OHR Press Releases
07/04/2001
Independent Judicial Commission Signs Memorandum of Understanding on Appointment Procedures in the Judiciary
Banja Luka, 04 July 2001 The Director of the Independent Judicial Commission, Rakel Surlien today in Banja Luka signed a Memorandum of Understanding on appointment procedures concerning the judiciary of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Representatives of the Ministries of Justice of both the Republika Srpska and the Federation, as well as of the Judges' and [...]
07/04/2001
High Representative extends deadline for use of socially-owned apartments for alternative accommodation
Sarajevo, 04 July 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today extended the deadline for the use of socially-owned apartments as alternative accommodation to make sure that the apartments will continue to be used as alternative accommodation.
07/03/2001
BLRC participated in the first meeting of the Brcko District Judicial Commission
Brcko, 03 July 2001 Brcko Law Review Commission Paricipated in the first plenary session of the Brcko District Judicial Commission which was held on Saturday, 30 June 2001. The Judicial Commission is composed of: Representative of the Constitutional Court of BiH: Vitomir Popovic President of the Appellate Court of Brcko District: Damjan Kaurinovic [...]
07/03/2001
OHR and OSCE Assess Necessary Reforms for Entity Budgets
Sarajevo, 03 July 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, and the OSCE Head of Mission, Robert Beecroft, on learning the results of the audit of the Entity Budgets for the year 2000 carried out in last three months, express their deep concern about the state of public finances and the existing mechanisms of control over tax-payers' money [...]
06/29/2001
High Representative Welcomes Signing of Succession Agreement in Vienna
Sarajevo, 29 June 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, speaking today at the signing of the Agreement on Succession Issues of the Former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY), welcomed the treaty as a historic step towards greater regional cooperation.
06/28/2001
Disappointing Progress of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the Path to Closer European Integration
Sarajevo, 28 June 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, met this morning with the Head of Delegation of the European Commission, Hansjörg Kretschmer, and officials from the European Commission in Brussels to review Bosnia and Herzegovinaas prospects for European Integration.
06/28/2001
Slobodan Milosevic extradited to the Hague
Sarajevo, 28 June 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, welcomes the decision by the government of Serbia to send Slobodan Milosevic, the former Yugoslav President, to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Hague. This was clearly a very difficult decision for the Serbian Government twelve years to the day [...]
06/28/2001
High Representative Removes Canton 7 MoI Officials for rejecting the Federation constitution
Sarajevo, 28 June 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, has removed Ivan Djogic, Chief of the Cabinet of the Interior Ministry of Canton 7, Branka Dadic, Head of the Sector for Legal, Personnel and Administrative Issues within the same Ministry and Zvonko Prskalo, the Deputy Head of the Ministry's Financial Sector, for their declaration [...]
06/28/2001
OHR signs agreement on social contributions and wage related taxes of local staff
Sarajevo, 28 June 2001 The Office of the High Representative, on Tuesday evening, signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministers of Finance of the two Entities regarding the calculation and the payment of social contributions and levies for the local staff of the OHR.
06/27/2001
Statement of Henry L. Clarke, Supervisor of Brcko District, on the Issue of Non-Adoption of the Law on Education by the Brcko District Assembly
Brcko, 27 June 2001 After the Brcko District Assembly voted down the draft Law on Education at its 22nd regular session held on 27 June 2001, Brcko Supervisor Henry L. Clarke stated: "I am not surprised that the law was not adopted, but I’m disappointed.