ZUBAK RECEIVES OUTGOING HEAD OF UN MISSION IN BOSNIA

( Editorial: --> 2605 ) SARAJEVO, 6 Jan (Hina) - The Croat member of the Bosnian Presidency, Kresimir Zubak, received Kai Eide, special envoy of the U.N. Secretary General, in Sarajevo on Tuesday. According to a statement from Zubak's office, the two officials discussed the current political situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Zubak thanked Eide for his personal contribution and that of the U.N. mission to strengthening peace in the country. At the end of this week, Eide is to leave Sarajevo for Vienna, where he is to take up the post of Norway's ambassador with the Organisation for Security and Cooperation (OSCE). Eide's successor in Sarajevo is Elizabeth Rehn, special U.N. rapporteur on human rights in the former Yugoslavia. (hina) rm 061545 MET jan 98