OHR Press Releases

Sarajevo, 20 October 1999 Today the PIC Steering Board, at the level of political directors, welcomed and endorsed the draft election law for Bosnia and Herzegovina that was drafted under the auspices of national experts, the OHR and the OSCE. The draft law will be presented to Members of the Presidency, the Co-Chairmen and Vice Chairmen of the Cou [...]

Sarajevo, 14 October 1999 The Office of the High Representative (OHR) and the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina announced today the initiation of an effort designed to assist the State and Entity governments of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) in drafting Freedom of Information and Defamation legislation. On July 30, 1999, former High Representati [...]

Sarajevo, 7 October 1999 OHR condemns in the strongest possible terms the attack yesterday on Mr Munib Hasanovic, the Deputy Municipal Secretary in Srebrenica. Mr Hasanovic was stabbed by masked men in the lavatories of the Srebrenica Municipality building yesterday afternoon.

Sarajevo, 5 October 1999 The Acting High Representative Ralph Johnson and the OSCE Head of Mission Ambassador Robert Barry, instructed the Serb Radical Party (SRS) today to refile its party registration with the appropriate courts in the Republika of Srpska without the membership of Nikola Poplasen and two other party officials in leadership positi [...]

Sarajevo, 2 October 1999 On Friday, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, addressed the first meeting of the Anti-Corruption and Transparency Group (ACT Group) at the OHR offices in Sarajevo. Stressing the importance of the ACT Group, the High Representative said that the Group was set up to demonstrate publicly and forcefully the Internatio [...]

Sarajevo, 30 September 1999 Upon the request of the SDS, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today received a delegation from that party at his offices in Sarajevo. During a frank and wide-ranging discussion, the High Representative emphasized that he expected the SDS to act responsibly in its capacity as an opposition party at both the st [...]

Sarajevo, 29 September 1999 Today, Wednesday 29 September, Principal Deputy High Representative Ralph Johnson chaired a round table discussion group on education issues at OHR. It was attended by a broad cross-section of individuals representing Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina society, including prominent representatives of political parties, [...]

Mostar, 28 September 1999 OHR, UNMiBH and UNHCR express their deep concern at the incident which took place at Ilici in Municipality South West, during an assessment visit by Bosniacs to their pre war homes. There was a minor explosion at approximately 1000hrs resulting in light injuries to an SFOR soldier and a police officer from Municipality Sou [...]

Sarajevo, 24 September 1999 The Council of Europe and the Office of the High Representative held a conference in Sarajevo yesterday to discuss alternative civilian service and conscientious objection. The Conference was attended by Federation Vice-President Ejup Ganic, representatives of the BiH Presidency, the Standing Committee of Military Matter [...]

Sarajevo, 23 September 1999 Following the meeting of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) Steering Board Foreign Ministers in New York on 22 September 1999, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, expressed his gratitude for the unanimous endorsement he received for his new strategic approach. The Board gave their strong support for his conc [...]