OHR Press Releases

Sarajevo, 14 September 1999 The 17th of September marks the second anniversary of the helicopter crash near Fojnica when five members of OHR and seven members of the United Nations Mission tragically lost their lives. The officials from the OHR were en route to Bugojno to meet with local authorities to discuss key issues related to the implementati [...]

Sarajevo, 13 September 1999 Ambassadors to Bosnia and Herzegovina have been invited by the High Representative in cooperation with COMSFOR and UNHCR to take part in a helicopter tour to visit key areas of return in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Three helicopters will take three separate groups to view projects in MND North, South, East and West during th [...]

Sarajevo, 13 September 1999 Ambassador Richard Ellerkmann, Deputy High Representative and Head of OHR South in Mostar has informed the High Representative, Ambassador Wolfgang Petritsch, that he would like to return home to Germany, when his contract expires at the end of September 1999. Ambassador Ellerkmann took over from Sir Martin Garrod in Oct [...]

Sarajevo, 13 September 1999 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, has written to Zivko Radisic, Serb member of the Presidency, and Milorad Dodik, RS Prime Minister, to express the International Community's grave concerns over the RS boycott of the Standing Committee on Military Matters (SCMM). This evening, the High Representative, Ambassado [...]

Sarajevo, 10 September 1999 Today, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, and the PDHR, Ralph Johnson, met with President Izetbegovic to express his deep concern at recent press reports suggesting that government officials and members of the judiciary should disregard the law and not issue eviction orders in certain cases concerning refugees. [...]

Mostar, 10 September 1999 On September 7 Deputy High Representative from OHR(S) Ambassador Richard Ellerkmann and Head of UNHCR Office in Mostar Mr. Lennart Kotsalainen met with the mayor of Ravno municipality Mr. Andrija Simunovic. The topics of return and reconstruction in the municipality were discussed at length.

Sarajevo, 10 September 1999 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, and the Privatisation Monitoring Commission congratulate the Federation Privatisation Agency (FPA) for the opening of a satellite office of the FPA in Banja Luka. The competent authorities of both entities agreed to establish cross entity privatisation offices. The Privatisati [...]

Mostar, 3 September 1999 It is with great concern and disappointment that the OHR notes that the Municipalities of Stolac, Capljina and Bugojno have failed to solve the issue of allocating adequate facilities within existing school buildings for the children of returnees.

Sarajevo, 2 September 1999 Today, the Principal Deputy High Representative, Ralph Johnson, and the Deputy High Representative for Return and Reconstruction, Andy Bearpark, hosted a round table discussion on the Sarajevo Declaration. The participants included 29 representatives of civic society, various political parties and Cantonal authorities. Th [...]