OHR Press Releases

07/27/2001

Establishing Rule of Law uniformly across the Federation: Urgent Adoption of Amendments to Law on Judicial and Prosecutorial Service in the FBiH by the Fed.House of Peoples expected to contribute greatly to the establishment of an IJC
Establishing Rule of Law uniformly across the Federation: Urgent Adoption of Amendments to Law on Judicial and Prosecutorial Service in the FBiH by the Federation House of Peoples expected to contribute greatly to the establishment of an Independent Judic
07/24/2001

Returnees Have To Vacate Abandoned Property Before Being Able To Privatise Their Apartmens
Sarajevo, 24 July 2001 The Agencies involved in the Property Law Implementation Plan (OHR, OSCE, UNHCR, UNMIBH and CRPC) welcome the amendments imposed by the High Representative to harmonize both Entity apartment privatization laws this week. The PLIP members would also like to highlight an important change to both Entity laws. All refugees and di [...]
07/23/2001

Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje Agreement Initialed
Sarajevo, 23 July 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, welcomes the successful conclusion of negotiations on the Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje Agreement, which was initialed today at the OHR office in Bugojno by the Bosniac and Croat representatives of Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje in the presence of OHR and OSCE representatives. This Agreement, which [...]
07/20/2001

High Representative meets European Commission delegation
Sarajevo, 20 July 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today met with a senior delegation from the European Commission's Directorate for External Relations, headed by the Director, Mr Reinhard Priebe. The delegation is visiting Bosnia and Herzegovina to discuss assistance to the country within the EU's five-year Regional and Country St [...]
07/20/2001

Joint Statement of the BiH Presidency and the High Representative
Sarajevo, 20 July 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, this afternoon met with the members of the BiH Presidency, Jozo Krizanovic, Beriz Belkic and Zivko Radisic to apprise them of his proposal for a Partnership Forum. This Forum will enable the Council of Ministers and the High Representative, together with his experts, to confer on a [...]
07/19/2001

High Representative introduces new fora for political partnership
Sarajevo, 19 July 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today launched an initiative aimed at enhancing the level of co-operation between the new Council of Ministers, the civil society in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the High Representative himself.
07/18/2001

High Representative welcomes the Formation of new Council of Ministers
Sarajevo, 18 July 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, welcomes the formation of a new Council of Ministers, with Zlatko Lagumdzija as its chairman and Ante Domazet as Treasury Minister, approved by the BiH House of Representatives today. The High Representative trusts that the new Council of Ministers will immediately turn its attenti [...]