OHR related Interviews

Nationalism impoverished the country 2 February 2001 In interview to SRNA News Agency the High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch explains his views on ways that BiH should take in the future, stressing that the best recipe for resolution of the national issue and economic prosperity is admission of BiH into the EU and Europe. "A unique way forward [...]

HDZ BiH should not be surprised by "being left out of the game" 29 January 2001 By boycotting the Federation House of Peoples and a number of Cantonal Assemblies, the Croat leadership is circumventing the responsibilities it has towards its own electorate / More than 24.000 returnees were registered in the Republika Srpska in the year 2000, but the [...]

I EXPECT FROM THE RS AUTHORITIES TO ARREST WAR CRIME INDICTEES 27 January 2001 Wolfgang Petritsch, High Representative for BiH, in the exclusive interview for the "Nezavisne novine", states his position on the new RS Government, work of the BiH Presidency, requests of HDZ for forming the third entity, future of the BiH Council of Ministers, as well [...]

The intentions of the Alliance for Changes to take power in the Parliament provoked fierce resistance within the HDZ. How do you explain that? A: I think that is very easily explained: the HDZ is not part of the Alliance and afraid that they will not participate in power. However, I must say that the HDZ is itself in part responsible for this situa [...]

Hrvatska Rijec Interview with Matthias Sonn, Deputy High Representative: "Bosnia and Herzegovina is not possible unless Croats are in it, too: Everyone in the IC is aware of that!" 27 January 2001 Matthias Sonn is a high official of the international community, a diplomat with good manners, experience and an accentuated sensibility for the problems [...]

"All who have committed crimes shall be brought before the Court of Justice" 14 December 2000 "I am fascinated with the challenge to be able to participate in building a country", said Wolfgang Petritsch when the Heads of Governments and states of the European Union entrusted him with the mandate of the High Representative to BiH in June last year. [...]

Jelavic has been elected, let him start working for his voters now 28 November 2000 Interview with Wolfgang Petritsch, the HR in B&H, about the election results and the formation of the authorities By Sanja Despot Q: 'Election results did not bring the SDP the strength that the IC hoped for.

WITHOUT CHANGE OF POWER, BiH MAY BECOME EUROPE'S PAUPER 11 November 2000 Like never before, in a very short period of only several months, numerous events took place in BiH and its surroundings, of which each one can individually claim the attribute "crucial".

8 November 2000 Interviewer: Sabine Rumpf Ein typischer Tag beginnt bei mir in der Frühe. Da lese ich einmal die zwei großen Tageszeitungen, die es hier in Sarajevo gibt: Oslobodjenje und Dnevni Avaz. Schau mir an, was da drinnen steht, komm dann ins Büro, da gibt`s dann eine erste große Besprechung mit allen Abteilungsleitern und mit der Presse un [...]

NATIONALISTS INCITE FEAR AGAIN 20 October 2000 If it does not wish to be an absurd, backward little state, BiH must go forward, like Croatia and FRY. The trend must be moving away from nationalism and going towards moderate politics and prosperity. I think that BiH citizens, that is, the whole electorate, are fed up with unproductive, irresponsible [...]