UNESCO CHIEF VISITS MOSTAR

MOSTAR, Aug 21 (Hina) - The chairwoman of the UNESCO Executive Board, Aziza Bennani of Morocco, and Morocco's ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sead Baddou, visited Mostar on Thursday to meet local officials for talks on the protection and reconstruction of war-damaged monuments. #L# Bennani said she would like to see Mostar's Old Bridge and the old part of the city on the UNESCO list of protected cultural monuments. The last block of stone is due to be built into the arc of the reconstructed Old Bridge on Friday. The bridge was destroyed by Croat artillery during the Croat-Muslim war in the autumn of 1993. (hina) vm