OHR Press Releases

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, today commended the BiH Ministry of Defence on its Report into Systemic Weaknesses in Command and Control within the Armed Forces of BiH, released last week. In a letter sent today to BiH Minister of Defence Radovanovic, he welcomed some of the reports recommendations.

Following the letter written by EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn to BiH Prime Minister Adnan Terzic emphasizing the crucial importance of successful police reform for BiH's EU accession process, the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, today reiterated the fact that "a key component of BiH’s efforts to prepare for the negotiation of a Stabiliza [...]

The mayors of Zepce and Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje municipalities were informed yesterday of the High Representative’s Decision bringing an end the International Community supervisory regimes in their municipalities. The High Representative noted that OHR has endeavoured over the past several years to facilitate the integration and smooth functioning [...]

Addressing the first session of the Defence Reform Commission under its new mandate today, the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, welcomed the continuation of Defence Reform in BiH, noting that the DRC’s achievements to date have already made BiH a credible candidate for NATO’s Partnership for Peace, and that the success of this approach "has serv [...]

"I welcome the transfer by the authorities of Republika Srpska of ICTY indictee Savo Todovic. Nine years after Dayton Peace Agreement I commend RS authorities on making this significant step forward. Mr. Todovic stands accused of grave crimes, for which he must now answer before the Tribunal.

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, today extended by one year the mandate of Mr. Joly Dixon as the first Chairman of the Governing Board of the Indirect Taxation. Mr. Joly Dixon shall continue to operate as Chairman under the same conditions as up to now.

The OHR welcomes the BiH House of Representative’s adoption, on 12 January, of the VAT law, at a single 17 percent rate. Securing parliamentary support for this legislation has been a demanding task, which the BiH Government has successfully completed through a combination of determination and patience. This shows that the business of government is [...]

The international organizations that participate in the regular Tuesday morning press conferences are pleased to announce that from Tuesday 11 January 2005 the regular IC press conferences in Sarajevo will be held in the main conference room of the OHR

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, met today with acting RS Prime Minister Dragan Mikerevic. The High Representative expressed concern that the RS Government has to date taken no action to form a group which will analyse the documentation produced by the Srebrenica Commission and to identify all officials , with empasis still in the employmen [...]