Speeches
08/21/2009
Remarks by High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko At the European Forum Alpbach
Perhaps the most effective way of placing 1989 in perspective is to recall – and this requires a good deal of imagination – what Europe was like in 1988. All of us can remember the euphoria that was experienced when the peoples of Central Europe threw off their chains. But it is easy to forget that until the final weeks of the old regimes it was no [...]
07/30/2009
Speech by the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Valentin Inzko To the Permanent Council of the OSCE
I want to begin by thanking you for inviting me to speak to you. In recent weeks I’ve taken part in an intensive round of consultations aimed at identifying the consensus that exists for a renewed push to achieve more satisfactory progress in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It’s in the context of these consultations that I am here today. The OSCE is one of [...]
07/11/2009
Remarks by High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko At the Memorial Ceremony for Victims of Genocide Srebrenica, 11 July 2009
I have been working in Bosnia and Herzegovina for three months, and today I am in Srebrenica for the third time. It is the third time, but the feelings are always the same. Today, they are even stronger. One of these feelings is that of powerlessness.
05/28/2009
Address by the High Representative, Valentin Inzko to the United Nations Security Council
Thank you for giving me this opportunity to present my first report as High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
05/12/2009
Address by High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko to the BiH Parliamentary Assembly
Thank you for inviting me to speak to you today. I am happy to be back in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I intend to work with you and with the people of this country, and to extend my hand to you.
03/08/2009
Supervisor Raffi Gregorian’s speech at the central ceremony at the Brcko District anniversary celebration on March 8, 2009
Excellences, Mr Speaker, Mr Mayor, representatives of Catholic, Islamic, Jewish and Orthodox communities, dear guests and friends, ladies and gentlemen:
01/21/2009
Remarks by the EU Special Representative/High Representative Miroslav Lajčak at the 11th European Parliament-BiH Inter Parliamentary Meeting
Last year when you had this gathering of parliamentarians from the European Parliament and from Bosnia and Herzegovina, our joint efforts were aimed at achieving the first contractual step towards EU integration, through the signing of a Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with the European Union.
12/30/2008
New Year’s Address of the High Representative and EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajčak to the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina
In the year that is coming to an end, most of us experienced a feeling of frustration and discontent due to the slow pace of resolving problems in this country.
The international community, the European Union and myself understand, and share that frustration.
12/16/2008
Speech by Principal Deputy High Representative Raffi Gregorian At the Presentation of the Annual Global Competitiveness Report Academy of Art and Science
I am not here to talk about 5 + 2, OHR – EUSR transition, but about BiH. I don’t believe this will have come as a surprise to anyone that while in 2005 and 2006 Bosnia and Herzegovina continued to improve its ranking in the Global Competitiveness Index, over the last two years it has slipped.