OHR Press Releases

06/29/2000

OHR welcomes Mostar School Agreement
Sarajevo, 29 June 2000 The Office of the High Representative warmly welcomes the agreement on the future joint use of school buildings in Mostar, which was signed yesterday by Cantonal, City and municipal authorities in Mostar. The Senior Deputy High Representative, Ambassador Dr.
06/28/2000

Senior Deputy High Representative presents Education for Peace Program
Sarajevo, 28 June 2000 The Senior Deputy High Representative, Ambassador Dr. Matei Hoffmann, today presented a new Education for Peace (EFP) project. Present were the Federation Education Minister, Mr Fahrudin Rizvanbegovic, the Federation's Deputy Education Minister, Mr Ivo Miro Jovic, Ambassador Ronald Mayer representing the Foreign Ministry of L [...]
06/27/2000

Launch of Multi Ethnic Police Recruitment campaign
Sarajevo, 27 June 2000 UNMiBH Deputy SRSG, Julian Harston, and Deputy High Representative for Reconstruction and Return, Andy Bearpark, are today launching a multi-ethnic police recruitment campaign. Through this campaign, UNMIBH, supported by OHR, are working with the FBiH and RS Ministries of Interior: to attract and encourage unemployed experie [...]
06/23/2000

High Representative and Steering Board Ambassadors warn against intimidation of the press
Sarajevo, 23 June 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, and the PIC Steering Board Ambassadors strongly condemn what appears to be an attempt by Federation Government authorities to use state instruments to intimidate a free press. They worry that a current Government tax inspection of the Dnevni Avaz newspaper -- now critical of the Go [...]
06/22/2000

Addendum to the Order on the Financial System of the Brcko District
Brcko, 22 June 2000 The Supervisor of Brcko, Gary Matthews, issued yesterday an addendum to the Supervisory Order on the Financial System of the Brcko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina dated 13 April 2000. Under the addendum, the Entities will retain the revenues originating from electricity charges and contributions to the entity pension and heal [...]
06/21/2000

OHR(S) Condemns Vandalism of Property
Mostar, 21 June 2000 As it is known, on a number of occasions OHR pointed out to its outrage by reports of looting of apartments and houses, especially those which are vacated by previous temporary occupants in order to be returned to its rightful owners.
06/16/2000

Higher Education Coordination Board Established
Sarajevo, 16 June 2000 The Senior Deputy High Representative, Ambassador Dr. Matei Hoffmann, welcomes the establishment of the national Higher Education Coordination Board by the Entity Ministers of Education and members of the academic community of Bosnia and Herzegovina yesterday. For more than two years, the Council of Europe and UNESCO in coope [...]
06/15/2000

Resolving the Issue of Land Ownership in BiH
Sarajevo, 15 June 2000 The Office of the High Representative and the German Corporation for Technical Co-operation (GTZ) will hold a joint seminar at Jahorina this Friday, June 16, to review the new draft Law on Land Registry with the responsible Entity Ministers, and discuss the measures that need to be taken to ensure the successful impleme [...]
06/14/2000

OHR Welcomes The Progress In the Work of the HNC Authorities
Mostar, 14 June 2000 OHR is pleased to inform about the success in the negotiations which took place over the last weeks between the OHR and the Cantonal and the City representatives. As a result, all the disputable points on the draft Law on Local Self-government and the Law on Distribution of Revenues have been resolved and it is expected that th [...]