OHR Press Releases

Mostar, 23 June 1999 The International Community in Mostar would like to announce the opening of a "DOUBLE OCCUPANCY PHONELINE". The PHONELINE is an initiative to assist the authorities in addressing cases of double occupancy. It is known that many individuals continue to illegally occupy or rent out other people's property, while they already have [...]

Sarajevo, 18 June 1999 Meeting in Brussels on June 15 at the level of political directors, the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council expressed its deep concern about the lack of progress in the implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement and the Madrid Conclusions. Specifically, the Steering Board is alarmed by the inadequate level of [...]

Sarajevo, 17 June 1999 At the moment, the criminal suspect Ramiz Delalic, nicknamed "Celo," is in detention in Sarajevo, following an alleged attack on a policeman last Saturday. On being pulled over during a police traffic control, he reportedly hit the policeman with his car and then brutally threatened him and other people. There are numerous pe [...]

Sarajevo, 16 June 1999 The High Representative yesterday issued a Decision under Annex 10 of the Dayton Agreement and Article XI of the Bonn PIC document, extending the deadline for claiming occupancy rights to socially-owned apartments in the Republika Srpska by six months.

Sarajevo, 11 June 1999 At yesterday's meeting of the Organizing Committee for the 1999 Football Play-Offs the Chair of the Committee Mr. Fahnler of UEFA announced that the game between Velez and Posusje will be played at the stadium in Vrapcici where Velez have been playing during the season. Mr.

Sarajevo, 3 June 1999 Members of the International Community met recently under the auspices of OHR to discuss issues regarding BH Banka's performance. Several members of the International Community, as well as private individuals, have filed both civil and criminal lawsuits against BH Banka because millions of dollars of funds deposited with the B [...]

Sarajevo, 31 May 1999 The OHR would like to announce that the question of who is eligible to which category of vouchers (certificates, coupons, claims) in the privatization process in Bosnia and Herzegovina has finally been clarified, with which another major obstacle delaying the privatization process has been removed. A document answering this qu [...]

Mostar, 28 May 1999 On 27 May, various media houses stated that the reconstruction of the Balinovac Mosque in Municipality South West has not started yet because ROHR(S) and the Municipality South West have failed to give their consent. The Office of the High Representative refutes these provocative accusations.

Sarajevo, 27 May 1999 The High Representative, Carlos Westendorp, yesterday issued a Decision suspending the power of authorities in both Entities to re-allocate and dispose of certain types of socially-owned land. This Decision addresses the wide-spread misuse, re-allocation and sale of socially-owned land that was previously used by people who ar [...]