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Sarajevo, 26 January 2000 Today, the High Representative met with representatives of 24 displaced persons and refugee (DPRE) associations from across Bosnia and Herzegovina to hear their opinions about the returns process and encourage them to insist on their rights. In his introductory remarks, the High Representative emphasized the important role [...]

Sarajevo, 26 January 2000 Yesterday, Tuesday 25 January, the draft election law was resubmitted to the Parliamentary Assembly by the OSCE. After much thought and wide consultation, OHR and OSCE have decided on a number of alterations to the draft, and to remove altogether the most controversial section, which deals with the presidential elections. [...]

Sarajevo, 25 January 2000 The Human Rights Task Force (HRTF), comprising the principals of the main international organizations operating in BiH (OHR, OSCE, UNHCR and UNMiBH), as well as the heads of other agencies, met on Tuesday, 25 January, to set priorities in the area of human rights for the year 2000. The meeting, which was chaired by the Hig [...]

Sarajevo, 24 January 2000 The OHR would like to inform returnees that the deadline for applications for reconnection to the telephone networks in Bosnia and Herzegovina for free or only 50 KM will expire tomorrow, Tuesday 25 January. The High Representative's Decision on the Reconnection of Pre-Conflict Subscribers to the Telephone Networks of 30 J [...]

Sarajevo, 21 January 2000 OHR's Anti-Fraud Unit visited Una-Sana Canton earlier this week to meet with the Minister of Justice and members of the judiciary to discuss ways of enhancing ongoing anti-corruption efforts in the Canton, and to identify where assistance and expertise are most needed.

Sarajevo, 18 January 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, has called for problems in Higher Education to be urgently addressed and supports the need to establish a Higher Education Council as recommended in a report made public last week by the World Bank and the Council of Europe at an education round table hosted by the OHR.

Sarajevo, 18 January 2000 The High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch and the OSCE Head of Mission Robert Barry today issued a joint letter to Federation Prime Minister Edhem Bicakcic, calling for the withdrawal of the proposed Law on Defamation which the Federation Government has recently approved and forwarded to the Federation Parliament for adop [...]

Sarajevo, 17 January 2000 The Office of the High Representative would like to make it clear that the recent remarks on the Independent Media Commission, made by various Government officials are wholly unacceptable. The IMC was the first Commission set up under Article II (8) of DPA Annex 10, with wide powers in the media field delegated to it.

Sarajevo, 14 January 2000 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, this week presided over the first meeting of the new year of the Commission on Public Corporations. Both Entity Prime Ministers, Messrs Bicakcic and Dodik, and the Deputy Prime Minister of the Federation, Mr Covic, attended the meeting, as did Paul Monnory, the Deputy High Repre [...]