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Oslobodjenje pg. 4 ‘More efficient fight against trafficking’ – a statement by UNMIBH Spokesperson, Kirsten Haupt, in a response to the Human Rights Watch report on the involvement of the local and international policemen in organised crime in BiH. Haupt recalled that UNMIBH opened an investigation against 18 IPTF officers who wer [...]

Extensive coverage in both Sarajevo dailies (Avaz pg. 1 & 2, Oslobodjenje pg. 3 ‘The rule of law in BiH is a priority). “Europe will not permit the development and expansion of organised crime in the Balkans. The battle against this evil is not only important for the future of this region, but also for the stability and prosperity of t [...]

Weekend edition of Glas srpski (p.3 ‘Working groups for changes) reported on a meeting that PDHR Donald Hays had with representatives of the new BiH authorities on Friday. PDHR Hays called for new BiH authorities to make sure that real changes start taking place. He further informed the representatives of BiH authorities about three working g [...]

On Thursday in Brussels the Peace Implementation Council's Steering Board Political Directors meet with BiH President Mirko Sarovic and RS Prime Minister Mladen Ivanic regarding the ORAO affair. The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, following the discussion said that the Steering Board considered "the interim report submitted by the Republika Srp [...]

The education reform in BiH will be in the focus of the Thursday’s session of the Peace Implementation Council’s Steering Board at the level of political directors in Brussels. The Chief OHR Spokesman Julian Braithwaite told journalists in Sarajevo on Wednesday that, in the course of his stay in Brussels, the High Representative, Paddy [...]

In a joint statement issued following their meeting on Tuesday in the OHR Sarajevo, the High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, and the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Carla Del Ponte emphasized that they “have agreed that the issue of building the capacity of the BiH authorities to prosecu [...]

On the second day of his official visit to BiH the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan met with the members of the BiH Presidency, BiH Council of Ministers and Prime Ministers of the Entities. At the start of the talks, members of the BiH Presidency thanked UN Secretary General Annan and his special envoy to BiH Jacques Paul Klein for the successful c [...]

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan arrived in BiH on Sunday on a two-day official visit. At Sarajevo airport, he was greeted by the chairman of the BiH Presidency, Mirko Sarovic, the chairman of the BiH Council of Ministers, Dragan Mikerevic and the Head of the UN Mission to BiH, Jacques Paul Klein. In the course of the day, Annan unveiled a plaque in [...]

SFOR Commander General William Ward has banned the flights of helicopters of the BiH Federation Army until further notice, SFOR Spokesman Yves Vanier said on Thursday. The decision was made after helicopter of the Federation Army flew below allowed height and made photos of the SFOR’s facilities in Sarajevo. According to Vanier, persons from [...]