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn and the High Representative and EU Special Representative (HR/EUSR) for Bosnia and Herzegovina Miroslav Lajcak met today in Brussels. During their meeting Commissioner Rehn informed Mr. Lajcak on the Report adopted yesterday by the Commission assessing the progress achieved in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the [...]
11/07/2007
Brcko Supervisor’s Office Hosted Dutch Students
Deputy Head of Brcko Final Award Office (OHR Brcko) Gerhard Sontheim today received a Delegation of professors and students from the Netherlands Defence Academy (NLDA).
11/05/2007
Brcko Supervisor Invites Brcko District Residents to Declare Entity Citizenship/ Voting Option
Brcko Supervisor Raffi Gregorian expressed support for the outreach campaign organized by the Brcko District Department of Public Records and the Election Commission inviting Brcko residents who did not declare their entity citizenship/voting option prior to and in the October 2006 general elections, and who wish to and are eligible to vote in the [...]
11/02/2007
Better future for Mostar
This week, the City of Mostar signed an agreement on joint financing of the reconstruction of destroyed housing units in Mostar with the governments of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Republika Srpska, and with support of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia-Herzegovina. The agreement will direct 12 million KM t [...]
11/01/2007
CoM BiH To Function In Technical Mandate
The resignation of the Chair of the Council of Ministers BiH means that the BiH Government is now in a technical mandate. The Council of Ministers continues to have a responsibility to ensure that the administration continues to function. The Law on the Council of Ministers foresees this eventuality and therefore BH Citizens have no reason to worry [...]
10/29/2007
COM EUFOR and HR/EUSR Met with NATO General McColl
The COM EUFOR, Rear Admiral Hans Jochen Witthauer and the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Miroslav Lajčák, met today with General John McColl who has succeeded General Sir John Reith. General McColl took over the role as NATO's Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe and the EU’s Operation Commander for Operation ALTHEA on [...]
10/25/2007
Statement of High Representative Miroslav Lajčák in reaction to today’s statement by Vojislav Koštunica, Prime Minister of Serbia
The Decision of the High Representative does not in any way violate the Dayton Peace Agreement or the Constitution of BiH.
The Decision harmonises the work of the Council of Ministers with the Constitution of BiH.
10/25/2007
Judiciary Must Be Free From Political Pressure
OHR regrets that senior RS officials have chosen to make irresponsible comments about the criminal case against Mr. Ivanic and his associates. Such comments call into question these officials’ public claims to be against organized crime and corruption, undermine the independence of the judiciary, and suggest that some people can be above the law b [...]