OHR Press Releases

10/16/2002

Making the BiH Council of Ministers More Efficient and Effective
It has been suggested that reforming the Council of Ministers to make it more effective, for example by ending the principle of rotation, would require changes to the Dayton Peace Agreement and the BiH constitution. This is not the case. Speaking to international investors and economic administrators at the Joint Institutions Building in Sarajevo [...]
10/09/2002

High Representative Sets Out the Challenge for the New Government
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, in a speech on Wednesday set out the six tests by which the international community will judge the next government: thesix tests of seriousness on the reform agenda which need to be implemented over the next six months if BiH is to stay on track for delivering the people’s priorities. Addressing an a [...]
10/07/2002

High Representative Issues Decision Bringing Composition of Federation and Cantonal Governments into Line with Constitutional Court’s Decision on Constituency of Peoples
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, yesterday issued a Decision that will make possible the prompt establishment of cantonal governments that comply with the April amendments to the Federation Constitution, ensuring fair representation for all constituent peoples. This Decision will dispense with the administrative duplication and expense that [...]
10/06/2002

High Representative Acts to Clean Up BiH Politics
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, today issued a package of Decisions tightening the regulations governing the provision of immunity granted to public officials and limiting the number of public office-holders who may invoke this privilege. The underlying object of this has been to bring immunity provisions into line with those of the BiH Con [...]
10/03/2002

Property Law Implementation reaches 59% in August, 2002
OHR ,UNHCR, OSCE, CRPC and UNMIBH released today the PLIP statistics for August of this year and announced that the overall implementation rate of the Property Laws in BiH has reached 59%. In the Federation, 62% of cases have been solved; 54% of cases in the RS have been solved, and 64% of cases in Brcko have been solved. In other words, out of 1 [...]
09/17/2002

Fifth Anniversary of Helicopter Crash
Representatives of the International Community and the BiH authorities on Tuesday attended a memorial service at Prokosko Lake, near Fojnica, on the fifth anniversary of a helicopter crash in which five members of the Office of the High Representative and seven members of the UN mission in BiH were killed...
09/16/2002

High Representative Finds BiH Constitutional Court Appointments Procedure
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, has today written to the speaker of the RSNA Dragan Kalinic, to inform him of his decision to annul the appointment of two Judges from the RS to the BiH Constitutional Court. In his letter, the High Representative explains that by failing to consult the RS Constitutional Commission, the RSNA did not follow [...]
09/13/2002

United States Government Financed Reconstruction of Schools in Brcko
Represenatives of the Office for Defense Co-operation (ODC) from the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo visited Brcko District of BiH today, for a tour of projects completed with ODC donations. The chief of ODC Major David Galles visited the Brcko Economic School and the First Primary School, and met with the head of the District Government Education Depart [...]
09/12/2002

OHR Opens All Advertised Positions to BiH Citizens
In line with the commitment made by the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, when he took up his duties in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the OHR is increasing the number of BiH citizens in its staff, including its senior staff. This policy reflects the International Community’s effort to streamline its operations and normalise the ratio of foreign a [...]