HOLBROOKE:CRO GOVT GAVE EXCEPTIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO IMPLEMENTATION OF DAYTON AGREEMENT

NEW YORK, July 29 (Hina) - The new Croatian Government gave an exceptional contribution to the implementation of the Dayton Agreement, United States Ambassador to the United Nations Richard Holbrooke said Friday and announced his visit to Zagreb in October in order to personally acknowledge and thank the new Croatian Government. Holbrooke positively assessed the situation in Bosnia- Herzegovina. Peace has been established in Bosnia-Herzegovina, however, it is not perfect and there are still problems, but the question is whether the glass is half empty of half full, Holbrooke said. According to him, Bosnia's glass is half full. The main problem in the implementation of the Dayton Agreement is the return of refugees which has been accelerated only this year. He also pointed to failures of the central authority. He criticised the authority for not being determined in the struggle against the corruption. He also criticised the existence of three national armies. Regarding the trials to war criminals, Holbrooke particularly pointed to Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic and added that the international community will be persistent. He said he would, along with Ambassadors of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, and Slovenia with the United Nations, and with the support of the European Union and other countries entirely deny the right of Belgrade to have a representative with the United Nations. We are simply going to throw them out, he added. There is Tito's flag outside of the United Nations and not the flag of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Holbrooke said. (hina) it