OHR Press Releases
07/26/2004
Commission To Allocate HDZ Money to Citizens
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, has written to West Herzegovina Canton Prime Minister Viktor Lasić, CentralBosnia Canton Finance Minister Josip Kvasina, and Canton 10 Prime Minister Stipe Pelivan, to outline how the reallocation of the funds resulting from the deduction of budgetary funding intended for the HDZ in their respective Can [...]
07/23/2004
OHR Welcomes BiH’s Move Towards European Standards In Arms Control
OHR’s Senior Deputy High Representative Werner Wnendt, wrote today to BiH’s Minister of Defence, Nikola Radovanovic, expressing his full support for the Ministers decision to place a moratorium on the sale of surplus small arms and light weapons from the armed forces of Bosnia & Herzegovina.
07/19/2004
High Representative Extends Deadline for RS Srebrenica Commission to Complete Its Work
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, has written to RS President Dragan Cavic and RS Prime Minister Dragan Mikerevic extending the deadline by which the RS Srebrenica Commission must complete its work and present its final report, until 15 October.
Last week, the High Representative indicated to the RS authorities that he was prepared to consid [...]
07/12/2004
Statement by the Senior Deputy High Representative Bernard Fassier after ceremony in Potocari
After attending Sunday’s memorial and burial service at Potocari, Senior Deputy High Representative Bernard Fassier, who is responsible for the OHR’s Rule of Law Pillar and who is the International Community’s principal interlocutor with the RS Srebrenica Commission, issued the following statement on behalf of the High Representative.
07/09/2004
High Representative Appoints New Head of OHR Mostar
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, has appointed Russian diplomat Anatoly DmitriyevichViktorov as Head of OHR Regional Office Mostar.
Mr. Viktorov replaces Ambassador Jacques Andrieu. Until this appointment Mr. Viktorov was Deputy Head of OHR Regional Office Mostar.
In his letter appointing Mr. Viktorov the High Representative, drew attentio [...]
07/09/2004
Brcko District Interim Government Approaches Finishing Line
As the last 90 days of the Brcko District Interim Government's mandate have begun, Brcko Supervisor Susan R. Johnson met with the Brcko District Mayor and Brcko District Government Heads of Department this morning in order to review with them how best to use the remainder of the mandate in the interests of all Brcko District residents.
07/08/2004
High Representative Enacts Legislation Harmonising Education Laws in Three Cantons with BiH Education Law
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, has issued Decisions rectifying the failures of Central Bosnia Canton, West Herzegovina Canton and Canton 10 to bring their primary and secondary education legislation into line with the State legislation.
With this Decision, the High Representative has addressed a situation which represented a challenge bot [...]
07/01/2004
Financial Review Reveals Abuse, Corruption, Tax Evasion in SDS
The OHR has today published the financial review of the Serb Democratic Party carried out by the Special Auditor.
Responding to the Special Auditor’s findings, the High Representative said: “This review reveals a catalogue of abuse, corruption and tax evasion at all levels of the SDS. There is a complete, even criminal absence of proper control [...]
06/29/2004
We Must Now Turn NATO’s No into a Yes
The High Representative made the following statement in response to the decisions that NATO took at the Istanbul Summit yesterday concerning BiH’s application to join PfP:
“The Istanbul Summit has demonstrated that NATO has succeeded in its mission to bring stability to Bosnia and Herzegovina. But Bosnia and Herzegovina has not succeeded in convi [...]