UN SECURITY COUNCIL CRITICISES BOSNIAN PRESIDENCY

NEW YORK, Jan 12 (Hina) - The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday voiced deep dissatisfaction with the fact that the three members of Bosnia's collective Presidency have not fulfilled most of the obligations they undertook last November. The international community will persist in demanding that the New York Declaration and the Dayton Agreements be implemented in their entirety, Security Council president Richard Holbrooke said after today's informal session. According to Holbrooke, the members of the Council are disappointed and dissatisfied because Alija Izetbegovic, Ante Jelavic, and Zivko Radisic have done almost nothing of what they agreed to do on November 15. The Security Council unanimously urges them to fulfil their obligations, Holbrooke said, adding the Council was seriously dissatisfied with the delays. Marking the anniversary of the signing of the Dayton peace agreements at a Security Council session last November, the three Bosnian officials adopted the joint New York Declaration, in which they agreed on a series of urgent measures to be taken in keeping with a frame plan of the international community's high representative for Bosnia. During today's session, the Council heard a report from the Secretary General's assistant for peace operations, Hedi Annabi, and agreed with his assessment that, seen as a whole, the circumstances in Bosnia were continuously improving. Peace has been ensured and the economy is gradually being revived, said Holbrooke. (hina) ha