OHR Press Releases

13 January 2000 As a result of the BiH House of Representatives' continued failure to adopt the Law on State Border Service, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, has decided to impose the required legislation. The High Representative is utterly dissatisfied with the inability and unwillingness of the Serb delegates to the BiH House of Repre [...]

Sarajevo, 06 January 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, is pleased to announce the appointment of Judge Finn Lynghjem as Deputy High Representative and Head of OHR (South) in Mostar. Judge Lynghjem has had a distinguished career in the Norwegian legal system and has worked closely with international organisations in developing countr [...]

Sarajevo, 05 January 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, congratulates the new political leadership of the Republic of Croatia on their notable success at the polls. The people of Croatia have clearly expressed their will, through the democratic process, to make a significant change. The High Representative now hopes that the new lead [...]

Sarajevo, 04 January 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, on Thursday 30th, 1999 extended the temporary suspension of the powers of municipal authorities, in both entities, to re-allocate certain types of socially owned land. The suspension is now in effect until June 30th, 2000. The decision to suspend this right of the municipal auth [...]

Sarajevo, 03 January 2000 On Thursday 30th, December 1999, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, issued a Decision extending the validity of decisions made by the BiH Council of Ministers concerning the imposition of additional import duties on various products for 1999, and published in the Official Gazette of BiH under numbers 02/99 and 15 [...]

OHR Press Statement Can Bosnia and Herzegovina and Europe work as one? New Year's Letter by the High Representative to the Citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo, 31 December 1999 The New Year is starting today. Today is also the beginning of a new millennium and, I sincerely hope, the beginning of a new chapter in the history of Bosnia and He [...]

Sarajevo, 21 December 1999 Wolfgang Petritsch, the High Representative and Robert Barry, the Head of the OSCE Mission, express their deep concern about a number of the candidates nominated by the HDZ for the Croatian Elections diaspora representation in the Croatian Parliament.

Sarajevo, 21 December 1999 The Council of Europe and the Office of the High Representative jointly organized a Workshop on Corruption, Organized Crime and Money Laundering in Banja Luka on December 16 and 17. The seminar reviewed existing and planned measures against corruption, organized crime and money laundering, as well as priority actions need [...]

Sarajevo, 16 December 1999 OHR notes that the BiH House of Representatives Commission on Constitutional and Legal Affairs has conclusively determined the constitutionality of the Draft Law on the State Border Service. This determination is not surprising in light of the Presidential Statement of 24 June 1999, which affirmed the constitutional basis [...]

Sarajevo, 16 December 1999 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today in Sarajevo held a meeting with a delegation from the SDP, which was headed by Dr. Zlatko Lagumdzija. The High Representative and Dr. Lagumdzija had an open discussion on issues such as the return of refugees and displaced persons, legal reform, election law issues and th [...]