OHR Press Releases

Mostar, 30 July 1999 On Thursday, 29 July, OHR and OSCE hosted a meeting of the Presidents and Vice Presidents of the six City-Municipal Councils of Mostar, and of the Heads and Deputy Heads of the six Mostar City-Municipalities. The meeting was called to discuss ways and means of implementing the 6 July decision of the High Representative, Ambassa [...]

Sarajevo, 27 July 1999 The OHR wishes to announce an initiative in support of the implementation of Council of Europe standards on conscientious objection to military service in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The first step in this initiative has been taken with the successful Informational Meeting for Civil Society on Conscientious Objection Issues in Bo [...]

Sarajevo, 24 July 1999 The High Representative, Carlos Westendorp, would like to express his dissatisfaction with Thursday's joint session of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The initiative to discuss European integration and the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe is a welcome sign that delegates are beginning to approach [...]

Sarajevo, 20 July 1999 Today, the High Representative, Carlos Westendorp, has suspended Mehmed Alagic, Mayor of Sanski Most, from office for failure to support the implementation of the Dayton Accords, respect the Rules of the Road, and promote the Rule of Law within Bosnia and Herzegovina. The suspension follows repeated calls on Mr Alagic to resi [...]

Sarajevo, 20 July 1999 Today, Ambassador Ralph R. Johnson has taken up his duties as the new Principal Deputy High Representative in Sarajevo. Prior to this appointment, Ambassador Johnson served as the U.S. Ambassador to Slovakia in Bratislava since 1996.

Sarajevo, 20 July 1999 Ambassador Matei Hoffmann arrives in Sarajevo today to take up his duties as the new Senior Deputy High Representative in BiH. Hoffmann has left Prizren where he had served as Head of the German Federal Government's Civilian Coordination Office for Kosovo.

Sarajevo, 20 July 1999 On July 16, in proceedings before the Sarajevo Municipal Court No. 2, Ramiz Delalic AKA Celo was convicted of physical assault on a police officer and sentenced to seven months in prison. The proceedings were conducted in an efficient manner in accordance with the laws of Bosnia and Herzegovina despite threats and intimidatio [...]

Sarajevo, 16 July 1999 The High Representative, Carlos Westendorp, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and SFOR welcome the agreement in the Standing Committee for Military Matters (SCMM) to establish a Permanent Secretariat in line with the requirements of the Madrid Peace Implementation Council meeting of December 1998. [...]

Sarajevo, 14 July 1999 The High Representative, Carlos Westendorp, warmly congratulates the Spanish Brigade X "Almogavares" for their highly professional demining of the road between Dubrovnik and Trebinje last weekend. He now expects the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia to open the border crossing Ivanica-Brgat to [...]

Brussels, 12 July 1999 At a meeting in Brussels today, the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) reviewed progress in implementing the General Framework Agreement for Peace (GFAP) since the last full meeting of the PIC in Madrid in December 1998.