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Sarajevo, 03 January 2000 On Thursday 30th, December 1999, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, issued a Decision extending the validity of decisions made by the BiH Council of Ministers concerning the imposition of additional import duties on various products for 1999, and published in the Official Gazette of BiH under numbers 02/99 and 15 [...]

OHR Press Statement Can Bosnia and Herzegovina and Europe work as one? New Year's Letter by the High Representative to the Citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo, 31 December 1999 The New Year is starting today. Today is also the beginning of a new millennium and, I sincerely hope, the beginning of a new chapter in the history of Bosnia and He [...]

Sarajevo, 21 December 1999 Wolfgang Petritsch, the High Representative and Robert Barry, the Head of the OSCE Mission, express their deep concern about a number of the candidates nominated by the HDZ for the Croatian Elections diaspora representation in the Croatian Parliament.

Sarajevo, 21 December 1999 The Council of Europe and the Office of the High Representative jointly organized a Workshop on Corruption, Organized Crime and Money Laundering in Banja Luka on December 16 and 17. The seminar reviewed existing and planned measures against corruption, organized crime and money laundering, as well as priority actions need [...]

Sarajevo, 16 December 1999 OHR notes that the BiH House of Representatives Commission on Constitutional and Legal Affairs has conclusively determined the constitutionality of the Draft Law on the State Border Service. This determination is not surprising in light of the Presidential Statement of 24 June 1999, which affirmed the constitutional basis [...]

Sarajevo, 16 December 1999 The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, today in Sarajevo held a meeting with a delegation from the SDP, which was headed by Dr. Zlatko Lagumdzija. The High Representative and Dr. Lagumdzija had an open discussion on issues such as the return of refugees and displaced persons, legal reform, election law issues and th [...]

Sarajevo, 14 December 1999 On 14 Dec 99, the 21 member Council of RTV FBiH met for the first time at OHR. The High Representative introduced the meeting with the following statement: I want to take this opportunity to welcome you here on the occasion of the inaugural meeting of the Council of Federation TV.

Sarajevo, 14 December 1999 These are crucial days for the draft Election Law as it is debated by the BiH Parliamentary Assembly. In that context the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, would like to clarify a number of points that seem to have caused confusion. First, the High Representative confirms that the Election Law is fully constitution [...]

The High Representative wishes to express his deepest condolences to the people of the Republic of Croatia on the death of President Tudjman. The High Representative also extends his heartfelt sympathy to the family of President Tudjman. OHR Press Release, Sarajevo, 11 December

Sarajevo, 10 December 1999 Today, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, has issued a Decision extending by four months the December 19 deadline for filing claims for the restoration of occupancy rights to socially owned apartments in Republika Srpska.