OHR Press Releases

The OHR calls on elected delegates of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina to reverse an administrative manoeuvre that leaves former parliamentarians much better off than the rest of the population.

The ability of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s new political leaders to carry out difficult reforms in coming weeks and months will be indicative of their willingness and capacity to assume ownership of the political process and govern in the absence of the OHR, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, wrote toda [...]

Stressing its renewed commitment to Bosnia and Herzegovina yesterday the EU Foreign Ministers expressed “particular concern over the lack of progress towards the implementation of the October 2005 agreement on police restructuring.”

The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, will be in Berlin on Monday and Tuesday for meetings with senior German officials in advance of next week’s meeting of the Political Directors of the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council.

The CNN campaign that has just been launched, urging millions of people around the world to “Enjoy Bosnia and Herzegovina” could generate mass employment in tourism, but this will only happen if Bosnia and Herzegovina successfully manages its God-given treasures, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, ar [...]

Constitutional reform and police restructuring should immediately be taken forward to boost Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Euro-Atlantic integration prospects, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, said in Brussels today.

The Senior Deputy High Representative, Peter Bas-Backer, and the Deputy Commander EUFOR, Brigadier Aylwin-Foster, yesterday visited the BiH Army Ammunition Storage Site in Krupa, and the Igman Ammunition Factory in Konjic. This visit highlighted the importance of supervision of weapons, ammunition and military equipment in Bosia-Herzegovina. Excess [...]

In the aftermath of last Sunday’s elections Bosnia and Herzegovina is entering a new political landscape, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, noted today in his weekly newspaper column, which appeared in Dnevni avaz, Nezavisne novine and Večernji list. The HR/EUSR wrote that during his visit to B [...]

The High Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, on Monday renewed the mandate of Toby Robinson as Liquidator of Privredna Bank a.d Srpsko Sarajevo (PBSS). This renewal was requested by the Director of the RS Banking Agency, Slavica Injac.

Yesterday’s general election was a landmark event for Bosnia and Herzegovina that took place in a dignified and orderly manner. This is a tribute to the efforts and abilities of the election’s organisers who, for the first time since the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement, were fully responsible for the poll. They did an excellent job.