OHR Press Releases

Please be advised that Office of the High Representative along with the competent German technical experts will organize a presentation of the issuing process for the new BiH passports and the technical equipment to be used for this. Two passports will be issued to Bosnia and Herzegovina citizens as part of the demonstration. Thursday 28 May 1998 a [...]

The High Representative, Carlos Westendorp, adopted a decision on 11th June 1998 establishing the Independent Media Commission (IMC). IMC will establish a regulatory regime for broadcasters and other media in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A director general, Krister Thelin, has been selected following a transparent recruitment procedure.

The Bonn Peace Implementation Council invited the High Representative "to establish a process leading to a decision on a new flag and symbols if the parties cannot agree on their own by 31 December 1997". With the expiration of this deadline, the High Representative announced his intention to establish an independent commission to propose alternati [...]

On 8 June, a working version of a new draft Law on Associations and Foundations will be widely distributed for public discussion. This first distribution is primarily aimed at domestic NGOs in Bosnia and Hercegovina, the aim being to solicit their views on legislation that will crucially affect them.

On Thursday, 4 June the Ministry of Agriculture, Water Management & Forestry of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Ministry of Agriculture, Water Management & Forestry of the Republika Srpska signed an important Memorandum of Understanding concerning Water Issues. Under the terms of the document, the Entities will form a Joint Commiss [...]

Welcoming the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on the Regulation of Legal Assistance between the Institutions of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska on 20 May 1998, by the Ministers of Justice of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska, Acknowledging the importance of immediate imple [...]

The Inaugural Session of the Commission on Inter-Entity Legal Cooperation took place yesterday, 4 June 1998, in the Office of the High Representative in Sarajevo. The Commission was established by the Presidency in view of the conclusions reached by the Peace Implementation Council in Bonn last December and consists of representatives of the Presid [...]

PRESS STATEMENT by the High Representative, Carlos Westendorp Sarajevo, 30 May 1998 I would like to take this opportunity to remind all citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina that they will need to be in possession of the new common license plate issued together with the common vehicle registration document in order to be able to leave Bosnia and Herze [...]