OHR Press Releases
11/07/2001
High Representative issues Decision allowing payment to small-deposit holders of banks under Provisional Administration
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, yesterday issued a Decision amending the Law on Banks of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This Decision will allow the Provisional Administrator of a bank to pay out funds on deposit up to 5000 KM, subject to the availability of funds, and
11/06/2001
IJC Director Meets With RS Leadership
Today, the Director of the Independent Judicial Commission (IJC) for BiH, Judge Rakel Surlien, visited Banja Luka together with the Chief of the Monitoring and Implementation Department, Judge Kari Kiesilainen and the Deputy Chief, Timothy Hughes.
11/06/2001
PLIP Agencies release September Statistics
The Agencies involved in the Property Law Implementation Plan (OHR, OSCE, UNHCR, UNMIBH and CRPC) announce today that, as of the end of September, the overall implementation rate of the property laws rose to 34% in BiH. 43% of cases have been solved in the Federation, while that number stands at 24% in the Republika Srpska, and 30% in Brcko
11/01/2001
Yesterday’s OHR Brcko Press Conference
Because the discussion held at yesterday’s regular OHR North press conference in Brcko was incorrectly reported in the press today, we are hereby providing you with the exact transcript of the questions and answers on the subject of the Brcko District Prosecutor’s request to the Brcko District Assembly for lifting several councilorsR [...]
10/31/2001
Anti-Fraud Department reports on efforts to tackle corruption in BiH
The OHR’s Anti-Fraud Department (AFD) has compiled a report on its expanding effort to tackle corruption in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the past year. The AFD became a full-fledged department inside the OHR in August 2000, and opened offices in Mostar in August 2000 and in Banja Luka in January 2001
10/31/2001
Opening Remarks by Brcko Supervisor Henry L. Clarke At Press Conference in Brcko
Those of you who were in this room Friday saw the impressive proposals of the companies bidding for the opportunity to reconstruct Arizona Market. We will be turning an old problem – the lack of infrastructure – into a real commercial opportunity.
10/26/2001
Joint Statement by the Government of the Republic of Croatia and the Office of the High Representative on the Launch of the new RTV Service of the Federation of BiH
The Government of Croatia and the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina welcome the launch of the new Federation Television on Saturday, 27 October 2001
10/23/2001
High Representative stresses role of Foreign Investment Promotion Agency, visits successful foreign investment project
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today visited the offices of the BiH Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA), where he discussed the current investment climate with the agency’s Director-General, Mirza Hajric
10/23/2001
Checks on revalidation will be necessary throughout BiH
The agencies engaged in Property Legislation Implementation (PLIP) emphasise the need for checks on revalidation of contracts of use of apartments by temporary users throughout BiH
10/19/2001
New Head of RRTF meets with RS Minister for Refugees and Displaced Persons
Yesterday, Peter Bas-Backer the Deputy High Representative and Head of the Return and Reconstruction Task Force (RRTF), met with Mico Micic, the Republika Srpska Minister for Refugees and Displaced Persons (MRDP), in the RS Government Buildings in Banja Luka. Discussions were held in a constructive atmosphere