OHR Press Releases
06/14/2002
High Representative removes Nikola Grabovac
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, today issued a decision removing Nikola Grabovac from his position of Minister of Finance for the Federation of BiH. Mr. Grabovac and his Ministry have been implicated in the AM Sped affair yet the Minister has refused to accept final political responsibility for the actions or inaction’s of his Ministr [...]
06/14/2002
High Representative congratulates SFOR for arrest
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, congratulates SFOR, who today arrested Darko Mrda, indicted for war crimes by the ICTY. The High Representative welcomes this very positive move, that demonstrates an important commitment to the rule of law, an essential precondition for a lasting peace in southeastern Europe. For too long, these people have [...]
06/13/2002
Brcko District Starts Public Campaign Against Domestic Violence
OHR Brcko Human Rights Department today officially announced the beginning of a public campaign against domestic violence. The Campaign will be broken into phases and will continue in various forms throughout the year. The whole project was prepared and co-ordinated as a joint effort of Brcko District Department for Health, Safety and Community Ser [...]
06/13/2002
OHR Head of Anti-Fraud Meets with RS Prime Minister Mladen Ivanic & RS Public Prosecutor Jovan Spajic
Head of the OHR Anti-Fraud Department, Judge Manfred Dauster, today in Banja Luka met with Republika Srpska Prime Minister Mladen Ivanic to discuss the status of the investigation being carried out by the Customs Task Force based on the CAFAO report on suspected criminal activity in the RS Customs Administration.
06/12/2002
High Representative sends letter to Nikola Grabovac
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, wrote today to Federation Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Nikola Grabovac responding to his letter of June the 10th
06/11/2002
High Representative condoles after death of Fatima Hodzic
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, today in letters extended his condolences to Mr Dzevad Hodzic and the Speaker of the RSNA, Dragan Kalinic, about the death of Fatima Hodzic, delegate of the RS National Assembly. "It was with deep regret and sorrow", that he learned of the death of Fatima Hodzic, the High Representative said in his letter.
06/10/2002
High Representative calls to use the rich talent of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, today speaking at the award ceremony for BiH innovators in Sarajevo, pointed out the importance of intellectual capital for the economic development of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the future.
06/07/2002
High Representative calls on Ministers to Protect the Reputation of the Government and the–Country
The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, on Friday commented on a statement made earlier in the day by Prime Minister Alija Behmen, requesting public officials who come under investigation for serious impropriety to step down from their positions.
06/05/2002
OHR Calls for the Swift Elimination of Obstacles to Investment
A well-implemented investment cycle - which will become possible when politicians begin to implement difficult but necessary economic reforms -- could generate prosperity in Bosnia and Herzegovina within five to ten years, Deputy High Representative and Head of the OHR Economics Department Patrice Dreiski told a two-day regional investment conferen [...]
05/30/2002
PLIP Agencies announce latest implementation statistics
The PLIP Agencies (OHR, OSCE, UNHCR, UNMIBH and CRPC) announced today that the overall implementation of the property laws in BiH has risen, as of 30 April, to 49%, or in other words out of 255'000 claims currently on file in municipal housing offices, 141'139 have been solved. Sixteen months ago, only 21% of claims had resulted in repossession. Th [...]