OHR Press Releases
03/31/2011
Pull Back from Confrontation and Return to Constructive Agenda
The International Community can help Bosnia and Herzegovina get back on the road to recovery – if BiH leaders pull back from confrontation and return to a constructive agenda, High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko said today during a meeting with German Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere.
03/28/2011
FBiH Must Have Legal Clarity
Following consultations with Ambassadors of the Peace Implementation Council, the High Representative, Valentin Inzko, yesterday issued a decision temporarily suspending two Decisions of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Bosnia and Herzegovina issued on 24 March 2011. These decisions relate to the FBiH House of Peoples and to the election o [...]
03/16/2011
Talks End: No Agreement Reached
Talks between HDZ BiH, HDZ 1990, SDA and SDP ended late this evening in the OHR with no agreement on formation of the authorities in the FBiH. Ambassadors of the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council were present for part of the talks and have given their full support to the OHR’s efforts.
03/15/2011
SBA visit Brcko District
At the initiative of Brcko Supervisor, Ambassador Roderick Moore, Peace Implementation Council Steering Board (PIC SB) Ambassadors today visited Brcko District. In the course of numerous meetings in Brka and in the town of Brcko, the Ambassadors met with a significant number of District residents who offered a broad spectrum of views on the econom [...]
03/09/2011
Party Leaders Agree to Talks
In separate meetings today at the Office of the High Representative in Sarajevo, the leaders of the HDZ BiH Dragan Covic, the SDP Zlatko Lagumdzija, HDZ 1990 Bozo Ljubic and the SDA Sulejman Tihic agreed to participate in consultations with OHR aimed at helping the parties to overcome the political impasse in the Federation of BiH.
03/07/2011
HR/EUSR Inzko meets Foreign Ministers of Bulgaria and Slovenia
High Representative and EU Special Representative (HR/EUSR) Valentin Inzko has today in Sarajevo met with the Foreign Ministers of Bulgaria, Nikolay Mladenov and Slovenia, Samuel Zbogar.
03/04/2011
BiH Must Not Be Left Behind
It is crucial for the region as a whole that Bosnia and Herzegovina is not left behind in the European integration process, High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko said during a two-day working visit to Croatia.
02/26/2011
A Momentous Transition
Bosnia and Herzegovina is not going to be integrated in Europe under present circumstances – and specific and resolute steps must be taken to put an end to political obstruction, High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko said in a keynote speech to an international conference in Graz today.
02/25/2011
Inzko and Lajčák Urge BiH Leaders to Think of Citizens First
High Representative and EU Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Valentin Inzko met Managing Director for Russia, Eastern Neighbourhood and Western Balkans, European External Action Service, Miroslav Lajčák yesterday in Sarajevo for discussions on the current political situation in BiH.
02/23/2011
BiH Leaders Told to End “Power Games”
BiH leaders must end the “power games” that have prevented the formation of state and Federation governments, and adopt a more “mature and resolute” approach in order to return Bosnia and Herzegovina to the path of European integration, senior EU officials said in Sarajevo today.