OHR Press Releases

12/03/2003

Hard Work and Confidence Will Take BiH from Dayton to Brussels
Bosnia and Herzegovina has reached a moment in its postwar history when critical choices will determine whether or not the people of this country are to enjoy a prosperous future inside Europe, the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, said on Wednesday. The question facing the citizens of BiH is whether, and how quickly, the dream of a prosperous, [...]
12/03/2003

Further Delay in Appointing ITA Director Unacceptable
Following the news that the CoM has once again failed to appoint a Director of the ITA, High Representative Ashdown and Ambassador Michael Humphreys, Head of the EC Delegation in BiH, said: “The delay in appointing a Director of the ITA is totally unacceptable. This is an explicit requirement of the European Union’s recently published Feasibility [...]
12/03/2003

Brcko Supervisor Appoints New Mayor of Brcko
Acting Supervisor of Brcko Gerhard Sontheim today issued a Supervisory Order appointing Mr. Branko Damjanac to the position of Mayor of Brcko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to serve until elections are held for the District Assembly and a Mayor is chosen from that Assembly. The appointment followed consultations with the political parties on [...]
12/02/2003

High Representative: “BiH needs to show a new seriousness on security isssues”
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, wrote today to Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Adnan Terzic, urging him and the Council to put in parliamentary procedure, without any further delays, the Draft Law on Intelligence and Security Agency. It has been more then two months since the Intelligence Reform Commission, lead by Hungarian Intellig [...]
12/01/2003

RS Back in Line With BiH’s International Obligations
RS Prime Minister Mikerevic and the RS Government on Friday agreed to a framework for a comprehensive strategy for settlement of domestic claims on the government of the RS. This agreement means that the RS government can proceed with the payment of 60 percent of one month’s salary arrears through three 20-percent monthly payments, to be added to [...]
11/28/2003

High Representative Extends Mandate of IJC and HJPC’s
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, last week extended the mandate of the Independent Judicial Commission (IJC), and the transitional period of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Councils (Councils). These will now run until 31 March 2004. By this date the IJC and Councils will finish the process of reappointment of all judges and prosecutors [...]
11/21/2003

“You can only get to Europe if you work together”
The High Representative today met the leaders of BiH’s parliamentary political parties to urge them to work together in the interests of all the citizens of BiH, to prepare the country for European integration negotiations next year. The High Representative told the political leaders: “You, as the leaders of BiH’s parliamentary political partie [...]
11/18/2003

New appointments in the Government of the Brcko District
Acting Supervisor of Brcko Gerhard Sontheim today appointed Mr. Ahmet Dervisevic to the position of Head of Department of Public Safety of the Government of Brcko District of BiH. Mr. Dervisevic will serve until elections are held for the Brcko District Assembly and an elected Government assumes office.
11/12/2003

Implementation of the Property Laws in Bosnia and Herzegovina reached 90 per cent
Property Law Implementation has reached 90 per cent throughout BiH as of the end of September 2003. The local housing authorities in BiH have solved 198,197 of the total of 220,225 property claims recorded. In particular, a rise of 2 per cent was noted in the Federation of BiH, where 90 per cent of the total claims have been resolved, while in [...]