OHR related Interviews

The High Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, says that institutions must react adequately after the bomb attack on the grave of Alija Izetbegović and the video footage of a Serb soldier being killed during the “Storm” operation. “Instead of speculating about who did this and who may benefit form it,” Schwarz-Schilling says, “the poli [...]

This week the High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling sent a clear and unmistakeable message to politicians from Republika Srpska that he would not tolerate obstructions in the reform process, and that such a situation may effect the final decision on the closure of OHR to be made by the Peace Implementation Council in February. Despite the [...]

High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling does not support an initiative of Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader regarding an international conference on Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has made an important contribution to the Constitutional reform discussion that is going on in Bosnia and Herzegovina at the moment and it underlines that this issue must be addressed as a top priority after the elections. But what is clear is that Constitutional Reform in BiH will require broad s [...]

The formation of the Commission became a big political issue. This is a shame because the real issue at stake is the truth about the fate of those who went missing during the BiH War. I’m sure that the victims’ families and friends would rather have this knowledge than see a thousand Commissions formed. And I hope that this Commission will make a d [...]

In the view of Schwartz-Schilling, the International Community’s High Representative for BiH, the statement made by RS Prime Minister, Milorad Dodik, that everyone should be given the right of self-determination, including RS, does not cause even the slightest dilemma:

Christian Schwarz-Schilling, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, yesterday paid his first official visit to Zagreb since becoming the head of the OHR. He met Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, Parliament Speaker Vladimir Šeks and the Ministers of Maritime Affairs, Tourism, Traffic and Communications and Science, Education and Sports, [...]

The High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling is travelling to Zagreb today, where he will meet with highest government officials of the Republic of Croatia. This visit and other current issues, like constitutional reform, the conflict between religious leaders and problems in the functioning of Mostar authorities, were discussed in an interv [...]

Failure to adopt the amendments to the BiH Constitution and problems in police reform are sending a very negative message to the European Union, the High Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, warned.

High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling believes that there are better days ahead for decertified police officers.In his interview for «Dnevni Avaz», he pointed out that he found a positive climate in the Security Council, before which he spoke yesterday.