The Senior Deputy High Representative, Matthias Sonn, visited Brcko District on Thursday, 16 May 2002, to tour return and reconstruction sites in the District and to meet officials responsible for education, the economy and the judiciary.
Ambassador Sonn met withIvo Andjelovic, the Head of the Department for Returns, and his deputies, and visited Bukvik and Klanac, where he met with representatives of DPs and returnee organizations.
The field tour was followed by a meeting with the Deputy Head of OHR Brcko, Gerhard Sontheim, Mayor of Brcko Sinisa Kisic, Deputy Mayor Ivan Krndelj, and the President of the Brcko District Assembly, Mirsad Djapo. Topics discussed included return and reconstruction, economic revitalization, and reform of the legal system in the Brcko District.
This is one of a series of regular visits by senior OHR personnel to the Brcko District. Progress in the District, in economic development and in other areas, has in many respects made Brcko a model for the rest of BiH.
For more information, please contact OHR Public Affairs Officer Suzana Pejcic at 049-205-666 or 061-133-526.