OHR Press Releases

Sarajevo, 20 February 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, yesterday met with Prime Minister designate Professor Bozidar Matic, who presented his provisional cabinet. The High Representative took note of the list of ministers and once again highlighted to Professor Mati} the importance and urgency to form a new government. The High Rep [...]

Sarajevo, 20 February 2001 The Senior Deputy High Representative, Matthias Sonn, welcomes the results of his meeting with the Inter-Religious Council yesterday, at which the inclusion of the subject of "culture of religion" - as it is called presently - in the school curricula used in Bosnia and Herzegovina was discussed. The four religious leaders [...]

Sarajevo, 19 February 2001 Sarajevo, 19 February 2001 ­ OHR, UNHCR, OSCE, UNMIBH and CRPC have consolidated the results of the efforts to monitor property law implementation throughout BiH during the year 2000, the first full year of property law implementation.

Sarajevo, 19 February 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, welcomes Georges Bordet to his position of Deputy High Representative and Head of the OHR Regional Office in Banja Luka. Mr. Bordet has taken up his duties today. Mr. Bordet's career with the Canadian armed forces includes extensive experience in peacekeeping missions in Cyprus [...]

Sarajevo, 17 February 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, is disappointed by the groundless refusal of the outgoing Speaker of the Federation House of Peoples, Niko Lozancic, to convene the constitutive session of the Federation House of Peoples. In an open letter to the High Representative and the Head of Mission of the OSCE, Robert [...]

Sarajevo, 14 February 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today imposed a Decision to ensure the publication without delay of the Telecommunications Sector Policy -- as adopted by the Council of Ministers in November 2000 -- in the Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Official Gazettes of the Federation and Republika Srp [...]

The Office of the High Representative (OHR) and the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) announced today draft defamation legislation for the Federation of BiH and the Republika Srpska.

The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today extended the mandate of his Special Envoy Ulrich Bucher to include Gornji Vakuf, with a special emphasis on promoting the reunification process in this municipality

Sarajevo, 09 February 2001 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, after Wednesday's rejection of the proposed candidate for the Chair of the Council of Ministers by the BiH House of Representatives, expects the Presidency to appoint a new candidate without delay and constructively.