OHR Press Releases

Sarajevo, 1 September 1999 The High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch issued a Decision on Tuesday, 31 August, bringing Republika Srpska closer to European standards on public broadcasting. The Decision introduces amendments to the law on the public radio-television of Republika Srpska that remove the most serious violations of European standards a [...]

Sarajevo, 24 August 1999 The Office of the High Representative, UNESCO, and the Council of Europe are pleased that the Minister and the Deputy Minister of Education of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Minister of Education of the Rupublika Srpska, reached agreement in Banja Luka on the implementation of earlier agreements on the re [...]

Sarajevo, 18 August 1999 In December 1997, the member states of the Peace Implementation Council called on the OHR to design a strategy to combat corruption, fraud, and diversion of public funds in Bosnia and Herzegovina. As a result, the Anti-Fraud Unit was established with the aim of assisting local authorities in identifying and prosecuting ille [...]

Sarajevo, 11 August 1999 The Office of the High Representative welcomes, as another important step forward in the establishment of co-operation and mutual relations in the region, the opening of a temporary pontoon bridge across the Sava in Gradiska.

Sarajevo, 6 August 1999 The Office of the High Representative is concerned that delays in the review of school textbooks for the school year1999 - 2000 will have a detrimental effect on the quality of education received by school children in both the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska. The removal of material judged to co [...]

The Provisional Election Commission (PEC) decided in its session today to adopt the open list voting system for the municipal elections scheduled to be held on April 8, 2000. With this decision, the PEC took another step toward adapting the PEC Rules and Regulations to the draft of the Permanent Election Law.

Sarajevo, 3 August 1999 In addition to the Decisions on Public Service Broadcasting, Freedom of Information, and Decriminalisation of Libel and Defamation in Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as on Judicial Proceedings in the Federation, which were announced on Saturday, the High Representative Carlos Westendorp issued the following Decisions on Frida [...]

Today, the Office of the High Representative (OHR) and the OSCE announced the completion of the first draft of Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH) Permanent Election Law.

Sarajevo, 31 July 1999 Yesterday, in accordance with the powers granted him under Article 5 of Annex 10 to the General Agreement for Peace (GFAP) in Bosnia and Herzegovina and reinforced in the Bonn Peace Implementation Council Conclusions, the High Representative Carlos Westendorp issued a series of Decisions.