Speeches

Sarajevo, 28 July 1999 Ladies and Gentlemen, At the end of this week, as you know, Sarajevo will host the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe. This is quite the most important event in Sarajevo since the winter olympics of 1984 - and has the potential to be a watershed moment not just in the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina but in the history [...]

It is very fitting that I should be here today at the opening of Dom Zdravlja in a group which includes prime minister Milorad Dodik and his colleagues, and fellow representatives from the European Union (on the occasion of Portugal's national day).

Let me send you my good wishes for a successful Congress.

Politicians and diplomats are fond of talking of critical junctures, of turning points, of watersheds. Sometimes such talk is exaggerated. But I believe that in the case of your Congress today, it is not.

I am very grateful for this opportunity to speak to you this morning. I am grateful too to my colleagues from Bosnia, and for their assessments of the situation at this moment. Let me, in a moment, comment, seriatim, on the eight minimum conditions set out in the memorandum of the Bureau of the Assembly dated 25 September.

Let me say that I am delighted to be here and I thank you for your invitation to brief you on the progress we are making, the problems we are facing and my perception of our future needs for long term stability. My presence here is a further sign of the warm co-operation which exists between my office and NATO. It also demonstrates the continuing, [...]

by the High Representative, Mr. Carlos Westendorp 10 September 1997 Since this is the first time that I am addressing you, first of all, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Carlos Westendorp and I was born in Madrid 60 years ago. I am married and I have three children.

Remarks by the High Representative, Amb. Carlos Westendorp, to the OSCE Permanent Council Vienna, August 21, 1997 Chairman, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I very much appreciate this opportunity offered to me by you and the OSCE Permanent Council to share with you my reflections on the situation of the peace implementation process in Bosnia an [...]

I am speaking to you tonight in an attempt to clarify certain significant events that have arisen in Bosnia and Herzegovina over the past few weeks. I welcome this chance to present the position of the High Representative and hope to have the opportunity again. There are many issues to talk about, however today I want to focus on a small number of [...]

Donors Conference: Presentation by the High Representative, Mr. Carlos Westendorp Brussels, July 23, 1997 Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen, It is a good thing that in spite of all past difficulties we can assemble here today. You are all aware that further progress in the economic reconstruction of Bosnia and Herzegovina is crucial for the implem [...]

Farewell TV Address by the High Representative Mr. Carl Bildt, Sarajevo, June 18, 1997 In the late spring of 1995, I was asked if I was ready to put everything aside and work for peace in Bosnia. It was said to be a hopeless task. But I said yes. Everything must be done to stop the war.