02.03.2000

High Representative furthers Integrity of Positions of Public Trust

Sarajevo, 02 March 2000 In a move aimed at increasing the integrity of positions of public trust and furthering the political independence of public companies and public institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, has barred former public officials who were dismissed under the High Representative's powers, f [...]
01.03.2000

Launch of the Anti-Corruption Public Awareness Campaign

Sarajevo, 01 March 2000 Tomorrow, 2 March, the Office of the High Representative, in conjunction with the Center for Contemporary Art in Sarajevo, are launching the first phase of the Anti-Corruption Public Awareness Campaign. The campaign is designed to educate the public about the types of corruption that are dominant in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a [...]
01.03.2000

Expiry of the Federation Deadline for Purchasing Socially Owned Apartments

Sarajevo, 01 March 2000 The OHR would like to remind all holders of occupancy rights to socially owned apartments in the Federation that the deadline for purchasing these apartments is expiring on 6 March 2000. Under the Law on the Sale of Apartments with Occupancy Right, it is sufficient for the occupancy right holders to notify in writing the all [...]
24.02.2000

Mobile Monitoring Station for Telecommunications Regulatory Agency

Sarajevo, 24 February 2000 On Thursday 24 February at 15.00 hrs, the International Telecommunications Agency (ITU), based in Geneva, will officially hand over a Mobile Monitoring Station to the Telecommunications Regulatory Agency. This vehicle, with a value of KM 700.000, was built by the German firm Rohde and Schwarz, and is state of the art tech [...]
18.02.2000

High Representative visits Great Britain

Sarajevo, 18 February 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, met yesterday in London with Robin Cook, the UK Foreign Secretary, and Clare Short, Secretary of State for the Department for International Development, for talks on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
18.02.2000

Lack of Progress in the Establishment of Audit Institutions

Sarajevo, 18 February 2000 The OHR and the Swedish National Audit Office, the agency tasked with implementing the BiH State and Entity audit institutions, express their great concern about the lack of progress in establishing these institutions and the consequences that this failure might have for Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is high time that the St [...]
10.02.2000

OHR hosts Conference on Drug Legislation

10 February 2000 Today, OHR hosted a conference on ways to tackle trafficking in drugs and other drugs-related offences in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The conference was attended by the relevant ministers from both entities, as well as State level ministers, together with BiH police experts, and experts from the United Nations Drug Control Program (UND [...]
10.02.2000

Symposium on School Curricula: Conclusions

Sarajevo, 10 February 2000 UNESCO and OHR co-hosted a successful symposium on curriculum reform in BiH on 7 and 8 February 2000, Sarajevo. It was attended by the team of experts from the University of Heidelberg who produced the initial UNESCO-sponsored report on the curricula of the "national" subjects in BiH, experts from Switzerland, Norway, Gre [...]