OHR Press Releases
06/11/2001
Comments by Brcko Supervisor, Henry L. Clarke On the Brcko District Assembly’s Consideration of the Law on Primary and Secondary Education on June 9, 2001
Brcko, 11 June 2001 Unfortunately, the Brcko District Assembly did not pass the Law on Education, despite its importance to the upcoming school year. There was, however, a debate on possible amendments. The Assembly decided to consider the law again at its next session.
06/06/2001
High Representative decides SPRA between RS and FRY does not violate vital interests
Sarajevo, 06 June 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today concluded that the Agreement on the Establishment of Special Parallel Relations (SPRA) between the Republika Srpska and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia does not constitute a threat to the vital interests of any of the Constituent Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
06/01/2001
High Representative Removes Bratunac Mayor and Head of Department of Urban Planning From Office
Sarajevo, 01 June 2001 The High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch today issued decisions removing Miodrag Josipovic from his position as Mayor of Bratunac and Mladen Tolj from his position as Head of the Department of Urban Planning of Bratunac. Both of these officials have abused their power by persistently and seriously obstructing the implementa [...]
06/01/2001
Joint Statement on Stolac
Mostar, 01 June 2001 The Deputy High Representative, Ambassador Colin Munro, chaired a meeting at the office of OHR (South) on Friday, 1 June. The Mayor of Stolac, Dr. Zdravko Kuzman, the Mostar Mufti, Hadzi Seid ef. Smajkic, Don Rajko Markovic from the Stolac Parish, Deputy Commander of MND SE, Brigadier General Castro, the Regional Commander IPTF [...]
05/30/2001
High Representative calls to fight corruption in BiH
Sarajevo, 30 May 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, after conferring with his Special Auditor for the Federation, has today called upon all authorities in BiH to increase their commitment to the fight against corruption. The High Representative is concerned that Bosnia and Herzegovina's public finance system continues to suffer from [...]
05/29/2001
One fourth of property claims have been resolved
Sarajevo, 29 May 2001 Sarajevo, 29 May 2001 - 25% of property claims have resulted in repossessions and 50% have been decided upon, according to the April statistics released today by the Agencies involved in the Property Law Implementation Plan (UNHCR, OSCE, OHR, UNMIBH and CRPC). These results represent an important benchmark in the implementatio [...]
05/28/2001
High Representative sends condolences to family and friends of Murat Badic
Sarajevo, 28 May 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, extends his heartfelt sympathies to the family and friends of Murat Badic, who died last Saturday. Mr Badic had been in a coma as a result of the attack that he suffered during the riots in Banja Luka, on May 07th. The International Community and the High Representative urge the RS [...]
05/28/2001
Maglaj Authorities Raise Tensions Over Zepce Review Panel Unnecessarily
Sarajevo, 28 May 2001 The Office of the High Representative, as chair of the International Review Panel (IRP) for implementation of the High Representative’s decision of October 6th, 2000 on Zepce, finds the accusations of the Maglaj Municipal Authorities regarding a reduction of Maglaj's territory, unnecessary and unconstructive. The IRP, co [...]
05/25/2001
High Representative welcomes agreement on Succession of the SFRY
Sarajevo, 25 May 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, welcomed the conclusion of an Agreement on Succession to the former Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) today in Vienna. The agreement, initialed by the five successor states, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia, the Republic of [...]
05/23/2001
Supervisor appoints new Head of the Education Department in the Brcko District Interim Government
Brcko, 23 May 2001 The Supervisor of Brcko, Ambassador Henry L. Clarke, has issued today a Supervisory Order on the appointment of Mr. Esad Atic to the position of Head of Department for Education in the Brcko District Interim Government. Supervisor Henry L.