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25.04.2002
Chronology/Monthly Tracker, March 2002
March will be remembered as the month in which the leaders of Bosnia and Herzegovina's eight ruling parties succeeded in reaching a compromise on one of the most important issues for the future of BiH - the implementation of the BiH Constitutional Court's decision on the constituent status of all peoples on the entire territory of BiH. On March 27, [...]
24.04.2002
BiH Media Round-up, 24/4/2002
By raising the BiH flag on a mast in front of the Council of Europe's building in Strasbourg on Wednesday and striking up the national anthem, BiH became the 44th member of the oldest European institution, ONASA reports. The ceremony was attended by the three-member BiH Presidency, members of the Council of Ministers and both chambers of the parlia [...]
24.04.2002
Transcript of the Press Conference in Mostar
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the press conference of the international organisations seated in Mostar. Today we are going to remind of the date, which I would like to congratulate to all of you on behalf of the OHR. The citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina have waited a long time for their country's formal entry into the European [...]
23.04.2002
BiH Media Round-up, 23/4/2002
The first, two-day meeting of the recently established Collegium (sic!) of the High Representative of the international community in BiH is to be opened in Leeds on Tuesday, Dnevni Avaz reports. The meeting will be attended by the current High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, his successor, Paddy Ashdown, and the heads of the international organ [...]
22.04.2002
BiH Media Round-up, 22/4/2002
All BiH media report very prominently report that, in partnership with Bosnia and Herzegovina's political leadership and the governments of the two Entities, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, has on Friday completed the long process of constitutional change in BiH's Entities by issuing three Decisions. By closing a small number of gaps i [...]
19.04.2002
BiH Media Round-up, 19/4/2002
At a session held on Thursday, deputies in the Federation Parliament’s House of Peoplesadopted the Federation government-proposed constitutional amendments which are also in line with the Mrakovica-Sarajevo Agreement. The 25 amendments were adopted by majority vote in the Bosniak and Croat caucuses in this chamber. All Croat deputies and repr [...]
18.04.2002
BiH Media Round-up, 18/4/2002
The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, requested both Houses of the BiH Federation Parliament and the Republika Srpska National Assembly to adopt amendments to the entities constitutions, which would be in accordance to the BiH Constitutional Court’s decision and the Mrakovica-Sarajevo Agreement on its implementation, by 1700 hrs on Thu [...]
17.04.2002
BiH Media Round-up, 17/4/2002
At a session on Tuesday, the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, the head of the OSCE mission in BiH, Robert Beecroft, and the BiH Refugee Minister, Kresimir Zubak, reviewed and signed the document titled “Human Rights in BiH - Priorities for 2002”, which was drafted by the Coordination Center for Human Rights. (Oslobodjenje and el [...]
17.04.2002
Transcript of the Press Conference in Mostar
Good morning ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the press conference of the international organisations seated in Mostar.
16.04.2002
BiH Media Round-up, 16/4/2002
The education ministers of BiH, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro signed a statement on accepting education cooperation in Sarajevo on Monday. According to the ministers, this document should stimulate exchange of experiences in education and its reforms in line with European standards, as well as international exchange of experts, documents and infor [...]