OHR Press Releases
05/24/2004
Making Housing More Accessible to BiH Citizens
Speaking at the CHF International’s Housing Development Conference in Sarajevo, Principle Deputy High Representative, Donald Hays highlighted that the creation of a vibrant property market in BiH requires a secure system of property ownership through modernized regulations and the resolution of the property disputes that currently inhibit the growt [...]
05/21/2004
OHR Welcomes Decision by Brcko District Political Parties and Independent Candidates to Sign Pledge of Conduct for Upcoming October Elections
The OHR welcomes yesterday’s decision by representatives of all political parties and independent candidates running in the upcoming District elections in October to sign a pledge of conduct committing themselves and their supporters to a standard of conduct during the pre-election campaign.
05/20/2004
Property law implementation statistics in Bosnia and Herzegovina show stable progress
The latest statistics on property law implementation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) presented today in Sarajevo show that stable progress is being made towards substantial completion.
The Property Law Implementation (PLI) agencies, which include theOffice of the High Representative, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and t [...]
05/18/2004
New Civic Initiatives for a united Mostar
The Confidence Building Measures Committee today forwarded four proposals for consideration by the City authorities.
The committee was established by a decision of the High Representative on April 7, 2004 to generate ideas for practical initiatives that will help all the citizens of Mostar. The committee is tasked with gathering together ideas, i [...]
05/13/2004
Cantons must not undermine BiH authority
The High Representative, Lord Ashdown, and the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador Beecroft, met yesterday to discuss a way forward on Education Reform, in light of continued obstruction and the resulting recent loss of millions of Dollars in international financial assistance. In particular, they discussed the latest pr [...]
05/11/2004
Failure to pass the Higher Education Law betrays students
The Office of the High Representative, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the World Bank and the Council of Europe expressed their regret today on the failure to pass the Higher Education Law within the agreed deadline and outlined the unfortunate losses that have begun and will continue to mount.
05/11/2004
BiH Minister of Defence Appointed Co-Chair of DRC
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, today appointed BiH Defence Minister Nikola Radovanovic as co-chair of the Defence Reform Commission (DRC). The High Representative made this appointment based on a recommendation from current DRC Chairman James Locher.
05/10/2004
Politics needs a new generation
It is time that young people broke the mould of politics in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, said in Sarajevo today.
“Yours is a perspective that is fresh, a perspective that is untainted by failure,” the High Representative told participants at the International Youth Summit. “You have the capacity to think outside [...]
05/07/2004
High Representative Strengthens Court of BiH
The High Representative has appointed Carlos Alberto Gameiro de Campos Lobo and Malcolm Simmons as International Judges to Special Panels for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption within both the Criminal Division and Appellate Division of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
04/30/2004
Head of Mostar South to Step Down
The Deputy High Representative and Head of OHR South, Jacques Andrieu, will complete his duties in Mostar on 10 May. Ambassador Andrieu is returning to Paris to undertake new responsibilities in the French administration. His successor will be appointed shortly.