12.05.2000

OHR and UNMIBH condemn Bratunac incident

Sarajevo, 12 May 2000 The Office of the High Representative and the UN Mission in BiH condemn in the strongest possible terms yesterday's violent incident in Bratunac, where several buses carrying pre-war Bosniak residents were stoned by an angry mob. The freedom of movement in BiH is guaranteed under Annex 6 of the DPA - as is the freedom of peace [...]
11.05.2000

High Representative addresses the OSCE Permanent Council

Sarajevo, 11 May 2000 Today the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, addressed the Permanent Council of the OSCE in Vienna. He discussed the question of general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and other issues related to BiH's future. The High Representative spoke out in favor of holding general elections this autumn under the OSCE mandate [...]
11.05.2000

PIC Conference in Brussels

Sarajevo, 11 May 2000 On May 23 and 24, a Conference of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) at the ministerial level will be held in Brussels, co-hosted by the Portuguese EU Presidency, the EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana, and the European Commission. This is the fifth PIC Conference since the PIC was [...]
11.05.2000

“POSTOVANJE” Property Rights Awareness Campaign

Sarajevo, 11 May 2000 The Office of the High Representative, the OSCE Mission to BiH and UNHCR together with UNMIBH and CRPC have launched the "RESPECT" campaign, to promote the implementation of property legislation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The International Community wants to stress that RESPECT is essential in the whole property implementation [...]
09.05.2000

OHR and OSCE continue to insist on Adoption of Election Law

Sarajevo, 09 May 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, and the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador Robert Barry, have reminded the BiH Parliament of its continuing responsibility to adopt an election law. They sent a letter underlining this obligation to the Collegium of the BiH House of Representatives last F [...]
07.05.2000

Money Laundering in BiH

Sarajevo, 07 May 2000 Corruption and organized crime have been repeatedly identified as obstacles to the successful implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement. Money laundering, inseparable part of organized crime and corruption, is an effort to conceal the illicit source of money in order to legitimize it for further profit making. The global pr [...]
05.05.2000

Conference on the Training of Judges and Prosecutors in BIH

Sarajevo, 05 May 2000 The third and final meeting of the Interim Coordinating Board for the Training of Judges and Prosecutors concluded in Neum yesterday. Important steps were taken towards the setting up of Training Institutes in the Repulika Srpska and Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Draft laws will shortly be finalised for presentation to [...]
05.05.2000

Sjednica Upravnoga odbora mostarskog “Vodovoda”

Mostar, 05. svibnja 2000. Ured Visokog predstavnika (Jug) i Svjetska banka izrazavaju svoje zadovoljstvo danasnjom uspjesnom sjednicom novoosnovanoga Upravnoga odbora buduceg ujedinjenog mostarskog poduzeca za vodoopskrbu "Vodovod". Ova je sjednica, na kojoj su sudjelovali i hrvatski i bosnjacki predstavnici, bila uvjet za ostvarivanje kreditne lin [...]
04.05.2000

High Representative addresses North Atlantic Council

Sarajevo, 04 May 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, delivered an address to the North Atlantic Council in Brussels today. It was the second time he has been invited to address the NAC. The High Representative also met separately with the Nato Secretary General, George Robertson. The central theme of his speech was that SFOR's continu [...]