UN MISSION HEAD FOR STOPPING PARALLEL BODIES OF AUTHORITY IN BOSNIA

SARAJEVO, March 4 (Hina) - The Dayton peace accords will not be changed and the international community will resolutely oppose every attempt to introduce parallel bodies of authority in Bosnia, the head of the United Nations Mission to Bosnia said on Saturday. The Dayton peace accords will not be subject to further negotiations either under threat or one-sided breaches of the Bosnian Constitution, Ambassador Jacques Klein said in a statement written on the occasion of yesterday's proclamation of Bosnian Croat self-government. Klein further says the recent past of this region clearly shows that the rights of citizens are protected by a universal rule-of-law and not the selfish and corrupt government of those who claim they are the only representatives of an ethnic community. The statement, delivered to Hina, reminds the UN Mission thus far has invested considerable effort to eliminate parallel structures of authority in Bosnia which hampered progress in judicial and police performance. Such practice will be pursued in the future, and every group and individual attempting to establish parallel institutions again will be stopped, Klein said, adding cooperation could achieve much more in protecting the interests of Bosnia's Croats. The southern town of Mostar yesterday hosted a Bosnian Croat People's Assembly, which proclaimed a temporary Croat self- government in areas mostly populated by Bosnian Croats as a form of protecting the their national interests until full constitutional and true equality of the Croat people in Bosnia is secured. (hina) ha