Speeches
05/09/2008
Speech by High Representative and EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajčak at the Public Debate “Together With Europe” – City of Sarajevo
Today, the representatives of the City of Sarajevo joined many others from across Bosnia and Herzegovina in signing the Declaration on the European Future of BiH. They have expressed their support for the European integration process and BiH’s progress towards the EU.
04/24/2008
Remarks by High Representative and EU Special Representative MiroslavLajčak At a Conference on Social Dialogue and Social & Economic Development in BiH
I’d like first of all to thank the organisers of this conference, not simply for arranging today’s discussion but for supporting a sustained debate on the social dialogue in the broader context of the social and economic reform and development process in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I know that our meeting today is part of an extended and constructive p [...]
04/22/2008
Remarks by High Representative and EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajčak At the Opening of Sarajevo Canton
I have been happy to support this conference because, like similar events organised by cities and regions throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina, it deals directly with the most pressing issue facing this country today, that is how to create jobs and raise living standards.
04/21/2008
High Representative keynote address to Institute of the Danube discussion EU-Integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina – a Mission Impossible?
Thank you for your invitation to address you today – and the provocative title of your conference! I also have to say I’m glad you put it as question and not a statement of fact!
04/16/2008
HR/EUSR Welcome Speech at the European Movement Conference on the Role of the European Movement in Society and the EU Integration Process
First let me thank the organizers of this event for the invitation and also I would like to confirm the importance of the European integrations for this country. I’m not going to talk to you today about the benefits that EU accession brings. You are all well aware of that.
03/26/2008
Speech by High Representative and EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajčak At a Conference on the BiH Road Map to the European Union
Thank you for asking me to join you this afternoon. I particularly wanted to take part in this forum because the event is structured as a dialogue. I am not here to speak and then leave; I am here to speak and then listen.
03/18/2008
Speech by High Representative and EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajčak to Foreign Affairs Committee Chairpersons of EU Member State Parliaments
It was the Nobel Peace Prize-winner from Northern Ireland, John Hume, who described the European Union as “the best example in the history of the world of conflict resolution.”
He was referring to the way in which the EU had brought together former antagonists after the Second World War and then, in later years, how EU integration helped to recon [...]
03/11/2008
HR remarks on the First meeting of the Conference of Education Ministers in BiH
I am very pleased to be here today. The fact that we have not had very much good news to celebrate in Bosnia and Herzegovina of late means that this first meeting of the newly established Conference of Education Ministers is a particularly noteworthy. It is an opportunity to register real progress in education, a sphere that is very important for [...]
03/10/2008
Remarks by the HR/EUSR at the Press Conference on PIC conclusions: “My Challenge to BiH’s Leaders“
I assume you are all familiar with the conclusions by the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council that met end of February in Brussels.
02/14/2008
Speech by EU Special Representative and High Representative Miroslav Lajčak at the Conference on BiH European Perspective
I have invited you here today because Bosnia and Herzegovina’s European future is not just a project between the political elite and European Union. This is an issue that rquires involvement and full support from all sectors of the society.