OHR Press Releases

Sarajevo, 29 April 1999 Effective immediately, the High Representative Carlos Westendorp has removed Ferid Hodzic, the Interior Minister of the Tuzla-Podrinje Canton (TPK, Canton 3), from office for failure to support the rule of law and fulfill the duties of his office. Mr.

Sarajevo, 23 April 1999 OHR warmly welcomes the unanimous decision of the Council of Ministers yesterday to cease to apply preferential customs treatment to imports from the Republic of Croatia and the FRY. This decision is a direct result of the Decision by the Presidency on 20 April to stop the application of the Agreement on Economic Cooperation [...]

Sarajevo, 21 April 1999 OHR believes that whenever serious allegations of misuse of public funds are made, such as those raised against the administration of Sanski Most Mayor Mehmed Alagic, it is in everyone's best interest that the accusations be fully, fairly and expeditiously investigated. OHR is encouraged by the actions that have been taken t [...]

Mostar, 16 April 1999 Mostar Airport Interim Authority is pleased to be able to confirm that the Mostar Airport, which was for some time closed for security reasons related to NATO operations in FRY, will from next Monday be operational again. Despite the time frame restrictions (06:00 - 19:00 hrs), two air companies have confirmed resumption of th [...]

Sarajevo, 14 April 1999 The High Representative, Carlos Westendorp, has issued a Decision today cancelling all permanent occupancy rights issued in the Federation and Republika Srpska during and after the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This Decision resolves the most substantial injustice in the field of property rights. The High Representative has [...]

Sarajevo, 13 April 1999 OHR warmly welcomes the ratification of the Special Relations Agreement by the BiH Federation House of Representatives today, and congratulates the BiH Federation negotiating team on their historic success. The Agreement on Special Relations between Croatia and the BiH Federation, which took many, many hours of painstaking n [...]

Sarajevo, 13 April 1999 OHR and UNMIBH welcome the crucial step forward in the establishment of multi-ethnic police forces in Canton 4 over the last several days. This is in line with the OHR strategy for Canton 4 to increase the level of implementation in Zenica-Doboj Canton, in all areas concerned, and with the UN IPTF policy of minority police r [...]

Statement by the High Representative Sarajevo, 9 April 1999 I am aware that these are difficult, but also very important days for the people of Republika Srpska - both its political leaders as well as the ordinary citizens. I have full understanding that they worry about their friends and relatives in Yugoslavia and the political and military fate [...]

Sarajevo, 2 April 1999 The High Representative, Carlos Westendorp, has decided to extend by three months the April 4 deadline for filing requests for the restoration of occupancy rights to socially-owned apartments in the Federation. The new deadline is July 4, 1999. Both the Law on Cessation of Application of the Law on Abandoned Apartments and th [...]