OHR Press Releases
09/17/2001
High Representative announces satisfactory implementation of his Decision on Zepce
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, in the presence of the Governor of Zenica-Doboj Canton, Mr Herceg Mugdim, the Chair of the Zepce Interim Board, Mr Nedzad Hodzic, and Vice-Chair, Mr Ivica Ramljak, today announced the satisfactory implementation of his Decision on Zepce.
09/17/2001
High Representative confirms Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje Agreement and appoints Supervisor
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, on Saturday, 15 September issued a Decision confirming and supporting the Agreement on Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje signed in Travnik on 2 August this year.
09/17/2001
Fourth Anniversary of Helicopter Crash
Today is the fourth anniversary of the helicopter accident near Fojnica, which took the lives of 12 members of the international peace mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Five members of the Office of the High Representative and seven members of the UN mission in BiH were killed when the helicopter in which they were traveling crashed into a mountai [...]
09/13/2001
High Representative and PIC Steering Board call on Alliance Government and its partners to responsibly address the challenges of Ownership and to urgently tackle Economic Reform
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, and the Political Directors of the Peace Implementation Council's Steering Board yesterday a constructive meeting with a delegation from the BIH State and Entity Governments, headed by Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Zlatko Lagumdzija, in Brussels.
09/12/2001
The High Representative, the Steering Board and BiH authorities condemn terrorist attacks in the US
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council, the Chair of the BiH Council of Ministers and Foreign Minister, Zlatko Lagumdzija, and other BiH state and entity officials, at their meeting in Brussels today, expressed their horror about the events that occurred yesterday in the United States.
09/12/2001
OHR and Council of Europe host Human Rights Forum
The Senior Deputy High Representative, Matthias Sonn, the BiH Minister of Civil Affairs and Communications, Svetozar Mihajlovic, Mr Hugh Chetwynd of the Council of Europe’s Human Rights Directorate General, and Judge Peer Lorenzen of the European Court of Human Rights opened a one-day forum on Wednesday designed to highlight the role of the G [...]
09/08/2001
High Representative reiterates call for BiH accession to the Council of Europe
High Representative reiterates call for BiH accession to the Council of Europe
09/06/2001
OHR announces planned opening of schools in Zvornik return areas by the 1st October 2001
OHR announces planned opening of schools in Zvornik return areas by the 1st October 2001
09/06/2001
High Representative condemns fatal attack in Sarajevo
High Representative condemns fatal attack in Sarajevo