Speeches
11/15/2011
Speech by High Representative Valentin Inzko to the UN Security Council
Since my last report, however, Bosnia and Herzegovina has continued to see political stagnation and backsliding. When I last spoke to you in May of this year, I was forced to submit a special report that detailed serious violations of the Dayton Agreement by one of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s two entities.
09/19/2011
Remarks by High Representative Valentin Inzko at a Ceremony Marking the 14th Anniversary of the Helicopter Crash at Prokosko Lake
The world has changed in fundamental ways since 1997, when our colleagues died here. Bosnia and Herzegovina has moved forward – too slowly in important areas, but real progress has been achieved.
08/23/2011
Speech by High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko at the Japan Institute of International Affairs
Since I became High Representative and EU Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in March 2009, I have visited Tokyo three times and on each visit I have taken part in discussions at the Institute. I have found these encounters to be invaluable – in acquiring a deeper understanding of Japan’s objectives in the Western Balkans and also as [...]
07/05/2011
Opening Remarks by EUSR Valentin Inzko at a Meeting of Generation BiH for Europe In Which Young BiH Citizens Presented Key Policy Proposals to the Authorities
What we are witnessing today is an exciting new development in BiH politics. After nine months, the main political parties have still not managed to form a Council of Ministers, yet Generation BiH has produced comprehensive and actionable proposals on key policy areas in the space of three weeks!
07/04/2011
Opening Remarks by EUSR Valentin Inzko At a Session of Citizens for Europe On Solutions to Mass Unemployment in BiH
Bosnia and Herzegovina needs a political breakthrough. I think all political leaders of this country would acknowledge this. The present politics of disagreement has delivered little in concrete terms to the average citizen, other than perhaps high unemployment and low living standards.
06/16/2011
Opening Remarks by High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko Broadcast to Parliamentary and Government Energy Experts From Saarland and Bosnia and Herzegovina
The study visits organised under the EU’s Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Instrument – commonly shortened as TAIEX – offer practical expertise in implementing EU legislation – a key element for success in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s integration effort with the European Union
06/16/2011
Remarks by High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko At a Panel Discussion on the European Perspective of the Balkans
The priority in Bosnia and Herzegovina today is to form a coalition government urgently that can tackle the economic crisis and get the country back on the road to Europe.
06/15/2011
Opening Remarks by High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko at Plenary Session, Citizens for Europe
I will speak only briefly because the emphasis at meetings of Citizens for Europe is on what citizens have to say and recommend to the authorities, and on what the authorities, in turn, promise to deliver to citizens. However, I would like to stress at the beginning of today’s discussion that agriculture and rural development constitute a sector wh [...]
06/06/2011
Remarks by HR and EUSR Valentin Inzko at a Conference Organised by the EU Institute for Security Studies and the BiH Foreign Policy Initiative on the Integration of Balkan Countries in the European Union by 2030
I particularly wanted to participate in this conference because the main themes – including identity, civil society and the challenges of uneven economic development in the region – are crucial for taking the Western Balkans into the European Union, and also for resolving some of the major difficulties that Bosnia and Herzegovina is currently exper [...]
06/03/2011
Opening Remarks by HR and EUSR Valentin Inzko at the Inaugural Session of “Generation BiH for Europe”
First of all, thank you for agreeing to participate in this two-day conference. I believe that the discussions that will take place here and the proposals that are formulated can generate radical change in Bosnia and Herzegovina.