OHR Press Releases
04/20/2001
High Representative appoints Croat Members of the Federation Constitutional Commission
Sarajevo, 20 April 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, on Thursday appointed Mr Ilija Simic, the Speaker of BiH House of Peoples and President of the Croat Peasant Party (HSS), as well as Mr Ivan Plejic, member of the Croat National Community (HNZ) as the two Croat members of the Federation Constitutional Commission whose seats had be [...]
04/20/2001
High Representative appoints new Supervisor of Brcko District
Sarajevo, 20 April 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, has yesterday appointed Ambassador Henry L. Clarke Supervisor of the District of Brcko. An experienced negotiator, Ambassador Clarke was most recently the State Department’s Senior Advisor for Property Restitution dealing with the recovery of assets seized in the Holocaust. [...]
04/18/2001
High Representative welcomes operation securing records of Hercegovacka Banka
Sarajevo, 18 April 2001 Early this morning, representatives of the Office of the High Representative, with the strong support of SFOR, entered the main branch of Hercegovacka Banka in Mostar, retrieving documentation required by the Provisional Administrator, Toby Robinson. The operation was well-planned and well-executed.
04/17/2001
Claims for Private property increase – those who fail to claim risk losing right to alternative accommodation
Sarajevo, 17 April 2001 Sarajevo, 17 April 2001 ‹ From January to February 2001, repossessions of properties increased by about 5% with the numbers rising from 36,534 to 38,379 in the Federation and from 14,904 to 15,791 in RS. Next to increasing repossessions, a clear‹but easily overlooked‹sign of progress in the field of propert [...]
03/02/2001
High Representative Creates Single Communications Regulator for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo, 02 March 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today issued a Decision creating a single regulator for the communications sector in BiH, combining regulatory responsibilities for telecommunications, currently under the Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (TRA), with those for broadcasting, currently under the Independent Medi [...]
02/24/2001
High Representatives welcomes Formation of new Federation of BiH House of Peoples
Sarajevo, 24 February 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, welcomes the formation of the Federation of BiH House of Peoples. Although the Federation's second House has only just been formed over three months after the elections, this never the less represents a significant positive step.
02/23/2001
High Representative removes Former Prime Minister Edhem Bicakcic
Sarajevo, 23 February 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today removed Edhem Bicakcic, from his position as Director of Elektroprivedra for actions during his term as Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the detriment of good governance, the rule of law and budgetary security in the Federation of Bosnia and H [...]
02/22/2001
High Representatives welcomes Formation of new Council of Ministers
Sarajevo, 22 February 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, welcomes the formation of the new Council of Ministers, which was voted in today by the BiH House of Representatives. More than three months after the elections, it is high time the state government was established.
02/21/2001
High Representative meets FRY President Vojislav Kostunica
Sarajevo, 21 February 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today in Belgrade met with the President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Vojislav Kostunica. This was a follow up meeting to President Kostunica's visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina on January 19th.