OHR Press Releases
11/14/2002
High Representative removes Mr. Pero Markovic
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, today removed Mr. Pero Markovic, General Manager of Suma Herceg Bosne and former President of the municipality of Capljina. Mr. Markovic has been removed because of his long record of grossly and exceptionally mismanaging public resources. He has failed to show proper regard for the standards that a holder of [...]
11/13/2002
Brcko Supervisor on the Explosion Incident at the Home of the District Government Offical
Brcko Supervisor Henry L. Clarke today during the regular OHR Brcko press conference condemned the violent act of the so far unknown perpetrators who used explosive device against the house of the Brcko District Head of Department of Urbanism:
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 [...]
11/12/2002
Committee Formed to “Bulldoze” Job-Destroying Legislation
The High Representative is launching a new initiative to help clear away the complex and contradictory laws and regulations thatmake investment and job creation in this country so difficult.
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 [...]