OHR Press Releases

Bosnia and Herzegovina can join the rest of the region in a definitive move away from a period of stagnation to a period of reform and political cooperation, High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko said in New York yesterday where he was presenting his fourth report to the UN Security Council.

“Party-political tactics have over the past four years led to parliamentary gridlock in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). At the same time, the country faces serious economic problems which have been further aggravated by the world recession,” High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko is to say today in a speech at Columbia Unive [...]

High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko has held high-level talks in Washington over the last two days, in which he outlined the challenges Bosnia and Herzegovina is facing on its path toward Euro-Atlantic integration.

Visa liberalization heralds the dawning of a new era for Bosnia and Herzegovina in terms of its relationship with the European Union, paving the way for its citizens to travel freely to and across much of the continent, High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko said today.

After a difficult period of stagnation, the outcome of the elections on 3 October offers hope and new options for Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is now up to the elected politicians to lead the country back on the reform track, declares High Representative Valentin Inzko in his report to the United Nations that was published today.

OHR/EUSR welcomes the move towards reconciliation evident in recent visionary statements regarding innocent victims made to Radio B92 by Bosniak member of the Presidency elect, Bakir Izetbegović.

The verified election results have now been announced. The HR/EUSR said today that the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina have elected representatives to solve problems over the next four years and to use this time efficiently.

The High Representative, Valentin Inzko, announced today that he is discontinuing the process of vetting with immediate effect. “I have taken this decision following consultations with the PIC Steering Board Ambassadors and in line with the concept of increasing local ownership of the democratic process,” he said.

As a member of the Peace Implementation Council and major aid donor, and with its enormous capacity for manufacturing and trade, Japan is in a unique position to develop its partnership with Bosnia and Herzegovina, High Representative Valentin Inzko told a conference in Tokyo today.

Principal Deputy High Representative Roderick Moore today in Sarajevo met with the President of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina Meddžida Kreso, the President of the High Juidicial and Prosecutorial Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (HJPC) Milorad Novković and Chief Prosecutor Milorad Barašin.