OHR Press Releases

10/03/2000

High Representative discusses war crimes issues with ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte
Sarajevo, 03 October 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, met Carla Del Ponte, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), in Sarajevo today. Their discussions centred on the political situation in the region, the upcoming elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the 38 publicly indicted war [...]
09/30/2000

High Representative meets with Slovenian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Sarajevo, 30 September 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, met yesterday with a Lojze Peterle, the Slovenian Minister of Foreign Affairs. Discussions focused on progress in peace implementation, highlighting once again the importance of functioning common institutions, economic reform and the returns process. Slovenia remains an examp [...]
09/29/2000

High Representative imposes Amendments to Law on Travel Documents
Sarajevo, 29 September 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today imposed Amendments to the Law on Travel Documents for Bosnia and Herzegovina. The single passport is a significant step forward, promoting the freedom of movement and ensuring equal treatment for all BiH citizens.
09/28/2000

Some Progress in the Property Law Implementation
Sarajevo, 28 September 2000 The International Community has again prepared an overview of statistics reflecting the implementation of the property laws in each municipality. You will find the figures for each municipality for the month of July attached. Comparing the July figures with those from June, there has been some progress in both Entities.
09/27/2000

All BiH Pupils to Learn Both Scripts
Sarajevo, 27 September 2000 The High Representative is pleased that an implementation agreement on the teaching of both Cyrillic and Latin scripts in BiH schools was finally reached yesterday by Education Ministers, in line with the their broader agreement on education of May 10th, 2000.
09/25/2000

Brcko District Government takes over housing issues
Brcko, 25 September 2000 The Brcko District Government has taken over all housing and return issues in the territory of the District, following a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreed to during the Inter-Entity meeting on Brcko that took place on Tuesday, 19 September 2000. The MoU was signed by the Minister of Social Affairs, Displaced Persons [...]
09/20/2000

Memorandum of Understanding on Brcko
Brcko, 20 September 2000 The Governments of the Republika Srpska, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Brcko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina, under the auspices of the Supervisor of Brcko, Ambassador Gary Matthews, agreed yesterday evening on a Memorandum of Understanding on the implementation of the arbitration Final Award for Brcko [...]
09/20/2000

High Representative welcomes preliminary results in Leutar investigation
Sarajevo, 20 September 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, warmly welcomes the preliminary results in the investigation into the murder of the late Federation Deputy Minister of the Interior, Jozo Leutar. His Office knew Mr Leutar as a committed and courageous official who worked on combating corruption and advancing the cause of just [...]
09/15/2000

High Representative pushes BiH reforms during U.N. General Assembly in New York
Sarajevo, 15 September 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, held a series of high level meetings during the United Nations General Assembly in New York to push his three priority issues of refugee returns, economic reform and institution building in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov gave the High Representati [...]