NEW ORGANISATION OF INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS IN BOSNIA APPROVED

SARAJEVO, Dec 7 (Hina) - The steering committee of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) for Bosnia-Herzegovina has approved the re-organisation of international organisations in Bosnia. This marks the beginning of a new, final stage of the implementation of the Dayton Agreement. During the PIC steering board meeting in Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday, High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch was authorised to establish a special body - currently called "the cabinet" - which would gather the heads of all important international organisations in Bosnia. Ambassador Petritsch will chair the cabinet which will include the head of the UN Mission to Bosnia, Jacqes Klein, and the head of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe's (OSCE) Mission, Robert Beecroft. This "supra-government" in Bosnia will pass decisions which will be implemented by four working groups. The working groups will function as bodies which will unite projects, funds and personnel, which were so far led by various international agencies and organisations, without much coordination. According to some announcements, the total number of international staff currently working on the implementation of the civil part of the Dayton Agreement in Bosnia would be reduced by at least 30 percent by 2003. (hina) it sb