OHR Press Releases
11/08/2005
Brcko Supervisor Suspends Adoption of New Regulatory Plans in Brcko District
Brcko Supervisor Susan Johnson today issued an Order suspending the drafting and adoption of new regulatory plans for urban areas in Brcko until the Brcko District Assembly adopts relevant amendments and addenda to the Urban Development Plan for Brcko, Brcko District of BiH.
11/08/2005
BiH Must Be Ready For The Next Phase
A decade after the end of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina the Dayton peace agreement has brought BiH to the gateway to the Stabilisation and Association Process and to Partnership for Peace, "but are reaching the end of the utility of the Dayton construct; the end of the phase where the in-built flexibilities of Dayton are sufficient to cope with [...]
11/07/2005
Statement: HR Welcomes EU Foreign Ministers Decision
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, today extended his congratulations to the Chairman of the BiH Council of Ministers, Adnan Terzic, the Director of the Directorate for European Integration, Osman Topcagic, and other leaders in BiH, following the decision by the European Union Foreign Ministers, meeting in Brussels, to accept the European Comm [...]
11/04/2005
HR Lifts Bans To Encourage Further Progress
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, has today issued Decisions lifting the prohibition banning 23 individuals from participating in public and political life. (The names of those affected are listed in an annex to this press release.)
10/28/2005
New Process on Naming Public Facilities
As indicated at the occasion on annulling a renaming of Sarajevo International Airport The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, today issued a Decision laying out the formal legal process that must be followed in the case of renaming pubic facilities in BiH that have an international or inter-Entity character.
10/28/2005
High Representative Removes RS Education Minister Milovan Pecelj
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, today issued a Decision removing RS Education and Culture Minister Milovan Pecelj from his post. The Minister has been removed because for a whole year he has failed to discharge his ministerial responsibility to implement the High Representative's Decision of 30 June 2004 removing Radomir Lukic from his pos [...]
10/28/2005
High Representative Partially Lifts Freeze on SDS Funds, Subjects Funds to Spot Checks from OHR
Noting that the SDS-led government in Republika Srpksa has made significant progress this year regarding ICTY cooperation, and pointing to measures undertaken by the SDS party to establish monitoring mechanisms to control the party’s funding, the High Representative today decided to partially lift the freeze on public funds being paid to the SDS. [...]
10/27/2005
Una Sana Canton Municipalities Must Draft 2006 Budget Plans on Time
The Office of the High Representative and the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina note with concern the failure of Una Sana Canton authorities to provide fiscal guidelines and instructions so that municipal officials can start to plan their 2006 budgets.
10/24/2005
Brcko Supervisor Sets the Record Straight Regarding the Brcko District Budget Issue
In order to avoid any further confusion and misconceptions that might result from recent news reports in combination with the latest press release issued by the Mayor of Brcko on the issue of the Brcko District Budget 2006 proposal, Brcko Supervisor Susan Johnson would like to clarify some of the basic facts on this issue.
10/21/2005
High Representative Welcomes the EC’s Decision to Recommend the Start of SAA
The High Representative today welcomed the decision by the European Commission to recommend that EU Member Sates open negotiations on a Stabilisation and Association Agreement with BiH. He said that today's decision will put BiH firmly to the path that leads towards Europe, and marks the most decisive shift yet away from the country's post war real [...]