OHR Press Releases

Mostar, 19 May 1999 OHR and UNHCR condemn the activities of local HDZ leaders in Mostar in their attempt, by ethnic discrimination, to halt the re-construction of Croat homes in Polje. We have been advised that the two Bosniac companies selected through the due tendering process are not to be allowed to carry out the work.

Sarajevo, 14 May 1999 The High Representative Carlos Westendorp has appointed Francois Froment-Meurice, senior member of the French "Conseil d'Etat" (Council of the State) and former member of the European parliament, as his Special Political Advisor and Chairman of the Permanent Election Law Working Group. OHR Press Release, Sarajevo, 14 May

Sarajevo, 13 May 1999 The Political Directors of the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council decided at their meeting in Brussels that the final cut-off date for the recognition of ordinary passports of the former Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina will be 30 September 1999. The Steering Board is aware of the difficult situation in some [...]

Sarajevo, 13 May 1999 The High Representative, Carlos Westendorp, together with the Ambassadors of the PIC Steering Board, today met with representatives of Croats living in Bosnia and Herzegovina and various political parties. The purpose of the meeting was to listen carefully to representatives of the Croat people from all parts of the country an [...]

Sarajevo, 11 May 1999 The OHR deeply regrets the failure of today's Federation Forum on Economic Matters. The agenda of this meeting was designed to find a way forward in the sphere of economic reform. This is vital if Bosnia and Herzegovina is ever to develop a self-sustaining economy capable of attracting private investment. After several hours o [...]

The Office of the High Representative is appalled at reports of an attack on two Croatian journalists which took place yesterday, 7 May 1999 in west Mostar. Two journalists from the Rijeka daily Novi list say they were taken away from the Hotel Ero in town centre, brutally beaten and then ordered to leave the country under threat of death.

Mostar, 7 May 1999 In reference to the letter written by the Association of Expelled Mostarians, signed by Mr. Milan Jovicic and addressed to Mr Westendorp, the High Representative, which openly criticised the work of OHR South in Mostar in respect of the returns process, we would like to state the following. During the past 18 months, nearly 3000 [...]

Sarajevo, 29 April 1999 Today, Principal Deputy High Representative Jacques Paul Klein met with the Interior Ministers and their deputies of both Entities, as well as of all Cantons in the Federation, to discuss technical and implementation details of the new Common Driving License. The meeting was held in a friendly and constructive atmosphere.

Sarajevo, 29 April 1999 Among the conditions which Bosnia and Herzegovina must satisfy before it can become a member of the Council of Europe, one of the most important is that the Entities respect and implement the decisions of the Human Rights Chamber. The largest number of Chamber decisions so far, over 100, relate to military apartments.