OHR Press Releases
11/20/2001
RS authorities report on steps taken to prosecute corrupt officials
Today at the OHR in Banja Luka, Manfred Dauster, Head of the OHR Anti-Fraud Department, hosted a meeting attended by representatives of international organizations and the RS Supreme Audit Institution, the RS Public Prosecutor, the RS Ministry of the Interior, the RS Financial Police and the RS Banking Agency. The object of the meeting was to asse [...]
11/17/2001
High Representative meets US Deputy Secretary of State
Concluding a week-long series of high-level talks in the United States, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, yesterday morning met with US Deputy Secretary of State, Richard Armitage, in Washington.
11/16/2001
High Representative appoints national members of the BiH Election Commission
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today issued a Decision appointing the four national members of the seven-member Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The appointees are Hilmo Pasic as the Bosniac member, Lidija Korac as the Croat member, Branko Peric as the Serb member, and Vehid Sehic as the representative of "Others".
11/16/2001
Donors demand that BiH authorities take real ownership of economic reform
In Washington on Thursday, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, continued a series of meetings with representatives of foreign governments and international agencies aimed at shoring up support for Bosnia and Herzegovina and keeping the outside world informed about the situation in BiH.
11/14/2001
High Representative discusses Europeanisation and Streamlining at New York meetings
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, on Tuesday continued a series of high-level meetings in New York designed to sustain the engagement of foreign governments and international agencies in the Bosnia and Herzegovina peace process.
11/14/2001
Draft Deposit Insurance law for BiH savers presented to State and Entity Ministers
After several months of intensive effort, a working group composed of representatives from both Entity governments and banking experts from the International Community, this week presented a draft State law to the BiH Treasury Minister, the Federation Finance Minister and the RS Deputy Finance Minister that will establish a State-level bank-deposit [...]
11/14/2001
Seats to fill in the Brcko District Interim Assembly
Following the Assembly’s unanimous decision of 7 November and in response to the Assembly’s concern that the Serb population of the District is not fully represented, the Supervisor of Brcko Henry L. Clarke will again be considering applications from political parties and independent candidates for filling Assembly seats that remain vac [...]
11/14/2001
Opening Remarks by Henry L. Clarke, Brcko District Supervisor, at press conference in OHR Brcko
Last week the Brcko Assembly took a unanimous decision which, in essence, calls for filling the seats of SDS councilors who walked out in early October. I welcome this decision and will do my part to fill the three remaining positions
11/13/2001
HR lobbies for continued support for Bosnia and Herzegovina
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, is currently visiting New York and Washington to lobby for continued support for the peace process in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Yesterday, during the UN General Assembly's annual meeting at the level of foreign ministers, he had meetings
11/13/2001
Buyers of privatized apartments in the Federation of BiH should be careful
As PLIP stated in its 23 October 2001 Press Release, there is reason to believe that there may be thousands of cases of illegal revalidation. Many of these may have already led to illegal privatisation. Where unclaimed apartments are illegally privatised, they are made unavailable for use as alternative accommodation