OHR Press Releases

01/12/2004

PDHR Hays Lays Out Economic Priorities for 2004
If the authorities in BiH are to show they are serious about creating the conditions for new jobs and rising prosperity, they will need to tackle the difficult structural reforms that other transition countries have faced, Principal Deputy High Representative Donald Hays told reporters in Sarajevo on Monday. Ambassador Hays was speaking during a v [...]
01/09/2004

High Representative Issues Temporary Decision on Mostar
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, on Friday issued a Decision aimed at reassuring the citizens of Mostar that no administrative decisions will be taken that could prejudge or prejudice the implementation of a Mostar settlement on the basis of the Winterstein Report. This Decision is precautionary and temporary. It prevents the potential mis [...]
01/06/2004

Ten Questions For Sulejman Tihic
The leader of the SDA recently asked the OHR and others to answer ten questions about the constitutionality of the process of re-appointing judges and prosecutors. It would be inappropriate for the OHR to comment on the question of constitutionality. That is rightly a matter for the relevant constitutional courts, and the OHR advises Mr Tihic t [...]
01/05/2004

High Representative Issues Decision on Industrial Electricity Tariffs
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, yesterday issued a Decision setting out a general framework for resolving situations where industrial companies and their electricity providers have failed to reach a price agreement. This is a temporary decision, providing a non-discriminatory basis for determining an appropriate electricity price in such c [...]
12/30/2003

BiH Institutions Assume Responsibility for Return Process
The OHR’s Reconstruction and Return Task Force will close on the last day of 2003, when the relevant BiH institutions will formally assume responsibility for the return process. Property Law implementation is nearing completion, almost one million people have returned to their homes, and the BiH institutions have expressed a clear desire to take th [...]
12/22/2003

Brcko Supervisor Appoints New Head of Department for Urbanism of the Brcko Government
On Saturday, 20 December 2003, Acting Supervisor of Brcko Gerhard Sontheim appointed Mr. Admir Nukovic to the position of Head of Department of Urbanism, Real Estate Affairs and Economic Development of the Government of Brcko District of BiH, to serve until elections are held for the Brcko District Assembly and an elected Government assumes office. [...]
12/19/2003

Brcko Supervisor Appoints Two Councilors to the Brcko Assembly
Acting Supervisor of Brcko Gerhard Sontheim today appointed Prof. PhD Milan Tomic and Mr. Halil Ljuca to the positions of the Interim Assembly Councilors to serve until elections are held for the District Assembly. The two newly filled vacancies had occurred following the appointments of Councilors Branko Damjanac and Ahmed Dervisevic to the posit [...]
12/19/2003

Brcko Legal Reform Office Completes Its Mandate
The Brcko Legal Reform Office (BLRO) has completed its mandate and will close on 31 December 2003. The BLRO is the successor office to the Brcko Law Revision Commission (BLRC), which was established in June 1999 within the mandate of the Brcko Arbitration Final Award. Under the auspices of OHR Brcko the BLRC drafted reform legislation, and develop [...]
12/17/2003

High Representative Sends Intelligence Law to Parliament
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, in accordance with Article 66 of the Rules of Procedure of the Council of Ministers, today sent a draft Law on the Intelligence Service of Bosnia and Herzegovina to both BiH Houses of Parliament for consideration and adoption by 1 March 2004. On Tuesday evening, BiH Prime Minister Adnan Terzic, and his Deput [...]