OHR Press Releases

11/12/2002

High Representatives Warns Against Undermining the BiH Presidency
In a letter to the BiH Joint Presidency sent today, the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, warned that changes proposed at the first session of the new BiH Presidency would undo the progress made under the Presidency' s last mandate towards creating an effective and united Presidency. The proposals, which suggest a willingness to return to separat [...]
11/07/2002

Next Four Brcko Public Enterprises To Be Sold
This is the third group tender launched in the District enterprise privatization process. The tender announced allows participation of all legal and natural persons, and will follow the criteria as established by the District Tender Commission. Following the successful concept of the previous tenders, the criteria for evaluating the bids will be [...]
11/06/2002

Political Parties Discuss Reforms in the Council of Ministers
The Senior Deputy High Representative (SDHR), Gerhard Enver Schrömbgens, met this afternoon in Sarajevo with leaders and representatives of the parties represented in the BiH House of Representatives following October’s election, to discuss reforms which will make the BiH Council of Ministers more effective. In his post-election speech to [...]
11/05/2002

OHR Dismisses Allegations
At a press conference today, OHR Chief Spokesman Julian Braithwaite said: "The Office of the High Representative wishes to make clear that the recent allegations made by Mr. Munir Alibabic, the former director of FOSS, including the allegations that the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, is protecting ICTY indictee Radovan Karadzic and conspiring [...]
11/04/2002

High Representative Amends Rule of Law Legislation
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, today enacted essential technical amendments to legislation, resolving urgent issues that will strengthen the Rule of Law in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The High Representative had already announced the need for these changes at a Press Conference held on 21 October this year. The amended laws will ensure that [...]
10/30/2002

PDHR Donald Hays Inaugurates IC Consultations on VAT and Customs Reform
The efficient and timely introduction of a state-wide value-added tax (VAT) and the rationalisation of the BiH customs services are crucial in establishing a self-sustaining economy in BiH, Principal Deputy High Representative Donald Hays told a meeting of the Inter-Agency Group - Tax (IAG-T) in Sarajevo on Tuesday. “These reforms are part of [...]
10/29/2002

High Representative to travel to Brussels to brief NATO and the EU
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, will be in Brussels on Wednesday 31 October to brief NATO and the EU on the reform process now underway in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and on how, if these reforms are implemented, they should accelerate the process of moving BiH closer to these two institutions. He will also report on the Orao affair. The Hi [...]
10/29/2002

Property Law Implementation in September 2002
The PLIP agencies, OHR, UNHCR, OSCE, CRPC and UNMIBH, announce the Property Law Implementation statistics for September 2002, which show that the overall implementation ratio reached 62 percent in September, up by an average of 3 percent countrywide from last month, and up by 21 percent from the end of last year...
10/28/2002

Promoting experience and vision for education reform in BiH
Developing a shared vision for education reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina, by highlighting and sharing positive changes that have been made in schools around the country is the theme of an education campaign launched today by OSCE, OHR and other organisations involved in education reform. The campaign highlights classroom innovations already being [...]