REHN EXPECTS BOSNIAN SERB GOVT TO SURRENDER WAR CRIMINALS

( Editorial: --> 9944 ) SARAJEVO, Feb 6 (Hina) - The head of the UN mission in Bosnia- Herzegovina Elizabeth Rehn Friday told reporters in Sarajevo she hoped all accused of war crimes will this year be surrendered or surrender themselves to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague. The international community expects the new government of the Bosnian Serb entity to urgently ensure the surrender of war crimes suspects, Rehn said. She made special mention of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and General Ratko Mladic as the two who must appear before the tribunal as soon as possible. The best would be for the new Bosnian Serb government to show determination and turn over the suspects, Rehn said, adding there were other ways were that not to occur. The head of the UN mission warned that Bosnian Serb authorities were still insufficiently willing to ensure the return of minority ethnic groups. She mentioned the unwillingness of Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic to agree to the holding of a special conference on the return of Croats and Bosniaks to Banja Luka. Rehn assessed the restructuring of civil police in both Bosnian entities would remain one of the principal tasks until the end of the year, but recalled that would not give wanted results without a reform of the judiciary. (hina) ha mm 061547 MET feb 98